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Learn Cardano Podcast
by Pete Bui
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. Find all of the show notes at https://learncardano.io. DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including privat
Episodes
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Nightframes: The AI Agents Charles Says Come After Smart Contracts
Charles Hoskinson presented Nightframes at Midnight City Tokyo as a possible successor to the smart contract: a private, always-on agent that can understand identity, intention and personal context while producing proof of what it did. Peter breaks down the idea in plain English and asks what...
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Australia’s New Crypto Rules Could Push Smaller Platforms Out
Australia’s crypto industry is moving into a stricter regulatory phase. ASIC Consultation Paper 392 sets out proposed guidance and standards for digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms ahead of the new regime commencing in April 2027, covering licensing, client assets, trading,...
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Borrow Against Your Crypto? The Elon Musk Strategy Explained
Borrowing against crypto can provide cash without selling the underlying asset, but it replaces a potential capital gains event with interest, liquidation risk and counterparty exposure. Using Elon Musk's Tesla-backed borrowing as a starting point, Peter explains why the ultra-wealthy tend to...
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Cardano at Token2049: Hackathon Wins, RWAs and Midnight
This Cardano news update covers the biggest Token2049 Singapore takeaways and the follow-up announcements now landing across the ecosystem. Peter starts with the latest Ledger and Trezor supply-chain concerns, then moves into Cardano's programmable token standard, Midnight's role in private and...
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Midnight Goes Permissionless: Solana Privacy, Japan and AI Agents
Peter breaks down the latest Midnight ecosystem updates from Token2049 and the wider Asia tour, starting with permissionless smart contract deployment on mainnet and the sharp rise in network activity that followed. He also covers Solana wallet support for private DeFi, NIGHT access through OKJ…
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Ledger Hardware Implant Confirmed: What Wallet Users Should Check
Ledger has confirmed that one impacted user's device contained an unauthorized hardware implant as part of an investigation into reports of lost funds from users in South East Asia who purchased through reseller CryptoBilis. Peter breaks down what has been reported, why buying hardware wallets...
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Lava Protocol: Cardano Liquid Staking for Real DeFi Yield
Lava is building a liquid staking protocol for Cardano that lets ADA holders deposit ADA, mint the LADA receipt token, and keep staking exposure while using DeFi. In this interview, Peter speaks with Nick Milne about why Cardano native staking is already liquid, what changes when that ADA moves...
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Crypto Tax in Australia: What the ATO Can Really See
Australian crypto tax can get messy fast. In this episode, Peter speaks with Matthew from Summ, formerly Crypto Tax Calculator, about what actually triggers a taxable event, how the ATO views staking, airdrops, NFTs, DeFi, wrapping, liquidity pools, scams and lost wallets, and why good records...
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ATO Chasing Unpaid Super: Is This Another Robodebt?
The ATO is chasing Australian small businesses over unpaid and late superannuation, with automated checks looking back as far as 2021 and some owners receiving letters for interest, penalties and Super Guarantee Charge amounts. The issue is not just whether super should be paid; it is how the ATO...
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Cardano Gets Programmable Tokens: Why CIP-113 Matters
CIP-113 has been merged into the Cardano CIPs repository, moving Cardano closer to a standard for programmable token-like assets. In this video I break down what programmable tokens are, why they matter for real-world assets, stablecoins and tokenized securities, and how projects could use…
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Australia's New Crypto Rules: What Holders Need to Check
Australia's crypto rules are changing. AUSTRAC already requires many crypto service providers to register for anti-money laundering and financial crime oversight, while ASIC is pushing affected digital asset businesses into Australia's financial services licensing regime. In this episode, Peter...
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Cardano and Midnight Are Getting More Usable
Cardano and Midnight had a packed week heading into Token2049, with practical updates across builder funding, stake pools, wallet recovery, developer tooling, payments, privacy apps and enterprise custody. Peter covers the Alpha Growth RFP, EMURGO stake pool handover, SecondFi recovery status…
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Cardano Turns 9: How This Blockchain Changed My Life
Cardano turns nine, and this episode is a short personal reflection on how far the blockchain and its community have come since mainnet first started producing blocks. Peter looks back at the work early stake pool operators and developers put in, and how that foundation made it easier for later...
