Cardano Foundation

1/ The Cardano ecosystem continues to expand and mature.

From stablecoin integrations to new trading pairs and token bridges, June saw steady momentum across multiple exchanges and platforms.

Here’s the latest: 🧵

Have you entered the Rackton Challenge yet? 🎯

This is a story-driven puzzle series where you build coding challenges across wallets, smart contracts, governance, and more. And yes, prizes await! 🎁

Deadline is 18 July. Find all details here: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-learn-and-hack

Cardano is public digital infrastructure for all—decentralized, secure, and future-proof.

Every day, we work to bridge it with the world.

We are proud to build with a global community that makes it all possible. 🌐

1/ The Cardano Foundation has published its votes for the Constitutional Committee election. 🗳️

We assessed all 19 candidates and voted for 7, based on a structured framework of 5 key criteria.

Discover all the details here: http://cardanofoundation.org/blog/constitutional-committee-vote

Happening today! 🟣

Join the Cardano Foundation for a live AMA on Veridian and Originate—two open-source tools powering digital identity and product traceability.

Discussing the infrastructure layer for trust.

Cardano is for everyone.

Public. Permissionless. Open by design.

We're very excited to see @AgrowLabs presenting Originate—our open-source proof of origin solution—at the Ghvino Wine Forum this week (June 23-24) in San Francisco. 🌉

Learn more about Originate here: https://cardanofoundation.org/solutions/originate

Cardano Summit 2025 is coming to Berlin this November.

Will you be there?

Sign up for early access today: http://summit.cardano.org

A new Cardano Governance Voting tool is live at https://t.co/yv1rWQlmCV. 🗳️

Developed by the Cardano Foundation, this tool helps DReps, SPOs, and Constitutional Committee members to vote easily.

Includes full support for multisig setups and a hassle-free process to record and store immutable voting rationales on IPFS, powered by @NMKR_io.

Our latest report with @KeyStateCapital and @GLEIF, showcases how @VeridianID is helping lay the groundwork for Verifiable Smart Contracts.

Shout-out to @SergeyNazarov for sending a peak at their upcoming identity solutions for this report.

Read it now: https://www.keystate.capital/post/verifiable-smart-contracts-vlei-on-chain

Our Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions, @Thomas_ADA_, will take the stage tomorrow at @IdentityWeek_ID. 👤

He will showcase @VeridianID: an open-source, digital identity platform designed to give individuals and organizations greater control over their identity.

Innovation and data protection must go hand in hand. 🛡️

We have submitted our response to the EDPB’s consultation on Guidelines 02/2025, calling for a proportionate, technologically neutral approach that recognizes the distinct role of public, permissionless blockchains.

We also fully support and co-signed @INATBA_org's efforts and detailed response to this important consultation, which could have significant implications for the future of decentralized technologies in Europe.

Read our full response: https://t.co/LtOgeV6bD2

Read @INATBA_org's response:

Last week, we welcomed the first Venture Hub cohort to our Zurich office. 🇨🇭

A full day of strategy, pitching, and collaboration with:
🔋 @LW3India
☁️ @IagonOfficial
💼 @AndamioPlatform

Thank you to the teams for their engagement—we're proud to support your journey!

Together with @MasumiNetwork, we're bringing agentic AI to Cardano.

This is only the beginning.

https://cardanofoundation.org/case-studies/masumi

We are proud to sponsor and attend the 46th World Congress of Vine and Wine next week! 🍷

We will showcase how blockchain can support global wine traceability, helping producers and consumers verify authenticity, origin, and quality at scale.

https://oiv2025.md/

1/ As an iCC member, the Cardano Foundation has deemed the “Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Budget – 275M ADA administered by Intersect” governance action constitutional. ✅

Link to onchain vote: https://t.co/STLJydUnDR

Here's our rationale:

Today, the Cardano Foundation launches Originate.

Originate is an open-source traceability solution for enterprises and certifiers to verify authenticity and build trust across global supply chains.

Built on Cardano. Designed for integration.

The SmartFutures event is now live from Berlin. 🔴

Hosted with UNDP and supported by the Cardano Foundation, the event dives into blockchain, AI, and digital infrastructure for global development.

Tune in to the livestream now: https://www.youtube.com/live/j3QLpVwfzQk

Builders, devs, and governance minds—this one’s for you. 🛠️

Join the Rare Dev & Governance Day at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on 6–7 August.

Workshops, hackathons, panels, and real conversations shaping Cardano and beyond.

Free entry, limited spots:

Kraken OTC has set up $ADA Options Trading.

Big thanks to the @krakenfx OTC team for supporting institutional demand and enabling more sophisticated trading strategies around ADA.

Onwards.

https://www.kraken.com/features/futures/cardano