The Cardano Foundation Activity and Financial Insights Report 2025 is now live.


Technology. Governance. Adoption. Full audited financials, attested on-chain for the first time.


Read more here: https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/2025-activity-financial-report

Now Live:

Governance Hour #2 - Deep Dive Into Cardano x Draper Dragon: Orion Fund


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Roundtable Talk: The State of Cardano DeFi


Cardano DeFi has been widely discussed from many different angles, with strong opinions not only on the challenges, but also on how to move forward. As the conversation continues, it’s time to bring it into a Roundtable format.

These topics matter, because they shape how people interact with the network, from trading efficiency and slippage, to liquidity depth, institutional participation, and overall user experience.

Joining the discussion is a diverse group of ecosystem contributors across stablecoins, RWAs, wallets, DeFi, and DEXs.


📅 Date: April 13, 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC

📡 Livestream: Youtube and on X

🗓 Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/TI821369


This session encourages open and honest dialogue, shared perspectives, and aims to explore potential solutions.

Cardano Governance Hours #3

This session takes a deep dive into the Pebble + Gerolamo – HLabs 2026 Budget proposal, together with the proposer, Michele Nuzzi, Founder of Harmonic Laboratories.

📅 Tuesday, April 14, 12:00 – 13:00 (UTC)


With the recent excitement around multiple alternative node clients, this session is a chance to get a deeper understanding of Gerolamo (a TypeScript Cardano node) and Pebble (a programming language and dApp development toolkit).

Governance Hours go beyond written documentation and create space for deeper discussion. This is an opportunity to go deeper, ask critical questions, and help others better understand what this proposal offers, ultimately supporting more informed decision-making when it comes to voting.


📡 Livestream: Youtube and on X

🗓 Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/gtq9wp3g8fz3

Now Live with Roundtable Talk - Topic: 

The State of Cardano DeFi


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- X https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1rGmqolPbwQGy or via

- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrZFbUbGfg

Now LIVE:

Governance Hour #3 - Deep Dive Into Pebble + Gerolamo - HLabs 2026 Budget


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- X https://x.com/Cardano/status/2044022863137775909?s=20 or via

- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0t4XZ35_A

Happy Tuesday!

This week’s Digest highlights updates across the Cardano ecosystem, including Pragma opening applications for open-source projects supporting core infrastructure.

Buidler Fest Argentina brought developers together for hands-on collaboration and technical deep dives.

A recent Roundtable explored the current state of Cardano DeFi, while Governance Hour #3 took a deep dive into the Pebble and Gerolamo proposal. Intersect MBO also shared progress on node improvements and committee elections.

We also spotlight Ambassador Randy from Indonesia and his work on local governance hubs.

All this, and much more, in today’s Community Digest:
https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-april-14-2026-applications-open-for-new-pragma-projects-buidler-fest-2026-recap-the-state-of-cardano-defi-governance-hour-pebble-gerolamo-ambassador-stories-with-randy-content-creators-peter-bui-linda/154095

Roundtable Talk – Concentration of Voting Power: The Path Forward

📅 April 17, 2026 - 12:00 UTC

Cardano’s governance depends on broad participation and a healthy distribution of voting power. Recent discussions around delegation dynamics, voter engagement, and vote rationale coverage highlight an important point, this is an ecosystem-wide challenge, not tied to any single entity.

This Roundtable Talk creates space for open, constructive dialogue.

We’ll explore whether current delegation patterns are sustainable, how voting power is evolving, and what practical steps can strengthen participation while preserving decentralization and trust.

The goal is simple, move beyond frustration and into solutions, together as an ecosystem.

Joining the Roundtable:
Representatives from Cardano Foundation, EMURGO, and Intersect MBO, alongside active DReps from across the ecosystem.

Join us live on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gwdMmCUAeA

Add to your Calendar,
https://www.addevent.com/event/r5lg26wy37rr

🚨 Security Reminder: Deepfakes & AI Awareness

As AI technology advances, scammers are increasingly using Deepfakes to replicate voices and faces with startling accuracy to manipulate your trust.

Please remember these safety rules:

1. Question & Verify: Always remain critical of information, even if it appears to come from a familiar face or voice. Always cross-check via multiple official channels.

2. No System Commands: Never execute scripts, terminal commands, or software on your system provided by third parties or unverified sources. This is a common tactic to compromise your security.

3. No "Free" ADA: There are no legitimate events that require you to send funds in order to receive funds back.

4. Stay Vigilant: Scammers often use artificial urgency to cloud your judgment. If an offer seems too good to be true, it is a scam.

