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FluidTokens announced the first atomic swap between Cardano and Bitcoin on the mainnet. 50 ADA was swapped for 0.0001 BTC. An atomic swap is a peer-to-peer exchange of two cryptocurrencies between users on different blockchains. It ensures that neither party can cheat the other, although successful completion depends on both parties acting within a defined time window. ▪️They swapped ADA for BTC without using a bridge ▪️Fully non-custodial ▪️No middleman ▪️No wrapped tokens, native asset for native asset How does it work? They used a script-to-script swap. A script-to-script swap is a cryptographically enforced trade. On the Bitcoin side, hashed timelock contracts (HTLCs) were used. The same primitive is used in the Lightning Network. HTLCs allow two parties to lock funds using a cryptographic secret. Once one party reveals the secret by claiming funds on one chain, the other party can use it to claim funds on the other chain. This enables trustless atomic swaps across blockchains. Flow: Alice generates a secret S and computes its hash: H = hash(S) The hash H acts as a cryptographic commitment to S. Alice locks BTC into a Bitcoin HTLC script. The funds can be redeemed only if: ▪️the redeemer provides S such that hash(S) = H ▪️provides a valid signature corresponding to Bob’s public key. Therefore, even though Alice knows S, she cannot redeem the BTC. The script also includes a refund path: after a timeout, Alice can reclaim the BTC. Alice shares only the hash H with Bob. Bob verifies the Bitcoin HTLC and then locks ADA into a Cardano Plutus script using the same hash H, but with a shorter timeout. Alice redeems the ADA by revealing S. Bob observes S on-chain and uses it to redeem the BTC. If Alice does not redeem the ADA, Bob can reclaim it after the shorter timeout. If Bob does not redeem the BTC, Alice can reclaim it after the longer timeout. The time window must be large enough for Bob to safely act after S is revealed. Atomic swaps are not new. The first swap between Bitcoin and Litecoin occurred in 2017. Bitcoin and Litecoin share a very similar scripting model, making interoperability relatively straightforward. In contrast, Cardano and Bitcoin have fundamentally different architectures. Despite this, the team achieved a cross-chain swap purely through scripting, without using a bridge. Atomic swaps must account for the slower chain’s block time and potential reorgs, which makes timing design non-trivial. Congratulations to the team on this achievement.

We just performed the first Atomic Swap between Cardano and Bitcoin in Mainnet. This means native BTC was traded for native ADA. 0.0001 $BTC swapped for 50 $ADA Bitcoin is on Cardano 🧡 ↔ 💙

🚨CARDANO LANDS A MAJOR U.K. BANK DEAL UK-regulated Monument Bank plans to tokenize GBP customer deposits on Cardano’s Midnight network as interest-bearing digital assets. Charles Hoskinson says the partnership could bring hundreds of millions to billions in TVL.

This is one of the largest deals we've ever done and could bring hundreds of millions to billions of TVL to the Midnight ecosystem. I'm extremely proud of @F_ZK_Now and his team at the @midnightfdn for the hard work they put into the negotiations with Monument. Midnight is the home of Web 2.5 ventures.

Got my first eBTC from @AThrouvalas ! Thanks mate, history in the making!

Can confirm that eBTC is in da Cardano house

Midnight 🤝 Monument Bank Monument is set to become the first UK-regulated bank to tokenize retail customer deposits on a public blockchain — representing interest-bearing savings as digital tokens while remaining fully backed, redeemable in GBP, and protected under existing regulatory frameworks. Built on Midnight’s privacy-enhancing blockchain infrastructure, this approach ensures that transaction data remains shielded and accessible only to authorized participants — enabling the use of blockchain technology while maintaining the confidentiality and compliance required in regulated financial services. The initiative begins with a target of £250 million in tokenized deposits and represents the first phase in a broader rollout to expand access to tokenized financial products. Over time, this includes enabling exposure to asset classes such as private equity and structured products, and introducing more flexible lending models — capabilities historically reserved for institutional and private banking clients. Together, this partnership demonstrates how regulated financial institutions can bring traditional financial products on-chain — unlocking a more flexible, accessible, and programmable financial system without compromising privacy or regulatory standards.

