Hey Cardanians! Welcome aboard the Weekly Cardano Digest #109!

We've filtered through all the noise to distill crucial updates into a breezy, 5-minute read. No need for you to sift through endless info — we've got you covered. Ready to delve into this week's top Cardano news? Let’s dive in.

Here are the topics of the week:

• 🏦 CME Group to Launch Cardano ($ADA) Futures

• 🔁 Minswap Surpasses $900M in Annual Trading Volume

• 🧩 Cardano Builder DAO Crosses 13M On-Chain Transactions

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🏦 CME Group to Launch Cardano ($ADA) Futures

CME Group is set to launch futures for Cardano ($ADA) alongside Chainlink ($LINK), marking a major institutional milestone. CME is the largest derivatives exchange in the world, widely used by banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and global financial institutions.

This is not just another listing. CME futures play a critical role in price discovery, risk management, and institutional access, acting as a gateway for traditional finance to gain regulated exposure. Historically, CME products have preceded deeper institutional participation across asset classes.

For Cardano, this represents a powerful signal of maturity. Being listed on CME places $ADA within the same institutional framework used for equities, commodities, rates, and major digital assets — reinforcing Cardano’s position as part of the financial mainstream..

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🔁 Minswap Almost $900M in Annual Trading Volume

Minswap, Cardano’s leading decentralized exchange, has processed over $900 million in trading volume over the past year, according to recent protocol data.

The numbers reflect sustained on-chain activity across swaps, liquidity pools, and active users. Minswap continues to dominate Cardano DeFi by volume, fees generated, and total value locked, confirming its role as core liquidity infrastructure for the ecosystem.

Consistent volume at this scale shows that Cardano DeFi is not episodic. It’s active, competitive, and supported by a broad user base, with Minswap acting as a central hub for token discovery and capital flow on the network..

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🧩 Cardano Builder DAO Crosses 13M On-Chain Transactions

The Cardano Builder DAO has surpassed 13 million on-chain transactions and 500 million API requests, highlighting the scale at which Cardano-native applications are being built and used.

The dashboard tracks 26 active projects, nearly 64,000 monthly active users, and over 150,000 downloads, offering a transparent, real-time view into how builder-funded tools are performing across the ecosystem.

This level of usage shows that Cardano’s builder economy is already operating at meaningful scale. Open analytics, high API demand, and millions of transactions reflect an ecosystem where infrastructure is not just deployed. it’s actively used and relied upon by developers and users alike.

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