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INDEPENDENT CARDANO INDEX
INDEX:80/CARDANO
PROJECTS. PEOPLE. EVIDENCE.
The independent record of what is being built on Cardano, who is building it, and the evidence behind it.
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CIP-0113 programmable tokens live on Cardanomainnet
Cardano treasury budgets move into live USDM smart contracts
Petrobras delivers renewable-fuel traceability apps on Cardano
CIP-0113 programmable tokens live on Cardanomainnet
Programmable transfer rules for Cardano-native assets are now live, enabling issuer-defined compliance logic for use cases such as regulated stablecoins, tokenised funds and other regulated assets.
Cardano treasury budgets move into live USDM smart contracts
Intersect's 2026/27 budget and Se7en Labs' treasury withdrawal have been minted through Moneta into USDM, the Cardano-native USD stablecoin, and the smart contracts holding the funds are liveon-chain.
Petrobras delivers renewable-fuel traceability apps on Cardano
Petrobras and the Cardano Foundation have delivered two R&D applications that use Cardano to trace sustainable aviation fuel certificates and renewable diesel (Diesel R) lifecycle data.
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01★ The WojaksCardano-native Wojak project spanning NFTs, DeFi education and utility, with community participation, staking and the WJB token.NFT↗
02★ TitansCardano-based DePIN ecosystem combining non-custodial staking, Bitcoin mining and DePIN investments through the TITAN token and NFT ecosystem.DEPIN↗
03₳ AtlasCardano-native perpetual DEX for leveraged long and short trading with stablecoin collateral, unified vault liquidity and ATLAS staking.DERIVATIVES↗
04★ EternlCardano light wallet for browser and mobile with staking, multi-account management, hardware-wallet support and DApp connectivity.WALLET↗
05★₳ MinswapCommunity-centric decentralized exchange on Cardano for token swaps, liquidity provision, yield farming and protocol governance, with MIN as its native governance token.DEX↗
06★ CSWAPCardano AMM/order-book hybrid decentralized exchange for digital and real-world assets, powered by the CSWAP utility and governance token.DEX↗
07★₳ DexHunterCardano DEX aggregator that routes swaps across liquidity sources, with HUNT as its native ecosystem token.DEX↗
08★ WayupCardano NFT marketplace built by Anvil, positioned as a successor to JPG Store.NFT↗
09★₳ IagonCardano-based decentralized storage and compute marketplace where users can buy cloud services and resource providers can contribute capacity to the network.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
10World MobileDecentralised mobile-connectivity and DePIN ecosystem with its own World Mobile Chain and the multichain WMTx token, spanning Cardano and other blockchain networks.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
11★₳ Ada HandleHuman-readable NFT naming service for Cardano wallet addresses.UTILITY↗
12★ BendingAIAI-powered Cardano DeFi and wallet analytics assistant.AI↗
13★ SNEKCardano-native community and meme token with an active ecosystem of community tools, integrations and content.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
14LaceLight Cardano wallet built by IOG with staking and multi-asset support.WALLET↗
15Input OutputCardano co-founding research and engineering company that designed and built the network's original software and continues to develop Cardano research, protocol infrastructure and ventures including Midnight.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
16★ MidnightPrivacy-focused layer 1 blockchain using zero-knowledge technology for programmable data protection, developed from Input Output's venture studio and now supported by the independent Midnight Foundation and Shielded.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
17VESPRMobile-first non-custodial Cardano wallet for speed and security.WALLET↗
18BeginMulti-chain wallet covering Bitcoin, Cardano and other assets.WALLET↗
19₳ GeroWalletOpen-source Cardano wallet and portfolio platform with dApp connectivity, swaps, perpetuals, Gero Card/cashback and governance, alongside Nexus API and market-data services.WALLET↗
20WingRidersCardano decentralized exchange and yield protocol with stableswap functionality and the WRT governance token.DEX↗
21₳ SundaeSwapCardano DEX and liquidity protocol with the SUNDAE native token and community governance.DEX↗
22SplashDecentralized exchange protocol on Cardano with the SPLASH native token and protocol governance.DEX↗
23₳ LiqwidAlgorithmic, non-custodial lending and borrowing protocol on Cardano.LENDING↗
24₳ Optim FinanceCardano DeFi protocol for yield and structured strategies, with O as its native governance and ecosystem token.DEFI↗
25₳ FluidTokensCardano and Bitcoin DeFi protocol for lending and digital-asset finance, with FLDT as its native ecosystem token.LENDING↗
26Strike FinanceMulti-chain derivatives and perpetuals trading platform with Cardano roots, cross-chain settlement and the STRIKE protocol token.DERIVATIVES↗
27₳ Indigo ProtocolCardano synthetic-asset and governance protocol, using INDY as its native governance token.DEFI↗
28VyFinanceCardano DeFi protocol combining a DEX, governance and token/NFT vaults, with VYFI as its native utility and governance token.DEX↗
29Metera ProtocolCardano DeFi project building blockchain-powered financial products, including tokenized Cardano indexes and the Minute Markets five-minute on-chain prediction market.DEFI↗
30₳ MuesliSwapCardano decentralized exchange with order-book and AMM functionality, using MILKv2 as its current native utility token.DEX↗
31GovToolOfficial Cardano governance tool for DRep registration, delegation and voting.GOVERNANCE↗
32CGOVCommunity-built Cardano governance dashboard and voting interface.GOVERNANCE↗
33DRepTalkCommunity forum for Cardano DRep discussion and governance debate.GOVERNANCE↗
34Project CatalystCardano's on-chain treasury and community innovation-funding system.GOVERNANCE↗
35IntersectMember-based organisation coordinating Cardano governance and technical stewardship.GOVERNANCE↗
37CardanoScanFeature-rich Cardano blockchain explorer and analytics platform for blocks, transactions, wallets, stake pools, tokens, smart contracts and governance data, with staking insights and developer APIs.EXPLORER↗
38StricaCardano engineering team building CardanoScan, Typhon Wallet and open-source developer libraries for the Cardano ecosystem.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
39Typhon WalletNon-custodial Cardano web and browser-extension wallet from Strica with staking, NFTs, hardware-wallet support, multi-account delegation and CIP-30 dApp connectivity.WALLET↗
