Happy Wednesday!

This week is packed with major protocol and governance milestones. The Van Rossem hard fork is now live, moving Cardano to Protocol Version 11, proposed, debated, and ratified entirely through on-chain governance. The Constitutional Committee election is also underway, with voting closing July 23 and candidates sharing their vision in the latest Roundtable Talk.

The Cardano Foundation joined the x402 Foundation, released new Aiken cryptography developer guides, and shared updates on enterprise pilots with Volvo Group. This edition also covers fresh CIP milestones, the latest Intersect MBO updates including Constitutional Amendment Portal preparations, and a Community Content spotlight featuring Learn Cardano and Linda.

Full rundown in today's Digest:
https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-july-22-2026-van-rossem-hard-fork-activates-constitutional-committee-election-cardano-foundation-updates-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates-spotlight-on-learn-cardano-linda/155842