1/x This week, one of the most brutal events in crypto history unfolded with the downfall of Terra & UST. Thus, we think it's timely to reflect on why we chose to build on Cardano, and especially why it's crucial to safeguard its decentralization at all costs🧵.
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OADA Optim’s next product 👀 A synthetic version of ADA Better Yield, Always Liquid Backed 1:1 with ADA Find out more 👇 optim-labs.medium.com/optima…
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LEVIATHAN L2 -Turning Liveness Into Finality - Time to Scale Cardano, securely ⛓️ Check out Whitepaper V1 🔗 github.com/OptimFinance/publ…
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1/7 In the last 3 months, Cardano's Nakamoto Coefficient has decreased from its height of 29, to now 22. Meanwhile, 209 Stake Pools have retired. Optim’s SPO Bonds aim to increase the decentralization of Cardano, while enabling any market participant to profit. How? 🤔👇
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We’re live 🚀 app.optim.finance Cardano #DeFi 💥
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$ADA IS THE PROOF OF STAKE $BTC DETERMINISTIC TRANSACTIONS ONLY ON CARDANO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO INNOVATIVE BEYOND WHAT'S POSSIBLE ON $ETH COMING SOON
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The last few days have been tough for the Cardano community. That's why today, we want to take some time to highlight some of the recent progress and milestones achieved by Cardano DeFi protocols, and why the outlook for the ecosystem is more bullish than ever 👇
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Wen Mainnet? Tomorrow! We are pleased to announce Optim's SPO Liquidity Bonds will launch tomorrow! 👀 Make sure to tune into our Mainnet Community Call tomorrow at 5pm UTC! Link below 👇 nitter.app/i/spaces/1MYGNgDkdqLJw
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GM CARDONEZO If you're worried about Cardano's ability to scale to handle the ADOPTION Just wait until we unleash the Leviathan
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Congratulations to @Indigo_protocol for announcing mainnet -- live in a few hours!
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Our most important invention, an initiative to bring DeFi on Cardano to a whole new level! A level at which we could, finally see PROPER composable DeFi, and build the future of finance on the most decentralized L1 Solving Concurrency, Solving Composability, and Much More! 🧵
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Institutional Adoption $ADA ✅ Institutional Adoption $OADA ✅ Details soon ⌛️ Optim yield products underpin institutional $ADA ETNs 🚀
🚨 BREAKING: Grayscale files for spot Cardano $ADA ETF with NYSE.
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THANK YOU CARDANO COMMUNITY 🙏 1M ADA to top most unhinged @zygomeb i.e innovative teams JUST IN TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT 🚀 WE ABOUT TO SHIP $ADA SOME CRAZY SHIT!!! 🫡
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Congrats @MinswapDEX for resilience, transparency, and being the first #Cardano #DeFi protocol to cross the $200MM TVL mark 🚀 Many amazing protocols and trailblazers contributed to this success. @SundaeSwap @liqwidfinance @ArdanaProject @CardanoDeFiCDA @MLabs10 @wingriderscom
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Cardano enables decentralized money ✅ Leviathan L2 + Optim Account enable fast , programmable money ✅ Hyperspeed + account abstraction ⏳👇
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Create the most decentralized L1 >for smart contracts - 6 years ✅ Deploy, improve tooling, iterate >run smart contracts - 2 years ✅ We’re finally warmed up 🛠️ Main event BEGINS NOW Brace yourself, anon
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Chain Load at 100%? We may have something in store for you all 😏
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Cardano accumulation phase No, not $ADA. the tech + dApps ✅ Smart builders are cooking 🍳 V2s + new products everywhere BUILDING BLOCKS are here NOW More info on our part next week ⌛️
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Breaking🚨 from Coindesk today “DeFi Shrinks to Multiyear Low as the Crypto-Fueled Future of Finance Falters” 🤔
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$ADA price shouldn’t be the concern. Concerns should be 👇 - New DeFi protocols - True innovation - Top builders staying - Experienced builders coming Stablecoins at scale, perps, L2, LSDs, etc. where tf are they? $OADA 👋 $OUSD 👋 Leviathan L2 scaling 👋
