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Peras explained
Ivan Irakoze
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Peras explained

Ouroboros Peras introduces a new voting process that enables stake pool operators (SPOs) to certify blocks at designated intervals. Certified blocks carry additional weight, increasing their likelihood of being included in the heaviest chain. Read this article to learn more about Peras.
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Essential Cardano360 - June 2025 Edition
Ivan Irakoze
Cardano360Building on Cardano+ 3

Essential Cardano360 - June 2025 Edition

Welcome to the June edition of Essential Cardano360 - your monthly look at the people, progress, and projects shaping Cardano. This month, we spotlight the evolving governance landscape as Intersect and the community prepare for treasury withdrawal actions going live for on-chain voting, and we preview what's in store for Rare Evo 2025 in Las Vegas. We che...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-27
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-06-27

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES Cardano has reached another development milestone with 2,004 projects now building on the platform. Transaction volume also saw a steady rise, surpassing 110.84 million, representing a 0.19% growth in on-chain activity. On the development front, the network now supports 10.83 million native tokens under 217,242 token policies. Smart contr...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-20
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-06-20

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES Cardano continues to show consistent growth across key ecosystem metrics. The number of projects has reached 2,003, while the total number of delegated wallets has also grown. The network has processed 110.63 million transactions, reflecting a 0.19% week-on-week increase in on-chain activity. Smart contract development also continues to g...
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A Revolutionary Cross-chain Portfolio-Based Liquidity Aggregator & Exchange for the Crypto World
Pete - Blueshift
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A Revolutionary Cross-chain Portfolio-Based Liquidity Aggregator & Exchange for the Crypto World

Blueshift is a cross-chain portfolio-based liquidity aggregator and exchange that aims to bring cross-chain swaps and liquidity to the Cardano ecosystem. There are many issues and barriers to gaining mass adoption across the entire cryptocurrency industry and we have a solution to provide cross-chain movement of assets without using bridges and wrapped asset...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-13
Olga Hryniuk
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-13

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES The information in this section is based on publicly available sources and is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any project, product, or service mentioned. There are currently 2,004 projects building on Cardano, with 820 focused on non-NFT use cases and 1,184 related to NF...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-06
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-06-06

WALLETS AND SERVICES This week, the Lace team released Lace v.1.23, addressing one of the community’s top requests: more accurate pricing for Cardano native tokens. The wallet now obtains token prices from a more reliable data provider, offering users real-time, precise valuations of their portfolios. What's new in Lace v.1.23? Upgraded pricing feed bring...
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UPDATE: Cardano Cross-Chain Bridges and Other Interoperability Solutions
temujin@wanchain.org
Blockchain bridgeSidechain+ 7

UPDATE: Cardano Cross-Chain Bridges and Other Interoperability Solutions

TL;DR Decentralised, non-custodial, bi-directional cross-chain bridges are officially up and running on Cardano Pre-Production! This means that ADA, other native Cardano tokens, and all erc20 tokens can seamlessly move between Cardano and any EVM-based network! Next step? Mainnet!  Last July, the team at Wanchain shared details about their ongoing work with...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-07-04
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-07-04

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES Cardano’s ecosystem continues to show robust growth. The network now supports 2,005 active projects, with delegated wallets remaining strong at 1.33 million, indicating sustained participation in network staking. Smart contract deployment is also on the rise, with 138,996 Plutus scripts and 7,682 Aiken scripts currently live. The number o...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-06-20
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-06-20

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES Cardano continues to show consistent growth across key ecosystem metrics. The number of projects has reached 2,003, while the total number of delegated wallets has also grown. The network has processed 110.63 million transactions, reflecting a 0.19% week-on-week increase in on-chain activity. Smart contract development also continues to g...
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