Cardano Updates 13 Feb 2026
USDCx Comes to Cardano
Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that USDCx, Circle's privacy-enhanced stablecoin, will launch on Cardano by the end of February. Here's why this is a game-changer for the ecosystem.
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Cardano Updates 8 Feb 2026
Governance Votes - February 2026
We have voted Yes on two governance actions: the naming of the Protocol v11 hard fork after Max van Rossem, and the hard fork itself which brings significant Plutus and security enhancements.
Cardano Updates 10 Dec 2025
BitWise x Cardano
Just in, news on some nice coverage for Cardano as part of the go live of the Bitwise ETF. Cardano. Engineering a more sustainable and scalable crypto...
Cardano Updates 5 Dec 2025
Ouroboros Healing
Some post mortem analysis by Prof Aggelos Kiayias in a recent blog post Ouroboros: self-healing in the wild. The analysis explores how Ouroboros performed in...
Cardano Updates 27 Nov 2025
Leios Tracker
IOG have just released a tracker for Leios development, which will enable a significant jump in transaction throughput for Cardano. Tests against the design...
Cardano Updates 31 Oct 2025
x402 25 years later…
You probably forgot about HTTP 402 Payment Required nestling between HTTP 401 Unauthorised, and 403 Access forbidden. We did. But now it's getting resurrected...
Cardano Updates 29 Oct 2025
Sustainability
The Cardano Foundation have been focussed on sustainability applications for blockchains for some time with a number of pilots up and running. They've got a...
Cardano Updates 27 Oct 2025
Hydra v1 release
There's a comprehensive update on the IOG blog covering the v1 release of Hydra, which enables a copy of the main ledger state to be modified among selected...
Cardano Updates 25 Oct 2025
Kraken partners with Midnight
Some more positive Midnight partner news (in addition to the recent Google Cloud announcement). Kraken recently dropped this tweet on X which will be...
Cardano Updates 7 Aug 2025
Midnight Glacier Drop
If you've been following developments on Midnight you will know that the Glacier drop has started, with the opportunity to claim an allocation if you held more...
Cardano Updates 24 Jun 2025
Midnight Tokenomics
News just out on the distribution of Midnight token ($NIGHT) from the Midnight team. Good news that Cardano will be getting 50% of the total distribution, with...
Cardano Updates 30 May 2025
Cardano 360
Tim and crew with the regular update on developments across the ecosystem including: Lots happening as ever, embedded below for convenience.
Cardano Updates 27 May 2025
Bitcoin x Cardano
Lots of presence at the Bitcoin 2025 to demo interoperability between Bitcoin and Cardano. And the Lace intern has been left in charge of the X account…...
Cardano Updates 15 May 2025
Brave Browser
Some news just in that Brave Browser has added Cardano support to their multi-chain wallet. Seeing some good work in the Brave space lately including the...
Cardano Updates 3 Feb 2025
Cardano 360
Latest Cardano360 update has just dropped from Tim and crew. Lots of news as usual: We’ve got an update from Intersect MBO on Cardano’s open-source governance...
Cardano Updates 3 Feb 2025
Intersect Product Roadmap
Sam Leathers, the chair for the Intersect Product Roadmap Committee has just published the initial draft of the 2025 roadmap. It looks good. It tackles the...
Cardano Updates 3 Feb 2025
Lace wallet improvements
Charles recently shared some details on improvements to the IOG dApp wallet Lace, including a new feature for PGP encryption of paper wallets. One of the...
Cardano Updates 23 Jan 2025
Plomin Hard Fork
Voting has hit the critical thresholds so that means we have lift off for the second phase of Chang, which is the Plomin Hard Fork. The transition will occur...
Cardano Updates 21 Dec 2024
Chang Governance Vote
We have voted yes for the Chang#2 (Plomin) Hard Fork event which is the point at which the Cardano network fully transitions to the Voltaire era of...
