Our Diffusion governance vote has launched, which proposes changes to the Diffusion stake pool selection process. We propose to overhaul, refocus, and optimise the current Diffusion stake pool selection. Links to the voting platform, proposal rationale, and voting guide below👇

Join us this Wednesday May 27th at 16h UTC for our X Space with @SundialProtocol and @_MrHunt_! Excited to hear what's next for Bitcoin DeFi! ₿ Sundial is building a Layer-2 for Bitcoin on Cardano, enabling trustless cross-chain BTC transfers and Bitcoin yield opportunities.

Have you tried our free-to-play immersive game EDGE yet? No wallet needed, connect your Google account and PLAY! ADA, NIGHT and Âtrium Profile benefits are integrated, but optional. HAVE FUN in solo mode or online multiplayer!

Join us April 29th at 14h UTC for our X Space with Fahmi @F_ZK_Now! We'll be having a great chat on Midnight with Fahmi Syed, President of the @midnightfdn. Can't wait to hear all about the @MidnightNtwrk launch, and what's coming next! X Space link in the second tweet. 👇

My laptop got hacked yesterday by someone claiming to be Pierre from the Cardano Foundation. I have had a relationship with Pierre in the past, we've talked, we've video called. He reached out to me for a new call, asking about Atrium. I responded and setup a call for the next day. In the invite, there was a Microsoft Teams link to join. I joined, I saw Pierres face, his voice, and two other CF members in the call.(I now think this was AI) It was lagging a bit, and said my Teams software was out of date. It kicked me out and said that I needed to install the new Teams software through the Microsoft Terminal. I stupidly did this, but my laptop was dying so I shut it off immediately. I never use Teams so I thought this was normal. I messaged him and told him let's just use Google Meets, created the call, and sent the link. He said he got busy and asked me to reschedule. I have now realized that this was all fake, and a scam. Moral of the story, be careful. Trust nothing, trust no one. AI is making scamming more sophisticated, and as someone who is quite technical savvy, I just got cooked.

Watch out for hacks like these 👇

Join us April 22nd at 16h UTC for our X Space with @blockjock2017! We're diving into @USDMOfficial and @Shield_USD, plus Cardano governance. ShieldUSD extends Midnight with privacy-preserving transfers and selective disclosure for compliance. Excited to hear all about it!

Join us tomorrow April 15th at 16h UTC for our X Space with @materios_ntwrk! Built by @fluxpointstudio, Materios is an upcoming Cardano partnerchain purpose-built for AI verification & gaming micro-transactions! Excited to learn about this new partnerchain! X Space link below

The best way to onboard users, is through something they know. So we made EDGE, a free-to-play immersive game. No wallet needed, connect your Google account and PLAY! ADA, NIGHT and Âtrium Profile benefits integrated, but optional. HAVE FUN in solo mode or online multiplayer!

The Cardano ETF (Ticker: CRDD) is live! @Cardano_CF

Don't miss our Space with @NorthStarDEX today, one of Midnights first native DEXs! x.com/atriumlab/status/20415…

RUMOR stake pool is retiring. We'd like to thank @MladenLm for running a great stake pool for such a long time. RUMOR will shortly be replaced with SHA - Shamrock pool from @PaddyCTO in the Diffusion Staking Basket.

Join us this Wednesday at 16h UTC for our X Space with @OneAmXYZ! We're diving into Midnight's first native wallet. 1AM is built from the ground up for Midnight's dual-state architecture. Shielded transactions by default, and free DUST for Midnight transactions!

Does earning a 4% Cardano staking APY sound good to you? Then check out the Diffusion Staking Basket! - Earn regular ADA staking rewards - Earn additional NIGHT and ATMA - Combined 4% staking APY! 🔥 Check it out below! 👇

Due to the stake pool retirement announcement of @BraveHeartStak3, we'll be replacing them with ADACT @ada_capital ADACT was next in line based on the community Diffusion vote. Thank you to BRAVE for contributing to the Diffusion Staking Basket and Cardano blockchain security!

After around 4 months of back and forth with Pentad & Intersect. Pentad steering committee decided not to reimburse Iagon for the Fireblocks integration fee. @IntersectMBO recommend it to be approved but Pentad committee decided against. This integration is a necessary stop-gap solution in order to provide institutional custody solutions for Cardano. If it goes well, this will lead to native integration. This is the solution that was recommend by Fireblocks to show ARR. We also made steps early on to contact a host of dApps, market makers, capital funds, that could benefit from this solution to see what type of features they would like to see within the integration. We even invited CF's Global Head of Technical Integrations @michaeldotada to make sure the features were in alignment with the goals. Michiel also attended every meeting leading up to the commercial agreement with Fireblocks. This is Cardano wide integration, helps every CNT and at the same time provides $ADA native staking and voting features. It is worth noting that FB wanted to work with us on this stop-gap integration and not the pentad members. They had the option of working with others and choose not to. Prior to pentad formalizing, we were assured by many of their members that they would have no objection to this reimbursement. Our plan was to go to the treasury prior to their pentad proposal being proposed within the Cardano treasury. We waited because of these verbal assurances. @IagonOfficial will still continue this integration for Cardano and pay for the full fee. We don't plan to go to the treasury for a refund. We hope you like what we deliver. Excited for the end result!

We've been informed by GAIA stake pool that they're retiring. We'd like to sincerely thank GAIA for their participation and contribution to the Diffusion Staking Basket as one of the 5 small SPOs. As a consequence, GAIA will be substituted by @BrockCardano BROCK pool. 👇

USDCx on @Cardano, a USDC-backed stablecoin with seamless access to crosschain USDC liquidity, is now available via Circle xReserve. With USDCx, enterprises and end users can power payments, lending, trading, borrowing, liquidity provision, and more using a highly liquid stablecoin. Supported at launch by Cardano DeFi apps @liqwidfinance, @MinswapDEX, and @SundaeSwap. Key benefits: ✅USDCx is 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve ✅Fully interoperable with USDC across supported chains ✅Trust minimized with no third-party bridges required **For the first 10 days, IOG will be covering all costs for bridging USDC to USDCx on Cardano, helping early adopters get started without fees or friction.** Learn more: circle.com/blog/usdcx-on-car…

Word on the blockchain is that some serious USDCx minting is afoot at the moment! Over 10 million USDCx from @circle has reportedly been minted on Cardano so far. Will there be more to come? Who's minting it? Can't wait to find out!