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.
Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has said that 1,096 BTC, worth roughly $70 million today, held by an Isle of Man foundation was used to cover audit costs from the project's 2016 crowdsale.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said that 1,096 Bitcoin linked to the project's early Isle of Man Foundation was used during 2016 and 2017 for requirements tied to Michael Parsons and an audit process.