Cardano was included in CME futures and the Nasdaq index, but ADA fell 37% this month to a five-year low.

According to Mars Finance, CME included Cardano futures in its 24/7 trading platform on May 29th, and ADA was subsequently added to the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index on June 8th, alongside BTC, ETH, XRP, and Solana. However, ADA has fallen 37% in the past month to approximately $0.17, its lowest level since 2021. Ecosystem issues continue to worsen: TapTools, an analytics platform serving over one million users, shut down due to the departure of key executives; the 2026 Singapore Summit was canceled because the governance vote failed to reach the two-thirds absolute majority threshold of 66.67% with only 65.21% support; and founder Charles Hoskinson warned that more DeFi projects will fail in the second half of 2026. According to DefiLlama data, the Cardano DeFi ecosystem's TVL has shrunk by 85%, from approximately $905 million at the end of 2024 to less than $140 million currently. The only noteworthy event at present is the launch of the Ouroboros Leios testnet on June 23. This upgrade focuses on speed and throughput, with the mainnet deployment target being the end of 2026.