# Cardano Announces Public Mainnet Beta Launch for ATLAS_DEFI_ By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/48509 Published: 2026-11-04T13:26:48.000Z Updated: 2026-11-04T13:26:48.000Z Section: Technology > The decentralized finance platform is built on Cardano and aims to provide financial services to users. Cardano announced the public mainnet beta launch of ATLAS_DEFI_, a decentralized finance platform built on its blockchain and aimed at providing users with financial services. Cardano made the announcement on Twitter. A separate Cardano project, RealFi, is built around a reserve-backed dollar instrument with unstaked and staked versions. RealFi had targeted an [Oct. 1 mainnet release](), subject to regulatory, operational and commercial requirements. ## Links in this article - [Oct. 1 mainnet release](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/23804)