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Cardano’s Vasil Hard Fork Expected to Go Live This Week

The Cardano blockchain will carry out its much-anticipated Vasil hard fork, a backward-incompatible upgrade taking place on the main network. “The Hash” panel discusses how the fork is intended to enrich smart contract capabilities, increase the chain’s throughput and reduce costs.

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Tech

What Cardano’s Highly Anticipated Vasil Hard Fork Will Bring

Vasil delivers an updated version of Cardano’s smart contract scripting language: Plutus v2.

The Cardano hard fork is expected on Sept. 22. (Yuri_Arcurs/E+/Getty Images)

Markets

Ether, ADA Lead Steep Crypto Slide Amid Dollar Strength

Some analysts said impending monetary tightening could add to a global rout across major asset classes such as equities and crypto.

GMX tokens are serving as a proxy bet for Arbitrum investors. (Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Ethereum's Merge Starts to Hit Gaming Chip Prices

Prices for graphics processing units for personal computers are tumbling ahead of the Ethereum blockchain's upcoming shift, which is already reducing demand for chips from cryptocurrency miners.

GPU prices have taken a toll, and it's hitting Nvidia's bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Blockchain Cardano’s Vasil Upgrade Confirmed for Sept. 22

The hard fork had initially been scheduled for a June release.

Cardano at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cardano Builder IOG Funds $4.5M Blockchain Research Hub at Stanford University

IOG previously donated $500,000 to fund Stanford research into blockchain scalability.

Stanford University campus (David Madison/Getty Images)

Finance

Sygnum Bank Expands Staking to Cardano

Cardano's ADA joins Ethereum's ETH, Internet Computer's ICP and Tezos' YTZ in the firm's staking offerings, which are integrated with its banking platform.

Cardano at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Cardano's Vasil Upgrade Is Delayed Again for More Testing

The hard fork has been pushed back by at least “a few more weeks” until testing is complete, developers said.

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