Cardano Updates 12 Nov 2024
CF facilitates MiCA
Cardano Foundation have teamed up with several legal firms to create a Market in Crypto Assets (MiCA) template which should make it much easier for projects on...
Cardano Updates 10 Nov 2024
He's back!
There's been a lot of speculation on X over the weekend about the nature of a crypto advisory role that Charles might have with the incoming administration in...
Cardano Updates 13 Oct 2024
Midnight (at the oasis)
We've been tracking Midnight for a while, and the shape is starting to come into focus. There's been some concern that it would not be coupled with Cardano,...
Cardano Updates 22 Aug 2024
Chang Date Set
Looks like we have a date for Chang! Chang hard fork bulletin #9 🔧 The hard fork WG met today and agreed to target September 1 for the Chang upgrade, giving...
Cardano Updates 10 Jul 2024
Chang in a box!
Forgive the Tintin reference, but it's one of our favourites (Tintin in Tibet in case you were wondering). We are getting closer to the Chang Hard Fork event,...
Cardano Updates 14 Jun 2024
It's time to vote!
Voting has opened for the Interim Constitutional Committee (ICC) who will represent Cardano stakeholders for the first 73 Epochs (1 year) after the Chang fork...
Cardano Updates 11 Jun 2024
Chang Fork
The date has been set for the Chang fork event when CIP-1694 will kick in. At this point Cardano will become arguably the most decentralised block chain on the...
Cardano Updates 2 May 2024
Ouroboros Leios
Not featured a CH vid for a while. Some details in this one in the planned improvements to the base layer of Cardano consensus and block propagation which will...
Cardano Updates 12 Mar 2024
Cardano Foundation Activity Report
For those new to the ecosystem, The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization tasked with advancing Cardano as a public...
Cardano Updates 1 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Decentralisation Index
Some good progress on the Decentralisation Index being developed by Edinburgh University to provide an objective measure on top level cryptocurrencies. The...
Cardano Updates 17 Feb 2024
Messari report- State of Cardano Q4 2023
Another very encouraging report from Messari that showcases the growth in the Cardano ecosystem has continued apace during the last quarter of 2023. They note:...
Cardano Updates 14 Dec 2023
Rosen Bridge
Bridges are an important part of the crypto landscape to provide liquidity and integration between crypto ecosystems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cardano....
Cardano Updates 4 Dec 2023
Cardano 360 November
It's that time of the month again! Updates from the recent summit in Dubai feature heavily this month. Loads happening as ever. Details: The Voltaire update...
Cardano Updates 2 Nov 2023
State of Cardano Q3-23
Time for the regular Messari report on the Cardano ecosystem. The key insights are: Strong progress as usual across the board. DeFi stablecoin progress has...
Cardano Updates 23 Sept 2023
Scaling with Mithril
There are a few new scaling technologies on the roadmap that will help Cardano to operate faster and accommodate more users and dApps. The main ones planned...
Cardano Updates 6 Sept 2023
Cardano 360 August 2023
Another packed update from Tim and the team, also embedded below for your convenience: In this August edition of Cardano360, we explore the innovative ADA...
Cardano Updates 10 Aug 2023
State of Cardano Q2-23
The new quarterly State of Cardano report is out from Messari covering the period from March to June 2023. Some positive trends in the metrics again with...
Cardano Updates 19 Jul 2023
New Daedalus Release
If you are using Daedalus, Cardano's full node wallet, then it's time to upgrade to version 5.3.0 which will add the ability to vote on the latest Catalyst...
Cardano Updates 27 Apr 2023
State of Cardano Q1 2023
Messari has just released a report covering the Cardano Ecosystem with some very positive statistics: Starting to see some real DeFi growth now, across the...
Cardano Updates 21 Mar 2023
P2P networking
Duncan Coutts is one of the great unsung heroes of the Cardano universe. He was instrumental in the original design of the node and networking layer, including...
Cardano Updates 4 Mar 2023
CIP 1694 Voltaire Governance
We recommend checking out the proposal on GitHub for CIP1694 that proposes an approach for Governance of Cardano in the Voltaire era. It's an elegant and...
