Cardano has advanced its van Rossem hard fork to mainnet governance, marking a key step toward Protocol Version 11. This intra-era upgrade introduces new features while preparing the network for the upcoming Dijkstra era and the future Leios rollout, which aims to enhance scalability. Named in honor of community member Max van Rossem, the upgrade has strong governance support and aims to improve Plutus performance, ledger consistency, and node security. Ratification and activation are expected between late June and mid-July, testing Cardano's on-chain governance system amid ongoing ecosystem debates.
Nearly $460.9 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours as Bitcoin and Ethereum gains caused a broad short squeeze, forcing many traders betting on price drops to close positions. Bitcoin rose 1.09% to $140,697 and Ethereum cl...
Cryptocurrency prices, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, dropped amid Federal Reserve signals of fewer interest rate cuts and a stronger U.S. dollar. Bitcoin fell 1.3% to about $63,980, while Ethereum declined 1.7% to around $1,741. The Fed's ...
Plasma (XPL) fell 3.53% to around 164 Korean won after a recent surge, but maintained high trading volume of about 39.97 billion won ($29 million), indicating sustained market interest. Despite the price pullback, traders see this as a reset rather t...
Pyth Network has launched its Pyth Pro oracle service on the Cardano blockchain, providing institutional-grade price feeds with millisecond-level updates sourced directly from over 125 financial institutions. This integration offers developers free A...
The CoinDesk 20 index fell 1.5% to 1774.43, led by Bitcoin Cash (BCH) which dropped 3.1%, and Cardano (ADA) down 2.8%. Only four of the 20 assets in the index traded higher, with Uniswap (UNI) and Stellar (XLM) gaining 2.5% and 2.3% respectively. Thi...
