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The engineering organization behind Cardano submitted nine proposals totaling $46.8 million for the 2026 voting cycle, down from $97.5 million last year.
Cardano, like most major blockchains, maintains a shared pool of money funded by network fees, which community representatives vote to allocate toward development work. Input Output historically has been the largest recipient because it employs most of the engineers building the underlying software.
The reduced ask is the first concrete step in a plan to phase out that dependency. Input Output said it now aims to shrink its annual request each year until the company can sustain itself on its own revenue, with community funds going instead to a broader set of smaller engineering groups.
By the end of 2026, Input Output expects smaller, more specialized teams to take on most of the work it currently does in-house, including firms such as VacuumLabs and Midgard Labs that focus on specific layers of the Cardano software.
The nine proposals group into two themes. The larger funds a consensus upgrade called Leios, which Input Output claims will increase Cardano's transaction processing capacity by 10 to 65 times, targeting more than 1,000 transactions per second.
For context, that would move Cardano from a relatively slower chain to one competitive with Solana and the fastest Ethereum layer-2 networks on throughput alone. Leios is scheduled for a test release in June and full deployment by year-end.
The second flagship proposal funds a system called Pogun, which aims to bring Bitcoin-based decentralized finance to Cardano. In practice, it would let bitcoin holders borrow and earn yield on their holdings through Cardano without giving custody to a centralized intermediary. Pogun's lending component is targeted for public release in the second quarter.
Smaller proposals cover performance improvements to Cardano's smart contract engine, security testing infrastructure, developer tools, and expanded API services.
Each proposal names specific delivery leads and ties funding to delivery milestones rather than releasing money upfront. Imagine paying a contractor in stages as different parts of a house are completed, instead of handing over the full budget at the start of construction.
Voting opens Tuesday and runs through May 24. The decisions are made by roughly 1,000 elected delegates known as DReps, who represent ADA holders much as proxy representatives do in a publicly traded company. Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Input Output, is scheduled to release a video this week making the case directly to those delegates.
The vote will test whether Cardano's governance, which has expanded significantly over the past two years, treats Input Output like any other grant applicant or continues to approve its requests largely on a basis of deference.
Last year’s $97.5 million proposal passed, but in the interim the Cardano Foundation has taken over the project’s grant-funding arm, and Intersect, the governance organization running this vote, has assumed stewardship of core Cardano software. Both shifts mean alternatives to Input Output now exist in a way they did not when previous votes went through.
Meanwhile, Input Output also cited progress in the ecosystem in its release. A new Cardano stablecoin, USDCx, reached 14.6 million tokens in circulation within weeks of its launch. Total assets deposited on Cardano, a common measure of a network's usage, rose from $137.5 million to $142.7 million over the same period.
Whether the full slate passes, gets partially funded, or is reshaped entirely by DReps will signal how much the Cardano community's thinking has shifted now that the tools to fund development without Input Output exist.
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Global oil prices fell and rose again on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he would extend a ceasefire with Iran until peace talks between the two countries have progressed.
He added that the US will continue to blockade Iran's ports until Tehran presents a "unified proposal".
After opening higher in Asia, the global benchmark wholesale oil price dipped to $97.60 (£72.14) a barrel.
But the price rose again as reports of ships being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz emerged, with the price briefly hitting $100 a barrel before falling back slightly.
Energy markets have been volatile since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February and Tehran responded with threats to target vessels in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.
The initial two-week ceasefire had been due to expire on Wednesday evening Washington time. Trump did not give a new deadline for the ceasefire extension.
Trump said on Truth Social that the Iranian government has been "seriously fractured" and that the US will hold off from launching new attacks after Pakistan called for more time for Tehran to agree a deal.
Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the US negotiations, had been expected to fly to Islamabad in Pakistan for talks on Tuesday. The White House has now said he will not be going.
Iran has also not decided whether to send a delegation to Pakistan for talks with the US, a foreign ministry spokesperson told the BBC.