Cardano Updates 28 Jan 2023
New Cardano cryptographic primitives
Cardano will be getting some new cryptographic primitives soon. Thinking that sounds complex? And why does it matter? You are not alone we suspect. To make it...
Cardano Updates 2 Jan 2023
Essential Cardano
Essential Cardano….essential reading. A couple of quick New Year updates for you. First up a summary of the state of the Cardano Nation as of the end of 2022....
Cardano Updates 20 Nov 2022
Midnight and Anzens
A lot of news in from ScotFest and the Cardano Summit. Too much to blog about now we'll cover it in more detail over the coming weeks. We just wanted to...
Cardano Updates 5 Oct 2022
Cardano 360
Another packed episode from Tim and the team for the September Cardano 360. Info on the recently announced Stanford Research Hub, Mongolia trip, Mithril,...
Cardano Updates 24 Sept 2022
Vasil update
Quick post to confirm that the update on the 22nd September has completed successfully, and the new capabilities will be available on Mainnet from the 27th...
Cardano Updates 18 Sept 2022
Mid month update
The regular update from Tim, Nigel and Kevin which covers the last few days in the run up to the Vasil upgrade is available on YouTube. On track, and we also...
Cardano Updates 12 Sept 2022
Daedalus v5 released
There is a new version of the Daedalus Full Wallet released. This uses Cardano Node 1.35.3 under the covers so it is ready for the Vasil update on Sept 22nd....
Cardano Updates 3 Sept 2022
Vasil date announced
News just in that Vasil upgrade criteria are on track and a date for the upgrade has been announced by IOG for 22nd September, approximately 3 weeks from now...
Cardano Updates 3 Aug 2022
Cardano360 July
Regular monthly update from Tim and crew covers the Vasil progress and upcoming features like Babel Fees (which we covered recently). Some minor delays to...
Cardano Updates 20 Jul 2022
Mid monthly update and AMA
A couple of updates for you. First up, the regular mid monthly update from Tim and team on progress towards the Vasil hard fork. It is looking like there have...
Cardano Updates 23 Jun 2022
Cardano Foundation join Linux Foundation
News just in that the Cardano Foundation has joined the Linux Foundation Group as a Gold Member. We are really pleased to see this development, there is a very...
Cardano Updates 22 Jun 2022
Lace wallet
News in that IOG are making progress on the release of their light wallet called Lace, which will complement Daedalus (a full node wallet that keeps a complete...
Cardano Updates 21 Jun 2022
Vasil upgrade status
Nigel Hemsley (Head of Delivery and Projects at IOG) has just shared that there will be a minor delay to the timeline for the Vasil upgrade that will increase...
Cardano Updates 28 May 2022
Cardano360 May
May edition of the monthly show is available with updates from Tim and gang on the progress towards the Vasil Hardfork event late next month. You may notice...
Cardano Updates 15 May 2022
May 2022 Mid month update
Tim, Nigel and Kevin run through the mid month development update with a focus on progress towards the Vasil Hard fork upgrade. Usual super professional...
Cardano Updates 6 May 2022
Africa Update
John O'Connor has just posted an update on progress with the Africa deals that have been inked to date. Good progress has been made to date on the education...
Cardano Updates 28 Apr 2022
Cardano360 April
Cardano360 is hot off the press for April and has a developer focus this month with news on Marlowe, Cardano's Domain Specific Language for Smart Contracts....
Cardano Updates 4 Apr 2022
Cardano360 March
It's that time already….Tim and crew bring you another helping of the freshest news from the ever growing Cardano ecosystem. And there's some special news at...
Cardano Updates 7 Mar 2022
New Daedalus 4.9
Some good updates in the latest release of everyone's favourite decentralised, Dark mode friendly, Cardano full node wallet. Now running faster, lower RAM...
Cardano Updates 25 Feb 2022
Cardano360
It's that time again. The February 2022 edition of Cardano360 has just been released, with updates on Cardano developments across the ecosystem. As ever lots...
