Cardano price trades near $0.16 after van Rossem hard fork, while weak momentum and mixed derivatives data keep $0.19 resistance in focus.
The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano's community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it.
Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork activates Protocol Version 11, cutting smart contract costs and marking the first upgrade ratified through on-chain Cardano's Van Rossum hard fork goes live, reducing smart contract costs.
The evolution of blockchains now depends as much on their governance as on their technical advances. In this context, Cardano has just reached an important milestone with the activation of the Van Rossem update, presented as the first hard fork in its history wholly validated by an on-chain governance process.
Cardano (ADA) continues to hover around $0.165 on Monday, maintaining a relatively stable position following a modest uptick in the previous week. The token's price remains unmoved even after a significant protocol enhancement was deployed across the network this past weekend.
Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork, moving mainnet to Protocol Version 11 while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios later in 2026.
The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year.
Protocol Version 11 brings new Plutus primitives and honors a fallen community leader
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at approximately 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 without any reported downtime. The upgrade is an intra-era change inside Cardano's Conway ledger era. It does not replace the network's governance structure.
Cardano (ADA) traded in a narrow range on Sunday after a turbulent week for the cryptocurrency market.
Cardano is preparing to hand over core infrastructure responsibilities to independent ecosystem teams, marking a significant step in the network's lon
Cardano (ADA) returned to the spotlight today after climbing more than 5% over the past 24 hours, rebounding from recent lows as buying interest picked up across the broader crypto market. While the recovery has improved short-term sentiment, on-chain activity suggests the latest rally could be supported by more than just improving market conditions.