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A major exploit involving a bridge connected to the Cardano ecosystem sent Midnight’s NIGHT token to an all-time low on July 20 after an attacker drained roughly 515 million tokens from infrastructure operated by Wanchain. The tokens were removed from a Cardano-side lock address backing NIGHT bridged to BNB Chain, leaving only a fraction of […] The post 515M NIGHT bridge exploit rocks Cardano but ADA jumps 8% anyway after landmark hard fork appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year. Cardano has activated its van Rossem hard fork as of Saturday, upgrading the Cardano mainnet to version 11, which is expected to lower smart contract execution costs and lay the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade for the protocol.  Onchain data from Cardanoscan shows the network moved from Protocol Version 10 in epoch 643 to Version 11 in epoch 644. “As well as Plutus improvements and Plutus Cost Model enhancements, this upgrade lays the foundation for the next upgrade, the Dijkstra era hard fork, which will introduce Ouroboros Leios to Cardano,” Input Output wrote in a weekly development report on Friday. Read more

Cardano open interest rises 4% to $421M with a 0.58 long-to-short ratio as whale accumulation hits 2023 highs before the July 18 Van Rossem hard fork. The post Cardano News: Cardano’s Van Rossem Hard Fork Activates Tomorrow, And Whales Are Buying While Traders Go Short appeared first on Cryptonews.

EMURGO said it is stepping down from its role in Pentad, the five-member group coordinating Cardano's infrastructure funding, to focus resources on recovering funds lost in the SecondFi exploit. The attack exploited a flaw in SecondFi's wallet address-generation system, draining roughly $2.4 million in ADA from 374 wallets. A wallet-layer product failed, and EMURGO, one […] The post Cardano’s wallet hack exposed the user layer holding its on-chain government together appeared first on CryptoSlate.

SecondFi says it has completed forensic investigations, taken a final balance snapshot and is preparing to return assets. Cardano wallet SecondFi has identified a recovery path for users affected by Tuesday's exploit and expects to begin returning assets in about two weeks, following testing and security reviews. According to a Saturday statement by Phillip Pon, CEO of SecondFi developer Emurgo, the company completed forensic investigations and established a recovery pathway for affected users. Pon said the coming week would be spent building the solution, followed by another week of testing before assets begin to be returned. Pon urged users to refrain from migrating assets or taking actions outside official guidance, saying the recovery process was designed around existing wallet states and that independent action could complicate the secure return of funds. Read more

Cardano has opened public testing for a major throughput upgrade and advanced a mainnet hard fork, pushing forward the blockchain’s most consequential architectural changes in years. These milestones are arriving alongside a sharp decline in ADA and a multimillion-dollar wallet exploit, widening the divide between Cardano’s engineering progress and the condition of the ecosystem built […] The post Cardano’s scaling overhaul hit by a user confidence gap widened by ADA’s slump and wallet exploit appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers drained funds from 374 addresses. A vulnerability in Cardano-based wallet SecondFi allowed attackers to drain user funds, resulting in major losses. SecondFi on Wednesday confirmed it had identified the root cause of the exploit and is now engaging with Cardano ecosystem platforms and blockchain investigators to address the issue. The company also said it triggered emergency measures that secured roughly 129 million ADA, which is being transferred to an independent third-party custodian and held for affected users pending verification. Read more

ADA Price Hits 2020 Low — Can Flare's FXRP Save Cardano? The post Cardano News: ADA Hits Multi-Year Low as Whales Sell, Can this be The End of Cardano? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Charles Hoskinson raised the possibility of splitting Cardano after the collapse of one of its best-known ecosystem tools exposed a deeper fight over money, governance, and who has the power to keep builders alive on the network. This week, the Cardano founder floated what he called a “nuclear option,” saying a new Cardano could be […] The post Cardano founder floats splitting his own blockchain after warning more apps will die appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cardano dominated crypto discussions after Charles Hoskinson warned of ecosystem failures and announced he was taking a break.

Charles Hoskinson has announced that he is “taking a break” from the pressure around Cardano after an emotional plea to the community. His remarks, however, point to frustration rather than abandonment. It seems that the Cardano founder is openly questioning his remaining power over the network at a time when ADA holders are blaming him […] The post Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson takes “a break” – exposing who really controls ADA’s next move appeared first on CryptoSlate.

TapTools Shuts Down After 4 Years, Leaving Cardano Blind The post Cardano’s Most Important Analytics Platform Is Shutting Down After Losing 5 Executives in One Year appeared first on Cryptonews.

Despite the planned wind-down, TapTools says it is open to being acquired or taking on external resources to continue maintaining the platform. TapTools, a Cardano-focused real-time analytics platform, has begun winding down after its fifth top-level executive departure, compounding leadership instability and making continued operations unsustainable.  TapTools said in a post to X on Tuesday that it would begin winding down over the next two weeks, and noted the departure of its two co-founders, chief operating officer and chief technology officer earlier this year. “We worked hard to adapt,” TapTools said, adding that its backend developer had become its CTO as the platform shifted its focus toward shipping products more sustainably; however, they have since departed, and “the technical knowledge required to responsibly operate and maintain TapTools cannot be replaced overnight.” Read more

Cardano's 2026 Summit in Singapore is off after the network's treasury governance process failed to approve funding for it. The official event page now says the Summit will not take place on Oct. 5-6 as previously announced. The cause is governance: Cardano Foundation said treasury-funded initiatives are subject to community vote, and the community decided not to proceed with […] The post Cardano just canceled is 2026 Summit – exposing the power and risk of its governance vetos appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Charles Hoskinson, Cardano's founder, is turning his public focus back to the blockchain network, and Midnight, one of his largest ventures outside crypto, prepares to close. The shift comes at a difficult moment for the Cardano founder. His Wyoming health care project is winding down after years of investment, while the blockchain he helped build […] The post Charles Hoskinson goes all-in on Cardano and Midnight after $250 million hospital shutdown appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of research and infrastructure proposals that are still awaiting approval. Last month, Input Output, the development firm behind the Cardano network, revealed that it was seeking $46.8 million to finance its operations for the 2026 development […] The post Cardano founder warns network could lose its scientists in Input Output’s 33M ADA funding vote fails appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cardano's next hard fork is arriving at a moment when crypto markets no longer reward blockchains for roadmap promises alone, especially as ADA price performance increasingly tracks real developer and DeFi activity. Protocol Version 11, known as Van Rossem, is already live on the Preview testnet and targets a mainnet governance action submission on May […] The post Cardano’s May 29 hard fork vote brings ADA’s DeFi weakness into view appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ADA Price Stuck at $0.27 Despite Cardano Quantum-Safe Push The post Cardano News: Cardano’s Quantum-Safe Roadmap vs. Muted Market Response: Why ADA Is Stagnant appeared first on Cryptonews.

A fund manager, treasury desk, custodian, or regulated fintech function with vault accounts, policy-based approvals, granular access controls, audit trails, API access, and operational continuity when employees rotate. That structure is reshaping how capital is allocated within DeFi, and it explains why Cardano's latest infrastructure push via Iagon's Cardano Vault, built with Fireblocks, is a […] The post Cardano to focus on tokenized institutional vaults as DeFi’s retail focus fades appeared first on CryptoSlate.

At Consensus 2026, Cardano's Charles Hoskinson said that “users should probably never have their private keys,” adding that “something should have the private keys for the users.” He argued that the secure chips already embedded in iPhones, Android phones, and Samsung devices outperform those in Ledger and Trezor devices, and that most crypto users already […] The post Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson says the future of crypto wallets will be inside iPhones and Androids appeared first on CryptoSlate.