Hey Cardanians! Welcome aboard the Weekly Cardano Digest #111!

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:

• 💵 Cardano and Midnight to Integrate USDCx by Circle

• 🔗 FluidTokens Enters Final Phase of the Bitcoin → Cardano Bridge

• ⚡ Ouroboros Leios Shows Strong Progress on Cardano Scaling

• Weekly Development Report

• & More!

💵 Cardano and Midnight to Integrate USDCx by Circle

Cardano and Midnight are set to integrate USDCx, a new privacy-preserving version of USDC developed by Circle.

USDCx is a non-EVM, compliance-friendly stablecoin, fully backed 1:1 by USDC, designed to operate beyond traditional smart-contract environments while enabling confidential transactions. According to Charles Hoskinson, the integration will bring Circle’s liquidity directly into the Cardano ecosystem, with the added benefit of fast deployment timelines.

This strengthens both networks at once. Cardano gains deeper, institutional-grade stablecoin liquidity, while Midnight expands its privacy stack with a regulated, widely trusted asset. Together, they move closer to supporting advanced DeFi, payments, and enterprise use cases where privacy and compliance must coexist.

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🔗 FluidTokens Enters Final Phase of the Bitcoin → Cardano Bridge

FluidTokens is entering the final phase of its Bitcoin to Cardano bridge, a major step toward unlocking Bitcoin liquidity inside the Cardano DeFi ecosystem.

The bridge is designed to enable $BTC to be used natively within Cardano DeFi for lending, trading, and other on-chain financial activity, without users needing to leave the ecosystem. This opens the door for Cardano applications to tap into the largest pool of liquidity in crypto.

With its extended UTXO model, low transaction costs, and expanding DeFi stack, Cardano is increasingly positioned as a DeFi execution layer for Bitcoin. If successful, this integration could significantly deepen liquidity and broaden the range of assets actively used on Cardano.

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🌘⚡ Ouroboros Leios Shows Strong Progress on Cardano Scaling

Development on Ouroboros Leios, Cardano’s next-generation Layer 1 scalability upgrade, continues to advance at a steady pace. Leios is an evolution of the Ouroboros consensus, designed to dramatically increase throughput while preserving decentralization and security.

Work is progressing 24/7 across global teams, with 80 updates published in the past week alone. Recent simulation results point to substantial gains:
▪️ Sustained throughput of ~300 TxkB/s
▪️ Around 200 TPS for average transactions
▪️ Up to 1,000 TPS for smaller transactions

These results reinforce Leios as a foundational upgrade for Cardano’s long-term scaling roadmap. As development continues, it lays the groundwork for higher on-chain activity, richer DeFi, and broader application demand without compromising the network’s core principles.

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