Thread by @cardano_whale

1/Cardano has a vibrant ecosystem but some news goes unreported

In #LatestOnCardano I highlight news, minor and major. L1+L2 upgrades, stats, dapps, SPO, NFT, governance, community and more

All things Cardano. Irregular but hopefully frequent. Here’s #18 in the series. Pls DYOR

2/In big news for Cardano itself, state channel protocol Hydra achieved mainnet compatibility. Learn more here: hydra.family

Initially this facilitate things like payments (think BTC Lightning) and auctions. One of the key components of Cardano’s scalability plans

https://twitter.com/inputoutputhk/status/1654428131728531456

3/@wingriderscom is constantly working on their dapp and added a light mode + pro view for transacting. Getting better and better imo

https://twitter.com/wingriderscom/status/1648338870952402947

4/@SundaeSwap went live with their v2 layout, putting portfolio front and center and making buying and selling more intuitive

https://twitter.com/sundaeswap/status/1648383639829225472

5/Sticking with DEXes, @MuesliSwapTeam is the first exchange that dares to move away from only ADA as the base for all trading

A very natural step imo. Can I also just say (as light mode maxi) that the dark mode view of markets on Muesliswap looks stunning?

https://twitter.com/muesliswapteam/status/1653371396519542784

6/I see a lot of people gushing about the dev experience with @helios_lang. They released some updates a few days ago.

Cardano’s dev experience coming of age is one of the most exciting themes of 2023

https://twitter.com/helios_lang/status/1652907243065442305

7/@DEMUPro is coming to Cardano with apparently some big announcements forthcoming, keep an eye out!

While ETH+VC friends still pretty much have a DeFi monopoly, Cardano is low key establishing itself as an incubator for media projects focusing on books, music, video etc

https://twitter.com/demupro/status/1652755953844998148

8/In the same spirit, @NucastIO released their Android app. Boom. They’re decentralising and tokenising video ownership

https://twitter.com/nucastio/status/1645506573572136962

9/@AadaFinance is a fast growing lending protocol on Cardano that started with P2P loans and is soon bringing pooled lending

Try to really consume the implications of Pool Manager NFTs. As a tradfi person I’m in awe at how much stuff in the Cardano economy just clicks. So huge

https://twitter.com/aadafinance/status/1653715010487451648

10/@book_io is building a digital library, because why wouldn’t you?

https://twitter.com/b00kdev/status/1653503492194029602

11/Low liquidity has been an issue for Cardano NFTs, but help may be on the way

@ExtractDEX is building and they’ve partnered with @officialmocossi. Love seeing all the cross-pollination all around Cardano

https://twitter.com/extractdex/status/1650823710281179140

12/@GoKeyFinance is a project with big ambitions building a decentralised P2P real estate finance dapp

Also with a DAO allowing the community to invest in real estate

https://twitter.com/gokeyfinance/status/1639261018445565953

13/@cardanowarriors is an RPG game project that has been building for a while

I remember looking at them in early days, shocked at seeing all the awesome progress - I missed a lot

https://twitter.com/cardanowarriors/status/1654622446022959104

14/@WhiskeesNFTs are a hand drawn NFT collection on the theme of the nectar of the Gods: whiskey

What’s even more awesome is they offer NFT owners a way to have crowdfunded partial ownership in rare aging whiskey casks, yielding 15-20% a year

Yield+NFTs+Whisky = I love. Simple

https://twitter.com/whiskeesnfts/status/1653982613823004672

15/@IagonOfficial published their multisender dapp on Cardano mainnet.

https://twitter.com/iagonofficial/status/1651646017446588416

16/One of the premier NFT projects on Cardano @pxlzNFT is teaming up with @PaimaStudios to build their PXL Wars game

https://twitter.com/paimastudios/status/1651615323391680514

17/@CogitoProtocol by @SingularityNET introduced the testnet demo of their first “tracercoin” called Green Coin

Still trying to wrap my head around it but essentially these are stablecoin like assets with low volatility, tied to non-currency indexes

This one tied to a green idx

https://twitter.com/cogitoprotocol/status/1654566843988729856

18/The @GeniusyieldO staking dapp has been adding some other tokens to their platform

https://twitter.com/GeniusyieldO/status/1649082694859407362

19/@VyFiOfficial is launching May 15th. Their initial audit report was also completed which is great. Cardano DeFi is thriving

https://twitter.com/vyfiofficial/status/1653795534967132163

20/@liqwidfinance is having a vote on shifting to a dynamic rewards scheme

https://twitter.com/liqwidfinance/status/1654523129643892738

21/@jpgstoreNFT teasing its forthcoming token. My body is ready, tbqh

https://twitter.com/jpgstorenft/status/1649495676819066887

22/@TapTools integrated profit/loss summary of wallets trading on Cardano. Slightly confronting

I think I mentioned a while back that they added support for NFTs as well. TT are developing into something really special

https://twitter.com/TapTools/status/1654239494864883713

23/@MetaDEXfi teases us what looks like a snapshot of their dapp

https://twitter.com/metadexfi/status/1640863517078175744

24/@Indigo_protocol yields remain as juicy as ever. Their TVL is $28m making it the second largest Cardano DeFi app. A gem

https://twitter.com/indigo_protocol/status/1654145762261966848

25/@Eikonikos_HQ is a project I haven’t given enough attention to. Mea culpa

They’re building an open metaverse including social and economic components, metaverse malls and avatars and I’m sure much more coming

There’s so much going on here I don’t even know where to start tbh

https://twitter.com/eikonikos_hq/status/1652690772204945410