Traders remain cautious about what wil happen next in the war, said associate professor Jiajia Yang from Australia's James Cook University.
This is less about barrels [of oil] and more about expectations," Yang said.
The cost of crude has soared since the start of the conflict due to the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's energy usually passes, being effectively closed by Iran.
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Law enforcement officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago have launched an investigation after 56 bodies, mostly of children, were found abandoned at a cemetery.
On Saturday, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) announced the discovery in a statement. The bodies of 50 infants were recovered, as well as those of four adult males and two females
At least one of the adult women and one adult male showed signs of having undergone a post-mortem examination. All the adults had identification tags, similar to what is often used at morgues
Preliminary indications suggest that this may be a case involving the unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses,” the police service said.
“Further forensic analysis is underway to determine the origin of the remains and any associated breaches of law or procedure
The discovery took place in the town of Cumuto, some 40km (25 miles) from the capital, Port of Spain.
After the remains were discovered at the cemetery, Cumuto police secured the scene and began a forensic examination. Specialised units, including homicide experts, have also been deployed to the site
In Saturday’s statement, Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro acknowledged how disturbing the discovery was
“The nature of this discovery is deeply troubling, and we understand the emotional impact it will have on families and the wider national community,” Guevarro said
“The TTPS is approaching this matter with urgency, sensitivity, and unwavering commitment to uncovering the truth. Every cadaver must be handled with dignity and lawful care. Any individual or institution found to have violated that duty will be held fully accountable.”
The improper disposal of human remains is a criminal offence in Trinidad and Tobago, as it is in other parts of the world
The island nation, located north of Venezuela, has also struggled with an uptick in organised crime in recent years.
In December 2024, Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency to combat gang violence, and while its initial duration was only 15 days, the emergency declaration has remained in place, for the most part, ever since
As recently as March, the country’s House of Representatives voted to extend the state of emergency by an additional three months
At the time, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said 373 people had been detained under the emergency proclamation, which expanded the powers of law enforcement to make arrests and enter public and private premises.
She said her government would continue its “zero-tolerance approach to crime and criminal gangs”.
“I had previously warned the criminal gangs and detainees released from prison that decent law-abiding citizens are fed up with their criminality, and if they cannot behave themselves, I would have no hesitation in having another SoE [state of emergency] declared,” she said in a statement in March
“If criminals want to terrorize law-abiding citizens and their families, I will do everything legally possible to terrorize criminals and those who aid and abet them.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Trinidad and Tobago has seen a sharp increase in its homicide rates.
That year, there were about 20 homicides for every 100,000 people, but the number rose to 45.7 homicides for every 100,000 in 2024, a record high.
The homicide rate, however, declined in 2025 to about 27 for every 100,000 people
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During the bank's earnings call on Tuesday, JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum warned that stablecoins could become a tool for regulatory arbitrage unless they are held to the same strict oversight and consumer protection standards as traditional bank deposits.