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ChatterPay Brings ADA Payments Directly Into WhatsApp
ChatterPay is bringing ADA payments into a place billions of people already use: WhatsApp. In this Draper University interview, Peter talks with Tomas from ChatterPay about how the team moved from hackathon prototypes to Cardano mainnet, why the app has caught attention across the Cardano...
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Draper U Changed My Cardano Startup
After four weeks at Draper University in Silicon Valley, the original startup idea changed completely. Peter went into the first Cardano Genesis program thinking about a Web3 bounty platform and came out with a much clearer founder mindset, a sharper view of market size, and a new direction for...
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Cardano News: IOG Hack, Mastercard, Bifrost and x402
This Cardano news update covers a difficult run of ecosystem security incidents alongside several important signs of progress. Peter walks through the compromised IOG YouTube channel, the SecondFi recovery process, the Splash ADA/OADA breach, and why better security practices still matter for…
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Australia's Travel Rule Just Broke Crypto Donations
The introduction of AUSTRAC's travel rule has significant implications for cryptocurrency transactions in Australia. From 1 July, AUSTRAC's travel rule means that all transactions through regulated exchanges require identifying information from both the sender and receiver, regardless of the...
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Cardano Web3 Bounties: My Orion Fund Build
The episode highlights the launch of the Web3 Bounty platform, a new initiative aimed at attracting talent and projects to the Cardano ecosystem. This platform, inspired by successful models in other ecosystems, seeks to incentivise community members to participate in various tasks, from content...
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Is the Government Taking Your Superannuation?
The Australian government is exploring the use of superannuation funds for local investment, sparking significant debate about the future of retirement savings. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has suggested that instead of investing heavily overseas, these funds could be directed towards…
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SecondFi Hack Update: 16.1M ADA Stolen, Recovery Timeline Explained
SecondFi has released more detail on the wallet security incident that saw about 16.1 million ADA, roughly US$2.6 million, withdrawn from 374 wallets between 21 and 23 June. The update includes a public warning about fake recovery emails, findings from Groom Lake's forensic investigation, and a...
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AI Escaped the Sandbox. Crypto Is the Next Target
OpenAI's sandbox escape into Hugging Face has raised a bigger question for crypto security: what happens when autonomous AI systems can chain together the same probing, credential testing, package attacks and signing weaknesses that already threaten bridges, validators and project infrastructure?...
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515M NIGHT Moved: What We Know About the Wanchain Bridge Incident
A developing Wanchain bridge incident appears to have moved 515 million bridged NIGHT tokens into the Cardano ecosystem, with rapid selling across Cardano DEXs and a sharp fall in the NIGHT price. Peter walks through the early on-chain analysis, the Midnight Foundation's warning, why this appears...
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Cardano Has the Tech. So Why Is Everyone Else Winning Deals?
This Cardano ADA news update starts with the Linux Foundation's x402 Foundation and the rise of internet-native AI agent payments. Cardano is listed through the Cardano Foundation, but the membership tier raises a bigger question: is Cardano shaping the standard, or just appearing beside it?…
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My Cardano Wallet Was Hit by the SecondFi Incident
Peter walks through the SecondFi security incident from the perspective of checking whether a Cardano wallet may have been affected, including the official SecondFi wallet checker, support resources, and exposure checks. This video focuses on practical safety steps: how to verify affected…
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Australia's Block Earner Ruling: Is Crypto Yield Now Illegal?
Australia's High Court has ruled that Block Earner's old Earner product was a financial product, giving crypto earn, yield and rewards providers a much clearer legal line to deal with. The episode explains why the ruling matters for Australian crypto users, why it does not mean crypto itself has...
