📊 Info Action Result The Cardano 2030 Info Action got DRep support with 67.8% YES votes, representing 3.77B ADA in voting power. This is a strong signal that the ecosystem believes the work is moving in the right direction. 🟢 tinyurl.com/cardano2030

Good progress on GovTool this week 🚀 ✅ TypeScript backend merged into develop — bringing us closer to easier self-hosting and contributions ✅ CIP-179 v5 linked survey linking & voting by @Cerkoryn merged — thank you! ✅ Multiple security and other fixes landed More fixes and features coming next week. Stay tuned.

A new chapter for GovTool. Sireto is taking over day-to-day operational ownership and maintenance of GovTool. Next: clean up the backlog, simplify local setup, reduce infrastructure overhead, improve contribution workflows, modernize the backend, integrate more closely with the Cardano ecosystem, and launch a Governance Digest. The goal remains simple: make GovTool the best open-source governance tool on Cardano. And we want to build that next chapter with the community. 👇 Read the roadmap and join the discussion: github.com/IntersectMBO/govt…

hey DReps, the @IntersectMBO proposal only has 3 days left. Intersect supports Cardano’s committees and working groups, has helped bring more than 45 governance actions on-chain and provides administration for projects that need it. it also supports important technical work across the node, CLI, DB-Sync, APIs, ledger and incident response. + more.... please vote Yes.

Product Research Update The CPC has selected the winning proposers for the latest Product Research Initiative RFPs, pending execution of grant agreements. Awarded proposals • RFP 09 – AI Commercial Positioning: Tokenfrastructure • RFP 02 – Use Case Landscape & Competitive Positioning / RFP 05 – Government & Emerging Markets Entry Strategy: ELK Consortium • RFP 05 – Government & Emerging Markets Entry Strategy: UNDP AltFinLab, PRISMA, ASISA • RFP 04 – Brand Awareness & Perception: Wada Global • RFP 07 – L2 Adoption & Interoperability Demand Study: NexTrium Congratulations to the selected teams, and thank you to everyone who submitted proposals. Full process outcomes: productcommittee.docs.inters…

🚨Returning unused funds back to the treasury 💰 We're committed to responsible stewardship, transparency, and ensuring treasury resources are used efficiently. Following approval by its members, the Cardano Product Committee (CPC) will return over 100,000 ADA of unused funds from the previous budget cycle back to the Cardano Treasury. The funds were originally allocated for local gatherings and business engagement activities. With the supermajority approval by DReps of Cardano's Vision, Mission & Strategy 2030 in January 2026, the core objective of that proposal was successfully delivered and the remaining funds are no longer needed. --- We also invite DReps to review and consider the CPC's 2027 budget proposal, which builds on the work completed so far and supports the next stage of delivery for the ecosystem. 👉 This is currently up for DRep voting in the Intersect Hydra-tool bit.ly/CPC-Budget-2026-Hydra

🔎 Product Research Grants 👉1 week left to apply for any of the 9 Product Research initiatives. If you have any questions join today's session at 1PM UTC luma.com/sqp5iklp

🔎9 open research initiatives🔍 RFP 02: Use Case Landscape and Competitive Positioning Strategic question Where do Cardano's use cases actually stand today, where does Cardano win or lose against peer blockchain ecosystems, and which verticals should Cardano prioritize, partner into, wait on, or deprioritize over the next 24 months? 👉Review full details bit.ly/RFP-02

🔎9 open research initiatives🔍 RFP 01: Customer Segmentation and Profiling Strategic question Who are Cardano's current and potential customer segments, what does each segment need from Cardano, and which segments should be prioritized for activation through specific partner and channel strategies? 👉Review full details bit.ly/RFP-01

These research grants are intended to help answer structured questions that can inform Cardano’s long-term strategy and yearly priorities. The goal is not research for its own sake. The goal is decision-useful research that helps the ecosystem choose what to do next.

Cardano is moving into a phase where product decisions need to be informed by evidence, not only opinion. That means better understanding users, builders, markets, adoption barriers, use cases, and the decisions that could shape Cardano’s next stage of growth.