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2 weeks ago: almost no activity 😴 Today: ▪️11.58mm #ADA in TVL ▪️ISPO bonds live ▪️9% APY ‘real yield’ ▪️Bonds filling up in minutes ▪️Secondary market @danogo_2023 ▪️and more... What the HECK is all of this? What happened? Why should you care? What's next? A thread 🧵👇
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A New Era of Optim is here. Cardano DeFi 2.0 | Yield + Scaling Vision & Plan 📖 👇(+rebrand) 🔗 optim-labs.medium.com/a-new-…
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LEVIATHAN (L2) WHITEPAPER This week ⌛️⌛️⌛️ It’s time WE SHIP scaling solutions for Cardano enabling more advanced DeFi+
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eUTXO/acc Cardano is on the cusp of a modular future at HYPERSPEED Optim’s L2 for execution Data availability TBA 🤫 Secure, Deterministic, Decentralized ⛓️ L1 ⛓️
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When you stop looking at $ADA prices & look at fundamentals 💡 You’ll notice Cardano DeFi about to take a quantum leap ⌛️ 🔹OADA - advanced yield aggregation nvr seen on Cardano 🔹Leviathan L2 - hyperspeed + composability SHIPS 🔹 @splashprotocol 80/20 & stable swaps 🔹 👇
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New Product Live on Mainnet Tomorrow ⌛️ …the highest ADA ‘real yield’ at scale on Cardano
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Staking is at the heart #Cardano stADA will allow users to - choose stake pools - earn their staking rewards While participating in any #DeFi protocol 👀 be on the lookout 🚀
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Public testnet next week #Cardano #DeFi #Vasil 💥🔺
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Phase 1 of the ILE has now concluded! We are 452% subscribed! 11.3M ADA, out of 2.5M ADA target! For every 1 ADA contributed, 0.78 ADA is sent back! Funds are now secured and we'll be back shortly after rebuilding the server! The site is down in the meantime.
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Soon on Cardano, stablecoins will generate yield with no active management. This is DeFi 2.0
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Almost time ⌛️
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Building harder than ever Not leaving Not chasing new narratives $ADA
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Only 2% of $ADA is currently deployed into Cardano DeFi OADA will change this 🛠️💧 < 3% risk-free staking ⌛️ will wake up lazy $ADA
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We thank Dave in his mission to spread the word of the DANGEROUS and POWERFUL stake auction product Welcome to the Optim Outreach Group Dave -- and enjoy the 10M ADA stake acquired by Optim Labs from the EVIL stake auction! Keep up the good work!
No idea who this is, but thank you so much! Actually over the moon right now to see support like this! 💙
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Building on #Cardano is hard i.e Determinism + eliminating entire classes of errors While providing #DeFi features people expect Taking the longer, harder road will be worth it In the long arch of history #Decentralization If you came to make a quick buck, plz go elsewhere
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Perfect is the enemy of good Let’s SHIP SCALING for Cardano Leviathan Whitepaper V1.1 soon™️ + simplified explainers, articles, X threads, diagrams, etc. Thanks for your support & feedback ❤️
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OADA IS LIVE THE DAY IS UPON US MINT, STAKE, EARN app.optim.finance/dashboard --> STAKE AUCTION OPENS IN 3 HOURS
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Cardano’s liquid staking functionality allows ADA to be staked and supplied as liquidity in DeFi protocols at the same time. The concept is unforeseen in any other chain 🙌. However, synthetically minting a staked token for ADA 1:1,could bring Cardano DeFi to a whole new level 👀
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Cardano DeFi is just warming up Thx for a solid start 🙏
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Just a few more weeks 🙏 ⌛️ It will be worth the wait. MINT > STAKE > EARN $ADA
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Congrats to all Cardano DeFi 2.0 Protocols rolling out 🤝💪 1st TIME IN 6+ MONTHS WE MIGHT ACTUALLY MOVE UP TVL RANK 🚀 $OADA 10M first few epochs 🫡 TOP 10 DeFi AGAIN SOON
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Leviathan L2 + OADA SOON Real Cardano innovation must happen fast. We MUST PUSH BEYOND iterative upgrades to lend/borrow, swap, and simple synthetics… Bitcoin L2s, Ai, RWAs at scale, complex DeFi on other chains…too much innovation to move slow = get passed.
