Cardano News

The January 09, 2026, Intersect report highlights the ratification of a Net Change Limit extension, ensuring treasury continuity. With the election of Cardano Curia, the Constitutional Committee has been restored to full functionality. Active proposals now include adding Christina Gianelloni as an eighth committee member, the Cardano 2030 Vision strategy, and Constitution v2.4, which aims to improve enforceability and remove non-binding clauses from the governing document.

The January 06, 2026, Cardano Community Digest highlights the announcement of Buidler Fest 3, scheduled for March 2026 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The ecosystem has entered the execution phase for the Critical Integrations Budget, funding key projects like Pyth Network and Dune. Team Strica released a Python SDK for Cardanoscan APIs to improve developer access, while the Cardano Foundation published its Q4 2025 report detailing adoption and governance milestones.

The December 22, 2025, Cardano Community Digest highlights Intersect MBO’s discussion on the 70 million ada Critical Integrations Budget and the first Cross-Ecosystem Roundtable with Polkadot regarding treasury sustainability. IO Global released its inaugural Engineering Roundup covering Leios and Hydra progress, while the ecosystem welcomed Aiken v1.1.21. Additionally, Intersect announced a partnership with Dune Analytics to integrate Cardano on-chain data, alongside the Cardano Foundation’s 2025 Governance Year in Review.

The final development report for 2025, dated December 12, highlights the approval of the Pyth Lazer oracle integration and Serviceplan Group joining Intersect as an enterprise member. The consensus team completed LSM-tree work, slated for integration in node v.10.7. Mithril made progress on its SNARK-friendly STM library and Bitcoin DeFi prover prototype. In governance, a critical vote is underway to restore the Constitutional Committee to full capacity, while Project Catalyst Fund15's community review period closes on December 15. The Midnight Redemption portal is live, and the NIGHT token is now trading on exchanges like Kraken.

The December 11, 2025, blog post by Matthias Benkort presents the 2025 State of the Cardano Developer Ecosystem Survey results. With 109 responses, the survey highlights TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python as top proficiency languages, while over 75% of developers use Aiken for smart contracts. Key priorities include higher throughput (Leios) and improved documentation. Identity and authentication emerged as the primary focus for decentralized applications, surpassing DeFi and stablecoins.

The Community Digest from December 8, 2025, highlights the first Cardano Hackathon Asia and the proposed ₳70 million budget for critical integrations. Input Output announces a rebranding and the Cavefish protocol, while Catalyst Fund15 enters the review phase. Additionally, the Midnight NIGHT token officially launched as a Cardano Native Asset.

The December 5, 2025, development report highlights several key updates across the Cardano ecosystem. The ledger team finalized the Haskell definition and CDDL specification for nested transactions. Lace wallet v.1.32 was released, featuring a new notification center and allowing Midnight Foundation updates for NIGHT token holders. In scaling, the Hydra team released v.1.2.0 and implemented the 'SafeClose' feature, while Mithril advanced its SNARK-friendly STM library and aggregator discovery mechanism. Project Catalyst Fund15 moved into the community review phase with 761 proposals submitted. Additionally, Intersect hosted its 2025 Annual Members' Meeting in a virtual hub spanning 23 hours.

The December 04, 2025, blog post by CTO Giorgio Zinetti analyzes the November 21 network incident, where a malformed transaction caused a temporary chain partition. Despite the split, block production continued uninterrupted, and the network never went offline. A coordinated response from stake pool operators and ecosystem entities, along with the Ouroboros consensus mechanism, resolved the issue within 14 hours as the canonical chain prevailed, demonstrating Cardano's resilience and decentralization.

The December 04, 2025, blog post announces a proposed intra-era hard fork to Protocol Version 11. This upgrade introduces targeted improvements to Plutus performance, ledger consistency, and node security without transitioning to a new ledger era, ensuring a lower integration burden. Key changes include enhanced Plutus primitives, VRF key uniqueness enforcement, and revised reference input rules. Intersect will convene a Hard Fork Working Group to coordinate ecosystem readiness and feedback.

The December 03, 2025, blog post by Professor Aggelos Kiayias analyzes the recent Cardano mainnet incident, where a serialization bug caused a temporary chain split. He explains how the Ouroboros protocol's self-healing design successfully resolved the partition without central intervention. By following the longest chain rule, the network converged back to a single history once stake pool operators upgraded their nodes, demonstrating the resilience of decentralized consensus under real-world stress.