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In this edition of the Community Digest, we cover the the launch of Summit 2025 ticket discounts and awards, a recap of Rare Evo 2025 and the governance workshops in Las Vegas, and the expansion of Cardano Hub Brazil’s education initiatives, with a spotlight on Maria Carmo’s efforts in the favelas. The community also approved a $71M treasury allocation for core development, while DReps and SPOs are reminded of the final call to vote on the Interim Constitutional Committee. On the adoption front, SNEK achieved triple listings on major exchanges, and we share the most engaged Reddit and Forum topics, along with upcoming Intersect and town hall community events.
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Cardano Summit 2025: Ticket Discounts & Awards Now Live
The Cardano Summit 2025 in Berlin is shaping up to be a fresher, leaner, and more inclusive event. As part of this year’s launch, two key initiatives are now live:
- Ticket Discounts: Special discounts for community members are available through the Summit Discount Platform. Early bird pricing and group rates are also open at summit.cardano.org.
- Summit Awards: Nominations are now open for the Cardano Summit Awards 2025, celebrating community members, SPOs, Ambassadors, developers, and projects making a meaningful impact across the ecosystem. Submit nominations here: Summit Awards.
Both initiatives reflect the Summit’s mission to recognize and empower the Cardano community while making the event more inclusive and engaging.
Rare Evo 2025 Recap: Multi-Chain Conference
Rare Evo 2025, presented by Rare Network, brought together multi-chain projects, communities, leaders, investors, and enthusiasts to explore interoperability and the integration of Web3 with traditional industries.
Key themes included:
- Bitcoin DeFi on Cardano: Charles Hoskinson outlined how technologies like BitVMX, Babel fees, and Lace Wallet could enable Bitcoin-based DeFi.
- Privacy with Midnight: Panels highlighted zk-powered selective disclosure and the dual-token model ($NIGHT and $DUST).
- Real-World Assets & DePIN: Projects showcased NFT-fractionalized beehives (Beez), traceable commodities (Palmyra), distributed compute (Iagon), and infrastructure solutions (Nuvola).
The convention featured cross-chain networking across Cardano, Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana, MultiverseX, and other ecosystems, positioning Rare Evo as a space for collaboration and community exchange.
Learn more:
Rare Evo on X
Rare Evo Highlights – TapTools Part 1
Rare Evo Highlights – TapTools Part 2
Cardano Hub Brazil Expands Blockchain Education in Rio
Cardano Hub Brazil is advancing its mission to make blockchain education more accessible, with two new initiatives launched in Rio de Janeiro:
- Vila Kennedy: A program focused on crypto education and financial empowerment in one of Rio’s most underserved neighborhoods. The initiative aims to increase awareness of blockchain tools and promote financial inclusion. Read more
- Niterói: A partnership with the city’s Digital Urban Platform to deliver blockchain and Web3 education. This initiative seeks to expand opportunities for learning and innovation within the local community. Read more
Alongside these community programs, Maria Carmo, an advocate for education in Brazil, has been bringing blockchain literacy to the favelas. Her work highlights the challenges and risks of teaching in these areas, but also the potential for blockchain to support empowerment and inclusion.
Together, these efforts demonstrate how grassroots Cardano initiatives and dedicated individuals are helping communities engage with blockchain tools and opportunities.
Community Approves $71M (96M ada) for Core Development
In a historic on-chain vote, the Cardano community approved a $71 million (96 million ada) withdrawal from the treasury to fund core protocol development over the next 12 months, supporting upgrades like Ouroboros Leios for higher throughput, Hydra scaling, Mithril for faster syncing, and improved onboarding tools. This marks the first major treasury allocation under the new governance model, emphasizing decentralized decision-making and boosting network scalability and security.
Read more: Cardano Development Proposal Secures $71 Million
Governance Workshops in Las Vegas (Rare Evo Prelude)
The Cardano Governance Workshops took place in Las Vegas on August 5-6, 2025, as a prelude to Rare Evo, bringing together community members, DReps, and stakeholders to discuss decentralized governance topics. Day 1 focused on group discussions around Cardano’s governance achievements, challenges, and future directions, while Day 2 included sessions on the 2025 budget process retrospective and exploring community-driven initiatives like treasury management and DRep tools. These workshops aimed to reflect on progress in the Chang era and foster collaboration for sustainable ecosystem growth.
For more details:
Recap Cardano Foundation Video Recap
Las Vegas Governance Workshops 2025 - Day 1
Las Vegas Governance Workshops 2025 - Day 2
Final Call: Vote to Update the Interim Constitutional Committee
A reminder to all Cardano DReps and SPOs: your vote is crucial for keeping governance running. The interim Constitutional Committee completes its service on September 6, 2025.
Without a replacement, governance will lose the ability to carry out treasury withdrawals, budget updates, constitution changes, parameter adjustments, and hard forks.
The Constitutional Committee plays a central role by ensuring all governance actions align with the constitution, and without it, progress grinds to a stop.
To prevent disruption, it is important to participate in the Governance Action “Replace Interim Constitutional Committee”. DReps and SPOs, make sure you cast your vote today.
More information, including links to the voting tools, can be found here.
Cardano Ambassador Mike Hornan has also put together a very useful video with a simple explanation of the three credential types used in the Cardano Constitution. View to video here.
SNEK Achieves Major Milestone with Triple Exchange Listings
On August 12, the SNEK team announced a major milestone that will be remembered as SNEK’s Triple Triumph Day.
In a single move, $SNEK achieved listings on three top-tier centralized exchanges: Crypto.com, HTX, and KuCoin. This marks a huge step forward for the token and highlights the growing recognition of Cardano native assets across global trading platforms.
Congratulations to the SNEK team on this achievement. We look forward to seeing even more Cardano native tokens reach new listings and continue expanding their presence worldwide.
Cardano Reddit Top 9 Most Engaged Topics
Below are the most engaging topics on Reddit
- The Glacier Airdrop Has Begun: Here’s What You Need to Know
- Hello from Las Vegas - Charles Hoskinson
- DJED Becomes Open Source, Paving The Way For The World’s First Multi-Chain Private Stablecoin
- Midnight and Cardano: Partners in Privacy or Diverging Paths? (article)
- Cardano Community Poker Tournament – You’re Invited!
- Cardano Memecoin Snek Listed on Crypto.com
- Missed Airdrop because I don’t know what I’m doing
- Say Goodbye to Complex Swaps — Buy $ADA Across Multiple Chains With One Click
Cardano Forum Top 9 Referred Topics
Topics that have received the most clicks from external sources. (last 10 Days)
- Trouble Signing Unique Claim Message for Midnight Glacier Airdrop
- I need help - Voting Power Delegation
- Recap - Cardano: Las Vegas Governance Workshops 2025 - Day 2 (August 6, 2025)
- Midnight Token Claim & “Message content does not match the expected value” Error
- Import BC Vault Wallet to Eternl (for Midnight Glacier Drop claim)
- Withdraw ₳605,000 for A free Native Asset CDN for Cardano Developers - Yay or Nay?
- Problem with Glacier drop
- $USDA / USDT Trading Pair Live on Coinstore!
- 2025 Las Vegas Governance Workshops – Workshop Feedback from a DRep
Upcoming Community Events
- 08-21 Intersect OSC Meeting: Join in and stay up to date with changes to Open Source in 2025. - link
- 08-27 Town Hall SIG (Intersect): Recurring event for people interested in coordinating and organising Town Halls in Cardano - link
For an overview of weekly events, visit the Cardano Calendar
Many thanks and greetings from the Community Team!.