Cardano Hard Fork Expected Next Month, Leios Upgrade Still on Track
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has confirmed that the network's hard fork is expected to take place next month. This follows his recent livestream, where he also discussed the upcoming Leios scalability upgrade and highlighted growing momentum in the Cardano ecosystem.
Hoskinson addressed the protocol schedule directly, stating 'Cardano hard fork is happening I believe next month.' He framed the coming weeks as a convergence of two parallel tracks - protocol and developer-stack upgrades on one side, and the Midnight network launch on the other. He described Midnight as 'a project unusually difficult to ship even for teams with experience launching major chains.'
Hoskinson also pointed to recent ecosystem developments, including a newly announced LayerZero integration that connects Cardano to more than 80 blockchains. This integration is in addition to a stablecoin-like asset called USDCx designed for non-EVM systems.