Hey @IOHK_Charles , The community voted and we think you need to answer us as to what Mikka is doing at your desk? She's got all the same things in her immersive office as you do 👀 @CardanoCity #CardanoCity #CNFT #NFT #smartcontracts #TheFutureIsNow

Congratulations to the 12 teams selected for the Catalyst Pilot 2026. I had the privilege of serving on the Technical Decision Panel, reading and evaluating many of these proposals in depth. I threw my hat in the ring because I care about raising the standard of what Catalyst funds, technically, economically and in terms of realistic delivery for Cardano. This Pilot felt like a real step forward, the review process was really smooth and well coordinated. The proposals were focused, ambitious and aligned around clear areas of innovation including stablecoins, oracles, programmable tokens and verifiable identity. I genuinely enjoyed digging into the architecture, assumptions, incentives and the value each idea could bring back to Cardano whilst understanding more about the people bringing the ideas and their collective passion to innovate and build on Cardano. Credit to the Catalyst team. In my view, this Pilot is a significant improvement in how proposals are focused, assessed and held accountable. Congratulations again to all 12 teams. I am excited to see these ideas progress.

*Checks list *Sees @AnvilDevAgency Me

Holy moly Grateful is an understatement Time to get to work!!

The Catalyst Pilot 2026 cohort is here. 12 projects bringing stablecoins, oracles, programmable tokens, and verifiable identity into real-world sectors. 40% of funding is paid up front, the rest is tied to on-chain adoption on Cardano. Meet the cohort: projectcatalyst.io/blog/meet…

A few months ago @strikeperps submitted a Treasury proposal for 9M ADA to deepen platform liquidity. The ask wasn't for a grant, it was structured as a productive deployment of Treasury capital, with the principal + realized yield returned to the Treasury after 12 months Strike already had a functioning product, users, significant volume and revenue when the proposal was submitted. At the time, they reported $1.13B+ in cumulative volume, $3.25M+ in LP profit and $1.16M+ in protocol revenue Had the proposal passed, today the Treasury would currently be sitting on approx $20,000 USD in profit while still retaining the underlying capital. One of the concerns raised was that the ADA would be sold, potentially creating sell pressure. Well, in the months since, Strike introduced the ability to deposit ADA into the platform as liquidity without selling it. So here we are, now with the benefit of hindsight. We said NO to one of the only teams in this ecosystem with demonstrated success and the ability to deliver results. At the same time, we keep approving large withdrawals that constitute ADA permanently leaving the Treasury. We are spending the Treasury instead of managing it and that (imo) will end up being a grave error for Cardano.

📍I also want to shout out a few fellow DReps who deserve recognition and support. If you’re looking for a new DRep, take a look at what they stand for and see if their values align with yours. 1) Angry Crypto Show (@angrycryptoshow) - DRep ID: drep1y22m0k0d5mhv6anulnnh4m6m2cwp8evd3zw2qtjae64aw9chd7gag 2) Rod G. (@rod_drmz) - DRep ID: drep1ygwscks2yt0na4fqpcdyqn0fare5v48y0mjgn2g478lnx8gue393e 3) Cash (@CashAnvil) - DRep ID: drep1ygeyfh8nm03dnl5a2hxdtv09pu7uhep9l0cpg0zpr60jqys05cku2 💪🏻🙂‍↕️

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I am a delusional optimist and i will win I am a delusional optimist and i will win I am a delusional optimist and i will win

We are looking forward to working with the Alpha Growth/PRIME program to deliver the next era of Wayup and NFTs/RWAs on Cardano. Please, if you see a post, don't be afraid to throw the Wayup name out there! Let's go Wayup!

Support the NFT marketplace that’s been supporting Cardano!

As another Cardano project bites the dust, I find myself sitting here reflecting on the past 6 years, once again. Many have come, with grand promises at that, and many of which have had their cake and left. There’s a major lack of grit, especially for those teams who publicly fundraise. Call it what you want, I get start ups fail, but this is different. I have been quiet on the timeline. Most of what I do now is lurk and take notes of what people are doing/saying. The treasury stuff really took a lot out of me. We have grinded hard, no salaries, no public raises blah blah. So it’s been pretty sad to see what’s happening with things like genius, Taptools, etc. That said, the fire is still burning, and we still have goals we want to accomplish at Anvil. I hope to have good news to share with everyone soon. I do believe good times are not far away, but those silly seasons are likely done with. Steady, hard built growth is what we have in store for us now. Too many people are wise to the tricks and deceptions of crypto/blockchain. I look forward to the next chapter of our industry, I just hope we can continue to keep fighting the good fight until then. Down but not out. The show goes on. Maybe I’ll try to post more, I just get a whirlwind of emotion every time I think about how let down we have been by certain people/entities.

Cardano has spent a long time optimizing for the blockchain and not enough time optimizing for economic activity. PoS, the eUTXO model, native assets, formal methods, decentralization, governance, research, scalability work, etc have all been core focus areas. In contrast, the L1s that pulled ahead aggressively competed for developers, stablecoins, liquidity, trading, lending, payments, consumer applications, interoperability, institutions and most importantly: USERS Cardano has treated adoption as something that will emerge from building superior infrastructure rather than something we needed to deliberately engineer. It needs to be easy for builders to build and users to transact. We need stablecoins, liquidity, distribution and applications people WANT to use. We need to realize that these things cannot come second to the technology, THEY ARE THE POINT OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

Thinking about #Cardano I love how @wayupio built. No mints. No token drops. No VC. Just a lean and passionate team that built critical infrastructure. Thank you @AnvilDevAgency Need more support for responsible teams like this because we are standing on their shoulders.

Hanging on by a thread

Can’t wait to sign up to 47 different streaming services to watch NFL games this year

There’s no better feeling than people genuinely believing in you

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Right now, all of CT is focused on Robinhood memecoins. Nobody is paying attention to what’s happening elsewhere. Once that market becomes saturated, the rotation will start into other markets, starting with the oldest and most well-known memes. Snek is one of them. Once Cardano picks up steam again, the top Cardano tokens will start to run as well. Snek is one of them. I’m ready.