Cardano Updates 5 Feb 2022
Daedalus Update
A new version 4.8.0 of Daedalus has been released which brings significant performance improvements. From the release notes: This Daedalus release integrates...
Cardano Updates 3 Feb 2022
Hydra and scaling
Some news on Hydra progress which is a key Layer 2 (L2) component to help Cardano scale out in the coming years. Matthias Benkort, IOG Software Engineering...
Cardano Updates 30 Dec 2021
Cardano360 End of Year
It's that time already! Where did 2021 go? Year end summary from the Cardano team including a summary from Charles, and look back across successes in 2021....
Cardano Updates 8 Dec 2021
DEXs and ERC20 convertor testnet
You may be aware there is a race at the moment to be the first major DEX (Decentralised Exchange) on Cardano. There are many contenders to the crown, and some...
Cardano Updates 16 Nov 2021
Mid monthly update
Tim and crew share a mid monthly progress update. Regular attendees include Nigel and Kevin covering PAB and Plutus optimisation, and John Woods also joins to...
Cardano Updates 22 Oct 2021
October Mid Month Update
Title says it all. Embedded for your perusal below…the code forges continue to burn brightly.
Cardano Updates 13 Sept 2021
Smart contracts are live
The Cardano blockchain transitioned smoothly to the Alonzo era with the capability for smart contracts going live from 21:45UTC on the 12th September. This...
Cardano Updates 10 Sept 2021
New Daedalus Release
New release of our favourite dark mode wallet from Darko and team. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.3.1 for the Cardano mainnet brings Alonzo support. It...
Cardano Updates 15 Aug 2021
Smart Contracts Date
The date has been scheduled as 12th September for the transition to smart contracts. This is the Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) event which will transition the...
Cardano Updates 22 Jul 2021
Alonzo Progress
A short update from Charles on progress towards Smart Contracts (spoiler- it's on track), and some other snippets on Cardano Foundation, growth of the wider...
Cardano Updates 28 Jun 2021
Research Team update
Tim interviews Aggelos. Really good update on the research agenda and goals. For us here at ADAvault the strong research driven agenda behind Cardano has...
Cardano Updates 10 Jun 2021
Daedalus Wallet Update
A new version of the Daedalus Wallet has been released. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.1.0 enables configuration settings for decimal places in native...
Cardano Updates 26 May 2021
More details on Marlowe
Marlowe is the Domain Specific Language (DSL) that will be used to write financial contracts that run on Cardano. This months' Cardano360 will have more...
Cardano Updates 18 May 2021
Bringing ERC20 to Cardano
Ok, so you might be thinking, "What is ERC20 and why do I care?". ERC20 is the smart contract standard used by Ethereum. It's become the pre-eminent standard...
Cardano Updates 13 May 2021
Cardano Node 1.27.0
A new release of Cardano Node from the development team. A lot of new features have been added ready for the Alonzo Smart contracts era. From the release...
Cardano Updates 15 Apr 2021
Daedalus 4.0.5
A new version of the Daedalus wallet is available. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.0.5 updates the Catalyst voting registration feature to address the new...
Cardano Updates 8 Apr 2021
Cardano Node 1.26.1
A new version of Cardano Node has been released as part of the transition to Smart contracts in Alonzo. There will be another release before that however this...
Cardano Updates 1 Apr 2021
Daedalus 4.0.3
A new version of Daedalus has been released with a host of improvements including Native Tokens, improved Trezor support, and better CSV exports. From the...
Cardano Updates 25 Mar 2021
Cardano 360 March Edition
Another fantastic show this month. The team maintains really high production values for the show, and another jam packed edition with a load of content. Tim...
Cardano Updates 16 Mar 2021
Cardano added to Bloomberg Terminal
Says it all really. No price data at this point, but this is an important addition as reflects the improved profile Cardano is building amongst institutional...
