In brief
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed by the author are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice.
$82,869.00
1.21%$1,789.08
1.15%$2.10
5.66%$591.05
1.40%$0.999891
0.00%$115.95
2.08%$0.166107
5.43%$0.643984
3.44%$0.240699
3.52%$1,787.55
1.01%$82,736.00
1.09%$9.40
0.09%$3.38
-5.21%$12.60
1.47%$0.999697
-0.02%$0.258046
2.05%$2,143.39
1.46%$18.00
0.00%$2.22
-0.77%$0.00001218
0.53%$0.162627
4.31%$83.32
2.42%$4.06
4.05%$6.35
1.60%$300.37
1.50%$4.51
0.41%$0.999265
-0.05%$1.00
0.33%$1,789.42
1.15%$1,906.47
1.54%$27.64
0.37%$214.85
1.07%$11.60
4.68%$0.523101
-6.89%$5.80
1.43%$1.046
0.01%$0.000007
6.75%$2.45
2.26%$4.85
-3.73%$47.57
3.60%$82,796.00
1.09%$22.00
1.38%$33.39
-0.07%$0.094342
0.80%$0.807549
2.84%$0.733299
-0.63%$5.08
1.50%$16.07
1.65%$1.16
-0.02%$147.71
-0.45%$1.001
0.86%$4.93
14.39%$1.00
0.00%$0.02192195
4.32%$9.31
4.67%$209.83
4.09%$2.77
4.57%$82,684.00
0.87%$4.04
0.04%$0.064935
5.47%$0.19041
5.12%$3.17
0.62%$2.73
0.58%$0.184414
8.47%$0.495713
10.25%$0.297791
-1.86%$0.309479
2.72%$10.15
-1.11%$82,720.00
1.58%$0.805046
-2.64%$1,348.93
9.06%$0.70176
4.33%$0.433011
3.87%$0.383789
6.27%$1,791.91
1.09%$1.079
5.02%$4.04
-3.64%$1,861.62
1.17%$0.066494
2.29%$67.78
2.38%$0.999381
0.07%$121.18
2.40%$0.379104
-1.28%$0.748822
4.65%$0.579958
3.06%$2,025.02
1.18%$0.00001111
5.51%$1.001
0.11%$14.84
-2.24%$0.997742
-0.00%$0.456894
-1.53%$0.999947
0.03%$0.013295
0.19%$8.23
1.60%$0.162305
1.95%$0.082622
2.20%$0.774739
1.86%$3,079.30
-1.41%$0.999743
0.00%$0.829382
4.68%$82,316.00
1.35%$591.63
1.44%$1,899.22
1.14%$3,082.88
-1.23%$0.64556
2.27%$82,661.00
1.12%$0.503589
1.43%$0.0149844
4.30%$0.109965
7.28%$0.261869
2.69%$39.93
2.29%$0.505791
-9.01%$1.00
0.06%$0.00000063
0.67%$5.62
-7.46%$0.163658
4.93%$30.35
2.01%$1.88
-3.98%$0.370074
3.46%$1,864.09
1.18%$148.26
2.03%$0.00005549
4.13%$1.81
2.55%$0.999272
0.01%$1.00
0.10%$1.88
23.97%$1.77
2.57%$3.10
12.12%$0.01030074
8.09%$2.76
0.99%$14.94
1.83%$0.996888
0.09%$0.069936
0.13%$127.05
1.41%$0.615976
3.12%$0.131012
1.55%$81,172.00
2.08%$0.999445
-0.03%$1.00
0.12%$1.00
0.22%$27.18
-0.35%$0.238968
2.33%$0.444602
21.50%$0.00481517
12.40%$0.472641
11.72%$5.66
-7.40%$0.404242
1.65%$0.434306
-3.33%$2.68
1.80%$0.00000043
2.05%$1,898.87
1.08%$0.166086
5.37%$82,798.00
1.07%$83,379.00
2.02%$14.72
-2.75%$1.079
-0.01%$1.00
0.09%$0.65526
0.21%$110.55
0.01%$0.153178
19.06%$0.07961
3.74%$1,789.90
1.15%$0.04153632
4.65%$44.16
-4.73%$1,790.23
1.16%$0.135667
3.82%$0.086824
1.53%$1.12
2.44%$1,791.16
1.02%$0.00001941
1.18%$1.092
-0.59%$0.00669795
3.84%$0.373541
3.65%$5.69
1.38%$82,744.00
1.33%$0.183502
2.04%$1,867.69
1.11%$0.440038
2.73%$0.5389
-0.89%$0.998864
-0.01%$0.998993
0.20%$0.00642926
1.50%$0.806652
-0.27%$3.03
21.85%$0.19089
5.00%$0.350854
3.75%$4.66
0.54%$1.001
0.12%$0.00005848
3.17%$1,791.79
0.48%$1,788.71
1.28%$0.03184891
3.22%$0.00367145
6.31%$1.47
-0.48%$0.00000148
-4.53%$1.001
0.13%$115.62
1.11%$0.0301403
3.30%$0.00470086
2.55%$1.001
0.12%$0.00879317
0.75%$83,115.00
1.42%$1,766.90
1.18%$0.350871
-10.51%$0.498042
-0.44%$0.229724
4.39%$1,791.75
1.25%$1.11
0.31%$2.86
0.86%$1.12
3.45%$82,697.00
1.19%$3.34
-6.68%$21.47
2.15%$3,063.88
-0.84%$0.58718
-0.18%$0.512511
-1.08%$0.218872
-0.08%$0.18353
1.67%$1,887.17
0.90%$1,959.40
1.21%$0.00275714
-1.93%$14.96
2.19%$0.117643
0.72%$21.56
2.45%$1,948.56
1.44%$0.02966856
3.93%$0.232725
1.74%$1,661.47
1.00%$0.099521
1.06%$0.931334
1.03%$1,775.98
0.25%$0.0322581
2.42%$0.00036899
40.39%$0.0029688
4.65%$0.059682
0.87%$0.01107649
2.87%$0.639031
0.56%$0.517456
1.31%$0.998433
0.16%$0.471735
0.66%$0.999184
-0.06%$83,378.00
0.76%$0.00202873
0.09%$0.99925
-0.02%$0.999766
-0.04%$0.00442172
1.77%$0.02625013
2.43%$3.46
7.71%Reading
After five years of development, Cardano’s next upgrade is finally here.
