(Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation) Last week, our CEO Frederik Gregaard, shared his insights on how blockchain could bring trust back into capital markets, through an opinion editorial in City A.M, London-based financial newspaper. Capital markets, those where debt and equity instruments are bought and sold, underpin our global financial ecosystem. But the technology underpinning…

(Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation) The frothy nature of the financial markets throughout 2020 and early 2021 has put renewed focus on maintaining the safety of our financial landscape. Dramatic stock market volatility, pandemic-related uncertainty, and a move away from physical cash have led many governments worldwide to…

Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation) If you’ve taken even a passing interest in the blockchain space during the past year, you’re bound to have come across the phenomena of decentralized finance — often referred to as ‘DeFi’. DeFi can apply to almost any traditional or hybrid financial product…

(Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation) On 18 January 2021, Jeremy Firster and Mel McCann from the Cardano Foundation’s integrations team delivered a workshop on transaction metadata. Together with Alan McSherry and Ben O’Hanlon from IOHK, Jeremy and Mel introduced transaction metadata and discussed its potential for building applications on Cardano. Here, following on from the…

(Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation) As blockchain technology supporters, we often get excited about the potential for financial and social disruption through decentralization. …

Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation If you have been involved in the Cardano ecosystem for a while, you might have learned that our blockchain is built using a functional programming language called ‘Haskell’. Haskell is the basis for Plutus, Cardano’s smart contract programming language, and it also powers…

Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation Today, we want to thank Philippe Pierre-Antoine and Rick McCracken for their contribution to the Cardano ecosystem, through their long-standing commitment to The Cardano Effect (TCE) podcast. The Cardano Effect podcast takes high-level developer and project information related to Cardano, and breaks…

Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation Today, we are celebrating the life and contributions of Ada Lovelace, a British mathematician and early pioneer of computing born some 205 years ago to this day in London, England. Also known by her hereditary title, the Countess of Lovelace, Ada was the…

Written by @ElliotHill of the Cardano Foundation In early 2020, the Cardano Foundation and its ecosystem partners embarked on an ambitious brand reappraisal exercise for the Cardano blockchain, enlisting the help of award-winning design and creative agency McCann Dublin as well as our valued community. …