[Input Output Proposes Reduced Cardano Treasury Budget to Drive Leios Mainnet Upgrade] According to The Block, Cardano's core development company Input Output Global has submitted nine proposals for the 2026 treasury, with the total funding request being 'slightly less than 50%' of last year's amount. The plan centers on the Leios scalability upgrade for the mainnet, aiming to increase Cardano's monthly transaction volume from approximately 800,000 to over 27 million. Leios is expected to enter the testnet in June and go live on the mainnet by the end of the year. IOG plans to request 62.1 million ADA (approximately $15.8 million) for node upgrades, monitoring, and security maintenance. Additionally, it proposes enabling users to pay transaction fees with non-ADA assets through Babel Fees, while exploring new economic models such as wallet micro-fees, Bitcoin staking credit and rewards (Pogun proposal), among others.