The first week of June 2026 became a period of serious trials for the Cardano ecosystem. The community rejected funding for the flagship Cardano Summit 2026 conference, the major analytics service TapTools announced its closure, and ADA token quotes dropped below $0.20 for the first time since 2020. Against the backdrop of these events, the community once again began to talk about a crisis…

On-chain researcher ZachXBT reported the exposure of a probable group of crypto scammers from India after one of the users approached him with a complaint about the freezing of 5.73 BTC in the Changelly service. A short story about Indian scammers who called the cops on themselves: Earlier this week a follower DM'd me from his personal account complaining that 5.73…

The prediction market platform Kalshi has held preliminary talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering (IPO). The company expects to go public no earlier than late 2027 — early 2028. According to The Information, the discussions are informal in nature and at an early stage. The decision to consider an IPO is related…

Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang announced her departure from

Over the past six months, the number of US Defense Department employees using commercial AI tools has grown by 1775% — from 80,000 to 1.5 million. This was stated by Pentagon chief technologist Emil Michael at a Hudson Institute event, Fortune writes. Of the department's total staff of 3.5 million people, about 43% use artificial intelligence. One of the cases of integrating the technology…