Happy Wednesday!

This week's Community Digest is packed. Cardano is planning to go big at TOKEN2049 Singapore, taking over a 108sqm booth with 20 ecosystem projects joining the delegation, and we're also looking back at Rare Evo 2026 with a fresh recap video capturing the energy from Las Vegas.

On governance, two on-chain actions need DRep and SPO votes before the September 1 deadline, and the Catalyst Pilot team is shaking up funding with grants up to 200k ADA tied to real-world usage. Applications for both project proposals and Decision Panel reviewers close August 25.

Also inside this edition: Creator Radar, the latest CIP updates, a roundup of ecosystem newsletters, and what's new in builder tech and office hours.

All this, and more, in today's Community Digest: https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-august-19-2026-cardano-at-token2049-rare-evo-2026-recap-urgent-governance-call-to-action-rethinking-catalyst-funding-real-world-impact-tech-wins-cip-updates-and-more/156342

Happy Wednesday!

This week's Community Digest covers several important developments across the Cardano ecosystem.

The newly released State of Cardano Governance 2026 Report provides an in-depth look at governance participation, DRep voting power, and recommendations for strengthening the ecosystem. We also highlight Genesis Hacker House, with applications now open for Cardano builders, alongside the launch of the RealFi Phase 1 Testnet, giving the community its first opportunity to interact with the protocol.

On the governance side, several Cardano Improvement Proposals (CIPs) continue through active review, while proposals covering the Net Change Limit, On-Chain Surveys & Polls, and Utilization-Scaled Pledge Bonus have now been completed.

Additionally, this edition features:
• Cardanians' and Lucas Macchiavelli's latest ecosystem newsletters covering V11 hard fork readiness, CME futures, Leios tooling, and Bitcoin DeFi.

• Cardano Foundation updates on policy engagement, enterprise adoption, Digital Product Passports, and new Cardano Academy content.

• Intersect MBO's latest updates on van Rossem hard fork readiness, the upcoming Constitutional Amendment Portal, and the Constitutional Committee elections.

• A Developer Spotlight interview with Raul De Benedittis, CEO of Nuvola Digital LLC, discussing the company's vision and contributions to the Cardano ecosystem.

All this, and much more, in today's Community Digest.

https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-july-8-2026-genesis-hacker-house-applications-open-for-cardano-builders-state-of-cardano-governance-report-now-available-realfi-phase-1-testnet-is-live-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates-spotlight-on-crypto-dossier-linda/155577

Happy Wednesday!

This week we've got some solid movement across the ecosystem. The Ouroboros Leios testnet launched, which is a major scaling push for throughput. The Arouet Board's got Community Director applications open, and Draper University is running their first founder cohort for the $80M Orion Fund focused on Real-World Asset startups if you're building in that space.

Van Rossem hard fork went live on mainnet, Pyth Network's bringing institutional price feeds to Cardano now, and the Foundation made Fortune's Crypto Innovators 2026 list. On the dev side, TxPipe shipped Dolos as a data node option and VESPR released a new MCP server.

Full rundown in today's Digest:
https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-june-24-2026-arouet-community-director-applications-open-orion-fund-founder-cohort-now-accepting-applicants-ouroboros-leios-now-live-on-testnet-updates-from-cardano-foundation-and-intersect-mbo/155248

This week's Digest highlights the Gimbalabs Piece of Pie Hackathon 2026, where builders compete through consistent public work and real product delivery, alongside new CIP proposals covering mobile wallet signing, pledge incentives, and urgent transaction prioritization.

We also cover the release of Aiken v1.1.22, bringing compiler optimizations and tooling improvements for Cardano developers, while governance discussions continue around the revised Cardano Summit 2026 proposal, with DReps encouraged to cast their votes before the deadline.

Infrastructure and governance updates round out the week, with Intersect MBO confirming continued progress toward the Protocol Version 11 hard fork, ongoing Budget 2026 voting preparations, and new treasury research resources for DReps. Recent community sessions explored Hydra scaling, supply chain traceability, and the future of high-performance Cardano applications.

All this, and much more, in today's Community Digest:

https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-may-26-2026-gimbalabs-piece-of-the-pie-hackathon-2026-cardano-improvement-proposals-cips-updates-aiken-version-1-1-22-released-cardano-summit-2026-dreps-your-vote-matters/154752

Happy Monday

This week's Digest kicks off with Pyth Network Pro going live on Cardano, bringing institutional-grade pricing infrastructure with millisecond updates to the ecosystem, opening up new possibilities for DeFi, synthetics, and trading applications.

We also put the spotlight on the CIP process, taking a closer look at how Cardano Improvement Proposals continue to shape the protocol's technical direction through open, community-driven standards. And on the product front, EMURGO announced Yoroi 's evolution into SecondFi, moving beyond a wallet into a full self-custody neofinance platform.

Governance and infrastructure round out a busy week, with Intersect MBO confirming final committee election results and Node v11.0.1 declared mainnet hard fork ready ahead of the van Rossem upgrade. Recent community sessions covered DRep participation, intent-based dApps, x402 integration, and Cardano infrastructure tooling, while the Cardano Foundation shared new partnerships, compliance integrations, and ongoing work around digital identity and trust infrastructure.

All this, and much more, in today's Community Digest:

https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-may-11-2026-pyth-pro-goes-live-on-cardano-cardano-improvement-proposals-cips-in-focus-yoroi-rebrands-to-secondfi-cardano-at-jcon-2026-in-cologne-spotlight-on-content-from-rare-network-powered-by-cardano/154528

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Roundtable Talk – DRep Participation in Focus: Power Is One Thing, Participation Is Another

📅 May 4, 2026 - 14:00 UTC

Participation, consistency, and accountability remain key themes in recent discussions around DReps. Questions around engagement levels, voting rationale's, and DRep fatigue point to a broader challenge - one needing a public debate.

This Roundtable Talk creates space for open, constructive dialogue.

We’ll explore what healthy participation looks like, how accountability can be strengthened, and what’s needed to support DRePs over time.

The goal is simple, better understand what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to evolve to strengthen DRep participation as intended by design.

Join us live on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmf7xw69PA or on X https://x.com/Cardano