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State of Cardano Q1 2026 Key Update: Cardano delivered Q1 data behind its institutional infrastructure thesis, including the buildout of a regulated dollar rail, compliance, audit, and tokenization stack, with USDCx capturing 36.0% of the network's stablecoin market at $17.5M, Midnight launching mainnet, and 80.1M ADA deployed under a newly ratified 350M ADA Net Change Limit, even as ADA fell 27.4% to $0.24. @Cardano @InputOutputHK QoQ Metrics 📊 -Stablecoin market cap ↑ 27.1% to $48.6M as USDCx launched Feb. 27 and displaced USDM as the network's largest stablecoin, while every other major stablecoin supply declined -DeFi TVL ↓ 23.5% to $133.1M vs an 18.9% industry-wide decline, with SundaeSwap ↑ 45.0% and Danogo ↑ 31.7% as the only top-six protocols growing on USDCx liquidity -Daily active addresses ↓ 28.1% to 13,400 daily average, while average daily transactions ↑ 2.2% to 26,550 as DeFi and the USDCx and NIGHT launches drove activity -Total staked ADA ↑ 1.5% to 21.7B, raising the staking rate to 58.3%, even as USD-denominated stake ↓ 26.4% to $5.2B -Average daily DEX volume ↓ 44.3% to $2.5M, with Danogo ↑ 48.6% as the only top-five DEX posting growth Post-quarter, an SPO call confirmed the June 2026 launch of the Van Rossem hard fork (Protocol V11), following Q1 node releases that cut SPO RAM requirements from 24GB to 8GB and CME's Feb. 9 ADA futures launch starting the six-month clock toward Aug. 9, 2026, spot ETP eligibility. Despite the DAA decline, transactions per address rose 16.5% QoQ to 1.98, pointing to existing users transacting more intensively as USDCx and NIGHT activity concentrated flows. Q2 will test whether the Critical Integrations cadence holds and whether USDCx liquidity converts into organic DeFi rotation beyond its day-one venues.

Engineered for agents with blockspace as a public good: .@GravityChain is now live. - 12,000 TPS for ERC-20 transfers at 200-millisecond block times, with substantial modifications to Reth, including a more pipelined architecture and optimizations to Reth’s merklization and storage. - Nonzero fees low enough to scale agent workloads while still preventing sybil attacks. - A Native Oracle allowing external-world state to be observed onto Gravity without adding an extra trust assumption. - An installable Skill that lets any compatible coding agent operate or build on the chain directly. - G, the network’s native gas, staking, payment, and governance token. @KreiserMatt breaks down what you need to know 👇

This is your FINAL CHANCE. Seats are nearly gone for our CRCL vs ARC webinar. This is your opportunity to position for the future of stablecoins. @immutablejacob & @AvgJoesCrypto breaks down the differences in valuation between the $CRCL stock and their upcoming token, ARC. Join us to get a deeper picture of Circle’s growth potential.

State of TON Q1 2026 Key Update: TON delivered Q1 data behind Telegram's distribution thesis (the conversion of Telegram's 950M MAU into TON users), with $88.5M in Fragment-settled Telegram-product revenue holding through a 26.4% spot price drop and cross-chain NFT share rising to 35.5% on Telegram-issued product demand. @ton_blockchain @telegram QoQ Metrics📊 -NFT cross-chain market share ↑ 130.4% to 35.5% as Telegram-issued Numbers, Usernames, and Gifts drove utility-based demand -Fragment-settled Telegram-product revenue ↓ 20.3% to $88.5M, with recurring revenue (Premium Ads) ↓ only 10.5% vs discretionary Stars ↓ 30.7% -DeFi TVL ↓ 34.9% in USD vs only 11.6% in native TON-denominated terms -USDT transfer volume ↓ 32.5% to $77.0M daily average, with transfer count holding flat at 73,600/day as P2P Telegram transfers and Mini App flows replaced higher-value DeFi routing -Daily active addresses ↓ 8.8% to 90,790 daily average, signaling Q1 lacked a meaningful user-acquisition surge Post-quarter, MTONGA (Make TON Great Again) shipped four of seven announced steps, bringing sub-second finality via Catchain 2.0, a 6x transaction fee reduction, and Telegram becoming TON's largest validator with 2.2M TON staked. Despite the DAA decline, transactions per address rose from 19.2 to 21.0 QoQ, pointing to existing users engaging more intensively as Telegram's product economy converted. Q2 will test whether MTONGA's post-period infrastructure converts Telegram's broader user base into TON activity at scale.

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Most blockchains weren't built for regulated markets. @CantonNetwork is building one that is. Their infrastructure has even pulled in the likes of DTCC, J.P. Morgan, Visa, and other major institutions. If you haven't read up about Canton yet, make sure to check out our report on them.