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Back to our regularly scheduled programming 🫡 OADA - the first true yield aggregation on Cardano 🚀 SOON™️ (T - 2 months) 👇
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Cardano DeFi in 2024 ⬆️ liftoff Innovations + Liquidity incoming 700+ respondents indicated ADA is coming off the sidelines into DeFi as staking yield drops into 2% range Optim’s $OADA isn’t just abt yield More on WHY $OADA this week ⌛️
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It’s time. OPTIM 👇 app.optim.finance/ile *NO US participants *Read Terms. Geo & VPN blocked
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2M $ADA lent yesterday almost immediately after borrow request Billions of $ADA on the sidelines waiting for Cardano DeFi 2.0 If you innovate, they will come ⌛️
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3.5 Million ADA loaned THIS EPOCH 🔥 Staking Rights Only 6.4% APY Average Cardano DeFi alive and well Supporting builders via ISPO leverage + 2x staking yield ⚠️
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We made a mistake in not having the DAO choose delegation and choosing a politically charged dRep. We will move forward. We will continue to ship great products. We will rise above the noise, focus on building, and deliver far beyond people’s expectations 🛠️ 🚀
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$OADA 🧸 📖 🧵 1/6: 🚀 Imagine if your $ADA could go out and make more ADA for you! OADA is like a clever little helper that takes your ADA and finds ways to earn even more ADA in the DeFi world. It’s like sending your ADA on a fun adventure to come back with more friends!
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ISPO Bond Issuance + Lending ⬆️ Supporting ISPOs on Cardano 🛠️ 3M ADA lent last epoch 6M ADA lent this epoch 🔥 Building is taking off $ADA LEVIATHAN TOMORROW ⛓️
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Closing in on 69.42 Million ADA of Liquidity Bonds since launch Milestone achieved Time for new products soon™️
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New Era of Optim Is almost™️ here Rebrand incoming New products incoming Innovations > Improvements 🚀 🛠️ OADA = next gen DeFi for $ADA 🛠️ L2 = next gen infra for $ADA
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PSA: The ticker is $OPTIM
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Thanks Cardano ❤️ Over 80 Million $ADA in volume! Strong finish to 2023 💪 Millions of $ADA interest paid at an average APY of 6.5% Real Yield 🔥
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What we originally set out to build on Cardano 🤝 ⌛️ Finally possible. $OADA
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📣 New product live on mainnet! ISPO Bond issued on Optim 7% APY in $ADA | Real Yield Guaranteed, fixed rate, 6 months 🚀 The highest ADA yield on #Cardano Read more 👇📖 optim-labs.medium.com/optim-…
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Global interest rates still high Cardano still without : -L2s -Real World Assets - fiat-backed stablecoins - advanced, composable DeFi Everything above 👆 changes 2024 2025 going to be wild 🚀
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May launch for $OADA Still on target 🎯 ⌛️ Optim was originally concieved as a yield aggregator & advanced DeFi products made simple for users. The ecosystem wasn’t ready. But now it is. Cardano DeFi 2.0 🔥 Made possible by @splashprotocol @liqwidfinance V2 & many others
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LEVIATHAN L2 - SCALING 🔥 X space - Saturday 5pm utc Link 🔗 soon 🧵1/ But first, what is Leviathan? L2? A new, completely unique solution will take some study 📖 🙏 Understanding a few foundational, Cardano-only properties that enable it is key 🔑 …
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ISPOs are heating up! 👀 Meaning -- demand for ads stake is RAMPING UP! 🔥 Just today, a bunch of 6-7% APY loans issued on our platform! Are you ready for the ISPO boom cardano? 😏
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Yes, DeFi 2.0 is coming to Cardano. Stake $OADA and earn REAL $ADA YIELD approx. 50% above native staking rate ⬆️ Advanced yield aggregation + staking leverage NEXT MONTH ON CARDANO ⌛️
Asset-stability derived yield optimization system -- OTOKEN
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The first SPO Liquidity Bond has been fully funded and activated! A first for DeFi, only possible on Cardano 🔥 Congratulations @877PSBYTE6 ! 🥂
Well, that only took 25 minutes 😆 Welcome to our new smart contract delegator 😁
