A direct summary of what changed in the last 24 hours across Cardano.

• Governance Incentives Framework 2026 and the Ikigai deposit-reimbursement action expire September 16; Intersects September 11 snapshot showed both below their DRep approval threshold. <

• Intersect opened voting at 12:00 UTC on September 14; voting closes September 25 and results are scheduled for September 28. <

• Sireto, led by original GovTool contributor Sandip Pandey, assumed active maintenance of the open-source governance interface. <

• Eleven candidates are competing for two member-elected Board seats; Intersects seven-member Board has four elected directors. <

• Cardano-node 11.1.1 remains classified as a pre-release and is not yet recommended for mainnet deployment. <

• DeFiLlama recorded Cardano DeFi TVL near $55.21 million and dollar-pegged stablecoin supply near $67.95 million at scan time. < https://stablecoins.llama.fi/stablecoinchains

• ADA rebounded modestly but remains trapped between firm support and nearby resistance after last weeks sell-off.

• Optim Finances OADA market remains disabled after the Splash pool exploit, leaving users without OADA-to-ADA liquidity.

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