Cardano Announcements

Cardano at TOKEN2049 Singapore | 7-8 October Cardano is showing up to Singapore with a dedicated booth featuring 20 projects from across the ecosystem, the biggest Cardano presence yet at TOKEN2049. One of those spots could be yours. If you're building on Cardano, apply for the stage, and if you're selected, flights and accommodation are reimbursed for one team member. Learn more and apply by 25 August: https://token2049.cardano.org

Scaling Global Adoption: Orion Fund Progress Update and Q&A The Cardano Foundation, Draper Dragon, and Draper University invite DReps and the Cardano community to a progress update session on the Orion Fund. This session offers an operational update on the fund's setup, recent ecosystem initiatives, and strategic roadmap, followed by an open Q&A with Samiz Bayan (Draper Dragon). Key Agenda Topics: • Structural Setup: Overview of completed administrative setup. • Builder Engine & Accelerators: Updates on the Genesis Pre-Accelerator, Cometa Labs, and current applications open for the Apex Growth Accelerator • Initial Investments & Outlook: Highlights from the first portfolio investments and upcoming multi-month milestones. • Community & DRep Q&A: Dedicated 25–30 minute open Q&A session. 📅 Monday August 17, 2026 🕗 19:00 – 20:00 JST / 12:00 – 13:00 CEST 🔗 https://www.addevent.com/event/7gd7mvcrsd64

Project Catalyst 2026 Pilot: applications are now open! The first fund under the Cardano Foundation's stewardship of Project Catalyst is accepting applications. • 2.5M ada fund, 10-15 product teams, 50k to 200k ada per team • 40% paid at onboarding, further payments tied to on-chain usage • Areas: oracles, stablecoins, programmable tokens, on-chain identity • Integrations must be live on mainnet within three months Applications close 20 August, 06:00 UTC. Learn more and apply now: https://projectcatalyst.io/apply

Happy Wednesday! This week Cardano and Injective are connected via IBC on testnet, the first live on-chain IBC rail to Cardano, enabling native transfers without centralized bridges. The Constitutional Committee election has concluded, with DiSarro, Leandros BSP, Mahut, and Cardano Curia confirmed. Musashi Dojo, the Leios public testnet, moves into its Water phase. The Cardano Foundation partnered with Reef Data eG for on-chain financial reporting, joined the Energy Tokenization Sandbox, and launched a "Governance Applied" Academy course. This edition also covers fresh CIP milestones, Intersect updates including the enacted van Rossem hard fork, and a spotlight on Learn Cardano and Linda. Full rundown in today's Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-august-5-2026-cardano-and-injective-connected-via-ibc-on-testnet-constitutional-committee-election-concludes-musashi-dojo-prepares-for-water-phase-cardano-foundation-updates-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates/156123

🚀 The Catalyst Pilot webpage is now live Details are up for the ₳2.5M pilot fund launching in August: grants of 50,000-200,000 ADA for teams with live products, funded to build new Cardano integrations - oracle feeds, stablecoins, programmable tokens (CIP-0113), and on-chain identity (CIP-0170) - and rewarded on the real, verified usage they bring to the network. The submission portal opens in the coming week. 📍 Our team is at Rare Evo this week and would love to answer your questions in person. 👉 Explore: https://projectcatalyst.io/apply X: https://x.com/Catalyst_onX/status/2082486780524175672?s=20

Happy Wednesday! This week is packed with major protocol and governance milestones. The Van Rossem hard fork is now live, moving Cardano to Protocol Version 11, proposed, debated, and ratified entirely through on-chain governance. The Constitutional Committee election is also underway, with voting closing July 23 and candidates sharing their vision in the latest Roundtable Talk. The Cardano Foundation joined the x402 Foundation, released new Aiken cryptography developer guides, and shared updates on enterprise pilots with Volvo Group. This edition also covers fresh CIP milestones, the latest Intersect MBO updates including Constitutional Amendment Portal preparations, and a Community Content spotlight featuring Learn Cardano and Linda. Full rundown in today's Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-july-22-2026-van-rossem-hard-fork-activates-constitutional-committee-election-cardano-foundation-updates-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates-spotlight-on-learn-cardano-linda/155842

Join us for a new Cardano Governance Hour! This session takes a closer look at the Daedalus Wallet Maintenance and Improvements 2026–2027 Treasury Withdrawal proposal, together with Samuel Leathers. Daedalus remains Cardano's full-node desktop wallet, and keeping it secure, compatible, and up to date is an ongoing effort. We'll discuss what this proposal delivers, from protocol upgrades and hardware wallet support to performance improvements and long-term maintenance. Governance Hours go beyond the written proposal and create space for deeper discussion. We'll examine what this work means for the ecosystem, whether the proposed scope matches the Treasury ask, and how Daedalus fits into Cardano's long-term infrastructure. 📅 Wednesday, 22 July 🕗 16:00 – 17:00 UTC https://www.addevent.com/event/1mzz4t3hqrk5 Stay updated with our events! You can subscribe directly to the calendar here: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/ktbtrxrv3355

Join us now Live for Roundtable Talk #38: Constitutional Committee Election 2026 Join via X: https://x.com/Cardano/status/2077770250905686414?s=20 Via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQ4tGbw5Hg

