Cardano's V11 “van Rossem” hardfork is approaching mainnet after preview and preprod testnets completed the upgrade process. SPO readiness has accelerated, with 87% of the last 100 blocks and 83.65% of the past day produced on V11.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that appearing on the widely followed Joe Rogan Experienceremains part of his long-term media strategy, though he has not provided a specific timeline for when the interview could happen. According to Hoskinson, he wants the Cardano ecosystem to achieve greater development milestones before stepping onto one of the worlds most influential podcast platforms.
Cardano's Van Rossem upgrade is moving through governance and readiness steps, keeping ADA traders focused on mainnet execution risk.
The governance action to initiate the van Rossem hard fork has already been formally submitted on the Cardano mainnet. The Plutus Cost Model update was ratified on June 13, and its enactment is scheduled for June 18, 2026, at 21:45 UTC.
Pyth Network's integration on Cardano enhances its DeFi capabilities, potentially attracting more developers and projects to the ecosystem. Pyth Network goes live on Cardano, offers free API keys to projects building on the chain.
Cardano's van Rossem hard fork action reaches mainnet, moving Protocol Version 11 toward Dijkstra and Leios while honoring Max van Rossem.
Cardano has reached a major milestone en route to the Dijkstra era with the van Rossem hard fork initiation governance action submitted on the mainnet.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has delivered a blunt assessment of the network's future, arguing that Cardano can no longer rely on the traditional crypto playbook. Speaking during a recent livestream, Hoskinson said the crypto industry's reputation has been heavily damaged by years of meme coin speculation, scams, NFT bubbles, market collapses, and politically themed tokens.
Cardano (ADA) traded mostly sideways on Tuesday as the broader cryptocurrency market struggled to regain momentum after a volatile week.
Cardano DRep Jaromir Tesaf says ADA fee growth must rise sharply as reserves decline and Treasury funding needs increase.
Cardano's latest treasury vote has approved one of the most ambitious upgrade packages to date, greenlighting a major scaling bid.
Charles Hoskinson says Cardano could surpass Bitcoin, but critics question whether ADA can overcome its large valuation gap.