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USDCx on Cardano: your questions, answered
Ivan Irakoze
PentadCritical Integrations+ 2

USDCx on Cardano: your questions, answered

The arrival of USDCx on Cardano marks one of the most significant infrastructure milestones in the ecosystem's history. Since the announcement, the community has had plenty of questions — about what USDCx actually is, how it differs from bridged USDC, and what it means in practice for traders and builders. This post addresses the most common ones. For a com...
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Beyond MVG Project: February 2026 progress report
Ivan Irakoze
Beyond MVGGovernance+ 1

Beyond MVG Project: February 2026 progress report

The Beyond MVG team successfully concludes Milestone 2, delivering a comprehensive collection of community insights and on-chain data correlation. Author: The Beyond MVG team Summary: The Beyond MVG team has completed its second major phase, focusing on the "who" and "what" of Cardano governance by engaging directly with the people running the ecosystem. ...
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Beyond MVG Project: January 2026 progress report
Ivan Irakoze
Beyond MVGVoltaire+ 1

Beyond MVG Project: January 2026 progress report

The Beyond MVG team shares January’s progress update on the governance project   Author: The Beyond MVG team Summary: The Beyond MVG team is actively gathering practical input from ada holders, DReps, SPOs, Constitutional Committee members, and community project leaders. We are currently halfway to our community feedback targets and are looking for furth...
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Bridging the gap: Cardano goes multichain with LayerZero
Ivan Irakoze
CardanoPentad+ 3

Bridging the gap: Cardano goes multichain with LayerZero

One of the most widely adopted interoperability messaging protocols in Web3 is coming to Cardano LayerZero, the omnichain messaging protocol that connects over 160 blockchains and has facilitated over $200 billion in cross-chain volume, is integrating with Cardano.  This is a landmark ecosystem initiative that unlocks cross-chain access to over 400 tokens,...
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Evolution SDK: a new era for Cardano development
Mladen Lamešević
CardanoDeveloper Tools+ 4

Evolution SDK: a new era for Cardano development

The Cardano community, via Intersect, welcomes its first incubated project: Evolution SDK, a new TypeScript-first framework developed by No Witness Labs. This framework is designed to offer developers more flexibility in building Cardano transactions and integrating smart contracts, with enhanced safety and determinism built into the development flow. Autho...
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Beyond MVG Project: December 2025 progress report
Ivan Irakoze
GovernanceBeyond MVG

Beyond MVG Project: December 2025 progress report

Standfirst: The Beyond MVG team shares December's progress update on the governance project Author: The Beyond MVG team Summary: The Beyond MVG team provides details on the work that will be completed during the governance data collection and aggregation milestone  of the project Feedback continues to be welcomed on the Report Outline published in Milest...
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Why SPOs and DReps need to vote on the Constitutional Committee restoration
Ivan Irakoze
GovernanceConstitutional committee+ 2

Why SPOs and DReps need to vote on the Constitutional Committee restoration

DReps have elected Cardano Curia off-chain; now SPOs and DReps must ratify that result on-chain so Cardano can keep upgrading, improving, and moving forward. There’s an important governance vote live on-chain right now - one that determines whether Cardano can keep upgrading, approving budgets, and moving forward. It’s an Info Action, but it is not a small ...
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Beyond MVG Project: November 2025 progress report
Ivan Irakoze
Beyond MVGGovernance

Beyond MVG Project: November 2025 progress report

IOG shares November’s progress update on the Beyond MVG Project  Author: The Beyond MVG team Summary The first milestone, ‘establishing a foundation for governance measurement' will be submitted to Intersect within the next week Draft outline for the State of Governance report published and ready for community review and feedback An upcoming X Space wil...
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DeltaDeFi: the Cardano decentralized exchange powered by Hydra
Hinson Wong
DeltaDeFiHydra+ 2

DeltaDeFi: the Cardano decentralized exchange powered by Hydra

Standfirst DeltaDeFi bridges the gap between the speed of centralized platforms and the security of blockchain. By building on Cardano’s Hydra protocol, DeltaDeFi offers a near-instant trading experience. Summary The Launch: DeltaDeFi successfully launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) utilizing Cardano’s Hydra scaling solution. The Goal: We aim to repl...
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How Ouroboros Phalanx enhances network protection
Olga Hryniuk
OuroborosConsensus+ 3

How Ouroboros Phalanx enhances network protection

By Kris Bennett, developer relations specialist on the innovation team Ouroboros Phalanx raises Cardano’s security bar with powerful protection against stake-based attacks – ensuring faster transactions and stronger network integrity 日本語版はスクロールダウンしてください。 Ouroboros Phalanx raises Cardano’s security bar with powerful protection against stake-based attacks –...
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How Input | Output embraces open source
Fernando Sanchez
LaceOpen Source+ 6