The network implemented its latest hardforkhardfork, Shelley, today. This upgrades the network from its prior iteration, Byron. Shelley’s introduces stake pools and delegations.
Staking on Shelley involves holding large amounts of its native currency, ADAADA. The benefit to doing so is that there’s a greater chance you could earn yet more ADA in rewards for validating the network. All of this is powered by its Ouroboros protocol, which chooses who gets to add the next block to the Cardano blockchainblockchain.
You can also operate something called a stake pool, which lets you stake other users’ coins on their behalf or delegate their coins so that someone else can stake them. IOHK said in a press release that it expects to reach around 1,000 stake pools; this is based on the number of stake pools opened during its testnet. Upon launch, 444 stake pools are operational on Cardano.
The first block for Shelley was validated on a testnet version of the new chain on April 27. A testnet is like a beta version of a blockchain. Usually, testnet blockchains don’t involve real money. But IOHK ran an incentivized testnet for Shelley, meaning that its users were playing for keeps.
The Cardano blockchain is set to enter a transformative new era over the coming weeks. Its transition from “Byron,” a static, federated blockchain, to “Shelley,” the dynamic, decentralized version, is due to kick off today, with the release of the Shelley code. (There’s a backup date, 7 July—in case things go pear-shaped.) “Shelley will finally show us whether Cardano's technology has what it takes to become a truly decentralized and scalable global crypto asset,” Juan Villaverde, who leads the...
Now it’s moved onto mainnet, onward: “It’s a monumental achievement, but this doesn’t mean we’ll be standing still, and we’re looking forward to the delivery of the Voltaire and Goguen phases of the Cardano roadmap, which will see robust governance arrangements and smart contracts functionality put in place this year,” said Aparna Jue, IOHK’s product director, in a statement.
Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, added: “This time next year we could see hundreds of assets and decentralized applications running on Cardano.”
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed by the author are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice.
Infected, a pandemic-simulation crypto game that gained viral popularity, has announced its decision to abandon Ethereum's Layer-2 solution, Base, and migrate to Layer-1 blockchain Solana. The move follows technical difficulties during the game's launch, with Infected alleging the platform failed to handle the high transaction volume, resulting in gas price spikes and frustrated users. “Base couldn’t handle the volume of transactions coming in at once,” the team said in an X post on Thursday,...
Pectra, one of Ethereum’s largest upgrades since transitioning to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism in 2022, is now set to hit the Ethereum mainnet on May 7. Originally scheduled for a March 2025 release, Pectra was delayed due to finality issues on the Holesky testnet, but has been running without major incident on the Hoodi testnet that was spun up in response to the testnet issues. The upgrade also experienced a minor issue on the Sepolia testnet in early March, but it was later identified...
That cheap smartphone may look like a steal—and it could well be, but not in the way you were hoping. Cheap counterfeit phones are now being sold preloaded with malware that targets unsuspecting Android users—stealing cryptocurrency, replacing phone numbers during calls, and hijacking their social media accounts. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky reported the novel technique for spreading the dangerous Triada trojan in a recent analysis. Since its discovery in 2016, Triada has evolved into one of...