Intersect Weekly Update #134#: Receipts. 🟢 115,172 ada of unspent budget went back to the treasury, a first on mainnet. 🟢 A new portal publishes Cardano's decentralization figures with the method attached. 🟢 CAP-12 and CAP-3 both improved because people commented. 🟢 Next week's dates for your diaries

"It's probably actually unique in the whole of the industry." Intersect Executive Director, @JBriggsLondon - on what one member, one vote actually means when a global community has to decide what gets built next. Watch: Recorded with @theblockopedia_ at TOKEN2049, Singapore.

Heading back from my second TOKEN2049. Cardano definitely leveled up again booth-wise (credit to @Cardano_CF for the execution), although anecdotally from my POV, foot traffic at the whole event felt lighter than last year. Most likely a reflection of market sentiment, but regardless TOKEN2049 still remains the biggest event on the crypto calendar. It was also clear how much progress many of the Cardano teams presenting have made in recent months. There's also a lot more raising going on which makes for a positive signal. Overall the ecosystem feels more mature for it. The privacy play remains a major opportunity for the Cardano ecosystem, and the keynotes from @F_ZK_Now and @IOHK_Charles were more substantive than ever. Although this year I spent more time with the media (more TradFi outlets than the usual blockchain media), and the questions I got focused on post-quantum security, privacy, and the opportunities (and risks) of agentic AI. This was pretty much the main themes on the mind of publishers and all they wanted to cover. The good news is Cardano has meaningful work underway in each of these areas, including the treasury-backed @IOGroup research into post-quantum cryptography, @MidnightNtwrk work on programmable privacy, and @MasumiNetwork work on agent identity and payments (to pick on one). So my main takeaway - Cardano is well positioned based on the trends of the day, outside capital is coming in and teams are levelling up, but as usual there's still plenty to deliver. Upwards!

Cardano is now supported in Open Wallet Standard v1.4.3: key derivation, transaction and message signing, and balance lookups. Built by @wingriderscom, with coordination and technical review from IOG and the @midnightfdn.

Singapore, 57 floors up. Thank you to the founders who pitched, the investors who listened and everyone who joined us at Rooftop UTXO Pitch Night with @DraperDragon. Great to see investors show up for Cardano, Bitcoin and the wider UTXO ecosystem, all on one stage.

It's October 8 and @token2049 Singapore Day 2! The @Cardano booth hosted by @Cardano_CF expands on the impressive line up from Day 1 with a further 17 speakers from the ecosystem presenting throughout the event. Find the agenda for Day 2 below 👇️ @IntersectMBO representatives will once again be in attendance, be sure to say hi 👋 Happy networking! 🤝 We also look forward to hearing the results from the Origins Hackathon which has been running throughout the event. Good luck to all participants.

Day 1 of @token2049 done! The Cardano booth was buzzing! Huge credit to the @Cardano_CF for bringing it to life, as part of the unified events proposal voted on and funded by the Cardano community. - @IOHK_Charles blessed the Cardano booth - @JBriggsLondon connecting with @CertiK and others exploring opportunities for @IntersectMBO -@AnujChaudhary25 from the @Intersect_MCC speaking with enterprises and driving potential Intersect onboarding Great energy. Great conversations. Bring on Day 2!

Day 1 at @token2049 through our camera roll. From Fahmi Syed's Midnight keynote to Frederik Gregaard talking real-world assets at the Cardano booth. Tomorrow it’s @KrisKowalsky's turn: autonomous AI agents for security auditing, with on-chain payment settlement.

Attending @token2049 in Singapore? Intersect Executive Director @JBriggsLondon will be there, catching up with Intersect members, listening to the wider community and talking all things Intersect. Pop by the @Cardano booth, hosted by @Cardano_CF, and say hello 👋

Cardano booth at @TOKEN2049 is up. PB5-60. Here's what to expect: A stage with 30+ ecosystem speakers. A podcast studio, recording on site. A scannable ecosystem wall. The CF team, both days. Merch, while it lasts. Free coffee too. Swing by, say hi. See you tomorrow.

Day 1 at @token2049 kicks-off in under 12 hours! 🗓️ October 7-8 @IntersectMBO will be attending the Cardano booth hosted by @Cardano_CF, alongside many other @Cardano ecosystem projects. Find the full booth agenda here: Keep an eye out for Intersect representatives: @JBriggsLondon - Intersect Executive Director @OfficialKavinda - Board Member @M3RSEE - Board Member @0xnagatoshi - Product and Membership @Tanakafj - Ecosystem and Community Come and say hi! 👋

September kept Cardano moving. FC Barcelona launched a fan platform on Cardano. We joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program. x402 SDK now supports Cardano. Multi-year UCLA partnership. Petrobras is tracking fuel on-chain. More in our September update:

The TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon is live, powered by @Cardano, @solana, @NOWNodes, @chainlink and #MonsterEnergySG#. 36 hours. Idea to working product. Builders heads-down for a shot at the US$150,000 prize powered by @awscloud.

A familiar face, in a new role. We’re pleased to welcome Nick Clarke as Intersect’s Director of Cardano Technology. A mathematician turned functional programmer turned Jack-of-all-trades, Nick has been involved in Cardano since 2018 and the Byron rewrite. Along the way, he helped establish the ledger team, contributed significantly to the ledger core and Praos protocol, worked on Cardano node release management, and most recently served as Director of Engineering at Tweag. Nick has also been contributing to Intersect since its formation, including as Chair of the Open Source Committee, a member of the Technical Steering Committee, and through helping establish and subsequently serve on the Security Council. In his new role, @nc_cardano will lead Intersect’s technical coordination team across the range of support, stewardship and services we provide to Cardano and its technical ecosystem. Over the next six months, that will include taking a lead role in coordinating the Dijkstra upgrade, alongside continuing to strengthen our security and incident response capability. There’s a lot of important work ahead, and we’re pleased to have Nick leading it - welcome!