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Welcome home, Cardano. 🤝 This unlocks FAR more than people realize for UTXO ecosystems. Bitcoin and Cardano working as one is no longer just an idea—it’s here, powered by @CharmsDev. MAJOR kudos to the Charms team for all their hard work.

A lot of you will be leaving Cardano once it hits $2-$3 and that's fine. I will still be here even after $10 🫡

Fixed. $ADA

Hydra 1.3.0 is here. Hydra is a scaling solution unique to Cardano that Ethereum and Solana simply can't build. I personally have massive expectations for Hydra. It's the single biggest reason I believe in Cardano's future. It's only been six months since v1.0 last October, and we're already at 1.3.0. Head initialization costs cut by ~4x. Cardano's L2 is quietly getting to production level. Hydra doesn't just deliver an insane user experience. I think it's a perfect fit for the agent economy that's about to blow up. Cardano is moving fast on all fronts!

Now this is a fckn Cardano bull post 🚀 History of Cardano major milestones 2020-2026 👇 July 2020: Shelley Hard Fork - Introduced staking, delegation, and SPO run network for decentralization (shift from Byron to Shelley era), stake pool and delegator rewards fully operational. December 2020: Allegra Hard Fork (Goguen phase) - Added token locking support as a precursor to smart contracts and governance. March 2021: Mary Hard Fork - Enabled native multi-asset support (fungible tokens, NFTs) without smart contracts. September 2021: Alonzo Hard Fork - Activated Plutus smart contracts, opening DeFi/dApps. September 2022: Vasil Hard Fork (Babbage era) - Brought reference scripts, diffusion pipelining, and major scalability/performance gains. 2022 Scaling Enhancements (Basho era preparation) - on-chain (block size/pipelining) and Hydra precursors / prerequisistes. February 2023: Valentine Upgrade - Added SECP signatures for better cross-chain interoperability. 2023 Dynamic P2P & Hydra Advancements - Rolled out automated node connections, peer discovery upgrade, and Hydra scaling solutions. September 2024: Chang Hard Fork (Voltaire era start) Introduced on-chain governance tools (Interim Constitutional Committee, initial voting). January 2025: Plomin Hard Fork - Enabled full decentralized governance (DRep voting, treasury, parameter changes). Massive upgrade. 2025 Multi-Chain & Governance Milestones - Included Cardano Constitution ratification and partner-chain/R&D expansions eg: preparations for Midnight, etc… December 2025: Tier 1 CEX listings for CNTs February 2026: LayerZero Integration - Major interoperability unlock. February 2026: USDCx Integration - Major interoperability unlock. March 2026: CIP-0113 Programmable Tokens Standard for compliance logic on programmable / contract based native assets (modular, live on testnet). --- Next up --- March 2026 planned: Cardano - Midnight privacy based federated network launches with major industry partners. Latter 2026: Pyth - High Speed, High Perfmormance oracle integraton for 2,958 RWA and crypto price feeds. Latter 2026 Planned: Midnight privacy network run by Cardano SPOs with Cardano security properties. 2027 Planned Upgrade: Ouroboros Leios - High throughput, low latency Layer 1 upgrade on the SPO operated network. The evolution continues... stay bullish my friend. 🍻

$ADA is a Certified Commodity!🏆 Cardano has been Officially named by the SEC as the home of the most advanced Digital Commodity on planet Earth! $ADA will Never be a Security & w/ the New LayerZero connection, this Digital Commodity can Thrive! It's Cardano Season!📢 $ADA 🥇

$ADA has been classified as a digital commodity by the SEC and CFTC. A meaningful development for the Cardano ecosystem and for the broader digital asset industry.

The PENTAD has delivered on its commitments, working diligently and making every effort to implement each of the major integrations that were promised. The potential of working in unity can produce results that even surpass human understanding. Congratulations @IOGroup, @Cardano_CF, @IntersectMBO, @midnightfdn and @emurgo_io 🏆

Yes, after USDCx, layer zero and Midnight integration not too far away, declaring Cardano as a commodity is very bullish long-term.

gm @nikitabier, do you reckon that @XMoney will include Ada, APT, AVAX, BTC, BCH, DOGE, DOT, ETH, HBAR, LINK, LTC, SHIB, SOL, XLM, XTZ and XRP? LFG! 🚀🚀🚀