40★₳ CExplorerLong-running Cardano blockchain explorer for blocks, transactions, wallets, stake pools, tokens, smart contracts and governance data, with staking insights, ecosystem analytics, token and DeFi tracking, and developer APIs.EXPLORER↗
41Pool.pmLightweight Cardano stake pool and native asset explorer.EXPLORER↗
42PoolToolComprehensive Cardano staking statistics and stake pool monitoring.ANALYTICS↗
43DefiLlamaMulti-chain DeFi TVL and analytics tracker that includes Cardano protocols.ANALYTICS↗
44DuneMulti-chain on-chain data and dashboard platform used for some Cardano analytics.ANALYTICS↗
45₳ NMKRNFT minting and management infrastructure/API for Cardano and other chains.NFT↗
46★ Clay NationCardano creative and NFT project building a claymation virtual world and publishing its characters, environments, collections and 3D asset library.NFT↗
47★ Book.ioDigital publishing and ownership platform for eBooks and audiobooks, allowing authors and publishers to release blockchain-backed editions that readers can own, read, gift and resell. Book.io began on Cardano and now operates as a multichain platform.MEDIA↗
48★ Stuff.ioDigital media publishing and ownership platform where creators can release books, music, video, podcasts and other media as ownable digital assets, while fans can keep, gift, trade or resell what they buy. Built by the Book.io team and multichain by design, including Cardano and Base.MEDIA↗
49₳ DripDropzToken airdrop and staking-rewards distribution tool for Cardano projects.UTILITY↗
50UnFrack.ItWallet clean-up utility for consolidating and clearing Cardano UTxOs/spam tokens.UTILITY↗
51BlockfrostHosted Cardano API service for developers building on-chain applications.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
52₳ Five BinariesCardano infrastructure engineering company founded by Marek Mahut and best known as the team behind Blockfrost, with a long record of APIs, SDKs and open-source ecosystem tooling.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
53KoiosCommunity-run, decentralised elastic API layer for Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
54₳ MaestroMulti-chain infrastructure and data API platform with active Cardano indexing, transaction-management, managed-contract and SDK tooling.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
55TxPipeEngineering studio building open-source Cardano infrastructure (Dolos, Pallas, Oura).DEVELOPER TOOL↗
56DolosLightweight, fast-syncing Cardano data node built by TxPipe.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
57KupoFast, lightweight chain-indexer for Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
58OgmiosLightweight bridge exposing the Cardano node's protocols over JSON-WSP/WebSocket.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
59₳ zkFoldZero-knowledge proof toolkit and symbolic compiler for Cardano/Plutus.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
60₳ Charli3Decentralised oracle network supplying price and data feeds on Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
61OrcfaxOpen, verifiable fact-attestation/oracle protocol for Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
62NuNetDecentralized compute orchestration protocol connecting distributed CPUs, GPUs and edge devices to run AI/ML and other workloads.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
63AikenModern smart-contract language and toolchain for Cardano Plutus scripts.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
64₳ GimbalabsCommunity education initiative teaching Cardano development skills.EDUCATION↗
65₳ MeshJSOpen-source TypeScript SDK for building Cardano web applications.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
66Lucid EvolutionActively maintained TypeScript off-chain framework for building Cardano transactions and decentralized applications.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
67₳ Anastasia LabsCardano engineering and security studio building smart-contract tooling, protocol infrastructure and open-source projects including Midgard and Lucid Evolution.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
68Cardano DocsOfficial Cardano documentation covering beginner fundamentals, core concepts, architecture, developer resources, testnets and community education.EDUCATION↗
69PlutusCardano's native smart-contract language and development platform, based on Haskell and compiling on-chain code to Plutus Core.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
70MarloweDomain-specific language for writing financial smart contracts on Cardano.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
71MithrilStake-based threshold signature protocol enabling fast Cardano chain snapshots/sync.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
72HydraLayer-2 isomorphic state-channel scaling protocol for Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
73DemeterJointly operated Cardano dApp infrastructure platform providing turnkey hosted services and APIs, run by TxPipe and Blink Labs.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
74₳ Blink LabsUTxO blockchain engineering company building and maintaining Cardano node, protocol, indexing and infrastructure software, and operating managed Cardano infrastructure with TxPipe.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
75MasumiPayment and identity protocol for AI agents to transact with each other on Cardano.AI↗
76SokosumiAI agent marketplace built as the front end to the Masumi protocol.AI↗
77HizzCardano trading and market terminal covering token and NFT discovery, network metrics, portfolio views and integrated markets including perpetuals.DEFI↗
78MarsbirdsCardano collection of 8,888 fully on-chain pixel-art owls evolving into a game-focused project, including BomberBirds and community gaming features.GAME↗
79BitcoinOSBitcoin-focused infrastructure platform using zero-knowledge technology to add programmability, rollups/L2s and cross-chain functionality around Bitcoin, with Cardano included in its wider ecosystem.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
80Cardano Token VaultCommunity-led Cardano project focused on exploring native tokens and building a shared project portfolio using an ADA-cost-averaging approach, with token-holder voting on portfolio direction.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
81FarmbotCardano-linked Discord tipping and rewards bot supporting user balances, deposits, withdrawals and community reward interactions within The Farm ecosystem.UTILITY↗
82SqueakSqueak is a marmot-themed Cardano web3 community built around 4,444 Squeaky Squeakers NFTs and the $Squeak token, combining collecting, swapping, rewards and community participation, while also aiming to grow into a real-world brand through merchandise and children's books.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
