According to blockchain analytics firm Santiment, Cardano ranks as the “strongest” blockchain in terms of developer activity.

Top 2022 #blockchain protocols by development activity:

1) #Cardano $ADA
2) #Polkadot $DOT
3) #Cosmos $ATOM
4) #Ethereum $ETH
5) #InternetComputer $ICP
6) #Elrond $EGLD
7) #Flow $FLOW
8) #Optimism $OP
9) #Aptos $APT
10) #Polygon $MATIC

Read our take: https://t.co/fYiOz86GWK

— Santiment (@santimentfeed) December 29, 2022

The year 2022 has been a difficult one for cryptocurrencies in general. Macroeconomic challenges, market factors and scandals have all impacted the industry. The downdraft that began in late 2021 blossomed into a crypto winter. Then, in May, the Terra ecosystem collapsed. The crypto market bottomed out in June. And there were the bankruptcies. Then came the most disastrous thing of all — the November collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.

Per Santiment’s “dev activity” indicator, Cardano ranked first, followed by Polkadot (DOT) and Cosmos (ATOM). The three were followed by Ethereum, ICP and EGLD in fourth through sixth places, respectively. FLOW, OP, APT and MATIC also made the list of the top 10 blockchains.

In its report, Santiment notes that Aptos had been working super hard before its mainnet launch and slowed down after. Solana could have made the list as well, but there has been a steady decline in “dev activity” over the year.

In the past year, Cardano clinched the title of the most developed asset, ranking top in aggregated development activity.  Cardano also clinched the top spot in the number of active Github contributors for the year.

While development activity has a minimal impact on near-term market prices, it may be a healthy signal of a project’s long-term prospects.

It demonstrates the team’s monthly dedication to creating a viable asset, improving and upgrading its features, and sticking to the long-term roadmap.

In other news, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has polled as the most influential person in crypto in 2022, alongside Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao.

Cardano is currently in the top three actively developed projects for the week, with 490 Github contributions. Although development activity has little to no effect on short-term market prices, it could be a positive sign of the project’s long-term development. According to a prior report by U.Today, Cardano was the most developed asset in 2021.

The Vasil hard fork, Cardano’s major update, is anticipated to launch this month. Vasil Dabov, a late Bulgarian mathematician and well-known figure in the Cardano community, is honored by having the upgrade bear his name. Following successful completion and extensive testing, Vasil’s mainnet launch date has been set for Sept. 22 by Cardano’s developer, Input Output.

You got to love how extreme the criticism gets. Better buy some good mouthwash https://t.co/XGwajnQABE

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) September 2, 2022

Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano, also announced the date, which led to excitement in the community. As usual, skeptics were quick to point out that Vasil might experience another delay, which the Cardano creator strongly rebuffed. During a livestream early last month, Hoskinson mentioned he was not anticipating any further delays to the mainnet hard fork launch.

According to the readiness metrics being monitored by IOG, the Vasil node 1.35.3 has produced 87% of the mainnet blocks. While Binance was significantly closer to completing its integration, MEXC and Bitrue exchanges had indicated Vasil’s readiness.

AscendEX, NDAX and Dex-Trade exchanges are also ready for Vasil, as a number of other exchanges are in the process of updating their nodes. Additionally, 70% of dApps reported positive results from preproduction testing.

Cardano’s IOG expounds on partnership with Stanford University

We’ve partnered with the prestigious @Stanford University to create the ‘Blockchain Research Hub’.

Here’s a thread on what you need to know.

1/n

— Input Output (@InputOutputHK) September 2, 2022

According to U.Today, Input Output announced its collaboration in the field of blockchain research by funding a new $4.5 million “Blockchain Research Hub” at Stanford University, one of the top centers for research and higher learning in the world.

This “Blockchain Research Hub” will adopt a multidisciplinary approach and give researchers the chance to work with the blockchain industry, expanding the body of knowledge and perspectives on blockchain technology, as stated in a blog post.

• SHIB has seen an increase in crypto whale activity recently.
• Despite the selloff by whales, SHIB’s price is still in the green over the last 24 hours.
• SHIB’s price currently stands at $0.00001181.

(SHIB), the popular meme token, has seen an increase in crypto whale activity recently.

According to data released by the crypto whale tracker, WhaleStats, SHIB has made its way to the top 10 trading volume among the 100 biggest (ETH) whales over the past 24 hours.

At the time of writing, the average trade volume amount of SHIB is $12,463, with an average quantity totaling around 1,100,000,000 SHIB. This ranks it at number 8 on the crypto whale tracker’s list. The top 3 cryptos on the list are Ethereum (ETH), (USDC), and (USDT).

The whale tracker also shows that SHIB is in the top 10 sold tokens list among the 100 biggest ETH whales, and is ranked number 7 on the list below Polygon (MATIC) and one position above ApeCoin (APE).

Despite the selloff by whales, SHIB’s price is still in the green over the last 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of writing, the price of SHIB is $0.00001181. This is after a 24-hour increase of around 4.96% and an hourly increase of 1.83%. The 24-hour and hourly rise in SHIB’s price has added to its weekly gains, taking the total weekly gains up to 11.84%.

SHIB’s price posted a 24-hour high of $0.00001243 and a 24-hour low of $0.00001114.

Due to the involvement of ETH whales, SHIB’s trading volume has surged 216.07% over the past 24 hours taking the total daily trading volume figure to $919,197,704.

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