Essential Cardano360 - September 2025 Edition

Welcome to the September edition of Essential Cardano360 - your monthly look at the people, progress, and projects shaping Cardano. 

This month, we've got governance updates from Intersect with Jack Briggs, a look at what happened at Rare Evo 2025 in Vegas, and a deep dive into Quantum Hosky with Trym. 

Plus, we catch up with Fergie from the IOR team for an overview of their mid-year review, and spotlight ZenGate in our Building on Cardano segment.

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💻  Useful Links:

🔗 Intersect: 

Become a part of the Intersect members-based organization. 

🔗 Rare Evo 2025:

• Watch keynotes, fireside chats, and podcast episodes from Rare Evo.

• Watch workshops from Rare EvoDev & Gov Day. 

🔗 Quantum Hosky:

Watch Trym Bruset’s keynote at Rare Evo 2025. 

🔗Input | Output Research:

Read about the IOR team’s mid-year draft reports. 

🔗BuildingOnCardano

• zenGate website 

• CSWAP website 

• Watch the CSWAP conversation 

• Bodega website 

• Watch the Bodega conversation 

🔗Asia Tour:

Input | Output Launches 2025 Asia Tour   

Hồ Chí Minh event:

Cardano Community Event

Osaka events:

• Gov Workshop

• Community Event

• Cardano by 2030 - Draft review workshop

Tokyo events:

• Tech for Impact

• Cardano by 2030 - Draft review workshop

• Catalyst: Tokyo Web3 Connect

• Blockchain EXPO

🔗From the blog:

• From idea to implementation: a look into IO's research and development

• From roadmap to reality: transparency, accountability, and momentum

• Cardano's governance journey: a timeline for decentralized democracy

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