Nine years ago today, Cardano minted its first block.
A global community has been building this blockchain ever since.
Some are in this video, and many more are reading this.
This celebration is yours.
Happy 9th birthday, Cardano.
Demeter.run simplifies Cardano infrastructure without vendor lock-in.
In this Developers Office Hour, Santiago Carmuega (@santicarmuega), Founder & CEO @ @txpipe_tools walks through managed RPCs, open-source API standards, scale-to-zero pricing, and the upcoming Dolos integration.
Full session video below.
Subscribe to the schedule for upcoming developer sessions: addevent.com/calendar/TG8072…
Banks check two things before issuing onchain: the network and the infrastructure.
@Cardano_CF built the first over a decade.
Fireblocks brings the second.
Cardano Native Tokens (CNTs) will be supported on @FireblocksHQ.
That means every exchange, bank, and fintech using Fireblocks will be able to custody, send, and receive CNTs with the same policy controls they already use for every other asset.
Special thanks to @emurgo_io and the Pentad as well as @IagonOfficial for helping on this journey.
The Catalyst Pilot 2026 cohort is here.
12 projects bringing stablecoins, oracles, programmable tokens, and verifiable identity into real-world sectors.
40% of funding is paid up front, the rest is tied to on-chain adoption on Cardano.
Meet the cohort: projectcatalyst.io/blog/meet…
Building an oracle, a bridge or an insurance protocol on Cardano?
Those are among the least crowded categories in the PRIME RFP so far.
Applications close Sep 30.
For more details, see below post👇
The PRIME RFP closes Sep 30 at 11:59pm ET.
One week left.
Since submissions opened, we’ve received 55 completed applications across the open categories.
Here’s where things stand ↓
Nine years ago today, Cardano minted its first block.
A global community has been building this blockchain ever since.
Some are in this video, and many more are reading this.
This celebration is yours.
Happy 9th birthday, Cardano.
Nine years ago, Cardano's first block was minted.
Since then:
2,890 stake pools.
13,978,119 blocks.
123,982,111 transactions.
A constitution, ratified on-chain.
36,322 votes on 158 governance actions.
And a vibrant community behind all of it.
Here's to many more years. 🎂
Nine years ago today, Cardano minted its first block.
A global community has been building this blockchain ever since.
Some are in this video, and many more are reading this.
This celebration is yours.
Happy 9th birthday, Cardano.
Based on community requests, we're adding 2 new categories to the list of PRIME RFPs:
- User acquisition: Products, campaigns and content that attract, onboard and activate users from outside Cardano
- Community & engagement: Initiatives that increase participation, engagement and long-term user retention within the ecosystem
Happening tomorrow:
Cardano Governance Hour #11: Deep Dive Into the Parameter Change to Reduce minPoolCost to 75 ada
Full details and a link to block the session in your calendar below👇
Cardano Governance Hour #11
Join @NicolasC3rny, Cardano Foundation Governance Lead, as he sits down with Ryan Wiley (@Cerkoryn) to take a closer look at the Reduce minPoolCost to 75 ada Governance Action proposal.
📅 Wednesday, 23 September 2026
⏰ 15:00 – 15:30 UTC
🧵 Open thread for details ⤵️
uplc.link: Don’t Trust, Verify
Join Giovanni Gargiulo (@CryptoJoe101, Cardano Foundation) for a look at how uplc.link makes smart contract verification on Cardano more transparent and accessible.
📅 Friday, 25 September: 08:00 (UTC)
↪️ Details
In this session, Giovanni will cover:
- What uplc.link is - and the idea behind “don’t trust, verify”
- Why smart contract verification matters
- Live on Cexplorer today
- What’s new
- Live demo
- Future development
- Q&A
In case you missed it: see below link to yesterday's Roundtable Talk on Treasury Funding Allocation: The Case for Reform.
Huge thank you to @Cardano_Will, @NicolasC3rny, @silversoul8668, @planetmaaz and @ThomasNordicADA for sharing their perspectives.
The panel discussed what two live cycles revealed: the case for domain-based buckets over first-come proposals, clearer standards with costs and KPIs, a governance calendar to ease vote fatigue, and post-mortems for accountability, among other topics.
They all agreed that permissionlessness stays, though buckets would add structure without closing the process.
A big thank you to everyone who tuned in live and joined the conversation.
Re-watch the episode here:
nitter.net/Cardano/status/2102020…
Singapore, we’re coming to TOKEN2049. 🇸🇬
Draper University is teaming up with @Cardano_CF and @DraperDragon for UTXO Pitch Night, bringing founders, investors, and the broader UTXO ecosystem together 57 floors above Marina Bay Sands.
Founders building across Cardano, Bitcoin, and the wider UTXO ecosystem will pitch live in front of investors, with up to $500K in total funding available to selected teams.
And once the pitches are over, we’re taking it to the rooftop: drinks, networking, curated bites, a House DJ, and the Singapore skyline.
📍 LAVO, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
📅 October 7
💰 Up to $500K in total funding
Coming to TOKEN2049? Join us in Singapore.
Event registration: luma.com/utxopitchnight
Cardano x402 integration is now available on npm.
Build apps and AI agents that pay and receive $ADA or Cardano native tokens over HTTP, using the official x402 SDK.
Start building:
npm install @x402/cardano
JUST IN: Cardano is now part of the official x402 SDK.
Any app or AI agent can pay for an API call in $ADA or any CNT over a web request. No account, no API key, no checkout page.
Every service already on x402 can switch Cardano on.
The agent economy just got a Cardano rail.