Cardano Updates 16 Mar 2021
Coinbase Pro
News just in that ADA has (finally) been added to Coinbase Pro which opens the market up to institutional investors. Combined with the addition to the...
Cardano Updates 13 Mar 2021
Cardano 360
Bit slow posting this, there's new format for the monthly Dev news. Great show from Tim and Aparna with a lot of content this month. Details on changes to the...
Cardano Updates 1 Mar 2021
Mary update successfully applied
Great news. Massive thanks go to the team at IOHK for another superbly managed upgrade. It's becoming a habit…
Cardano Updates 18 Feb 2021
Daedalus 3.3.0
A new and important release of Daedalus, our favourite 'Dark Mode' wallet, that brings support for Native Tokens. From the release notes: Daedalus 3.3.0 brings...
Cardano Updates 16 Feb 2021
Progress update
New to Cardano? Recent update from CH that's worth watching… Keep grounded. Keep focused. There's a lot of important work ahead in 2021.
Cardano Updates 30 Jan 2021
Cardano Node 1.25.1
It's upgrade time. Cardano Node 1.25.1 has been released ready for the 'hard fork' due at the end of February which will enable Native Tokens on mainnet. From...
Cardano Updates 14 Jan 2021
Native Assets
Details of the Cardano native assets implementation are available on the developers site. The introduction notes: Native Tokens is the name of Cardano's...
Cardano Updates 12 Jan 2021
Set the controls…
So we learn that Cardano will get native multi-asset support in February as part of the Mary hard fork. Native assets, no added complexity through smart...
Cardano Updates 5 Jan 2021
New Daedalus release
A new release of our favourite wallet (do those guys ever rest?). From the release notes: Daedalus 3.1.0 delivers support for the upcoming ‘Cardano app for...
Cardano Updates 18 Dec 2020
IOHK partners with Wolfram
IOHK have struck a deal with Wolfram, and Cardano will join Bitcoin and Ethereum in integrating into Wolfram’s industry leading technology and knowledge base,...
Cardano Updates 14 Dec 2020
Cardano brand update
Details of the Cardano brand update and associated animation have been released. In early 2020, the Cardano Foundation and its ecosystem partners embarked on...
Cardano Updates 12 Dec 2020
"Hard Fork" Combinator Event
Confirmation for our delegators that all nodes in the ADAvault passive and active clusters have been upgraded and are running version 1.24.2. We are ready for...
Cardano Updates 11 Dec 2020
Daedalus 3.0.0 released
A new Daedalus version is out and if you are a Ledger or Nano user then you will be very happy with this release. From the notes: The Daedalus 3.0.0 release...
Cardano Updates 9 Dec 2020
Cardano Node 1.24.2
A new version of the node has just been released. From the release notes: This release provides support for the upcoming Allegra and Mary hard forks and the...
Cardano Updates 28 Nov 2020
Cardano Node 1.23.0
Now this is properly exciting. The new Cardano Node has been released which sets the stage for the transition to Goguen. From the release notes: This release...
Cardano Updates 28 Nov 2020
Daedalus 2.5.0
A new week, a new Daedalus release. Daedalus 2.5.0 brings the ability to save transactions to CSV files. It also introduces new sharing functionality for...
Cardano Updates 29 Oct 2020
Daedalus 2.4.0 released
A new version of Daedalus has just been released. If you installed the last version then it will prompt you to update when you launch. Daedalus 2.4.0 has a...
Cardano Updates 15 Oct 2020
Goguen: The Third Era
Update from Emurgo on Goguen in this Blog post which looks into how this phase will bring Cardano close to completion: Goguen could be the most important...
Cardano Updates 11 Oct 2020
Marlowe Update
Great blog post from Professor Simon Thomson at IOHK on Marlowe which will bring industry scale finance contracts to Cardano: In this post, we introduce...
Cardano Updates 8 Oct 2020
Cardano Node 1.21.1 Released
From the release notes: This release includes support in the cardano-cli for multi-signature addresses and transactions. It also resolves a problem that has...