No! This can’t be true.
This is heartbreaking.
TapTools has been one of the most valuable contributors to the Cardano ecosystem, supporting projects, communities, and users for years.
The impact TapTools has had on Cardano cannot be overstated. Countless builders gained visibility, countless users discovered new opportunities, and the entire ecosystem became stronger because of that contribution.
We sincerely hope this is not the end of the journey.
Thank you, @TapTools for everything.
Cardano is an $8.67 billion blockchain that lets you take direct control of your own financial life.
When you hold assets on Cardano, they are yours. They are not sat on a bank balance sheet being lent out, reused, or turned into profit without you having any say in it, or seeing any benefit from.
You control the keys.
You control the assets.
You control the decisions.
That means access to financial opportunity is no longer based on whether a bank approves you, what your credit history looks like, or whether an intermediary decides you are worth serving because they see a profit opportunity in you.
The Cardano ledger does not care who you are.
It cares what you own, what you sign, and whether the transaction follows the rules.
That is a very different financial model.
Of course, this comes with responsibility. Self custody means you have to understand what you are doing. There is still risk.
But the principle is powerful and personally, I consider the reward greater than the risk.
Cardano gives people access to finance without needing permission from the same institutions that have always controlled access.
You cannot be blocked from holding your own assets. You cannot be debanked, or exploited.
You cannot be censored from using an open ledger.
Your past does not need to define the financial opportunity in your future.
To me, that is why Cardano matters. It did not replace the bank. It gave people the balance sheet, the keys, and the decision making power to control what is rightfully theirs.
Transparency tools like this are valuable for Cardano governance.
They give delegators more context on how DReps approach treasury withdrawal votes over time, helping the community better understand voting patterns, scale, and consistency.
More visibility leads to more informed delegation, stronger accountability, and better governance decisions.
Great work, @ItsDave_ADA
This morning I've created a new dashboard on DaveGov, the goal is to showcase Cardanos largest DRep spenders, the DReps that have voted Yes on the most ADA withdrawals so far each year, this is configurable by year, so you can see this data also historically.
You can see the leaderboard total YES votes in ADA, and the amount withdrawn from the treasury so far.
I won't post the top spenders in the screenshot below, but feel free to have a browse, this is purely for awareness. Voting Yes for most proposals keeps you popular, but doesn't enforce fiscal responsibility or prove that you understand what you are voting for.
This page auto-updates. Hope you like it, feedback completely welcome!
https://t.co/zMwbAhPXo7
@astroboysoup The proposal has now been updated, including revisions to the budget structure and additional clarifications across the proposal itself.
We appreciate your time reviewing it.
https://t.co/ZaoK4zVS4U
🚨 IMPORTANT: Update for WingRiders LPs
The second phase of the $NIGHT token distribution will take place on May 18, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
Full schedule and distribution details 👉 https://t.co/gZlMwcKYfg
There is a major difference between getting something to work and delivering infrastructure that teams can reliably build production systems on top of.
This proposal focuses on benchmarking, profiling, testing, live-network validation, operational reliability, and long-term maintainability for real Cardano backend infrastructure.
@matiwinnetou@ItsDave_ADA@yutazzz Building a demo is easy. Building production-grade infrastructure that is benchmarked, tested, validated on live networks, and maintainable long term requires a very different level of engineering.
🚨 IMPORTANT: Update for WingRiders LPs
The second phase of the $NIGHT token distribution will take place on May 18, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
Full schedule and distribution details 👉 https://t.co/gZlMwcKYfg
WingRiders auto-stakes ADA in liquidity pools ⚡️
☑︎ Provide liquidity to an ADA-to-token pool
☑︎ ADA is staked automatically
☑︎ Rewards return to the pool after epochs
☑︎ LP tokens reflect the added value
How does auto-staking work? 👇
https://t.co/0TtrF69fHL