
Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade
For the first time in Cardano's history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.

For the first time in Cardano's history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.

Cardano price trades near $0.16 after van Rossem hard fork, while weak momentum and mixed derivatives data keep $0.19 resistance in focus.


Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork activates Protocol Version 11, cutting smart contract costs and marking the first upgrade ratified through on-chain

Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork, moving mainnet to Protocol Version 11 while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios later in 2026.

The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year.

Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at approximately 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 without any reported downtime. The upgrade is an intra-era change inside Cardano’s Conway ledger era. It does not replace the network’s governance structure. Instead, it lowers the cost of running Plutus smart contracts, […]
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, upgrading the network to Protocol Version 11 with faster, cheaper smart contracts and stronger node security. The transition was smooth, but the real question is whether ADA can turn the milestone into lasting price gains. What the Van Rossem Hard Fork Brings to Cardano A
The bullish signal coincides with the first hard fork approved entirely through onchain governance being activated on the Cardano mainnet.

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Cardano's next milestone arrives in hours with van Rossem hard fork.

Cardano (ADA) is presently trading at $0.1672, up 4.79% on the day, with the trading volume climbing to $413.85M, after a 68% surge. Aggressive distribution at this price floor has yet to achieve a clean technical breakdown, signalling substantial demand absorption rather than systemic weakness. Consequently, every failed downside expansion

Input Output will transfer Cardano's core infrastructure to independent teams starting August 2026, marking the blockchain's biggest decentralization move

Input Output is handing its core infrastructure to outside teams as ADA gets a lift from an imminent protocol upgrade.

Cardano Tests Support As ADA Traders Look For A Better Catalyst is worth covering because it sits inside one of crypto’s live conversations rather than floating as a standalone headline. The market has been dealing with


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Cardano open interest rises 4% to $421M with a 0.58 long-to-short ratio as whale accumulation hits 2023 highs before the July 18 Van Rossem hard fork.

Cardano has fallen 1.39% to $0.1628 as rising short positions have outweighed whale demand two days before the Van Rossem hard fork. According to data from crypto.news, from July 16 showed ADA traded between an intraday low of $0.1611 and…