$ADA is now included in the new @Nasdaq and @CMEGroup crypto index futures, alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other market leaders.
The Cardano ecosystem keeps maturing, and Wall Street is noticing.
How does Cardano work? What is its consensus mechanism?
@Cardano uses a uniquely energy-efficient, peer-reviewed Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism called Ouroboros. Instead of relying on energy-intensive mining hardware, Ouroboros selects validators (known as slot leaders) to create new blocks based on the amount of cryptocurrency (ADA) they hold and stake in the network.
Waves Studio, a design company, and I were discussing how there aren't many short, informative videos out there explaining basic concepts for new users anymore. So we got to work, and from time to time we'll be releasing one.
Watch the video and let us know what you think.
Final hours before DRep voting closes.
Over the last 5 weeks, IO has published full proposal breakdowns, delivery plans and milestones, FAQs, proposal rationale, open discussions with initiative leads, and the proposals that were rejected alongside the reasoning behind those decisions.
The work is public and the decision now sits with the community.
Review the proposals and cast your vote:
https://t.co/x9KA1psEXa
After reflecting deeply on this governance process, a few things are clearer to me than ever.
Cardano is alive. The community is engaged. And that matters more than any single vote.
But this process has shown me something important: Cardano's governance is real. You are not passive holders. You are owners. That is exactly what we built this for.
It has also reminded me that when Cardano has needed it most, the Pentad delivered. IOG, EMURGO, the Cardano Foundation, Midnight Foundation, and Intersect have proven they can coordinate and bring critical integrations to life when the ecosystem needed it. That coordination layer matters now more than ever.
So let me show up the way I should.
I will be in Singapore for the Cardano Summit and I will be on stage. I am also personally committing to partially top up our Token2049 sponsorship to Title level. Being on that main stage is where Cardano and Midnight need to be heard.
To the Pentad, I am inviting all of you to sit down and have a real conversation about the future of governance and how we formalise this coordination going forward.
I am 100% focused on Cardano and Midnight. Always have been. Let me prove it. #strongertogether
After reflecting deeply on this governance process, a few things are clearer to me than ever.
Cardano is alive. The community is engaged. And that matters more than any single vote.
But this process has shown me something important: Cardano's governance is real. You are not passive holders. You are owners. That is exactly what we built this for.
It has also reminded me that when Cardano has needed it most, the Pentad delivered. IOG, EMURGO, the Cardano Foundation, Midnight Foundation, and Intersect have proven they can coordinate and bring critical integrations to life when the ecosystem needed it. That coordination layer matters now more than ever.
So let me show up the way I should.
I will be in Singapore for the Cardano Summit and I will be on stage. I am also personally committing to partially top up our Token2049 sponsorship to Title level. Being on that main stage is where Cardano and Midnight need to be heard.
To the Pentad, I am inviting all of you to sit down and have a real conversation about the future of governance and how we formalise this coordination going forward.
I am 100% focused on Cardano and Midnight. Always have been. Let me prove it. #strongertogether
Cardano SPOs LFG!!! 🚀🚀🚀
We need to get all the network nodes updated to 11.0.1 by May 29, followed by a hardfork GA voting by DReps, SPOs and CC to execute by June 29th.
Don't wait until the last minute as the old node versions will not transit the protocol version boundary!
Tomorrow we're hosting an X Space with the leads of @pogun_io & @blockfrost_io proposals.
Omer Husain (@omerh_ ) - Pogun
Beatrice Anihiri (@BeatriceAnihiri) - Blockfrost
Join the conversation! 1pm BST Wednesday 1 May: https://t.co/fLpc5jwUGx
One of Cardano’s key targets for 2030 is reaching 27M+ monthly transactions. That’s not going to come from trading activity alone.
We need real, recurring, payments-driven volume flowing through the network which is what exactly the @wirexapp budget proposal delivers.
Wirex is a licensed, Visa Principal Member payments company with 7M+ users, $20B+ in transaction volume, and operations in 130+ countries. They already power the existing @cardano_card that lets ADA holders spend at millions of merchants.
This proposal takes that work much deeper.
What’s being built is a full payments layer on Cardano: smart contract-based settlement, card issuance tied to onchain balances, fiat on/off-ramps, and banking rails.
Every payment, every card tap, and every fiat conversion generates onchain transactions.
For wallets, this is a big deal. The proposal includes public SDKs and APIs so any Cardano wallet can integrate payments, card issuance, and fiat access directly into their app. The target is 5+ wallet integrations, turning Cardano wallets from portfolio viewers into actual spending tools.
Everything is open source: smart contracts, SDKs, APIs, and integration frameworks. Any builder, fintech, or stablecoin project on Cardano can use this infrastructure.
One funded proposal becomes shared tooling for the whole ecosystem.
Wirex has already deployed similar infrastructure natively on Base, Stellar, and Tron. They know how to do this.
The proposal covers 9 months of work, broken into 5 phases, milestone-gated through @IntersectMBO, with an independent Halborn security audit before production launch. Funds will only be released on verified delivery.
If you want 27M monthly transactions by 2030, you need proposals that bring sustained, real-world payment volume onchain. This is one of them.
Bitcoin Mobile is here.
In partnership with Cuentas (OTCQB: CUEN), we’re introducing a new kind of mobile service:
📡 Nationwide 5G connectivity
🔒 Privacy-first features
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Built on @wmchain.
Designed for the next generation of mobile users.
This is connectivity evolving beyond access.
Read the announcement: https://t.co/si3QeXDHZv
An update on our engagement with @Mastercard.
While Cardano was not included in the initial cohort of 85 launch partners, @emurgo_io has been actively engaging with their APAC team to change that and ensure our ecosystem is represented.
Following a leadership transition at Mastercard APAC —where our primary contact moved to EY — we have successfully connected with his successors. They were excited to speak with us and I am pleased to share we are now in the Qualification Stage for the Global Crypto Partner Program.
With the continued support of the Cardano community, I am confident in a positive outcome.
This important:
Please like and share to show @Mastercard the strength of our ecosystem. Mastercard is a global firm.. we need to show them that our inclusion into their Partner Program will make a difference to them. Surely this is an initiative the entire Cardano ecosystem can support! #cardano86
Let's go!!!
#cardano #mastercard @Cardano_CF@Cardano@IOGroup@midnightfdn