Cardano Community, This One is For You... Draper University (@draper_u), Cardano (@Cardano) and Orion Fund (@OrionFund) are backing a 10-week, fully in-person Silicon Valley residency for 10 investment-ready Cardano startups. Selected founders can receive up to $70,000 in seed capital for a target 3.5% equity stake, alongside mentorship and investor access. The program targets startups building in RWA tokenization, institutional DeFi and enterprise blockchain infrastructure. Applications close September 1.

We’re hosting a Cardano meetup in our Zürich office on 26 November, and you’re invited. Meet our team and the Swiss Cardano community, swap ideas, hear what’s new and kick off the festive season with some Glühwein. Spots are limited. Register now:

The newly launched CAP Portal offers a structured place for the Cardano community to propose Constitutional amendments, raise issues and join the discussions Read our latest blog for all the details on the why, where and how👇

Join us for the Intersect Monthly Members Meeting The October edition will share the latest updates from across Intersect and the Cardano community. 📅 Thursday, October 29 ⏰ 11:00 AM UTC 🔴 Live here on Intersect X, LinkedIn and the official Intersect YouTube channel See you there! 🙌

An update on the EMURGO and @YoroiWallet stake pools: As referenced in our previous posts regarding EMURGO’s withdrawal from Cardano governance, including our decision to step back following the SecondFi security incident and our intention to de-register as a Cardano DRep, we are making a few operational updates. Operational control of the EMURGO and Yoroi stake pools (EMURGO 1, EMURGO 2, EMURGO 3, EMURGO 4, EMURGO 5, EMURGO 6 and YOROI) has been transferred to Shunsuke Murasaki (@MurasakiCardano). Many in the community will know Murasaki as a long-time member of the Cardano community, with especially strong ties in Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore, as well as an early employee at EMURGO before leaving earlier this year to pursue new adventures. We have full faith in his integrity to Cardano over the long term. These updates have been processed operationally and will be formally reflected onchain in coming days. Key details for delegators: - No action required: Delegations and staking rewards continue uninterrupted, and existing delegations carry over automatically. - Unchanged pool IDs: Pool IDs remain identical. Murasaki will share a separate confirmation regarding any upcoming changes to the pool names and tickers. - Non-custodial staking: As always, staking on Cardano remains entirely non-custodial, leaving delegators free to re-delegate to any pool whenever they choose.

Almost three years ago, we made a bet on Cardano when most hardware wallet companies didn't even try. No massive ADA user base knocking on our door. Just a genuine belief that this community deserved better than being an afterthought. So we got to work and entered Cardano with @eternlwallet in Nov 2023, offering air-gapped and QR-based signing to the Cardano community. Then @TyphonWallet, @BeginWallet, @vesprwallet, @nufiwallet, @GeroWallet, @lace_io, @MedusaAdaWallet & Cardano-hw-cli for SPOs. Day 1 access for Keystone users when @MidnightNtwrk's glacier drop went live. None of it would've landed without the community pointing us in the right direction: - Ambassadors & users who gave real feedback. - Projects like @snek and @hoskytoken who joined hands to promote self-custody. - Everyone who flagged issues and asked for more. You shaped this as much as we did 💙 Still nowhere near done. What should we tackle next? 👇

WebX in Tokyo is the final event delivered under the Unified Global Events Marketing Strategy. The framework began with a straightforward conviction: Cardano deserved a unified, global presence to match it, and that presence had to be delivered as one ecosystem rather than a set of separate entities appearing at the same conferences. From Token2049 Singapore, to Consensus Hong Kong, to the Cardano Hackathon Asia, that conviction was tested in the rooms where the next decade of adoption is being decided. Cardano arrived at each one with a single voice, a shared standard, and builders and community members carrying the work on the ground. Tokyo is where the programme ends. @WebX_Asia is Asia's largest Web3 conference, and Intersect and members of the Japanese Cardano community are on the stand with us this week to close it out.

.@WebX_Asia 2026 opens today in Tokyo. Japan remains one of the most important markets for Cardano adoption, and this week puts the network in front of the builders, institutions, and community driving it. @IntersectMBO and members of the Japanese Cardano community are on site alongside us.

More than half of all $ADA tokens now staked. According to @Coinbase data, a staggering 57% of $ADA tokens are now staked on the @Cardano network. With a current market cap of $6.4B, that means users have staked more than $3.6B worth of $ADA. The Cardano community doesn't lack conviction...