- Input Output Hong Kong has triggered the Alonzo Hard Fork on Cardano mainnet, smart contract functionality roll-out on September 12.
- Dogecoin millionaire Glauber Contessoto prepares to go "all in" on Cardano, plans to be ADA's biggest supporter.
- Cardano DeFi set to become a reality with compatibility upgrades across the software stack.
95% of users on Polymarket, a global information markets platform, are betting in favor of Cardano’s smart contract launch. This number was 65% in early August, but now Cardano is ready for decentralized applications and DeFi summer.
Alonzo Hard Fork makes smart contract launch imminent for Cardano
IOHK, the blockchain company behind Cardano, has announced that the Alonzo Hard Fork combinator event has been successfully triggered. This marks an important milestone for ADA as this brings DeFi to Cardano’s blockchain.
LAUNCH CONFIRMED: Today, around 17:26 UTC we successfully submitted an update proposal to the #Cardano mainnet, to trigger a hard fork combinator event on Sunday #Cardano $ADA 1/6 pic.twitter.com/rEtjrdGiBV
— Input Output (@InputOutputHK) September 7, 2021