83Happy Hoppers ClubLong-running Cardano frog NFT collection and community built around 11,111 hand-drawn Happy Hoppers, with an official site and secondary-market collection.NFT↗
84L4VACardano-origin programmable asset and capital-markets infrastructure for tokenized investments, now expanding as a multichain platform including Robinhood Chain.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
85BitBirdCardano analytics dashboard combining DeFi and NFT market data, portfolio and macro views, tax tooling, and AI-assisted valuation and market insights.ANALYTICS↗
86Frogs on CardanoCardano community project combining an NFT and mining-themed collection with the [LEAP] stake pool and project-stated mining-linked utility.UTILITY↗
87Disco SolarisLong-running Cardano cyberpunk universe set in Neo Miami, combining the original 5,777-citizen NFT collection with interactive storytelling and a current card-battle game that brings Cardano NFTs into ranked decks.GAME↗
88Stag AllianceCardano-native fantasy and digital-collectibles project at the heart of Elderworld, combining the 7,500-piece Stag Alliance NFT collection with literature, an online gameworld and holder rewards tied to the wider fantasy ecosystem.NFT↗
89Hops on CardanoCardano craft-beer community blending NFT collecting, gamified staking and planned real-world utility, with Brewery License, Brewers, Rhizomes and HOPS collections.NFT↗
90SnekkiesSNEK-inspired Cardano PFP and community collection of 7,777 NFTs, with holder reward and staking mechanics and a current Wayup collection.NFT↗
91★ CNFT ToolsLong-running Cardano NFT utility and developer platform providing listings and rarity tooling, APIs, community bots, minting, staking and project services.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
92DanzoCardano-native $DANZO memecoin entertainment ecosystem spanning the token, Danzo Casino and Arena, and project-built MemeFi mechanics.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
93Infinity RisingOpen-world sandbox MMO in development, evolved from Cornucopias, with Cardano and Base support for its RISE token and digital game assets.GAME↗
94AsteriaFully on-chain Cardano strategy game where spaceships, positions and game state are represented by eUTxOs and Plutus contracts.GAME↗
95ClaimpaignQR-based Cardano token and NFT distribution tool designed for in-person campaigns and airdrops.UTILITY↗
96Onboard NinjaIn-person Cardano onboarding and airdrop platform that lets attendees claim tokens to their own wallets from event codes.UTILITY↗
97FarmrollCardano community engagement platform combining token-gated rewards, participation tracking and campaign tools.UTILITY↗
98UVerifyOpen-source Cardano notary tool for creating tamper-proof, publicly verifiable fingerprints of files and records.UTILITY↗
99EchoForgeCardano identity and proof layer for anchoring credentials, files and wallet-linked identity records.IDENTITY↗
101CommitProofCardano timestamping tool that hashes files or text locally and anchors proof of existence on-chain.UTILITY↗
102Cardano WallCardano metadata tool for signing messages, anchoring files and creating verifiable proofs of existence.UTILITY↗
103TapDanoNFC hardware identity and proof infrastructure combining physical tags with verifiable Cardano on-chain records.IDENTITY↗
104₳ AndamioCardano protocol for verified credentials and distributed project work, connecting organisations with contributors and verifiable achievements.IDENTITY↗
105Extended UTxOInteractive learning site for Cardano's extended UTxO model, using playgrounds and transaction-building exercises.EDUCATION↗
106Token & NFT BuilderNo-code Cardano native-token and NFT creation tool with policy management and metadata templates.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
107CNFTLab PartyCardano NFT minting toolkit with policy-ID management, royalty configuration and bulk-mint workflows.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
108Cardano StudioSelf-custody browser-based Cardano NFT minting tool that keeps keys, metadata and policy IDs on the user's device.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
109cardano-tools.ioOpen-source client-side Cardano NFT and native-token minting toolkit with metadata and royalty controls.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
110WargrumBrowser trading-card game with collectible cards represented as native assets on Cardano, alongside a newer Solana rail.GAME↗
111Yummi UniverseCardano digital-collectibles and entertainment project spanning Naru NFTs, a utility token and a planned trading-card game.NFT↗
112CyberVerseCross-chain browser game with MMORPG elements that expanded from Ergo to support Cardano and Ronin assets and gameplay.GAME↗
113The Mallard OrderCardano NFT and community project spanning the Mallard collection, comics, staking and the RUNE utility ecosystem.NFT↗
114Chains of WarCardano fantasy franchise and game project combining story, 3D assets, NFTs, the MIRA token and an in-development PC extraction RPG.GAME↗
115Clumsy GhostsCollection of 10,000 interactive animated SVG NFTs on Cardano, with official collection and smart-NFT policy IDs.NFT↗
116Ale & AxesBrowser-based idle fantasy MMORPG with raids, crafting and NFT adventurers, listed by Cardano.org as a game built on Cardano.GAME↗
117Plutus Quiz V1000Free-to-enter on-chain knowledge quiz using Cardano Plutus V2 smart contracts, with encrypted answer submissions, on-chain score verification and a prize pool.GAME↗
118★ GNP1 / GrahamsNumberPlus1Cardano stake pool and ecosystem tooling project operating since 2020, with zero-fee delegation rebates, self-hosted node/db-sync infrastructure, free explorer tools, Plutus smart-contract experiments, DRep participation and mental-health charity work.STAKE POOLS↗
119DEADPXLZHeritage Cardano interactive-code NFT project built around 10,000 Genesis PXLZ, with a broader PXL Wars gaming ecosystem and continuing secondary-market presence.NFT↗
120CardanoTreesCardano-native evolving-art NFT collection whose fully on-chain generative trees change over time using seasonal and weather logic.NFT↗
121CardanoBitsEarly Cardano pixel-art NFT collection and one of the chain's first 10k avatar projects, launched before smart contracts and marketplaces were available.NFT↗
122Goofy Gophers Mining ClubCardano NFT ecosystem linking fully on-chain pixel-art Gophers with gamified exposure to real ASIC mining and holder reward mechanics.NFT↗
123aeoniumskyCardano digital-art project creating animated, evolving and collaborative NFT collections, with multiple official policy IDs and long-running community art experiments.NFT↗
