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Cardano is going after its own top-level domain, and the application just moved forward. The Cardano Foundation says .ada advanced to the next phase of the ICANN New gTLD Program, the first big round of new internet domains since 2012. If approved, .ada sits in the same global address system as every website you visit, not a wallet alias that only works inside one app. The catch is time. ICANN still has to check technical, financial and operational readiness, and new domains from this round are expected between 2028 and 2030. The bid came out of an on-chain info action with about 75% support and is funded by the Foundation, not the treasury. Governance vote to internet infrastructure. What would you build on a .ada domain first? https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/ada-icann-next-stage

The first real asset on CIP-0113 is a company. A day after programmable tokens went live on Cardano mainnet, the Cardano Foundation spun out Veridian, its digital identity project, as an independent firm. The shares were issued as ledger-based securities under the Swiss DLT Act, the first asset deployed with the standard. Veridian does verifiable credentials for people, companies and AI agents without a central database. Masumi already uses it to check agents before they get paid. Identity company, shares with the rules built in. Fitting first customer. What should be next, bonds or stablecoins?

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Cardano Foundation spins out digital identity firm Veridian

Cardano Foundation spins out Veridian with tokenized shares, plans for U.S. digital identity expansion and a 2027 search for investors.

The rules now ride with the token. CIP-0113 is live on Cardano mainnet. Stablecoin, fund and bond issuers can build KYC, sanctions screening, transfer limits, freeze and seize into native assets, and the ledger checks it on every mint, burn and transfer. No hard fork. The Swiss CMTA also recognized it as equivalent to its CMTAT securities standard. Great for institutions. A different deal for holders. Would you hold a token its issuer can freeze?

Cardano Foundation Launches Programmable Token Standard, Bringing Ledger-Enforced Compliance to Tokenized Assets | FinancialContent

The Cardano Foundation, the independent, Swiss-based, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing Cardano as a public digital infrastructure...

iUSD could get a new peg anchor. A proposal in front of the Indigo DAO would add RealFi USDrf to the iUSD Peg Stabilization Module. Mint 1:1 for a 0.5% fee, redeem for 1%. Both tokens live on Cardano, so no bridge in the loop. The DAO can pause or delist on a long depeg or missing attestations. Stables that plug into each other beat stables that just sit there. https://www.clarity.vote/organizations/cardano/IndigoDAO/governance/snapshots/a898eb2c-babb-4497-9b5c-0b33f08f7471

S&P just started grading DeFi vaults. New Vault Risk Assessment on a letter scale like AAA(v). Six risk factors, from curator to protocol. Vault deposits sit near $10B, up from $1.5B two years ago. Onchain was always transparent. Readable is the new bar.

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S&P Global Ratings launches Vault Risk Assessment for digital asset markets

New framework delivers independent risk transparency for onchain investment vehicles, furthering S&P Global

Did you know? Every Cardano UTxO needs a min ADA floor. Splitting tokens into tiny bags leaves stranded deposits, so wallet clutter has a real cost. The ledger bills dust.

Cardano DeFi moves when the timeline goes quiet. DeFiTap is the lens for pools, liquidity, and flow so you catch the shift without the doomscroll.

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Did you know? On Cardano lending, overcollateralization is the point. You lock more value than you borrow so liquidations have a buffer when price swings hit. Risk lives in the ratio, not in a slogan.

RealFi just flipped Cardano mainnet live. USDrf and sUSDrf are on-chain now: a reserve-backed dollar plus a yield layer tied to real-world assets, not circular farm games. Stablecoins stop being a slide deck.

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