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Cardano's 120M ADA DeFi Bet, Ethereum UTXO Shift and EMURGO Exit
This week's Cardano news update covers AlphaGrowth's Cardano PRIME proposal going live on-chain, including the 120 million ada ask, the net change limit debate, and why DeFi growth is becoming a major treasury conversation. Peter also looks at Ethereum researchers discussing native UTXOs, RealFi...
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SecondFi (Yoroi) Is Shutting Down — Official EMURGO Update
We have another major update from SecondFi around the hack and also the recovery of all the funds for users that have been affected. So let's get right into this one here. What you’ll learn: • We have another major update from SecondFi around the hack and also the recovery of all the funds for...
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Your staking rewards are being taxed twice.
Your staking rewards are being taxed twice. When you receive staking rewards (ADA, ETH, SOL, etc.), the ATO treats them as ordinary income at the point you receive them. Then, when you later sell or dispose of those assets, you pay capital gains tax on the profit. In this episode, we break down...
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Cardano's Big Week: SecondFi Recovery, Open USD & 500M ADA
In this Cardano ADA news update, Peter covers the latest SecondFi recovery steps after the Yoroi/SecondFi wallet incident, including the asset recovery checker, support ticket process, hardware wallet migration guidance, and the temporary pause on Midnight Glacier Drop redemptions. The episode…
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Australia's New CGT Rules: What Crypto Holders Need To Know Before 1 July 2027
Australia's capital gains tax rules are changing from 1 July 2027, and the shift could matter for anyone holding crypto, shares, property or other investment assets. In this episode, Peter walks through what is changing, why the government is making the change, and how the move from the 50% CGT...
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SecondFi Update: How To Check Your Wallet And Move Safely
Update on the SecondFi wallet exposure situation, including the latest official response, wallet safety guidance, recovery options, and the community tools being used to check whether a Cardano wallet may have been exposed. Key takeaways: - SecondFi says affected wallets should be treated as...
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SecondFi Hack Update: What Cardano Users Need To Do
Peter breaks down the latest SecondFi incident updates, why the issue was not a Cardano protocol hack, what affected users should avoid doing, how the white-hat recovery appears to have protected most funds, and why hardware wallets matter. Key Takeaways: - SecondFi says the security risk is at…
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Can AlphaGrowth Fix Cardano DeFi?
Peter interviews Bryan Colligan and Eric Waisanen from AlphaGrowth about the Cardano Prime proposal, the missing DeFi infrastructure on Cardano, how liquidity incentives could work, and what transparency the community should expect before treasury funds are committed. Key Takeaways: - AlphaGrowth...
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Cardano DeFi Just Got Its Biggest Push Yet
This Cardano news update covers several important ecosystem developments: a public warning around reported SecondFi wallet-drain activity, IOG's new Block 45 media push, Orion Fund and Draper/Cometa activity, and AlphaGrowth's PRIME programme for Cardano DeFi. Peter also looks at practical DeFi...
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Is Crypto Property? Australia's Highest Court is Set to Decide
Australia's High Court is being asked to consider a deceptively simple question with huge consequences: is crypto property, or merely information controlled by private keys? In this episode, Peter breaks down Poulton v Conrad, a dispute that began with Bitcoin purchased in 2013 and has grown into…
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Australia Just Changed Crypto Withdrawals Forever
Australia's crypto Travel Rule starts on 1 July 2026, and it is already changing how Aussies move Bitcoin and other crypto off exchanges. In this episode, Peter breaks down what AUSTRAC's rule actually requires, why exchanges are adding extra verification, and what it could mean for withdrawals,...
