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JUST IN: Cardano Foundation has joined the x402 Foundation alongside AWS, Google, Stripe, Visa, Circle, and others. 🔥 The initiative is developing the Coinbase-created x402 protocol as an open standard for AI agents and stablecoin payments. Great to see Cardano represented.

JUST IN: Cardano V11 hard fork governance action has reached enough votes to pass. The HF will bring new Plutus capabilities, improved smart contract performance, and protocol enhancements. 90%+ of blocks are already produced by V11-ready nodes, and exchanges are prepared.

NEWS: Google added Midnight to their Cloud Web3 portal 🕛 They included direct links to the Midnight website, validators, and even integrated a testnet faucet right in their portal. Google Cloud is also one of Midnight’s federated validators.

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2/ Blockworks has integrated Cardano $ADA on-chain data and analytics. Blockworks is a crypto media and research platform offering in-depth on-chain analytics dashboards.

5/ Midnight's Glacier Drop for $NIGHT redemptions has been resumed! 🕛 The pause was a precaution after the SecondFi security incident. there's no risk to the redemption infrastructure, any $NIGHT that thawed during the pause is now redeemable.

4/ Emurgo is stepping down as one of the members of Cardano's PENTAD. PENTAD is a union between IOG, CF, Midnight Foundation, Intersect and formerly Emurgo. Their goal is to push Cardano with new integrations and other initiatives.

7/ Cardano's UTXO-based architecture is back in the spotlight after Ethereum researchers proposed adding native UTXOs. The proposal comes nearly 9 years after Cardano launched with a UTXO-based ledger.

CARDANO NEWSLETTER #131 Top news from the ecosystem from the past week 👇 🌐 RealFi launches its Cardano testnet 📊 Blockworks integrates Cardano on-chain data 💧 Midnight resumes Glacier Drop redemptions Full 🧵

1/ RealFi has officially launched its testnet on Cardano $ADA . 🚀 RealFi is a stablecoin ecosystem that connects on-chain capital to real-world credit markets. For Cardano, it'll put idle capital to work and add a real-yield stablecoin layer.

Midnight's Glacier Drop for $NIGHT redemptions has been resumed! The pause was a precaution after the SecondFi security incident. there's no risk to the redemption infrastructure, any $NIGHT that thawed during the pause is now redeemable.

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NEWS: AlphaGrowth has submitted a 120M $ADA proposal to grow Cardano DeFi. PRIME is a 12-month phased program to audit the ecosystem, close gaps, and deploy incentives to increase liquidity. AG says it previously helped support $1B+ TVL across Compound, Uniswap and Arbitrum.

I'm really excited about Leios, great to see there's now a dedicated testnet. It's the solution that will scale Cardano, the initial version will bring 5x-20x increase in throughput capacity. The code should be mainnet ready in November. Good times ahead for Cardano $ADA !

time is on $ADA 's side

NEWS: Emurgo is stepping down as one of the members of Cardano's PENTAD. PENTAD is a union between IOG, CF, Midnight Foundation, Intersect and formerly Emurgo. Their goal is to push Cardano with new integrations and other initiatives. Shall we call it a TETRAD now?

MARKET: Cardano $ADA is ranked by the community as the #9 most bullish cryptocurrency and the #6 most visited coin, according to CoinMarketCap. Nice to see! 👀

Even Ethereum is now exploring the UTXO model. Glad Cardano was built this way, the right way, from day 1 🔵