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Bringing some much needed new Cardano features SOON OADA = simple, passive $ADA yield better than 2% range staking (⌛️T-6 weeks) Leviathan L2 = hyperspeed trading, composability, perps, etc. w/o bridging 🚀 (⏳T-6 months)
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2023 Cardano DeFi TOP 10 ✅ 2024 Cardano DeFi TOP 5 ⏳ - L2s (Leviathan) 👋 - Dev costs ⬇️ (Aiken) - V2 protocols + new primitives - Fiat-backed stablecoins arrive! [tiny stables mcap far right👇]
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5 Million ADA in staking rights were lent out yesterday! Borrowers paid 5.6% APR $ADA + Cardano DeFi 🛫 🛫 BEST RATES , DEEP LIQUIDITY 💧
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As #Cardano scales we must always put decentralization at the forefront Tx Chaining is a powerful tool that will be widely used and adopted Check out our article on the topic👇 optim-labs.medium.com/transa…
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Due to the recent bots/sniping of tokens launching on Cardano A simple measure will be taken When OPTIM liquidity pool goes live 20% fee for first 2 hours 10% fee for first 24 hours 5% fee until DAO amended This aligns long term holders with protocol and curtails initial chaos
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It goes without saying that the DH team is quite hardworking and talented -- and they have helped us with handling a process that may be described as bordering on insane, including a short deadline! The entire post launch plan for $OPTIM rested, and still rests upon their site
Optim Finance was the most complicated launch we've handled on DexHunter so far: multi-pools and multi-fees all at once. Despite some minor UI issues, the trading was smooth!🔥 Special thank you to @OptimFi, @SpectrumLabs_, and @ZhaataC who helped to make it happen❤️
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$OADA system flawless performance under max stress FULL REPEG BY SYSTEM MILLIONS SOLD. 17% APY this Epoch 💧 Top protocol design by @zygomeb $O WILL PREVAIL
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Real World Assets must come to Cardano $ADA. We’re very far behind in this area 😢 However, we’re COOKING 🧑‍🍳 🛠️ If you have expertise in this area & work on Cardano. REACH OUT Understand top 10 RWAs @rwa_xyz structure, flow of funds, etc. If not, plz educate yourself,then dm
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2024 🚀
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Optim Ecosystem Overview soon™️ Cardano DeFi 2.0 Yes, we now have the basics ✅ Time to level up via better infra ⌛️ dApp layer Leviathan L2 Cardano L1
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OADA audit booked ✅ T- 2 weeks @AnastasiaLabs Cardano DeFi 2.0 almost here New Era of Optim ⌛️
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Cardano DeFi 2.0 X super space Soon ™️ What projects would you like to see? TRUE INNOVATOORS ONLY $ADA DeFi Accumulation Phase will be over soon. 🚀 past 700M ADA TVL ⌛️
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We’re here to get $ADA ON CHAIN via $OADA 🚀 ⌛️ Cardano OUT OF TOP 20 DEFI 🫤 Projects MUST innovate IOHK, CF, Emurgo, VCs won’t deploy much liquidity to help us IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE 🫵
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$OADA will be huge for Cardano DeFi Liquidity + 1st true yield aggregation! If you hold $MIN GO VOTE FOR IT Minswap Catalyst Proposals 🐱
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Before the end of 2024 🫡 👇 OADA - advanced ADA yield aggregation + governance ✅ Leviathan L2 - SHIPPED L2 for hyperspeed, perps, etc. ✅ Real World Assets - scalable RWAs, TBills, AAA Bonds, etc. ✅ Warm-up is over. Main event NOW
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OADA is important for Cardano. But WHY? Some weekend reading 👇📖 🔗 optim-labs.medium.com/why-oa…
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The optim discord got hacked, do not press any links. I'm going to spank the admin afterwards, I know what he fucked up with Apologies for the inconvenience. No token yet. - Zygo
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Launching this month 🚀 on strong foundations 🏦 Optim’s token - OPTIM Optim’s DAO - ODAO Lots of info, articles, etc. incoming 📖
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👋 Your favorite team to NEVER RECEIVE CATALYST FUNDING 😬 PLZ VOTE OPTIM Our ecosystem is only as good as the talent it attracts + retains!
