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Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, announced some intriguing information. He introduced details about the ongoing "four major R&D projects" in preparation for the next version of the $ADA roadmap.
The projects include the Midnight DeFi Kernel, Passport Program, Minotaur (with consensus features), and Nightstream. All of these are reportedly making significant progress.
The background for the founder's announcement is that a major information sharing at Consensus is upcoming. Likely, this conference will reveal detailed roadmaps and milestones for each project.
As for the Cardano ecosystem, it appears to be evolving simultaneously in several key areas such as DeFi, privacy, and consensus mechanisms. The founder's active dissemination of information also indicates high expectations for these projects. Depending on what is announced at Consensus, market reactions are likely.