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NuNet Makes Decentralised Compute Easier to Use With Its New Appliance
NuNet is building a decentralised compute and orchestration network where people can contribute spare CPU, GPU, RAM and other resources, while developers and organisations can deploy workloads across available infrastructure. In this episode, Peter talks with Jennifer from NuNet about the new…
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Cardano's Peras Upgrade Fixes a Major UX Problem With Finality and Bridges
Peras is one of the most important Cardano upgrades to understand if you care about real user experience, not just theoretical throughput. In this episode, Peter breaks down what finality actually means on Cardano, why transactions can look complete long before they are deeply settled, and how…
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Cardano Just Entered the Olympics and the Use Cases Are Bigger Than You Think
Cardano Foundation has partnered with the Brazilian Olympic Committee on a three-year roadmap focused on sports innovation, and this episode breaks down why that matters beyond the headline. Peter walks through the practical use cases being discussed, including digital identity, certification…
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Why I'm Stepping Down as a Cardano DRep and Why Governance Isn't Working
Peter explains why he is stepping down as a Cardano DRep and why, in his view, the current governance process is not working well enough to justify the time, energy, and scrutiny it demands. He walks through the practical reasons behind that decision, including lobbying for votes, unclear...
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Cardano Just Hit 100K Police Forensics Transactions and Hardly Anyone Noticed
Peter digs into Trivolve Tech's forensic management system after it passed 100,000 on-chain transactions on Cardano mainnet. The episode looks at what the milestone actually represents, how the evidence workflow appears to use hashing and zero-knowledge proofs, and why it stands out as a live...
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Cardano Could Give Every Bike a Digital Identity and It Actually Makes Sense
In this episode, Peter sits down with Bartek from BikeID to unpack how bicycles can be given a persistent digital identity that follows them through manufacturing, retail, ownership, servicing and resale. The conversation covers why the bike industry still lacks a common identification standard,...
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Zcash Just Proved Why Formal Verification Matters | Cardano & Midnight
Zcash's Orchard vulnerability has reignited one of the most important conversations in crypto: why formal verification and high-assurance engineering matter when real value is at stake. In this episode, Peter breaks down what the disclosed Zcash flaw could have allowed, why privacy systems create…
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Cardano Solved the Blockchain Trilemma – Leios Testnet in 2 Weeks
Leios is Cardano's scaling solution for the future. It's basically an upgrade of the layer one to make it faster. What you’ll learn: • Leios is Cardano's scaling solution for the future. • It's basically an upgrade of the layer one to make it faster. • And what it will do, will propel Cardano to…
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Charles Hoskinson: I Have No Control Over Cardano
Charles Hoskinson recently addressed the challenges facing Cardano in a candid video, highlighting the limits of his influence and the realities of on-chain governance. In this episode we explore what the shift to community-driven decision making really means for the ecosystem, the treasury…
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Just Tell It What You Want — Intent-Based Trading on Cardano
TxPipe's new Tx3 protocol aims to give Cardano a unified, machine-readable interface so developers can build intent-based experiences like Near Intents. In this interview, Santi explains how Tx3 works and why it's critical infrastructure for the ecosystem. In this episode we cover: • What...
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Cardano ADA News Update - Strike Perps, Indigo v3, Charli3 & More (29 May 2026)
Cardano native projects are pumping hard while the broader market is red. In this news update we cover Strike Perps treasury proposal, Indigo v3 launch, USDM + Pyth integration, Charli3 winding down, Surf DeFi liquidity injection, and much more. 🕒 CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro - Cardano Projects Pumping...
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How I Set Up a Cardano Node at Home and Turned It Into a Lower-Cost, Income-Ready Machine
In this episode, I take you through how I set up a Cardano node at home using a low-cost HP Elite mini PC, why I decided to do it this way, and how I’m thinking about turning it into a machine that can help pay for itself over time. The main goal here was to reduce the cost of running relay...
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Generating DUST with 1AM Wallet on Midnight
In this tutorial, Peter walks through a cleaner way to generate Midnight dust using the 1AM wallet instead of the older Lace plus Nevermind flow. The process is quicker, easier to follow, and available on both desktop and mobile. You will see how to install the wallet, restore or use a prepared...
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The Builder Cycle Is Here: Midnight, Vola and Cardano's Next Wave of Builders
This episode rounds up the latest Cardano and Midnight developments in one pass, from Indigo V3 and Cardano Critical Integrations V2 through to the first public steps for Vola Network, the latest NFT marketplace shift after JPG Store's shutdown, and a growing stack of Midnight ecosystem releases....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
Find all of the show notes at https://learncardano.io.
DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including privat
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