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Huge thanks to @atriumlab for hosting us today. We unpacked Apex Fusion’s tri-chain stack: Prime (settlement & staking), Vector (UTxO execution with fast finality), and Nexus (EVM), and how Skyline + Reactor Router tie it all together. We also touched on cAP3X on @MinswapDEX, staking on Prime, Vector Testnet progress, EVM integrations on Nexus, and our merit-based @Apex_Reputation powering future rewards. Couldn’t make it live? Catch the recording here: x.com/i/spaces/1ZkJz…

Rare Evo was a remarkable moment for @ApexFusion Vector officially launched its testenet there, showcasing what a Cardano aligned chain can achieve It delivers 10 times the throughput of Cardano’s mainnet and offers near instant finality where 99 % of transactions settle in under 13 seconds, with nearly 99 % finalized instantly under optimized conditions On stage, Jerry Fragiskatos, Armando Saenz, Christopher Greenwood, and Duncan Coutts walked us through how Vector brings speed, security, and fast finality to UTXO based DeFi The crowd felt the energy at the booth too with builders, contributors, investors, and community members gathered round, eager to learn and connect Vector represents a game changer for both the Cardano and Apex spaces It's built by original Cardano engineers and backed by peer reviewed performance data, it stands ready to unlock institutional-grade DeFi with deterministic settlement and regulatory alignment I’m truly excited about what’s coming because I think that Vector will open many new possibilities

Skyline is already live connecting Apex Fusion to Cardano and enabling cAP3X to flow into native DeFi. Coming next: Reactor Router, our internal bridge linking Prime, Nexus, and Vector, built to move assets and logic across UTXO and EVM layers with precision. Together, they form the foundation of Apex Fusion’s cross-chain architecture: secure, intentional, and designed to bring distinct ecosystems into real conversation.

@BlocksterCom Thanks @BlocksterCom for the great write-up. Appreciate the spotlight on how the Reputation System brings more accountability and trust into Web3. It’s a big step toward building systems where real users and real actions actually matter.

“Having a lot of open-source code out there gives every actor in the ecosystem a better chance for success.” In his latest personal piece, @filipblagojevi8 , Core Contributor to Apex Fusion and Director of Delivery at @hal_eight , explores the role of open-source software in blockchain from multiple perspectives: developers, users, founders, and foundational entities. He also shares how this philosophy shapes Vector, Apex Fusion’s UTXO-based computation layer, and why OSS can be a growth catalyst for new chains. From practical OSS examples to strong opinions on what should (and shouldn’t) be open, this is a timely read for anyone building in Web3. 🔗 @apexfusion/open-source-software-oss-4d3d1174533c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@apexfusion/op…

@masatoalexander And then we asked for 10k ADA to fund our project, it's too much 😅

IOG took 350m ADA (+25m f/staking) using genesis keys. charles has recently stated that this was used to fund intersect. intersect spent <10m USD last year in its first year of operations, and is now asking for more. not using formal methods, but something doesn't add up.

What are your thoughts on @ApexFusion ? #Cardano

To give you a sense of how big the upcoming bull market is for crypto, we just absorbed a downturn that was larger than the collapse of Luna or FTX and have already nearly recovered: 710 billion in losses and 740,000 traders liquidated in 24 hours. 2025 is Crypto's year

Cardano $ADA supercycle?

Should the treasury pay the $3 million integration fee to get $USDC on Cardano?

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@v_vukman @get_revuto Cardano ecosystem needs supportive community! You have our vote! keep pushing 👏

