The March 4, 2025, Cardano Community Digest highlights the inclusion of ada in the newly announced U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve alongside BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL, reinforcing Cardano’s growing recognition. The latest SPO Table Talk explores the redesigned staking rewards calculator, featuring real-time data, Monte Carlo simulations, and governance modeling. IOG released a documentary on the Cardano Blockchain Constitution, capturing key moments from the December 2024 Constitutional Convention and its on-chain ratification in February 2025. These developments underscore Cardano’s increasing role in global finance, governance, and blockchain innovation.

The February 17, 2025, Cardano Community Digest announces the upcoming "Cardano Buidler Fest #2" in Da Nang, Vietnam, on April 24–25, 2025. Andrew Westberg discusses a proposal to reduce the treasury tax rate from 20% to 10%, analyzing its potential effects on fund allocation and governance. Intersect MBO has released draft budget proposals for community feedback, covering topics like the Cardano Research Budget and Growth and Marketing strategies. Community members are encouraged to participate in discussions and provide input on these initiatives.

The February 4, 2025, Cardano Community Digest features insights into Cardano's decentralization post-Plomin hard fork, a comprehensive guide to stablecoins on Cardano, and updates on Project Catalyst's 2025 roadmap.dditionally, it includes a developer blog interview with FluidTokens' CTO on unlocking liquidity and Bitcoin DeFi on Cardano.he digest also highlights EMURGO's latest developments and the Cardano Ecosystem Guide 2025.ommunity members are encouraged to stay informed and participate in ongoing governance actions.

On January 29, 2025, Cardano transitioned to full community governance with the Plomin hard fork, approved by stake pool operators and the interim constitutional committee. This historic event marks the first community-driven hard fork in blockchain history, stemming from CIP-1694 developed over two years with extensive community input. Ada holders can now propose and vote on governance actions directly or through delegated representatives (DReps). Post-Plomin, staking rewards continue as usual; however, withdrawing them requires delegation to a DRep or selecting a predefined option. This milestone signifies a new era of decentralized decision-making for Cardano.

The Plomin hard fork is a key upgrade for Cardano, enabling full decentralized governance under the Voltaire era. It allows ada holders to delegate voting power to DReps for decisions on protocol updates, treasury withdrawals, and hard forks. SPOs must upgrade their nodes and achieve a 51% majority vote for activation. With 78% of nodes upgraded as of January 22, 2025, Plomin marks a milestone for community-driven control.

The January 20, 2025, Cardano Community Digest urges all node users, especially Stake Pool Operators (SPOs), to upgrade to node version 10.1.4 to prepare for the Plomin hard fork. As of now, 85% of blocks are produced using this version. The Interim Constitutional Committee (iCC) is assessing the governance action's constitutionality, requiring a two-thirds majority by January 25, 2025. The Digest also introduces Cardano Delegated Representatives (DReps) on the Cardano Forum and discusses the network's minimum pool cost.

The January 6, 2025, Cardano Community Digest calls on SPOs to vote on the Plomin Hard Fork, which introduces Protocol Version 10 for governance and technical upgrades. With 83.13% of staked ada yet to vote, 51% participation is needed. The Digest also spotlights LOGIC, a stake pool supporting projects like NEWM and Aiken, showcasing community and technical contributions.

The December 23, 2024, Digest highlights Catalyst Fund 13 results, with 2.5 billion ada funding 199 projects through 311,000 votes. Governance decentralization and community input were key discussion points. The Messari Q3 2024 report noted a 31.2% revenue decrease, a 13.3% increase in DeFi TVL to $231.6M, and a 145.5% rise in USDM’s market cap to $7.9M.

The December 11, 2024, Digest highlights a Roundtable Talk on Nested Transactions (CIP-0118) and a Developer Blog featuring DexHunter CEO Nikita Melentjevs discussing on-chain analytics. Fund13 voting concludes on December 12, 11 a.m. UTC, with tools like cgov.app and tempo.vote supporting governance participation. Additional insights cover liquid staking in Cardano and tips to recognize common scams.

The final day celebrated the signing of the Cardano constitution, a milestone in decentralized governance. The event featured a governance exhibition and media highlights. Delegates formalized the constitution, symbolizing Cardano’s commitment to transparent and inclusive decision-making. The day concluded with a sense of accomplishment, paving the way for a resilient and decentralized future.