How Input | Output embraces open source

Introduction Open source software represents a pivotal cornerstone in the modern software development landscape, epitomizing a blend of innovation, collaboration, and freedom. It's not just a category of software, but a philosophy that promotes the open exchange of ideas, free access to source code, and the collaborative contribution of a diverse community....
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Accelerating Cardano's scalability: how Leios’ development follows the sun
Ivan Irakoze
CardanoLeios+ 1

Accelerating Cardano's scalability: how Leios’ development follows the sun

The Cardano ecosystem stands on the threshold of a transformative upgrade that could redefine what's possible on a proof-of-stake blockchain: Ouroboros Leios. What makes this development compelling is not just the technical achievement it represents, but how blockchain’s global nature accelerates its progress. The continuous, collaborative approach to devel...
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Ledger eras
Emmanuel
Cardano

Ledger eras

Ledger eras Cardano's hard fork combinator transitions the network through ledger eras that introduce new sets of rules and features. Eras are distinct from the higher-level development phases outlined in the original Cardano roadmap. Terminology Development phase – a broad, roadmap-level theme (for example, Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho, and Voltaire). ...
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The Beyond MVG roadmap: evolving Cardano’s governance
Ivan Irakoze
Beyond MVGGovernance+ 2

The Beyond MVG roadmap: evolving Cardano’s governance

TL;DR: A new chapter for Cardano governance: Beyond MVG marks the transition into regular improvements to governance, empowering ada owners to shape the blockchain’s future together. Focused improvements on what matters most: the roadmap directly addresses community-identified priorities, from strengthening the budget process to providing better support fo...
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Apple Ordered to Allow Crypto Payments & NFT Links in iOS Apps After Court Ruling
Dextr Apps
bitcoinCrypto+ 5

Apple Ordered to Allow Crypto Payments & NFT Links in iOS Apps After Court Ruling

Court Ruling Forces Apple to Drop App Store Fee Restrictions In a landmark legal decision, Apple has been ordered to allow external payment options, including crypto payments and NFT links, on iOS. The April 30 ruling marks a major shift in Apple’s long-standing “walled garden” payment policies. “Apple willfully violated this Court’s 2021 Injunction.” — ...
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Wallets
Fernando Sanchez
CardanoWallet+ 3

Wallets

Wallets Cardano boasts of a thriving and very active developer community that has created numerous hot- and cold-compatible wallets. These include: Hot wallets Hot wallets are always connected to the internet, allowing users to easily access and transact their assets. Discover ada- and Cardano native token-compatible hot wallets below: Daedalus Daedalus...
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Engineering the Future of Cardano: A Deep Dive into Key Infrastructure Proposals from Tweag
Kris Kowalsky
tweagCardano+ 2

Engineering the Future of Cardano: A Deep Dive into Key Infrastructure Proposals from Tweag

We are deeply grateful for the support we’ve received from the Cardano community during our recent Treasury Withdrawal Action. Your engagement enables the kind of focused, high-impact engineering that helps move the ecosystem forward. We've been tackling tough engineering challenges since 2013. We are passionate contributors to the Cardano ecosystem, where ...
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Cardano’s governance journey: a timeline for decentralized democracy
Ivan Irakoze
CardanoGovernance+ 3

Cardano’s governance journey: a timeline for decentralized democracy

日本語版はスクロールダウンしてください。 The Cardano community has achieved something truly remarkable in the blockchain industry. Over the past three years, ada holders have helped build the most ambitious decentralized governance program in crypto - complete with its own Constitution, elected representatives, and fully autonomous decision-making systems. This timeline traces...
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The Haus Protocol: A Technical Blueprint for Onboarding $34.5T of Real-World Home Equity to Cardano

Rakesh Pullabhatla
#cardanoAdoption+ 1
The Haus Protocol: A Technical Blueprint for Onboarding $34.5T of Real-World Home Equity to Cardano Introduction The tokenization of Real World Assets (RWAs) represents the most significant evolution in financial markets, a paradigm shift projected to command an $34.5 trillion ecosystem by 2033. For Layer-1 blockchains, establishing leadership in this doma...
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Navigating Cardano governance: essential tools you should know
Ivan Irakoze
cardanoGovernance tools

Navigating Cardano governance: essential tools you should know

日本語版はスクロールダウンしてください Voltaire is here, bringing on-chain governance to Cardano. With the implementation of CIP-1694 and community-driven participation models through delegate representatives (DReps) and the constitution, governance is now active, evolving, and open to all. Voltaire puts the full power of decision-making directly into the hands of the commun...
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