124₳ MLabsMLabs is a high-assurance engineering firm that builds Cardano smart contracts in Aiken, Plutarch and Plinth, along with the developer tooling around them. It maintains Plutarch, LambdaBuffers and Cardano Transaction Lib (CTL), and writes the specifications and test suites that show a protocol permits what it should and forbids what it shouldn't.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
125₳ XerberusOpen DeFi risk-rating platform mapping structural risk across assets, protocols, organisations and vaults with transparent methodology and verifiable sources.ANALYTICS↗
126₳ SIDAN LabHong Kong-based Cardano engineering and open-source tooling group building developer SDKs, governance infrastructure and Hydra-based DeFi systems.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
127₳ WadaAfrica- and diaspora-focused Web3 and AI community incubator operating local hubs, education programmes and developer support with deep Cardano ecosystem involvement.UTILITY↗
128₳ Lido NationCardano education, community and governance platform publishing learning resources, ecosystem reporting and Catalyst discovery tools.EDUCATION↗
129₳ Sustainable ADACardano sustainability and impact initiative connecting blockchain education, sustainable development, impact measurement and real-world use cases.UTILITY↗
130Keyboard Warriors Internet CafeCardano gaming and NFT ecosystem combining the KWICVERSE, a cross-project game launcher, stakable NFT collections and the $KWIC native token.GAME↗
131★ European Cardano CommunityEuropean Cardano community network connecting builders, educators and ecosystem participants through biweekly town halls, workshops, events and collaborative initiatives across Europe.COMMUNITY↗
132TweagSoftware engineering and high-assurance lab contributing to Cardano core infrastructure, protocol research, formal methods, smart-contract audits and open-source developer tooling.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
133PERPsCardano NFT and community project combining the PERPs character collection with staking and raffles, the $PERP token and the Into The Factions comic universe.NFT↗
134Cardano FoundationIndependent Swiss not-for-profit advancing Cardano as public digital infrastructure through ecosystem stewardship, adoption, education, standards and institutional engagement.GOVERNANCE↗
135EMURGOCardano co-founding commercial adoption company supporting the ecosystem through investment, partnerships, education, infrastructure and products including Yoroi.UTILITY↗
136Neo VikingsCardano-native project combining NFT community, $NV staking and Bitcoin-mining infrastructure and services for projects and individuals.UTILITY↗
137LibertumRegulated multichain real-world-asset tokenization platform supporting Cardano CIP-20 issuance on mainnet and CIP-113 programmable security tokens on Cardano Preview, alongside Base.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
138ButaneOpen Cardano synthetic-assets protocol using collateralized debt positions to let users mint and manage synthetic assets against Cardano-native collateral.DERIVATIVES↗
139₳ Anvil Dev AgencyCardano-focused Web3 development and infrastructure company providing APIs, transaction and minting tooling, SDKs, rewards systems and custom development, and the team behind Wayup.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
140GranADA PoolSwiss Cardano stake pool with a sustainability focus, operated as an independent single-pool infrastructure project.STAKE POOLS↗
141Digital Fortress (DIGI)Family-owned Cardano stake-pool operation running the DIGI pool family on independent bare-metal and backup infrastructure, led by Rick McCracken and family.STAKE POOLS↗
142Ikigai TechnologiesWeb3 technology company building gaming infrastructure and open-source Cardano tooling, including Hydra auction infrastructure and the GENUN Games ecosystem.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
143★ DotareCardano-based universal basic income platform and decentralized endowment using pledged ADA, staking rewards and DeFi yield to fund recurring beneficiary distributions.UTILITY↗
144Adastack.ioCurated Cardano ecosystem explorer and directory for discovering DApps, wallets, tools, projects and related resources, with structured project links and a developer API.EXPLORER↗
145AdaLiteLightweight open-source Cardano web wallet by Vacuumlabs, supporting mnemonic and hardware-wallet access without requiring users to run a full Cardano node.WALLET↗
146Chibidango HeroesCardano-native collectible hero project built around NFTs and an idle-RPG game concept with battling, crafting, summoning and a player economy.GAME↗
147EmpowaHousing-finance platform for affordable, climate-smart homes in emerging markets, using tokenised RWA structures and blockchain-backed collateral alongside fiat funding rails.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
148DaedalusOpen-source full-node desktop wallet for ada that runs Cardano node and wallet backends locally, providing trustless transaction validation and governance support.WALLET↗
149Rosen BridgeOpen-source cross-chain bridge using an Ergo-centric Watcher/Guard architecture to transfer assets between Ergo, Cardano and other supported chains.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
150NUFINon-custodial multichain wallet with substantial Cardano support for staking, swaps, dApp connectivity (CIP-30), hardware wallets, NFTs, and access via web wallet and browser extension.WALLET↗
151OuraRust-native Cardano data pipeline from TxPipe for streaming chain events from nodes or relays through configurable filters into databases, queues, webhooks and other sinks.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
152PalmyraCardano-linked commodity marketplace and RWA tokenization project connecting producers and buyers in underserved commodity markets through the PALM Economy.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
153DirectEdEducation and talent-development organisation with a history of Cardano-based scholarship, credential and tutorial-voucher projects; its current public site now focuses primarily on engineering training and job placement.UTILITY↗
154SpaceBudzEarly Cardano NFT collection launched in 2021 and a defining heritage project in the chain's NFT history, with a current official collection site and explorer.NFT↗
155HOSKYLong-running Cardano community token and meme project with Rug Pool staking rewards, NFTs and the Fetch by HOSKY DEX aggregator.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
156★ .zkdidZero-knowledge identity and decentralised DNS/trust-resolution project developing holder-controlled identity roots and privacy-preserving proofs for people, AI agents and devices.IDENTITY↗
157Stakada.ioCardano stake-pool directory and website-tooling service that lets SPOs browse pools and embed live pool information, delegation tools and related widgets into their own websites.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
