This is exactly the problem with Cardano right now.
Too many people act like the treasury (or big whales) owes them funding for their pet projects, events, marketing pushes, or "ecosystem initiatives." Everyone feels entitled to a slice of ADA to chase their idea — whether it's another summit, DAO overhead, DRep pay, or yet another event that hasn't moved the needle on adoption or price in the past.
If I held 500M ADA and ran a real business, I still wouldn't blow 12M+ on it. My responsibility is stewardship: protecting capital so the people who rely on me (employees, partners, the actual builders) have a future. Not playing host or funding hype that delivers no measurable ROI.
Real growth comes from disciplined execution, not endless asks for public money. Loans with skin in the game, clear KPIs, or genuine product-market fit beat "give us treasury ADA because we're passionate" every time.
Cardano's strength was always research-first, peer-reviewed building — not turning into a grant-chasing culture where the default is "someone else should fund this.
"Focus the treasury on core infrastructure and high-impact utility instead of spreading it thin on feel-good spends.
Otherwise we risk diluting the very value we're all supposed to be growing.What do you think — more accountability on proposals, or keep the open faucet?
🚨 New CIP 🚨
I just published a new CIP to help with UTxO contention. It actually benefits staking rewards at the same time. No hardfork is required.
Any feedback is welcome!
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This short walkthrough shows how the mainnet works inside your Lace wallet...
This Friday, $PALM officially goes live on WingRiders!
As one of the leading DEXs in the Cardano ecosystem, integrating with WingRiders strengthens our market depth, improves accessibility, and expands distribution across Cardano.
More liquidity. More resilience. Less dependency on a single pool.
Stay tuned. And remember… stay PALM 🌴
USDCx has officially launched on Cardano.
Issued via Circle’s xReserve system and deployed through the Cardano Critical Integrations initiative.
Live across major DeFi apps on day one.
A structural liquidity upgrade for the ecosystem.
Full article: https://t.co/i3Q3l2sh16
$PALM is Coming Soon to @wingriderscom
A new DEX added.
More liquidity unlocked.
Deeper markets for the ecosystem.
This is another step in strengthening PALM’s on-chain infrastructure.
THIS IS WHAT ONBOARDING LOOKS LIKE
THIS IS WHAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND LOOK LIKE
All of these farmers will be using Palmyra Pro and Cardano in their daily lives.
Bullish AF
STAY $PALM 🌴
Thank you to everyone at @MondoNewYork who came to our happy hour last night! We had an incredible night of connecting and spreading the good news about @stuff_io in the music industry! Swim against the stream! Let creators make money off their music again! @Touring_Tiki will speak at 2pm today on how to Cater to the Super Fan with Web3 - come to the Mirror Bar at https://t.co/6WVZbgsrlJ and learn the new wave of marketing direct to fans!
The new PALM Economy website is launching next week!
We’ve redesigned everything to make it easier than ever to explore the $PALM ecosystem, learn how the ecosystem works, and stay up to date on what’s coming!
Reminder that this proposal is critical for the UX of all L2s including Hydra and Midgard.
Otherwise users will be signing ugly plaintext strings for forced inclusion transactions.
.@zenGateGlobal & @palmeconomy will ALWAYS be boots on the ground where Cardano makes the MAXIMUM impact.
Fk the naysayers
Were not just doing business. We're on a mission.
Your music is worth more than .0035 per stream. You should have a direct relationship with your crowd.
I want to OWN the things I buy. I want to own my $STUFF!