Cardano and Midnight Founder Charles Hoskinson said proposed U.S. crypto legislation could take more than a decade to implement, fail to survive political change and structurally disadvantage new ent… [+5049 chars]

The Cardano founder says post-FTX politics, flawed design and a narrow U.S.-only approach risk stifling new crypto projects while benefiting established players

CoinDesk

Charles Hoskinson not a fan of CLARITY Act, warns of 'weaponization' by future lawmakers

Charles Hoskinson, founder of the Cardano and Midnight blockchains, said crypto has spent more than a decade solving the wrong problems and failing to break into the real-world economy.
The question… [+1448 chars]

The Cardano founder argues crypto is too public, complex and risky for mainstream use and is backing a privacy-focused network to change that.

Charles Hoskinson’s $200 million bet: Midnight goes live to tackle crypto’s biggest flaws

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1985.11, down 3.2% (-65.39) … [+251 chars]

Aave (AAVE) declined 5.6% and Cardano (ADA) dropped 4.8%, leading the index lower from Wednesday.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: index falls 3.2% as all constituents trade lower

Monument Bank said it plans to tokenise up to 250 million pounds ($335 million) of retail customer deposits on the Midnight network in what it described as the first such move by a U.K.-regulated ban… [+1678 chars]

The tokenized deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Monument Bank to tokenized 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The average Cardano holder who bought in the past year is down 43%. The derivatives market is betting it gets worse. But both of those things happening at once have historically meant the opposite.
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Two historically contrarian indicators are flashing simultaneously for ADA, with average holders deeply underwater and derivatives traders piling into the most aggressive short positioning in nearly three years.

Cardano price indicator that once preceded a 300% rally is back

The blockchain trilemma reared its head once more at Consensus in Hong Kong in February, to some extent, putting Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, on the back foot having to reassure attende… [+8323 chars]

Cardano’s founder recently made an argument about hyperscalers that needs to be addressed, says Fan.

Hoskinson might be wrong about the future of decentralized compute

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2077.68, up 3.7% (+74.61) si… [+238 chars]

Sui (SUI) gained 6.7% and Cardano (ADA) rose 5.8%, leading the index higher.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: index jumps 3.7% as all constituents climb higher

Bitcoin BTC
$70,252.74 traded recently around $70,100, down 0.1% since midnight UTC.
The largest cryptocurrency has been trapped in a tight trading range between $71,700 and $69,000 for the past 48… [+3265 chars]

Bitcoin traded around $69,800 as open interest rose to $102 billion, suggesting defensive, bearish bets while altcoins outperformed in a risk-off macro backdrop.

Bitcoin steady near $70,000 as rising open interest hints at cautious, bearish positioning

Cardano

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To find out more on what to expect over the next week or two and in the native token age, here’s a rundown from our blog. So let's welcome Mary and multi-assets and let's go!🚀
Blog: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/02/18/building-native-tokens-on-cardano-for-pleasure-and-profit/

Last but not least, a new video from David!
David explains what you need to know about the beginning of an exciting multi-asset future... 

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/PVqsCXh-V5Y

Cardano Foundation Community Manager

CARDANO SMART CONTRACTS: On tonight's earlier Cardano360 we shared the rollout plan for smartcontracts on Cardano. Here's more on the Alonzo roadmap from Charles Hoskinson. We'll bring you more clips from the show throughout the week ahead via our Twitter accounts, so stay tuned!

https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1375219371883307011

Join Tim Harrison &amp; Aparna Jue for Cardano360 – our bumper March edition 🎉

It's been another month of incredible growth across the Cardano universe. Packed with 3+ hours of content, here's where we chart our expanding universe!

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/ULBLgPgxtN8

Cardano D-DAY Confirmed: Earlier today, IOHK have just successfully submitted an update proposal to the Cardano blockchain, handing over full responsibility for block production to the stake pool operator community on March 31st. This is what Decentralization looks like. Onward! 👌
https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1375150085328211973

Cardano360: A new episode of the Cardano monthly show!

Featuring a full program of updates on all aspects of Cardano development, including team &amp; partner interviews, progress updates &amp; more! Join us on 25th of March, 17:30 UTC 

Get ready for it here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/cardano360-march

NEW IOHK BLOG: Another important milestone for Cardano as financial data powerhouse Bloomberg adds Cardano to its ‘Terminal’ real-time market information platform and leading exchange Coinbase Pro lists ADA!

Read it all here: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/03/17/momentum-continues-as-coinbase-lists-ada-and-bloomberg-adds-cardano/

Cardano360 - March Edition is coming up next week! 

Join your regular hosts Tim Harrison &amp; Aparna Jue, along with guests from across the ecosystem with all the latest updates and deeper dives into the Cardano universe.

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