If the same product isn’t regulated the same way, you open the door to arbitrage,” Barnum said, pointing to structures that offer rewards resembling yield. In that scenario, he added, firms could “run a bank” without being subject to core banking regulations
The comments come as lawmakers weigh new frameworks for digital assets. The proposed Clarity Act aims to define how crypto markets are split between regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It also reflects broader efforts to establish clearer rules for stablecoins and related products
The debate also extends to whether issuers of stablecoins, crypto tokens whose value is pegged to a traditional asset, mostly the dollar, should be allowed to offer yield to users
Some crypto firms, including Coinbase (COIN), have pushed for the ability to pass interest earned on reserve assets to coin holders, arguing it would make stablecoins more useful as savings tools
Banks have pushed back, saying yield-bearing stablecoins begin to resemble deposits without the same capital, liquidity and consumer protection requirements. In their view, that creates an uneven playing field, allowing non-bank firms to attract funds by offering returns regulated banks are restricted from providing
The issue has become a central point of tension in Washington D.C., as policymakers weigh how to prevent stablecoins from functioning as bank-like products outside the traditional regulatory perimeter
Barnum said JPMorgan supports the push for clarity, but stressed that consistency matters more than speed. Without it, he warned, new entrants could gain an advantage by operating outside existing regulatory boundaries
He downplayed the idea that stablecoins will disrupt the bank’s core payments business. JPMorgan already runs a large wholesale payments network that processes transactions at low cost and high speed, leaving little room for margin-driven disruption
Instead, the bank is integrating similar technology into its own systems. Through its blockchain unit, Kinexys, JPMorgan has developed tools such as JPM Coin and tokenized deposits, which allow institutional clients to move money around the clock and automate transactions
Barnum described these efforts as part of a broader modernization strategy. Features often associated with stablecoins, such as programmable payments, are already being built into existing infrastructure rather than replacing it
On the consumer side, he said stablecoins are often framed as “digital cash,” but still face familiar compliance hurdles, including identity checks
JPMorgan reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, driven by a rebound in trading and investment banking. Net income rose 13% year over year to $16.49 billion, while revenue climbed 10% to $50.54 billion. The bank set aside less for potential loan losses than expected, signaling stable credit conditions among borrowers
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Bernstein has called a Bitcoin bottom and set a $450 price target on Strategy stock, 226% above Monday’s closing price of $138.20. The call comes from analyst Gautam Chhugani at a firm managing nearly $880 billion in assets, which means this is not a retail sentiment spike. It is institutional research drawing a line in the sand on the BTC-equity trade.
Bitcoin peaked at $126,210 on October 6, 2025. A flash crash on October 10, triggered by leveraged liquidations, initiated the correction, compounded by late February 2026 U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Bitcoin still held a floor near $71,000.
Chhugani frames the 44% drawdown as evidence of maturation, not breakdown: institutional demand absorbed the selling pressure that, in prior cycles, would have driven 70–80% wipeouts.
The ETF data reinforces the case. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $2.2 billion in net inflows over the four weeks preceding Bernstein’s note, reversing year-to-date outflows and pushing the net 2026 figure to positive $364 million against a $90 billion asset base.
ETFs now hold 6.1% of the total Bitcoin supply. That is a structural bid, not a momentum trade, and it is exactly the kind of price floor institutional demand analysis has pointed toward throughout this correction cycle.
Bernstein’s year-end Bitcoin target is $150,000, contingent on sustained institutional buying through mid-2026 amid geopolitical headwinds. The bottom call is not a chart pattern. It is a capital flows argument.
Strategy holds 762,099 BTC, acquired most recently with a 1,031 BTC purchase last week, valued at approximately $51.43 billion.
Total balance sheet Bitcoin and cash stands at $56 billion against $18 billion in total debt, per Bernstein. Cash reserves alone cover annual dividend and interest obligations for 25 months. The Bitcoin position covers annual financing costs for approximately 50 years.
The leverage mechanism is straightforward: Strategy stock amplifies Bitcoin moves because each share represents a claim on a BTC treasury that grows as the company raises capital and buys more coin.
At $138.20, Bernstein’s $450 target prices in a Bitcoin recovery toward the $150,000 level while assigning value to the capital-raising machine itself — the $42 billion raise split between Class A common stock and perpetual preferred shares, with $6.24 billion in ATM program capacity still available across a 19-agent sales syndicate.
The STRC preferred share launched in July 2025, paying an 11.5% annual dividend monthly. Thirty-day average daily STRC volume hit $220 million, up 65% over three months, making it the most liquid preferred product in its category. Strategy is down 57% over six months and 59% over twelve months, reflecting dilution concerns from ongoing equity raises.
The stock has recovered 10.9% over the past month. Bernstein is betting the dilution discount is already priced in.
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