Cardano still the third most developed blockchain network...? According to data from @chainspect_app, the @Cardano L1 has seen some 3,061 developer commits in the past 30 days. This figure is surpassed only by @Etheruem and @MultiversX, with figures of 8,187 and 6,807, respectively.

Cardano Avoids a Governance Crisis at The Last Moment Cardano (@cardano) has avoided a potential governance disruption after its committee renewal vote crossed both thresholds. DReps backed the update with 71.4% support, while SPO support reached 56.3%. Four committee seats are set to expire at the end of Epoch 653. However, the vote secures new terms for four committee members. Without the renewal, Cardano’s committee would have dropped to three members. The outcome keeps governance functions running, but exposes participation concerns.

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Cardano And Ethereum May Finally Find Common Ground Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) believes Ethereum developers should take a closer look at Cardano’s technological innovations. Speaking in a recent interview, he encouraged Ethereum’s community to remain open to collaboration. Hoskinson specifically pointed to Cardano’s approach to smart contracts on a UTXO based blockchain. He argued that Ethereum could gain new capabilities by integrating some of these technologies. The Cardano founder also believes both ecosystems could benefit from stronger interoperability.

Cardano Governance Could Face A Major Roadblock Cardano’s (@Cardano) vote to seat four elected Constitutional Committee members enters its final week. DRep support stands at 43%, below the required 67% threshold. Stake pool operator support is only 15%, compared with the 51% requirement. The vote expires on Sept. 1, leaving limited time to close the gaps. If it fails, the committee could drop from seven active members to three. Certain governance actions requiring committee approval could then face a bottleneck. Cardano’s network would continue producing blocks and processing transactions normally.

Cardano's Peras proposal would cut waiting for near-certainty from hours to minutes @Cardano today offers settlement, not finality. An $ADA block gets safer as more stack on top of it, and near-certainty can take hours, per Input Output's documentation. Peras, a proposed upgrade filed as CIP-140, adds a committee of block producers that votes to certify blocks at short intervals, cutting that wait to about two minutes. It does not change how many transactions fit in a block; that job belongs to the separate Leios upgrade. Peras targets Q2 2027 and needs an on-chain governance vote to activate.

Cardano's on-chain DEX volume is heating up On-chain DEX volume for Cardano rose to $90.0M over the past 30 days, up 37.5% from the previous period. Trading activity for derivatives and perps is even more impressive, at $131.5M, showing increased demand among ecosystem members. $ADA is trading at $0.173, up 5% from the past month but still 9% lower than last week and 81% lower than the same period last year. In contrast, total value locked continues to decline and fell to $70.2M after reaching a 13-month high of $437.2M in August 2025, an 84% decrease from the high.