Cardano's dev team just got leaner and more focused.
Input Output submitted 9 funding proposals for 2026, asking for $38.9M from the community treasury, nearly half of last year's $97.5M request.

Two upgrades anchor the plan:
▸ Leios- a consensus upgrade targeting a 10–65x boost in L1 throughput, with 1,000+ TPS as the goal. Testnet in June, mainnet by the end of 2026.
▸ Pogun- a Bitcoin DeFi engine bringing a trust-minimised BTC bridge and credit markets to #Cardano .

~1,000 DReps now vote on this. Deadline: May 24.

Less money is asked. More accountability is built in. That's actually a good sign. $ADA