158Larissa.HealthDigital maternal-health and midwifery project developing practitioner verification, privacy-preserving identity and AI-governance infrastructure, with Cardano-linked funding and participation through its BIRTH stake pool.UTILITY↗
159Adria Stake PoolIndependent Cardano single stake pool operating since 2021, supporting decentralization and ecosystem discovery through the DappsOnCardano analytics platform.STAKE POOLS↗
160PoolFlowCardano token-market analytics interface with live trade feeds, trending-token views, portfolio tools and wallet watchlist/profiler features.ANALYTICS↗
161Cardano PRIMECommunity-coordinated Cardano DeFi growth proposal led by AlphaGrowth, combining ecosystem audit, protocol readiness work, incentives and capital-deployment planning.DEFI↗
162AlphaGrowthMultichain DeFi operations and ecosystem-growth company providing protocol strategy, liquidity, business-development and market-expansion services, and leading the Cardano PRIME programme.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
163₳ Trivolve TechBlockchain and AI product studio delivering Cardano-based government and enterprise systems, including forensic chain-of-custody infrastructure and the IndianChain agriculture project.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
164Ascend MarketMidnight-based leveraged event-perpetuals platform supporting Cardano, EVM and Solana environments, with trading and settlement logic finalized on Midnight using zero-knowledge proofs.DERIVATIVES↗
165Sundial ProtocolUTXO-native Bitcoin Layer-2 and yield infrastructure project with active Cardano-side components in its public codebase, including ADA smart contracts and Cardano bridge tooling.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
166SongMarketCap / $SONGCardano music and media ecosystem producing AI-assisted NFT songs through Stuff.io, alongside the $SONG utility token, fan/gallery tools, Cardano news and community swap features.MEDIA↗
167BBHMMIndependent single Cardano stake pool operating since 2020, with current delegation tooling and documented participation in wider ecosystem infrastructure.STAKE POOLS↗
168OLi / Oli TutorLive AI tutoring platform by Olympus Insights; Cardano wallet, credential and reward integration is currently proposed through a Project Catalyst Fund15 application.AI↗
169₳ Open DJED / Artifi LabsOpen-source community interface and off-chain tooling for interacting with the existing DJED protocol on Cardano, maintained by Artifi Labs.STABLECOIN↗
170₳ PlastiksCircular-economy verification platform developing Cardano-based plastic-recovery and recycling evidence, traceability and plastic-credit infrastructure.UTILITY↗
171EPOCH Pool / No Stress dRepIndependent Cardano stake pool with a connected governance and education presence through the No Stress dRep and Cardano Over Coffee community activity.STAKE POOLS↗
172PREEB Stake PoolSmall independent Cardano stake pool focused on decentralization, with a public delegation site and community/NFT reward activity.STAKE POOLS↗
173BIKES Stake PoolCommunity Cardano stake-pool operator with long-running mainnet activity and public involvement in Cardano testnet and infrastructure work.STAKE POOLS↗
174Saturn SwapCardano-focused decentralized exchange developing order-book and cross-chain trading infrastructure with Cardano-native settlement.DEX↗
175DeltaDeFiCardano decentralized exchange using Hydra Layer 2 for low-latency order confirmation and API-based trading.DEX↗
176SteelSwap DEX AggregatorCardano DEX aggregator that compares and routes swaps across multiple exchanges to improve execution output.DEX↗
177FlowOpen-source pooled lending protocol on Cardano designed for shared liquidity and capital-efficient lending markets.LENDING↗
178SurfOpen-source Cardano lending and borrowing protocol offering pooled markets and leveraged lending tools.LENDING↗
179No.Witness LabsBlockchain security and smart-contract engineering studio providing audits and development services, with current Cardano and Hydra expertise.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
180Anzens / USDAIssuer and access platform for USDA, a US-dollar-backed stablecoin designed initially for the Cardano ecosystem.STABLECOIN↗
181GameChanger WalletNon-custodial Cardano metawallet and web-app platform designed for desktop and mobile access to wallets and Cardano dApps.WALLET↗
182SyncAI NetworkAI and DePIN network developing on-chain agent and communications infrastructure with an explicit Cardano implementation path.AI↗
183MidgardOptimistic-rollup Layer 2 for Cardano being developed by Anastasia Labs to increase throughput while settling back to Cardano.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
184Apex FusionModular UTxO-and-EVM blockchain ecosystem using Ouroboros and Cardano-derived technology to bridge development across UTxO and account-based environments.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
185Flux Point StudiosCardano-focused software studio developing gaming, AI-agent and developer tooling, including Cardano SDK and on-chain integration work.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
186Powered by CardanoCardano ecosystem media platform publishing interviews, project coverage, live-event reporting and news updates.MEDIA↗
187Poki PortfolioCardano mobile portfolio application for tracking ADA, NFTs and collection holdings across a user's Cardano portfolio.ANALYTICS↗
188Clarity ProtocolGovernance platform for Cardano communities providing proposals, voting, treasury workflows, contributor rewards and community operations.GOVERNANCE↗
189INDEX:80Open-source, independently maintained directory and structured dataset of active projects building on or materially connected to Cardano.ANALYTICS↗
190₳ DIAOpen-source oracle and data infrastructure with a Cardano integration for bringing external price data into Cardano applications.ORACLE↗
191₳ Paima Studios / Paima EngineMultichain game and application development engine with explicit Cardano support, maintained by Paima Studios.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
192₳ BlazeTypeScript SDK for building Cardano applications, including transaction construction, providers and wallet integrations.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
193₳ Apollo (Go Cardano library)Pure-Go Cardano library providing serialization, transaction-building and other building blocks for Cardano applications.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
194Cardanians (CRDN)Independent Cardano media and community project publishing ecosystem news, education and commentary alongside broader Cardano participation.MEDIA↗
195Toto FinanceTokenized-commodities infrastructure for bringing real-world commodity assets and related market workflows on-chain.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
