The Cardano team reports that all three “critical mass indications” required to start the upgrade have now been satisfied, and the Cardano Vasil update will take place today, September 22. On September 21, Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the company that created Cardano, announced on Twitter that 13 cryptocurrency exchanges had confirmed they were prepared for the hard fork, accounting for more than 87% of Cardano’s (ADA) liquidity. Plus:@fmfw_io@kucoincom@BTSEcom@bequant_group@eToro@altcointradersa@exmo_com@WOOnetwork@HuobiGlobal@bitpanda — Input Output (@InputOutputHK) September 21, 2022 According to a website by IOHK on ecosystem readiness, Coinbase is the only exchange among the top ones for ADA liquidity that holds its integration status labeled as “in progress.” However, the Cardano Vasil hard fork will be supported, according to a recent tweet from Coinbase, which stated that ADA transactions would be suspended for maintenance. Vasil Update Scheduled For June The Vasil update’s launch date was scheduled for June, but it was twice postponed, most recently because of a flaw in Cardano’s previous node version that caused interoperability problems. Upgraded Vasil nodes currently generate over 98% of mainnet blocks. The top decentralized apps (dApps) have also validated their availability, meeting all three criteria required for the upgrade to be approved. Social Media Discussion According to market intelligence platform Sant...
