Cardano News

The August 08, 2025, development report highlights the full mainnet release of Cardano node v.10.5.1. The consensus team advanced on multiple fronts, including LSM-tree integration and drafting mini-protocols for Linear Leios. The Plutus team is expanding case analysis support and preparing all built-in functions for the next hard fork. Ecosystem news includes partnerships for Midnight Network with Blockchain.com and Wanchain's bridge to the SUI Network.

A blog post from August 7 clarifies the process for treasury withdrawal actions. A proposal must first be ratified by achieving a 67% DRep supermajority and CC approval at an epoch boundary. It is enacted at the following epoch, at which point funds are transferred. Intersect then signs a legal contract with the vendor and deploys a smart contract to transparently manage milestone payments.

A blog post by Ivan Irakoze on August 3, 2025, details Cardano's three-year journey towards decentralized governance. It chronicles the key milestones, from community workshops to the establishment of the Cardano Constitution and elected representatives. This process culminated in a fully autonomous, on-chain democratic system, empowering ada holders to shape the future of the protocol through direct participation and voting.

The August 04, 2025, Cardano Community Digest highlights the historic community approval of core development funding and an SPO Table Talk discussing CIP-50. It also features a developer spotlight on the Masumi Network. Additionally, the digest announces that Project Catalyst Fund 14 is now open for proposals and includes a link to the Cardano Foundation's Q2 2025 report, summarizing recent activities and financial insights.

The August 01, 2025, development report highlights a major refactoring of the ledger codebase's reward account state, removing pointers in the Conway era to improve performance and pave the way for future features like the Leios protocol. This update also introduced a feature for reporting the pre-image of script integrity hashes on validation failures. Ecosystem news includes the launch of the Cardano Foundation's Tool Compass and the release of Midnight's tokenomics whitepaper.

In a July 31 blog post, Intersect outlined its role in facilitating responsible treasury management for Cardano. The post details the journey from establishing a governance framework to enabling on-chain funding. Key components include clear administration policies, a smart contract framework for automated and auditable fund disbursement, and an independent Oversight Committee for verification. This infrastructure supports a secure, community-led process for managing ecosystem funds.

The July 25, 2025, development report highlights the release of node v.10.5.1, featuring networking enhancements and tracing metric fixes. The consensus team is integrating the Dijkstra era and advancing the Haskell Leios simulator. Lace wallet v.1.25 introduced a partnership with NFTPrintLab and support for Bitcoin transaction metadata. The Plutus Core team expanded functionality by introducing case analysis on lists and refined the Plutus Core specification.

The July 22, 2025, Cardano Community Digest highlights new learning resources from Linda at Discover Cardano and Cardano Academy. It features Blockfrost's "July of Code 2025" event, encouraging developer participation. Additionally, the digest announces an Intersect X Space on July 23 covering 39 treasury proposals and an upcoming AMA with Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard on July 24, offering direct engagement opportunities for the community.

In a blog post by Riley Kilgore on July 18, 2025, Input | Output (IO) introduced a novel toolset for bringing expressive smart contracts to Bitcoin. This is achieved through a new compilation pipeline that allows contracts written in modern languages like Python or TypeScript to run on Bitcoin without modifying the core protocol. The approach combines Untyped Plutus Core (UPLC), a CEK machine interpreter, and the RISC-V architecture.

Intersect, collaborating with SundaeLabs and Xerberus, has developed smart contract tooling to manage Cardano's treasury. This system features on-chain contracts to hold funds, a web-based dashboard for administration, and a financial dashboard for transparent tracking. The tools enhance usability and auditability, making it easier for the community to follow the flow of treasury funds from budget approval to vendor payment, thereby improving accountability for community-approved budgets.