196AdaSwapCardano decentralized exchange and token-swap platform with an associated launchpad and ASW ecosystem.DEX↗
197RealFiCardano-focused real-world-asset finance project developing USDr, a stablecoin model backed by real-world collateral.STABLECOIN↗
198Cardano Feed ($ADA)Cardano-focused news and analysis platform aggregating ecosystem developments, market coverage and project updates.MEDIA↗
199LATAM Cardano CommunityLatin American Cardano community focused on regional education, events and ecosystem participation.COMMUNITY↗
200The Mint (GNRC)Norwegian issuer of Greenland Reserve Coin (GNRC), an asset-referenced token backed by gemstone reserves with a Cardano implementation documented by the project.TOKENIZED ASSET↗
201VeridianDigital trust and identity infrastructure based on KERI and ACDC, incubated within the Cardano Foundation before becoming an independent company.IDENTITY↗
202PreciousAIAI-powered trading infrastructure project developing AURYX, a non-custodial trading platform being built and tested on Cardano.AI↗
203Slash Vision LabsWeb3 payment-infrastructure company developing stablecoin and crypto-payment products across multiple blockchain ecosystems.UTILITY↗
204LantrBlockchain research and development lab building tooling across Cardano, Bitcoin and Midnight, including Scalus and Bifrost.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
205EryxArgentinian engineering and R&D cooperative working on cryptography, privacy and zero-knowledge software, including Cardano and Aiken-related projects.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
207VIA LabsCross-chain messaging and interoperability infrastructure connecting Cardano with other networks; selected for Catalyst Pilot 2026 to build simplified bridge, swap and routing paths into Cardano tokens.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
208★₳ Dano FinanceAll-in-one DeFi platform on Cardano combining lending, borrowing and trading with cross-pool collateral and unified interest-rate markets.LENDING↗
209₳ NucastDigital-IP and media infrastructure project in the Cardano ecosystem, with products spanning decentralized media ownership, authentication, ticketing, subscriptions, AI and open-source tooling.MEDIA↗
210PagFinanceBrazilian crypto-to-fiat payments platform for PIX and boleto settlement, selected for Catalyst Pilot 2026 to add regulated BRL settlement routes for ADA and USDCx on Cardano.UTILITY↗
211AdaLinkCardano-based performance marketing platform connecting projects and creators, tracking campaign results on-chain and rewarding verified outcomes in ADA.UTILITY↗
212Smart Contract Audit Token / SCAT DAOCardano-focused DAO and security project designed to fund and coordinate decentralized smart-contract audits, research and community due-diligence tooling.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
213VipercoinCardano DeFi platform centred on ViperSwap, a DEX aggregator that routes Cardano swaps across multiple venues and also provides OTC trading, analytics, staking and token/NFT-gated trading tools.DEX↗
214USDMCardano-native U.S. dollar-redeemable stablecoin issued by Moneta Digital LLC, designed for payments, settlement and use across Cardano DeFi.STABLECOIN↗
215Cardano Over CoffeeCardano media and community platform hosting interviews, Spaces and conversations with builders, projects and contributors across the ecosystem.MEDIA↗
216DRep CouncilOpen Cardano governance coordination platform where DReps can join, debate, review proposals and participate in on-chain voting.GOVERNANCE↗
21745B - Cardano Enablement45B provides Cardano-focused developer onboarding, education and integration resources, including community workshops and design-centre initiatives described in its public material.EDUCATION↗
218ABLE Stake PoolABLE is a Cardano community stake pool associated publicly with operator Mike Hornan. Current pool activity, identifier and community contributions are being checked.STAKE POOLS↗
219AdapolisAdapolis is a Cardano stake-pool and governance initiative whose public profile describes operating since the incentivised testnet. Current pool and DRep identifiers remain under review.STAKE POOLS↗
220AmaruOpen-source Cardano node client written in Rust, built by several ecosystem organisations under the PRAGMA association and funded through the Cardano treasury. It is still in development towards a fully interoperable block-producing node.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
221PRAGMAMember-led, not-for-profit association that stewards open-source Cardano infrastructure, including the Aiken smart-contract language, the Amaru node client and the cardano-init project tool. Its members include Blink Labs, Cardano Foundation, dcSpark, Sundae Labs and TxPipe.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
222ATADA / ATAD2 Cardano StakePool AustriaATADA and ATAD2 are Cardano stake-pool tickers associated with an Austria-based operator and Martin Lang's public governance activity. Current pool operation and listing structure require review.STAKE POOLS↗
223BankFiBankFi presents a Cardano-focused token and DeFi ecosystem describing rewards, governance and real-world-asset ambitions. Live services and on-chain contract claims remain under verification.DEFI↗
224BlockforceSupply-chain traceability platform for digital product passports and ESG compliance. Records stay on a permissioned ledger while their cryptographic proofs are anchored on Cardano; live with Brazilian fashion groups including Azzas 2154, with more than 500,000 records anchored by August 2026.UTILITY↗
225BlockPQRBlockPQR is a protocol-engineering company where former IO Labs engineers continue work on Cardano's ledger, blockchain indexer, formal methods and high-availability engineering. Input Output remains responsible for the relevant milestones.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
226BROCK PoolBROCK Pool is a Cardano stake-pool and community tooling initiative associated with the public BROCK identity. Its pool activity, governance credentials and linked tools are being verified.STAKE POOLS↗
227Cardano Smart AICardano Smart AI presents Cardano-focused market-intelligence services, AI tools and a proposed agent marketplace. Current product features and token or NFT utility have not yet been independently verified.AI↗
228Cardano UpdatesCardano Updates tracks Cardano development activity. The current service and whether it should be listed separately from the Koios ecosystem are under editorial review.ANALYTICS↗
229Charles Hoskilien / $HSKNCharles Hoskilien ($HSKN) is a Cardano meme-token project whose public communications describe infrastructure-linked treasury rewards. Its EarthNode/AirNode income claims, World Mobile relationship and token identity remain under review.COMMUNITY TOKEN↗
