Learn Cardano Podcast

Learn Cardano Podcast

The Learn Cardano Podcast is about the Cardano blockchain and all its aspects, from staking, stake pool operations, smart contracts, and coding in Plutus to voting in Project Catalyst. If you have heard about Bitcoin and Ethereum but haven’t heard of Cardano, this podcast is for you. We’ll have news updates from the project, interviews with key Cardano leadership, community members, stake pool operators and step-by-step how-to guides to understand aspects of Cardano better. Subscribe and leave us a 5-star review. Join us on Twitter and our Facebook Group. Find all of the show notes at https://learncardano.io.

Episodes

July 14, 2025 24 mins
[00:00] Intro & ADA Price Surge  
[01:33] Strike Finance Brings High APR  
[05:26] Iagon OS Coming Soon  
[07:21] Update on Iagon Legal PoC  
[08:09] MPC Wallets for Cardano  
[11:22] Cardano Foundation Reeve  
[15:21] Cardano Spot ETF Update  
[17:17] Project Catalyst Fund 14 to Go Ahead  
[18:24] Updates from Hydra & Babel Fees  
[20:52] Watch Catchups: Cardano's Economic Sustainability  
[21:12] Charles on The Shawn Ryan Show  
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Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction
00:28 – What are Babel Fees?
01:56 – MLabs’ Leaner Approach: Pisa
02:24 – How Pisa Works
02:52 – Wallet & DApp Integration Goals
03:19 – Example Use Case
04:19 – Pisa User Experience
05:12 – Integration Options
06:09 – Confirming ADA Is Still Used Under the Hood
06:37 – SPO Involvement?
07:34 – How Pisa Handles Transactions
08:31 – What Users Receive
09:30 – Pisa Fees & Revenue Model
11:09 – Support for Lo...
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00:00 Midnight and Bitcoin DeFi to set Cardano soaring
02:22 Massive Liquidty Injection
03:22 Trigger ADA Fueled Activity  
05:31 Increased Staking Participation  
06:56 Self Custody  
07:55 Wallet Numbers Skyrocketing  
09:06 DEX Volume Exploding  
09:57 Increased Fees and Network Usage  
10:31 L2 Adoption  
11:35 Newcomers  
12:34 Delegate to My DRep Profile  
13:06 Shoutout to Members  
13:26 Stake Your ADA at ADAOZ  
13:55 Listen on Spotify...
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June 24, 2025 24 mins
00:00 How many tokens will be distributed?
02:20 Do ETH Stakers in LIDO get NIGHT Airdrop?
03:11 Is Unstaked ADA Not Eligible?
04:24 Why Do I Need a New Wallet for the Destination Address?
06:39 Is ADA on Exchanges included in the Airdrop? 
08:36 Centralised Exchange Support for Cardano Native Tokens
10:08 How much ADA is in the Snapshot? 
12:07 How many NIGHT tokens will I get?
12:40 Wallet verifying process to claim tokens 
15:23 Verify t...
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The Midnight GlacierDrop is finally here, and in this episode, I break down everything you need to know about claiming your NIGHT tokens.

Midnight is a new privacy-focused blockchain built by IOG, featuring two key tokens: NIGHT (a utility and governance token) and DUST (a non-transferable shielded resource for private transactions).

This episode walks through the entire claim and redemption process, eligibility requirements, and why...
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Fluxpoint Studio is bringing AI-powered trading to Cardano with the launch of A.D.A.M, an autonomous portfolio balancing and liquidity provisioning tool.

By integrating their agentic intelligence engine, A.D.A.M can analyse real-time on-chain and social data to optimise trades. The tool launches in phases and operates non-custodially, supporting trading on platforms like Strike Finance and potentially others, such as Flow. 

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In this episode, Peter dives into an important development for Cardano governance: the release of a new decentralised voting tool by the Cardano Foundation. This open-source platform, accessible at voting.cardanofoundation.org, enables DReps (Delegated Representatives), SPOs (Stake Pool Operators), and Constitutional Committee members to vote on-chain using a streamlined interface.

Critically, the tool supports multisig wallets and ...
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In this episode, Peter breaks down a major announcement from Iagon, a decentralised cloud storage provider building on Cardano, which has seen its IAG token spike in price following news of a collaboration with CloudCourt and advisory support from the Ford Motor Company. The partnership explores a proof of concept aimed at storing sensitive legal data using decentralised infrastructure—a key use case for compliance-heavy industries...
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Cardano DeFi is heating up this winter with a flurry of activity across lending, perpetuals, stablecoins, and community engagement.

Strike Finance has now opened liquidity provisioning for users, allowing ADA holders to deposit funds that fuel leverage trading on the platform. This significantly boosts available liquidity and increases max position sizes. Liquidity providers and $STRIKE stakers benefit from trading fees, with usage ...
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Discover how Australian crypto investors are utilising self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to gain greater control over their retirement savings. In this episode, SMSF specialist Natalia Clack explains the benefits and risks of holding digital assets like Bitcoin in your super, how to do it compliantly, and what the proposed $3 million unrealised capital gains tax could mean for your future. Essential listening for anyone serious abou...
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This week in the Cardano ecosystem: SNEK partners with IOG, Amaru secures the first treasury withdrawal under the new governance model, and Strike Finance continues its DeFi surge with 40k ADA daily revenue. Explore how Cardano’s governance, meme culture, and perpetual platforms are accelerating. Plus, updates from FluidTokens, Bodega, Danogo, Flow, and more.
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A recent court ruling in Victoria, Australia, could fundamentally change how Bitcoin—and potentially other cryptocurrencies—are taxed in the country. In a landmark decision during a criminal case involving a former AFP officer who stole 81.6 BTC, the magistrate ruled that Bitcoin should be treated as "cash" rather than property or an asset like shares or gold.

If upheld through appeals, this single classification change would disman...
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This week’s Cardano update covers everything from the Draper U pitch day to major infrastructure changes like Mithril syncing and multi-language node implementations. With over 932M ADA flowing out of exchanges, speculation is growing around a possible price surge. Peter also explores Strike Finance’s liquidity growth, VyFinance’s UI upgrade, and governance changes that could reshape Cardano’s funding structure. Emurgo’s push into ...
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This episode dives deep into a huge week of Cardano ecosystem updates. Strike Finance expands perpetual futures, Fluid Tokens rolls out Babel fee infrastructure, Flux Point acquires Saturn Swap, and Iagon grows to 26PB of storage. Plus, Liquid’s lending features, Tokyo’s Bitcoin integration, and more. Essential listening for Cardano DeFi followers.
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