Woke up to day 2 of a dumpster fire. I really don't know why I try sometimes. The thing that is going to happen to the researchers if IO's Research proposal doesn't get approved will be the same thing that happens to the community if it does. It's not a hard concept. People want transparency, they want rates, they want overhead costs. You can't sit here and and say you will have to fire everyone without also showing the costs. It's a false reality, purely guilt driven, that gives the community nothing to stand on but to blindly vote yes. Several outspoke developers have spoken out for multiple years now on the Research stuff. I have not seen a single thing change. It's still a bloated docket. My only question is why not listen? 2 years of feedback and seemingly none of it heard. Now we are at ultimatum point again. Instead of just working through the budgetary concerns and reproposing, we are met with vote for me or i quit. I hate it here. CF tried to do it too. It's such a weak move to me. It's wild, where is the concession? Where is the willingness to work with dReps? Everything just seems so one sided. Where is the market awareness? We are in the worst spot we have been in as a chain. Spent a shitload of ADA last year with no results. The community has the right to be mad, we have the right to ask questions, and we have the right to ask for more financial clarity or changes to the proposal. Everyone is supposed to be held to the same standard when it comes to the treasury. I support IO, i think they are a critical part of the ecosystem that should be funded. I was happy to see the IO: Cardano Upgrades proposal get across this morning, albeit i still think costs could of been covered better in ALL IO proposals. I love seeing the FEs getting back together and vote on all of eachothers proposals, that's a very cool thing and super decentralized. Thankfully our FEs still control enough power to push whatever they want over the line. I'm probably killing my chances of my proposal with all this i just can't hold back any longer and watch the whole united states government system recreated on Cardano, by the same people who cry all the time about the US government being corrupt.

User deposits are now uncapped, meaning users can now fund their accounts with no restrictions to trade with the size they desire. Happy trading 🔥 Link: 🕹 app.strikefinance.org

Today we’re releasing the nocy Wallet nocy DEX to the community for testing. This isn’t a teaser, it’s the first real front door into privacy-first #DeFi on @MidnightNtwrk nocy has been built from the ground up to match Midnight’s rational privacy model: private by default, provable when it matters. What’s live now: 🛡️ nocy Wallet - native #Midnight wallet supporting shielded unshielded balances, clear UX for privacy flows, and DUST fee generation via registered $NIGHT UTXOs. 🛡️ nocy DEX (MVP) - a central limit order book spot market designed for shielded trading with real buy/sell orders and tight execution. We’ve built these tools not just as products, but as the interfaces people actually use in a privacy-native environment. Get started: 🔗 Wallet: wallet.nocy.io 🔗 DEX: dex.nocy.io 🔗 Faucet (test tokens): faucet.nocy.io 💡 We’ll be dropping setup guides, best practices, and beta updates in Discord and we want feedback (and bug reports) from early users. Details guides: discord.gg/nocydefi If you’re building on Midnight: come break this with us.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS #Cardano 👀 @strikecardano has stormed into the top 3 derivative protocols by revenue on @DefiLlama in its FIRST MONTH on mainnet! 🤯 (right behind @JupiterExchange and already surpassing @GMX_IO ) #crypto #DeFi #Derivatives $ADA #alt

Major Milestone Accomplished!🎉 69K $handle owners Worldwide!💲🌏

@MidnightNtwrk will present a demo at the Bitcoin Conference in May 2025. Will it be @SundaeSwap using Hydra trading with @xverse ? Hey Charles, can we integrate @adahandle into the demo? We need some love after this catalyst.