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May was a big month for Cardano.
Regulated $ADA futures on @CMEGroup.
A three-year Olympic Committee partnership.
20 governance actions running at once.
An accelerator cohort forming.
A hard fork on the horizon.
And much more, all in our monthly update: https://t.co/dO3wcaoaHT
This is the Charles Hoskinson the Cardano community signed up for. Swapping the recent meltdowns and attacks for pure whiteboard vision. Glad to see him back to talking about running the world. You absolutely love to see it. 💎
Contrary to recent rumors, @IOHK_Charles is NOT leaving the Cardano ecosystem. He’s simply taking a break from X due to the heavy abuse and toxicity.
Wishing him and the Cardano ecosystem all the best.
Allow me to explain two things about Charles Hoskinson, and why crypto media is the biggest garbage on the market 👇
In the last 24 hours, all the biggest #crypto media outlets and influencers have been pushing the same coordinated story. That story says: Charles Hoskinson is stepping away, $ADA is collapsing, and Charles said that many projects on Cardano will soon announce that they are shutting down.
Read that twice.
Now let’s continue.
They are all repeating this, but they do not want to mention the following two key facts.
1️⃣ In a live stream a few days ago, @IOHK_Charles said this is a difficult time in the market, and that many who failed to build business models and sustainable projects will stop operating. That is what he said.
But this is not only about #Cardano. This applies to any project, and even to the coffee shop in your town. If you have no customers, if you are not selling coffee, you close the doors, my friend. But that does not mean the whole industry is in trouble. It means you did not know how to run your coffee shop, you had no marketing, and you failed.
And that is exactly what Charles said about many projects.
It does not mean that all projects on Cardano, or on any other blockchain, will fail. It means that the projects incapable of developing a real business model will fail. That is not Cardano’s problem. That is the problem of incapable leaders who did not know how to monetize their work.
2️⃣ Second thing:
“Charles is leaving!”
Tears almost come to my eyes when I see every garbage outlet write this while intentionally hiding the fact that Charles only said he needs a little break, but from X, from the trash that lives here, from the biggest human vampires, from the worst people with broken lives and broken minds hiding behind keyboards.
That is what he said.
He needs a break from the worst among us.
He is not leaving Cardano.
He is not leaving Midnight.
He just needs a break from the garbage around us on X.
He has hundreds of employees on long-term contracts. They are working, building, developing every single day, while some people on X only spread hate, FUD, and bitterness.
And if he said he is going to take a short break, that means he is taking a break from the crap here. It does not mean he is waking up tomorrow morning, shutting down the company, and firing hundreds of people.
Let’s continue.
The biggest crypto influencers, the same ones who kissed his ass for an interview, begged him, messaged him, asked for money for sponsorships, are now reporting that Charles is leaving.
They are twisting his words, faking the truth, and distorting the narrative.
The same media outlets that today say Cardano projects are dying will not tell you that they, as media outlets, were taking 2% or 3% of a project’s max token supply just to talk about them. They would create hype, dump everything, and take the profit. And today they say Cardano projects are failing, but they will not tell you that they also had a gun in their hands, and they were shooting at those same projects.
Shame on all of you.
The biggest media outlets, the biggest scams around us, the big KOLs, the X accounts, the media houses, all of you are just common garbage, ready to beat a dead man on the floor for 100 extra clicks.
Cardano will survive.
Charles will be fine.
We will all be fine.
We will succeed.
And you will never be able to look your own children in the eyes. One day, tell them you sold yourselves for 100 extra views. 🤮
If you're a Cardano holder, please repost this immediately.
We've come to an absolute defining moment for ADA.
In the next 48 hours, the proposals that fund Cardano development are being decided.
While the #2 chain in crypto loses their builders or researchers, Cardano can keep theirs, at one of the most critical times of the altcoin cycle.
Cardano has come this far. It can not stop here.
DReps, think about the impact here.
Holders, make your voice heard.
While there are events still happening through this month, it’s time to hold May 21 2026 on your calendar to help us celebrate the 15th Global #Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD. #a11y#ux
Bitcoin Mobile is here.
In partnership with Cuentas (OTCQB: CUEN), we’re introducing a new kind of mobile service:
📡 Nationwide 5G connectivity
🔒 Privacy-first features
₿ Up to 8% back in Bitcoin
Built on @wmchain.
Designed for the next generation of mobile users.
This is connectivity evolving beyond access.
Read the announcement: https://t.co/si3QeXDHZv
Cardano is a product of communities working together across the world, no politics, no rules, no borders. We are one.
A blockchain for innovation that is for the people. Cardano is open for business.
@MidnightNtwrk is officially live and we're breaking down what the 'fourth generation of blockchain' means for privacy, compliance, and real-world adoption.
Join @IOHK_Charles, @F_ZK_Now, and Mike Ward on Thursday at 10:00am EDT as they discuss the launch — drop your questions 👇 to have them answered live!
Midnight is live 🥳
Today marks the launch of the @MidnightNtwrk, a defining step forward in blockchain infrastructure and the realization of a fourth-generation architecture.
Rather than forcing a trade-off between transparency and privacy, Midnight allows both to coexist. Developers can build applications where user data remains private, while key conditions can still be proven on-chain, unlocking entirely new design space across financial products, identity systems, and decentralized applications.
Welcome to privacy by default, and disclosure by choice.
Read the full announcement, including details on the network’s phased rollout designed to ensure stability, security, and long-term resilience as the ecosystem expands: https://t.co/OTc7RRtVzq
🚨 CRYPTO: UK BANK TO TOKENIZE £250M IN RETAIL DEPOSITS ON CARDANO'S MIDNIGHT BLOCKCHAIN
Monument Bank, a Bank of England-regulated institution, will become the first UK-regulated bank to tokenize retail customer deposits on a public blockchain, using Cardano's privacy-focused Midnight network.
Deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed in GBP, redeemable on demand, and protected under the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Midnight's zero-knowledge proof infrastructure keeps transaction data visible only to the bank and its customers.
Cardano founder @IOHK_Charles called it "one of the largest deals we've ever done," projecting it could bring hundreds of millions to billions in TVL to the Midnight ecosystem. Monument's affiliate also plans to offer the same tokenized deposit infrastructure to other banks via its Banking-as-a-Service platform.
🚨CARDANO LANDS A MAJOR U.K. BANK DEAL
UK-regulated Monument Bank plans to tokenize GBP customer deposits on Cardano’s Midnight network as interest-bearing digital assets.
Charles Hoskinson says the partnership could bring hundreds of millions to billions in TVL.