Weekly Cardano Digest #71

TxPipe launches the ultimate dev toolkit for Cardano, First trustless OTC marketplace goes live & Begin Wallet now lets you lend stablecoins and earn directly from your wallet

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Lucas Macchiavelli
April 28, 2025

Hey Cardanians! Welcome aboard the Weekly Cardano Digest #71!

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:

  • TxPipe Launches Tx3 — Making Cardano Development Easier Than Ever

  • Cardano Users Can Now Earn Stablecoin Yields Seamlessly

  • Cardano Launches Its First Trustless OTC Marketplace

  • Weekly Development Report

  • & More!

📈 TxPipe Launches Tx3 — Making Cardano Development Easier Than Ever

Cardano and the eUTxO model have long been considered complex compared to EVM-based blockchains and the account model.
But that’s about to change. 🚀

TxPipe has officially introduced Tx3, a new open-source development toolkit designed to make building on Cardano faster, easier, and more accessible.
TxPipe’s mission is simple: elevate Cardano’s developer experience (DevEx) to rival and surpass other ecosystems — so that more developers choose Cardano not despite its architecture, but because of it.

With Tx3, all their open-source tools now converge into one powerful toolkit for the next wave of builders.

🚀 Cardano Users Can Now Earn Stablecoin Yields Seamlessly

Big news for Cardano users: Begin Wallet has officially integrated high-yield stablecoin savings thanks to a new partnership with Liqwid Labs. 🚀

Now, users can lend stablecoins like $USDA, $USDM, $iUSD, $DJED, $USDC, and $USDT directly from their wallets and earn up to 21% APY — without needing to move their assets off-chain.

This marks a huge leap forward for Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem, bringing real yield opportunities natively into the hands of users — all while maintaining full custody over their assets.

🎓 Cardano Launches Its First Trustless OTC Marketplace​

On April 23, 2025, Chadswap went live on the Cardano mainnet, introducing the network's first trustless over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace. This platform enables peer-to-peer swaps for ADA and Cardano-native assets without intermediaries, offering a streamlined way to handle larger trades without slippage or custodial risk

Key Features:

  • Zero Taker Fees: Traders filling orders incur no fees, regardless of trade size.​

  • Maker Incentives: Makers pay a 0.25% fee, which is refunded in $CHAD tokens during the initial launch phase

  • Pioneer Airdrop: Early users receive bonus $CHAD rewards as part of the rollout.

Chadswap's launch fills a long-standing gap in Cardano's ecosystem by enabling direct, trustless OTC trades. It removes custodial risk, avoids slippage, and offers a cost-efficient option for executing larger transactions. With no venture backing and zero taker fees, the protocol puts users first and utility at the center. As adoption builds, Chadswap could become a core pillar in Cardano’s evolving DeFi landscape

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🎊 A Message from Lucas

Hey everyone! Last week we had the amazing Budget Workshop by Intersect here in my hometown Buenos Aires. 

With over 1.7 billion ADA in Cardano’s treasury — valued at more than $1 billion USD — the ecosystem is now actively defining how to allocate funds for long-term growth and infrastructure

It was such a great experience to debate the 2025 budget of Cardano. 

Hope you have a great beginning of your week and see you on the next one! 

–Lucas Macchiavelli

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