NEW: Cardano Foundation is now featured as an Associate Member of x402 on the official website for x402, already backed by AWS, American Express, Circle, Google, Mastercard, Visa, Coinbase, Ripple, Shopify, Solana, Stripe, and more. $ADA is primed for agentic payments at scale.
Cardano's RealFi testnet is officially live
Phase 1 is now open to the public on @Cardano, and it's hands-on: users can swap test assets for test USDr, stake it for sUSDr, and unstake, with feedback shaping the protocol before mainnet.
USDr is the piece to watch. @realfi_co designed it to route stablecoin capital into real-world credit like treasuries and business lending, not circular DeFi incentives. $ADA
UPDATE
CARDANO'S NEXT HARD FORK COULD GO LIVE THIS MONTH 😱😱😱
Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork is currently in on-chain governance voting and could activate in July 2026.
The upgrade cuts smart contract costs, introduces ZK-ready cryptography, and marks Cardano's first hard fork approved through Voltaire on-chain governance.
🚨 Glacier Drop Redemptions Temporarily Suspended
Following reports of a security incident affecting a subset of Cardano wallets associated with @secondfiapp, we have made the decision to temporarily suspend Glacier Drop redemptions as a precautionary measure to help protect our community.
While the issue does not relate to @midnightntwrk infrastructure, products, or services, some members of our community may use affected wallets or services.
We recognize this decision will impact users who are not affected by the underlying incident, however we believe temporarily pausing all redemptions until further safeguards are implemented is the best way to protect our community at this time.
We are actively monitoring the situation and will restore Glacier Drop redemptions as soon as it is appropriate to do so.
If you use SecondFi, we encourage you to review official guidance from the SecondFi team and take any recommended steps to secure your assets.
The safety and security of our community remain our highest priority. Please remain vigilant:
👉 Midnight will never contact you privately to request sensitive information, ask for wallet access, or instruct you to transfer funds.
👉 Never share your seed phrase, recovery phrase, or private keys.
👉 Be wary of unsolicited messages, support offers, or suspicious links.
👉 Verify information through official channels before taking action.
We will share more updates as they become available.
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NEWS: Cardano V11 "Van Rossem" hard fork is now live on Preview testnet.
PreProd awaiting ratification. Mainnet governance vote targeted for May 29.
V11 makes smart contracts cheaper and faster to run, adds stronger cryptography, and tightens pool security.
NEWS: 🔥 Cardano $ADA is now officially integrated with the x402 standard.
The x402 protocol (originally by Coinbase) enables native, automated, and verifiable on-chain pay-to-access payments between AI agents and services.
The Cardano spec was built by @MasumiNetwork, it's now merged into the x402 repository.
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💥BREAKING:
🇺🇸 The SEC has officially classified 16 assets as digital commodities, rather than securities, in its new Crypto Asset Taxonomy.
Assets Include: $XRP, $APT, $AVAX, $DOGE, $SOL, $ADA, $BCH, $ETH, $HBAR, $ALGO, $LTC, $DOT, $SHIB, $XLM, $XTZ and $LINK
This is HUGE! 🚀
BREAKING: CARDANO'S $ADA TOKEN NOW ACCEPTED AT SPAR SUPERMARKETS IN SWITZERLAND
Swiss Spar stores now enable brick-and-mortar retail payments using $ADA through Cardano blockchain integration with @DFXswiss, marking major crypto adoption milestone in European retail.
UPDATE: Charles Hoskinson says "I am the Founder of #Cardano, I have no more say, or power, or control over Cardano than you do—that's how it should be. The system constrains me, despite the fact that I built it. We all have the same rights. That is how humanity should operate."
BREAKING NEWS:
MIDNIGHT SET TO BRING PRIVATE BANK DEPOSITS ON-CHAIN 😱😱😱
@midnightfdn President Fahmi Syed says we're working with a regulated bank to bring private deposits on-chain, to get them access to different liquidity pools. They need those pools to be private and verified, these are the kinds of technology $NIGHT can bring.
BREAKING NEWS
GOOGLE CLOUD GOES LIVE ON CARDANO😱😱😱
@Google Cloud has officially launched a Cardano node on testnet, a key requirement for operating a Midnight validator marking a major milestone for both $ADA and $NIGHT.
🚀 Big thanks to all our current delegators – you are the heart of AdaStarNode! 💙
If you are looking for a reliable, transparent, and eco-friendly Cardano stake pool, join us and be part of our growing community! 🌱💫
Cardano Founder @IOHK_Charles highlights Cardano $ADA's technological progress and 3 areas for improvement.
• Branding & marketing improvements
• More partnerships & integrations
• More developers and growth of the DeFi ecosystem/TVL
Do you agree with this?
BREAKING NEWS:
CARDANO UNLEASHES OUROBOROS PHALANX MAKING ATTACKS ON ADA NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE 😱😱😱
The new Ouroboros Phalanx upgrade makes attacks far more expensive and boosts transaction speeds by up to 30%.
With new VDF tech blocking grinding attacks and fairer validator selection, Cardano just leveled up in speed, security, and decentralization.
Is Cardano becoming the Fort Knox of crypto?
BREAKING NEWS:
CARDANO POWERS EUROPE'S DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT SYSTEM 😱😱😱
Cardano’s blockchain is powering the EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP).
With every product now carrying a digital record of its entire lifecycle from manufacturing to recycling, Cardano ensures each record is secure, verifiable, and tamper-proof.
Could this make Cardano the backbone of global supply chains?