Join us on Thursday, July 16 at 15:00 UTC for a special Roundtable Talk: Constitutional Committee Election 2026 Hear directly from participating candidates as they discuss constitutional oversight, accountability, Committee fatigue, incentives, what it takes to serve as one of Cardano's constitutional guardians, and more. Confirmed participants include Bosco Ribeiro, Philip DiSarro, Ian Njuguna, Gbiri Oluwaseun (Olokoji), and Darlington Kofa (AACC). View the full list of candidates: https://hydra-voting.intersectmbo.org/votes/cc-vote-2026 Bring your questions and join the conversation live on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQ4tGbw5Hg Subscribe to the schedule for upcoming sessions: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/TI821369

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Happy Wednesday! This week brings several major governance and ecosystem updates. The State of Cardano Governance 2026 report is now out, Genesis Hacker House applications are open for Cardano builders, and the RealFi Phase 1 Testnet is now live for community testing. Van Rossem hard fork readiness continues to progress, new CIP milestones have been reached, and this edition also features a Developer Spotlight interview with Nuvola Digital CEO Raul De Benedittis. Intersect also introduced plans for the Constitutional Amendment Portal. Full rundown in today's Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-july-8-2026-genesis-hacker-house-applications-open-for-cardano-builders-state-of-cardano-governance-report-now-available-realfi-phase-1-testnet-is-live-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates-spotlight-on-crypto-dossier-linda/155577

Cardano Announcements pinned «RealFi's Testnet is live! Want to see how real-world credit markets are being integrated on-chain? RealFi's Phase 1 testnet is open now for swapping and staking USDr. Find more details, guides, and links in their official forum post: 🔗 https://forum.cardano.org/t/the…»

RealFi's Testnet is live! Want to see how real-world credit markets are being integrated on-chain? RealFi's Phase 1 testnet is open now for swapping and staking USDr. Find more details, guides, and links in their official forum post: 🔗 https://forum.cardano.org/t/the-realfi-testnet-is-officially-live-phase-1-starts-now/155528

Happy Wednesday! This week we've got some solid movement across the ecosystem. The Ouroboros Leios testnet launched, which is a major scaling push for throughput. The Arouet Board's got Community Director applications open, and Draper University is running their first founder cohort for the $80M Orion Fund focused on Real-World Asset startups if you're building in that space. Van Rossem hard fork went live on mainnet, Pyth Network's bringing institutional price feeds to Cardano now, and the Foundation made Fortune's Crypto Innovators 2026 list. On the dev side, TxPipe shipped Dolos as a data node option and VESPR released a new MCP server. Full rundown in today's Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-june-24-2026-arouet-community-director-applications-open-orion-fund-founder-cohort-now-accepting-applicants-ouroboros-leios-now-live-on-testnet-updates-from-cardano-foundation-and-intersect-mbo/155248

Happy Wednesday! This week's Digest highlights the Cardano Budget Process, where community members are called to help move the Intersect proposals forward, across six foundational infrastructure themes, alongside the van Rossem hard fork's PreProd enactment and new Cardano Improvement Proposals covering document proofs, stake pool pledges, and private DRep voting. We also cover Token Terminal's integration of Cardano on-chain data, TxPipe's TX3 SDK now live in production, and a spotlight on ecosystem content creators Linda, Peter Bui, and Wendy O exploring cross-chain connectivity, developer infrastructure, and industry outlook. All this, and much more, in today's Community Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-june-10-2026-cardano-budget-process-seeks-community-van-rossem-hard-fork-readiness-update-spotlight-on-content-from-linda-peter-bui-wendy-o/155025

Now Live: Roundtable Talk: Examining Cardano Critical Integrations V2 with the Pentad At the table: - Frederik Gregaard , CEO of Cardano Foundation - Fahmi Syed, President of Midnight Foundation - Gerard Moroney, COO of Input Output Global - Giorgio Zinetti, Cardano Foundation CTO - Phillip Pon, CEO of EMURGO Join via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgpiAHP7Et0 Join via X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dGYllVYPqLKX?s=20

🔴 Live Now: Governance Hour #8 Join us for a dedicated Governance Hour with Yoram Ben Zvi as we take a deep dive into the 5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs proposal. Watch live on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1MJgNNyWXOAGL?s=20 Or join us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4h9rvJQPE

Roundtable Talk: Examining Cardano Critical Integrations V2 with the Pentad 📅 June 10, 2026 - 16:00 14:30 UTC The Cardano Critical Integrations V2 proposal was developed by the Pentad and focuses on maintaining critical ecosystem integrations while establishing a framework for future enhancements. This Roundtable Talk creates space for an open, critical discussion. We'll examine the proposal's governance model, oversight mechanisms, and decision-making processes, including the role of the proposed Steering Committee and how Treasury funds would be administered and monitored. The goal is simple, better understand the reasoning behind the proposal, how priorities were determined, and whether the framework strikes the right balance between operational efficiency, accountability, and community oversight. Join us live on Youtube or on X.

Join us now Live for Governance Hour #7: A Deep-Dive into Tweag's Core Cardano Infrastructure - Treasury Withdrawal 2026–2028 with Blockchain Ecosystem Growth & Partnerships Lead, Kristijan Kowalsky. - Youtube - X (Twitter)

LAST CALL: Applications close this Friday for the next cohort of the Cardano Accelerator Program. If you're building in digital product passports, identity, traceability, or AI and oracles, we designed this cohort for you. Learn more and apply here: https://cardanofoundation.org/en/academy/venture-hub