230CHIL Stake PoolCHIL is a Chile-based Cardano stake-pool operation whose public profile references Mithril and governance participation. The current pool ID, activity and DRep association are under verification.STAKE POOLS↗
231CoinGeckoCoinGecko is a cross-chain cryptocurrency market-data platform with Cardano-specific token, liquidity and decentralised-exchange information. It is not a Cardano-native service.ANALYTICS↗
232HydroDripHydroDrip presents itself as a Cardano-native incubator supporting NFT, DeFi and marketing projects. Its current services and the projects it supports are being independently checked.UTILITY↗
233ICAN GroupICAN Group is a London-based engineering firm that took ownership of Cardano platform engineering, quality assurance, cryptography, and performance-and-tracing functions from IO Labs in August 2026, according to Input Output.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
234KARMA Pool / StakeADAKARMA Pool / StakeADA is a long-running Cardano stake-pool initiative. Its current pool activity and operating focus need reconfirmation following public indications that attention has shifted toward other networks.STAKE POOLS↗
235KompactKompact is a Cardano-native application-development team that describes helping builders move from ideas to launched decentralised applications. Company social links and associated people are reviewed separately.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
236MAYZ ProtocolMAYZ Protocol describes a Cardano platform for tokenised index funds and baskets of native assets. Its current mainnet status, operating products and security evidence are under review.YIELD↗
237Midgard LabsMidgard Labs is a Cardano engineering company associated with Plutus smart-contract work and related open-source tools. It is distinct from the separately listed Midgard Layer-2 protocol.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
238Midnight CityMidnight City describes an autonomous AI-agent city simulation built around the Midnight Network. Product maturity and its eligibility under INDEX:80's Cardano-technology policy are under review.AI↗
239ODATANOODATANO presents an open-source OData V4 bridge for enterprise applications and Cardano/Midnight blockchain workflows. The current implementation and deployment maturity are under review.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
240PBGPBG describes a Cardano-focused asset-management platform built around decentralised vault portfolios. Public audit and repository material exists, but current application availability and live deployment remain under verification.YIELD↗
241SingularLambda Sistemi project: permissionless Cardano registry for unique identities and independent application state, written primarily in Haskell. README records 65 proved declarations plus simulation/conformance work and a public preprod deployment, but explicitly says the design remains unaccepted and no independent audit acceptance is claimed.IDENTITY↗
242Pekkah OriginsMarketplace lets AI agents buy GPU/CPU compute jobs using x402 on Cardano preprod with test tUSDM; README records real preprod transactions and a Masumi escrow lock. Important caveat: hackathon prototype, preprod/test tokens only; worker admission is allowlisted and several trust/settlement limits are openly documented.AI↗
243PLAY PING!PLAY PING! presents a skill-based game with solo and head-to-head play, described by its team as available in beta. Its Cardano integration and sustained activity are being verified.GAME↗
244PogunPogun describes a Bitcoin-linked credit and liquidity initiative for Cardano, including a proposed bilateral credit market and bridge. Cardano mainnet operation is not yet established.LENDING↗
245Se7en LabsSe7en Labs is an engineering company formed by the team behind DripDropz that took over Daedalus wallet development and roadmap ownership from Input Output in June 2026, alongside related Cardano wallet-library work.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
246USDCxDollar stablecoin on Cardano, fully backed by USDC held in Circle xReserve and interoperable with USDC through Circle Gateway and CCTP. Live since February 2026 and supported at launch by Liqwid, Minswap and SundaeSwap.STABLECOIN↗
247Jesus 2Two space pirate brothers named Sunday and Monday must find a way to deliver Humanity to its final resting place! Jesus 2 raised film-production funds by minting and selling thousands of NFTs on the Cardano blockchain.MEDIA↗
248ADA4Good Stake PoolCardano stake pool (ticker A4G) that donates to Save the Children every quarter. In July 2026 the pool reported cumulative donations of ₳68,817 (about $38,060).STAKE POOLS↗
249FrankenwalletOpen-source security guide from COSD for building Cardano transactions on an air-gapped, bootable Linux USB, covering offline key backup and secured browser-wallet use. The Cardano Developer Portal documents the workflow.EDUCATION↗
250Harmonic LabsCardano research and development firm building developer tooling: Pebble, a TypeScript smart-contract language that compiles to Plutus Core (UPLC); the plu-ts toolkit; and Gerolamo, a Cardano node written in TypeScript.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
251HirakumiTOKEN2049 Origins 2026 hackathon project: a gateway that lets AI-agent APIs charge per call through x402 payments in USDM on Cardano, with Masumi and Sokosumi listing, credits, escrow and independent response-quality checks. Demonstrated on Cardano preprod with test funds only.AI↗
252Phoenix ExplorerOpen-source Cardano blockchain explorer that runs on top of different data providers, showing blocks, transactions, stake pools and DReps.EXPLORER↗
253Yaci DevKitOpen-source Bloxbean toolkit that runs a local Cardano devnet with an indexer, explorer and APIs, so developers can build and test Cardano applications without a public network.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
254cardano-apiHaskell library for Cardano transaction construction, keys, addresses and node queries, used by core Cardano command-line tooling.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
255Cardano Connect with WalletReact hooks, components and a framework-independent core for connecting Cardano wallets to applications through CIP-30 and CIP-45.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
256Cardano on BigQueryProject making Cardano on-chain data accessible for analytical queries through Google BigQuery.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
257Cardano Peer ConnectWebRTC connector library for peer-to-peer links between Cardano dApps and wallets under CIP-45.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