Familiarize yourself with the most common scams by visiting:
https://cardano.org/common-scams

Happy Tuesday!

This week’s Digest highlights Cardano’s integration into the x402 standard, enabling automated payments for AI agents, and Blockfrost’s new Filecoin integration for decentralized developer storage.

Technical milestones take center stage with the JuLC compiler debut at JCON 2026 and progress on the Van Rossem Upgrade (Node v11.0). Governance activity intensifies as the 2026-27 Budget Proposal is released and Constitutional Committee registrations open on May 1.

We also recap a unified ecosystem showing at Paris Blockchain Week and spotlight the work of content creators Peter Bui and Cardano Feed.

All this, and much more, in today’s Community Digest:
https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-april-28-2026-cardano-becomes-official-x402-chain-blockfrost-integrates-filecoin-premium-storage-intersect-mbo-governance-technical-updates-cardano-at-jcon-2026-in-cologne-spotlight-on-cardano-content-creators/154318

New on the Cardano Academy: KERI & the Future of Digital Identity.

This new course is free, self-paced, approximately 60 minutes. Covers the KERI protocol, Veridian, and the vLEI ecosystem as a production case study.

Enroll here: https://cardanofoundation.org/en/academy/course/digital-identity-keri

Roundtable Talk – DRep Participation in Focus: Power Is One Thing, Participation Is Another

📅 May 4, 2026 - 14:00 UTC

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Participation, consistency, and accountability remain key themes in recent discussions around DReps. Questions around engagement levels, voting rationale's, and DRep fatigue point to a broader challenge - one needing a public debate.

This Roundtable Talk creates space for open, constructive dialogue.

We’ll explore what healthy participation looks like, how accountability can be strengthened, and what’s needed to support DRePs over time.

The goal is simple, better understand what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to evolve to strengthen DRep participation as intended by design.

Join us live on Youtube or on X

Cardano at JCON 2026: Empowering Java Developers for Web3 🍿
JCon recap video: https://youtu.be/IKbrzXjpPyE

Join Us Now Live for Roundtable Talk #37:

DRep Participation in Focus: Power Is One Thing. Participation Is Another


On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmf7xw69PA

On X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKjpzrDXrpJw?s=20

Happy Monday

This week's Digest kicks off with Pyth Network Pro going live on Cardano, bringing institutional-grade pricing infrastructure with millisecond updates to the ecosystem, opening up new possibilities for DeFi, synthetics, and trading applications.

We also put the spotlight on the CIP process, taking a closer look at how Cardano Improvement Proposals continue to shape the protocol's technical direction through open, community-driven standards.

Governance and infrastructure round out a busy week, with Intersect MBO confirming final committee election results and Node v11.0.1 declared mainnet hard fork ready - ahead of the van Rossem upgrade. Recent community sessions covered DRep participation, intent-based dApps, x402 integration, and Cardano infrastructure tooling, while the Cardano Foundation shared new partnerships, compliance integrations, and ongoing work around digital identity and trust infrastructure.

All this, and much more, in today's Community Digest

Join us now Live for Governance Hour #4:

A Deep-Dive into IO’s Cardano Maintenance Proposal, with Cardano Performance & Tracing Team Lead, Michael Karg


- Youtube
- X (Twitter)

Join us now Live for Governance Hour #5:

A Deep-Dive into IO’s Consensus Initiative Proposal with Product Manager, Carlos Lopez de Lara.


- Youtube
- X (Twitter)

Join us now Live for Governance Hour #6:

A Deep-Dive into The Initiative DAO Framework & Cardano Builder DAO Case Study with Community Growth and Fundraising Lead, Logan Panchot.


- Youtube
- X (Twitter)

Happy Tuesday!

This week’s Digest highlights the Gimbalabs Piece of Pie Hackathon 2026, where builders compete through consistent public work, alongside new Cardano Improvement Proposals covering mobile wallet signing, pledge incentives, and urgent transactions.

We also cover the release of Aiken v1.1.22, a call for DReps to vote on the revised Cardano Summit 2026 proposal, and continued progress toward the Protocol Version 11 hard fork and Budget 2026 voting process.

All this, and much more, in today’s Community Digest:

https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-may-26-2026-gimbalabs-piece-of-the-pie-hackathon-2026-cardano-improvement-proposals-cips-updates-aiken-version-1-1-22-released-cardano-summit-2026-dreps-your-vote-matters/154752