Solana ($SOL) celebrates 5 years since its official launch

UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says $NIGHT's Glacier Drop "took 18 months to design. We had to call David Schwartz for $XRP. My engineers have to know how Solana, Ethereum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, XRP, and Cardano works. You find stuff you like in each ecosystem."

JUST IN: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says "with Midnight there was Glacier Drop, 8 ecosystems, 7 different blockchains, 33 million people were eligible, about 1.5 million took it, but there's no insider distribution, there was no ICO or any of this stuff." $NIGHT

UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin DeFi "will be one of the largest TVL and TX growers for Cardano. You get yield on $BTC and the increase of value of $BTC. That's really appealing to institutional players. That can be $1B in TVL from one customer."

UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says "2026 we think about credit, to lend BTC in a non-custodial way—get a stablecoin—and deploy for a predictable return. RealFi is coming in June for yield with microfinance. We're working on another product for the credit side."

JUST IN: YoungHoon Kim, "the world's highest IQ holder," says "I just trust $XRP."

Price predictions 12/29: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH

LATEST: The Crypto Fear & Greed Index remains in extreme fear, currently sitting at a level of 24.

Ripple CTO Acknowledges Cardano’s Midnight as Privacy Narrative Gains Momentum – Here Is Why It Matters

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