Catalyst 🗳️ Go Vote! Help us execute our innovative roadmap👇 Leviathan L2 🔷 Hyperspeed cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea… OADA 🔷 ⬆️ Yield + Liquidity ⬆️ cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea… OUSD 🔷 Yield + Stability cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea… RWA Vaults 🔷 RWAs at Scale cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea…
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New, innovative products will drive Cardano DeFi forward Teams #1, 2, 3 have done great with the foundations 🛠️🫡 Like Optim’s Liquidity Bonds, OADA and Leviathan are like nothing that has come before
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Cardano keeps chugging 💪 While chaos & tx failures persist across crypto 🤷‍♂️ Orderly. Unbothered. Rock solid Reminds me why we build here $ADA ❤️
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We have entered audit for our next protocol 🤫
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#Cardano has unique features not seen on any other blockchain = New #DeFi products nvr seen before We built a new DeFi primitive around Cardano’s native liquid staking 💥 Mainnet in a month ⌛️👇
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8/x CIP-50 is an improvement on the current rewards equation leading to a decreasing Nakamoto Coefficient. That is the true meaning of decentralization. And Optim is dedicated to fostering it. You can learn more on CIP-50 in this space by @BullishDumpling: bit.ly/3NhU3dX
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Cardano's stablecoin landscape is rapidly evolving. Our upcoming $OUSD will be backed by multiple ecosystem stablecoins ✅ Initial candidates under consideration: 🔹wanUSDC 🔹wanUSDT 🔹wanDAI ⎻ @wanchain_org 🔹USDM ⎻ @USDMOfficial 🔹USDA ⎻ @AnzensOfficial Stay tuned 👀
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6/x This brings us to CIP 50, a change proposed by @DrLiesenfelt to Cardano’s rewards equation which aims to ensure an equal playing field for everyone, be it institutional or retail, aligning incentives in keeping the network decentralized. It’s here👇: bit.ly/39hoPVu
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After a brief holiday break we’re back 🫡 🛠️ $ADA Cardano DeFi is a mission, not a job ❌censoring transactions ✅ true decentralization 🟰 actually important ..authoritarian gov’t & mismanaged currency is common today 😕
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Thx for #5 TVL on Cardano With our first product 🙏💧 It’s ALL $ADA innovate + scale $ADA together liquidity + use cases, on-chain 🫡 🛠️ @Indigo_protocol @MehenOfficial @liqwidfinance @LenfiOfficial @MinswapDEX @splashprotocol
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2M $ADA in new Bonds today 🫡 50M $ADA in new DeFi deposits BUT Cardano DeFi stuck at 700M $ADA for almost 6 months 😥 What NEW (not improved) products are coming 2024?!? Comments 👇
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Today the Optim DAO launches 🚀 Some important matters are up for vote. OPTIM Token Initial Liquidity Event details included 👀👇 optim-labs.medium.com/odao-f…
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GM It's been a min #Cardano fam We're still here. Heads down. Building Updates soon Our #DeFi ecosystem is on the cusp Anticipating our friends @SundaeSwap launch @MinswapDEX audits + @liqwidfinance 💧 @ArdanaProject 🚀 + @Oraclecharli3 🔢 @CardanoDeFiCDA ❤️ @IOHK_Charles
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$ADA showing strength 💪 pendulum swings back to TRUE CRYPTO ETHOS DECNTRALzation + Cardano DeFi primed. 3x Optim launches in coming months 🚀 $O
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Presenting our most important Catalyst proposal for Fund 13, in collaboration with @fluidtokens Optim + FluidTokens Borrow Protocol - OADA Lend/Borrow Market 🧵👇
Calling all Catalyst Fund 13 proposers! 🥁 📣 We're launching an epic Engagement Contest to give YOUR proposal a spotlight on the final Minswap voting list! To add, the winners ALSO get featured in: 🔹 Medium article 🔹 Educational tweet How to? 🧵👇
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Excited about stablecoins on Cardano? So are we 🔥 Minting $OUSD will have no fees - period. It doesn't get much better than that 💪
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Cardano Catalyst voting week 🗳️ Innovative solutions 🛠️ - Scaling (Leviathan L2) - DeFi (OADA + OUSD) = large $ADA liquidity increase for DeFi ⬆️ — DeFi flatlined at 700M ADA — BRAND NEW protocols. NEEDED
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