Key Highlights Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson revealed he is personally writing a new programming language for the Cardano blockchain alongside software engineer Lucas Rosa. The upcoming language focuses on three core mechanisms: user transaction intents, proof-carrying data, and Groth16 cryptographic proofs. Designed to combine user-defined transaction goals with verifiable proof of rule execution, the tool ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin traded around $82,500, up 0.5% on Monday, while altcoins and decentralized finance tokens outpaced the market leader. Total 24-hour crypto futures volume surged 51% to $146 billion, though flat open interest suggests gains are position-led and potentially fragile. Arbitrum (ARB) advanced 6.7% following the rollout of the Arbitrum Foundation’s USDG Stablecoin Growth ...
Key Highlights: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson revealed he is actively working on a new development project rather than introducing an immediate, live network upgrade. The initiative follows Hoskinson’s earlier comments regarding an ambitious vision for Midnight, a privacy-oriented blockchain ecosystem, though a direct connection remains unconfirmed. The upcoming programming language will join existing Cardano smart ...
Key Highlights Cardano (ADA) dropped 2.04% over a 24-hour period to reach $0.219, widening its seven-day decline to 11%. The wider digital asset sector experienced a slight consolidation phase, keeping total cryptocurrency market capitalization near $2.73 trillion. Major cryptocurrencies traded sideways, with Bitcoin hovering at $81,650 while Ethereum and XRP saw corresponding market moves. Cardano ...
Key Highlights: Intersect-administered development commitments span multiple currencies, recording cumulative activity of 201.67 million ADA, 26.1 million USDCx, and 4.8 million USDM via its 2026 Treasury Reserve Smart Contract. Intersect utilizes a “fail-open” smart-contract design where unpaused payouts can unlock over time, running alongside parallel administrative milestone verification policies. Converting stablecoins like USDM and USDCx ...
Key Highlights: Cardano broke a five-year-old network record during Epoch 660, settling 1,780,896 transactions with an average of 83.83 transactions per block. Network revenue reached a record high, surpassing $100,000 in a month for the first time to touch $136.6k, according to Chainspect. Despite the operational surge, whale addresses sold 110 million ADA in five ...
Key Highlights Cardano (ADA) dropped 4.84% to trade at $0.239, extending its decline to 14% since October 6. The ongoing price slump has pushed ADA’s funding rate down to its lowest level recorded since late June. Despite the downward price action, the network’s active address metrics present an underlying divergence against the broader trend. Cardano ...
Key Highlights: Cardano ($ADA) must defend immediate support between $0.22 and $0.25 to prevent a breakdown in its bullish market structure. Market analyst Giannis Andreou highlights the $0.30 to $0.35 barrier as the essential “first gate” required to unlock sustained upward momentum. Reaching the ambitious $0.90 target requires $ADA to clear three additional overhead resistance ...
Key Highlights: The Cardano Foundation has spun off its digital identity project, Veridian, into an independent Swiss-based enterprise. Veridian has become the first operating company to tokenize its equity on Cardano utilizing the newly unveiled CIP-0113 programmable-token standard. Led by former Cardano Foundation engineer Thomas A. Mayfield, the venture plans to pursue strategic investment rounds ...
Key Highlights Cardano has introduced a permissioned token architecture using smart contracts to enforce regulatory and transfer rules without requiring a network hard fork. Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard stated that asset rules must travel directly with the token and remain strictly enforceable across every transfer. The functionality includes issuer capabilities to restrict transfers or ...
Key Highlights: Cardano’s native token, ADA, jumped approximately 11% to trade above $0.27, leading major cryptocurrencies during an otherwise subdued trading session. The digital asset significantly outpaced broader market benchmarks, as Bitcoin rose roughly 1% and XRP gained about 1.3%. While no single catalyst was confirmed, market observers link the breakout to technical factors, recent ...
Key Highlights: Distinct Privacy Paradigms: While Zcash operates primarily as shielded digital money, Midnight establishes a programmable model where an unshielded token ($NIGHT) powers privacy-preserving applications via a secondary, shielded resource (DUST). Structural Cardano Ties: Operating as a Cardano partner chain, Midnight allocated 50% of its Glacier Drop distribution to Cardano participants, with cNIGHT held ...