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Cardano’s Leios Upgrade and Bitcoin DeFi Tool Pogun Headline Input Output’s 2026 Funding Slate

Input Output (IO), the engineering organization behind Cardano, submitted nine treasury funding proposals on Wednesday totaling $38.9 million, nearly 50% less than the $97.5 million it requested from the community…

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Charles Hoskinson Points to Cardano and Midnight as Fix for Cross-Chain Flaws Behind KelpDAO Hack

A cross-chain message forgery drained 116,500 restaked ether from KelpDAO on April 18, triggering what Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson called the largest DeFi exploit of the year and a contagion…

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Cardano Founder Hoskinson: Bitcoin’s Quantum Fix Is a Hard Fork in Disguise

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed quantum fix, BIP 361, would effectively confiscate 1.7 million BTC while misrepresenting the scope of changes required to pull it off. Key Takeaways:…

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Incapable of ‘Critical Thinking’: Hoskinson Blasts the XRP Community

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says years of marketing and propaganda have left the XRP community having trouble thinking critically. The CLARITY Act Controversy Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson lashed out at…

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CME Group Moves Deeper Into Crypto Futures With ADA, LINK, and XLM Contracts

On Thursday, CME Group said it plans to expand its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives lineup with futures tied to cardano, chainlink, and stellar, targeting a Feb. 9 launch pending regulatory review.…

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Apex Fusion Integrates Stargate to Bring USDC Liquidity to Cardano

Apex Fusion, the multi-layer Web3 ecosystem connecting UTxO and EVM networks, has announced an integration with Stargate, the omnichain liquidity transport protocol powered by Layerzero. Cardano Gains Native USDC Access…

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Bitcoin as DeFi Fuel: Altcoin Communities Mull BTC Reserves and Incentive Pools

As publicly listed firms continue integrating bitcoin into their balance sheets, crypto communities like Cardano and Polkadot have discussed echoing this strategy, deploying the leading digital currency in their own…

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