I need to address this because, in a way, somebody needs to say it. For the first time, in Fund 12, @get_revuto applied for Project Catalyst funding with a proposal to launch the Debit Card program supporting #Cardano Tokens. I always believed the product was good enough to get attention from the Cardano community, especially because it aims to raise the adoption of Cardano and its projects (tokens) among non-crypto users, and I was ecstatic when we got the support we needed to help us launch the product. Thank you folks! We applied with the proposal intending to launch the product in 3 months, which correlated with the Cardano Summit in Dubai. To show our appreciation and dedication to Cardano, we decided to be one of the event's sponsors, have a booth there, and announce the product there, even though the official public launch was always planned for Q1 2025. Although there's a rule of at least 6 months (milestones) for the completion of the product and the same amount of installments in ADA for the completion of milestones, for us, three months were enough, and we did it. Now, the product is live for both platforms (iOS and Android), and anyone from the EEA and UK can contact our team and ask us to unlock the Debit Card feature so they can get their feedback before we go public with it. For Fund13, we submitted two proposals for two projects we believe will be excellent additions to the ecosystem of products we're building and planning (timing) to launch in 2025. More importantly, we believe those two products will, again, definitely help Cardano get more exposure once a more significant number of non-crypto users start getting into the space. Our focus was always on the real-world use cases (problem-solving features) and the simplicity of our products. The first product proposal is for the feature that will allow users to use Cardano Toklens to pay (settle) their invoices/bills issued in FIAT. Imagine paying for your credit/lease installment, utility, or similar bill using Cardano Tokens. It's a simple but problem-solving feature for many crypto users. The second proposal is for the cross-chain swap feature, which we believe is HEAVILY LACKING in Cardano. Why? Because it's anything but easy for the people holding the most popular cryptocurrencies to enter the Cardano space by investing those funds (liquidity) into Cardano tokens. Of course, you can always exchange your $BTC for $SNEK if you register with the CEX, exchange it for the $USDT or $USDC, buy $ADA, and then send ADA to your non-custodial wallet to connect it with the #DEX on Cardano and then exchange $ADA for the #CNT. All the steps above are possible but are also very demanding for the regular user. We always talk about how, in web3, we need better UIX to attract more non-crypto users, but sometimes I ask myself how crypto-bros see that happening. Looking at some community reviews of our proposals, I was amazed by their comments. Saying how the above (a one-click swap, let's say, between $SOL and $SNEK) is unnecessary or unique because there are already protocols allowing that. I checked those protocols, and again, how can somebody even compare those two things? On one side, a simple one-step, fast, and cheap token swap between the most popular crypto and Cardano tokens in a single (mobile) app, and on the other hand, an on-chain protocol requiring the user to connect multiple non-custodial wallets to bridge those assets on different chains. By the way, bridging the token means burning one asset on one chain and minting the same but wrapped token on the other channel, which is not even close to a simple token SWAP feature. So, where does anybody see a familiarity between those two processes and, in the end, products? Also, commenting on how using industry-grade infrastructural services like @FireblocksHQ, @BanxaOfficial, or even count is bad because of the dependency - is crazy! Revuto builds products that require regulation and compliance on the legal part of the business primarily because we're a payment platform bridging crypto with FIAT. If people need to understand how the flow of funds in those setups works and where the industry is heading, they should refrain from commenting. I avoid commenting on smart contracts and GitHub repositories because I'm not a developer and can't read the code. Not to mention comments on the duration to complete the projects because if the proposal gets voted on and we could do it faster, we'll still need to rewrite everything to match at least six proofs of milestones covering the same amount of months. In short, being fast does not help getting funds faster than 6 months. Commenting on ADA prices is even worse because we all know how ADA can go up or down - the risk we all take. Many projects from Fund 12 were late with their proof of achievements and may profit because the price of ADA went up, but the decision to fund projects in ADA was not up to us. If anything, getting more funds should positively influence the product outcome because, when developing, there are always expenses you can't anticipate. Still, project onboarding won't start before January/February next year, while many won't be able to wrap up their developments in 6 months, so price-wise, during that period, anything can happen. Of course, I'm not saying all community reviewers are wrong or ignorant. I appreciate anyone's effort to check and review the proposals, but seeing such significant gaps between good and bad reviews on proposals is frightening. Luckily, the community will vote, and their opinions are all that counts. Thank you! 👉 cardano.ideascale.com/c/cardano/idea… 👉 cardano.ideascale.com/c/cardano/idea…

@cardano_whale Amazing

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