Technology continued Technology 10 Cardano Foundation Activity Report 2025 A snapshot of technology enablers Key technology enablers strengthened or introduced in 2025 included: Revamped DeFi Roadmap , including a commitment from the Cardano Foundation to provide an eight-figure ada amount in liquidity to key Cardano stablecoin projects . Increased investment in RWA development, including an anchor investor in the MembersCap’s MCM Fund I , the world’s first tokenized institutional – grade reinsurance fund. Release of Veridian for decentralized identity and credential verification Audit-driven security fixes and performance optimizations, culminating in a major upgrade to IBC V2 with Hermes migration and ICS-23 proof generation for Mithril light client verification. Release of Aiken Standard Library v3.0.0 supporting safer, higher- assurance smart contract development, alongside Aiken’s inclusion in GitHub Linguist , broadening recognition and tooling integration. Delivery of core governance and networking features for the Amaru node client , as well as continued optimization of Amaru for trustless relays and low-cost hardware. Deployment of Charli3 and integration of Orcfax to strengthen oracle redundancy. Introduction of Cardano Ignite to streamline testnet deployment and a major update to the Developer Portal, improving accessibility and onboarding. Support, evaluation, and integration with Antithesis as a scalable, deterministic testing platform, to identify known and previously unknown cardano-node bugs and lay the groundwork for community-wide, system-level testing infrastructure.