258cardano-rpcCardano UTxO-RPC server component for exposing node and chain data through a gRPC interface.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
259cardano-sieveCardano chain indexer that records matching UTxOs in SQLite and serves the indexed data through an HTTP API.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
260cardano-testnetCommand-line tool and Haskell library for running configurable local multi-node Cardano clusters for integration testing and development.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
261CardanopressWordPress plugin integration for Cardano wallets, including wallet connection, token-gated access and related website interactions.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
262Datum ExplorerCardano CBOR datum decoder that displays data as readable fields using CDDL schemas.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
263Evolution SDKTypeScript toolkit based on Effect for building Cardano applications, including transaction construction and related developer integrations.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
264GastronomyUPLC smart-contract debugger for Cardano that supports stepping forward and backward through execution.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
265gnark-cardanoGroth16 proof tooling connecting gnark circuits with Aiken verifiers for Cardano. It is a component hosted within the Peace Protocol repository.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
267Pyth Pro (Cardano integration)Cardano integration of the Pyth Pro pull-based price-feed service, with published consumer documentation and Cardano-specific on-chain contract code.ORACLE↗
268SorbetMock browser wallet for testing Cardano dApp CIP-30 wallet integrations as an end user.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
269Tx3Declarative transaction language and tooling for describing reusable UTxO transactions and generating typed application clients.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
270Unified Cardano Student Club (UCSC)Nigerian student community focused on learning and building with Cardano, with a public club account and student hackathon activity.COMMUNITY↗
271AdaStatIndependent Cardano blockchain explorer for blocks, transactions, stake pools, accounts, tokens, epochs, DReps and governance actions, with full pool and account history.EXPLORER↗
272Armada AllianceCommunity of Cardano stake-pool operators and developers providing educational resources, node-operation documentation and ARM-compatible Cardano binaries.STAKE POOLS↗
273BALANCE AnalyticsCardano analytics service providing on-chain visualizations and analysis of decentralization, stake distribution and network data, alongside the BALNC stake pool.ANALYTICS↗
274cardano.deliveryCardano webhook service that delivers blockchain events to application endpoints, with documentation for developers and agent integrations.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
275cardano-rosetta-javaJava implementation of the Mesh, formerly Rosetta, API for Cardano, built on Yaci Store to support blockchain infrastructure integrations.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
276cardano-wasmWebAssembly component of cardano-api exposing JavaScript and TypeScript tools for Cardano keys, addresses, transaction building and signing in browsers and Node.js.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
277CardanoVSCVisual Studio Code extension for Cardano development with Haskell and Plutus support, chain queries and script-address tooling.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
278cip30-test-walletHeadless CIP-30 test wallet for Playwright-based Cardano dApp tests, allowing wallet flows and transaction signing to be exercised without interactive popups.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
279CoinGraphMulti-chain crypto-intelligence application with AI-agent tools, Cardano data feeds and documented x402 payments on Cardano preprod, developed for TOKEN2049 Origins.ANALYTICS↗
280Earn Coin Pool (ECP)Cardano stake-pool project with ticker ECP, a public pool identity and educational resources for delegators and pool operators.STAKE POOLS↗
281Edda LabsEngineering studio and developer-education provider with completed Cardano Catalyst projects, multilingual learning resources and current Midnight privacy-technology work.EDUCATION↗
282eUTxOVisual Cardano blockchain explorer for browsing blocks, transactions and address activity.EXPLORER↗
283FireblocksEnterprise digital-asset infrastructure with support for storing and transferring Cardano ADA. Expanded Cardano Native Token support is announced for March 2027 and is not described here as already delivered.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
284hydra-sdkTypeScript toolkit for Cardano wallet applications using Hydra, including Head lifecycle management, transaction building and browser or Node.js bindings.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
285Nexus (Cardano API)Hosted blockchain data and transaction API with Cardano endpoints and a TypeScript SDK, alongside support for other networks.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
286OpShinPython-based language and toolchain for compiling smart contracts to Untyped Plutus Core for Cardano.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
287plutus-halo2-verifier-genToolkit for generating Cardano on-chain proof verifiers from Halo2 circuits, with Plinth and Aiken integration paths.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
288PyCardanoPython library for building Cardano applications, including transaction construction, serialization and protocol features.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
289ScalusScala 3 platform for writing and testing Cardano smart contracts, building transactions and developing dApps.DEVELOPER TOOL↗
290SPO Japan GuildJapanese-language Cardano stake-pool operator community publishing node-operation guides and providing technical support.STAKE POOLS↗
291TempoCardano governance app for DReps and ADA holders with DRep profiles, voting history and governance-action views.GOVERNANCE↗
292The Dutch Stake Pool (TDSP)Cardano stake-pool project with ticker TDSP, an official pool website and public governance and operator resources.STAKE POOLS↗
293Yaci StoreModular Java datastore and indexing toolkit for Cardano, built on Yaci with configurable components for applications and chain-data services.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
294ZX402Cardano preprod prototype for AI-agent payments through a shared tUSDM funding pool and zero-knowledge proofs, integrating x402 and Masumi payment workflows.INFRASTRUCTURE↗
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LiveCardano network, market and ecosystemdata from public sources, with timestamps and provenance.