Cardano

Cardalonia, the Web3 startup that claims to be “building the biggest metaverse ecosystem on Cardano” recently reported some great news. On April 18, the Estonian crypto startup that is developing the upcoming Cardano-powered NFT-based play-to-earn (P2E) game Cardanlonia ($LONIA) announced that it had raised $420,000 in a pre-seed round. In a press release issued on […]

On Wednesday (August 17), Dan Gambardello, Founder of Crypto Capital Venture, as well as the host of the very popular YouTube channel “Crypto Capital Venture”, explained why he spends so much time talking about Cardano ($ADA). Earlier today, he told his over 233K Twitter followers: Yesterday, Gambardello conducted a Twitter pool to find out if the Cardano […]

Input Output Global (“IOG), IOG, the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, and pioneering Web3 infrastructure startup NMKR ($NMKR) announced a new collaboration to “drive awareness and adoption of NFTs.” Let’s start with a brief history of NMKR. It all started in April 2021 when Patrick Tobler (@Padierfind on Twitter), a computer science student from […]

On Tuesday (August 16), crypto analytics firm Santiment took a closer look at an interesting on-chain metric for Cardano ($ADA): “Ratio of Daily On-Chain Transaction Volume in Profit to Loss“. Here is what Santiment says about the set of metrics related to “Transaction Volume In Profit Or Loss”: “Those metrics show the aggregate amount of coins/tokens across […]

On Monday (August 15), one highly popular pseudonymous $ADA whale pointed out three ways in which Cardano is better than other layer 1 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains.  “ADA Whale” (“@cardano_whale” on Twitter) told his over 110K Twitter followers that Cardano does “security, staking and decentralisation of block production” better than any of its L1 competitors that use […]

On Saturday (August 13), one highly popular pseudonymous $ADA whale (“@cardano_whale” on Twitter) explained what category of investors are Cardano’s target audience. Yesterday, “ADA Whale” told his over 110K Twitter followers: One of those that replied to him was the operator of the UK-based VEGAS ADA Pool: On Friday (August 12), “ADA Whale” provided a summary […]

On Saturday (August 13), Sebastien Guillemot, the CTO of blockchain company dcSpark, said that L1 blockchain Cardano ($ADA) is “definitely one of the worst blockchains for storing data”, and proceeded to explain why he thinks so. In case you are wondering what dcSpark does, according to its development team, the main goals are to: “Extend Blockchain […]

Input Output Global, the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, has partnered with charitable cryptocurrency organization The Giving Block to allow Cardano ($ADA) holders to “support Ukraine relief efforts” using their tokens. According to a tweet Input Output shared with its over 58,500 followers on an account dedicated to the press, the firm partnered […]

Various cryptocurrency analysts have pointed out that Cardano ($ADA) has a major price barrier to overcome if it’s set to move higher amid a wider cryptocurrency market recovery that over a 30-day period has seen $BTC move up 20.3% and $ETH 76.2%. Among the analysts is well-known trader Michaël van de Poppe, who noted that […]

On Thursday (August 11), crypto exchange Kraken released the results of its “second 2022 Proof of Reserves audit”, which has been expanded to include seven digital assets. These seven cryptoassets are $BTC, $ETH, $USDT, $USDC, $XRP, $ADA, and $DOT. According to Kraken’s blog post, “a Proof of Reserve audit is a trail-blazing accounting procedure that […]

Recently, Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, explained how easy it is to validate the Cardano blockchain (and earn rewards for doing so). On July 28, IOG’s Olga Hryniuk published an article (titled “How to Stake Your $ADA”) on Essential Cardano that was written by Ivan Irakoze, who is part of IOG’s […]

On Wednesday (August 10), the operator of APEX Stake Pool announced that it had received a one million $ADA delegation from Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development. Here is what APEX says about itself: “APEX is a Stake Pool on the Cardano blockchain. Stake Pools are playing a very important […]

Cardano ($ADA) has seen its network transaction volume tower that of Ethereum since the beginning of the year, and at one point, it was also above that of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($BTC) before slowing to e on pair with it. According to Kraken’s July 2022 crypto on-chain digest report, network transaction volume is also […]

A popular Cardano ($ADA) influencer has recently explained his approach to valuing the smart contract platform, pointing out he sees a contradiction between “those who really seem to believe Cardano is fundamentally overvalued” and himself. In a series of tweets, the Cardano influencer known as “ADA whale” on the microblogging platform Twitter told his nearly 110,000 […]

Recently, a race car driven by Trent Barnes took part in a NASCAR event held on the Dominion Raceway in Thornburg, Virginia. What made the car standout was that it featured large decals on the sides and in the front that featured the Cardano name and logo. The event, which took place on July 30, […]

A recently published report from Messari suggests that Cardano ($ADA) is being ‘aggressively priced’ ahead of the Vasil hard fork, at least when compared with rival smart contract networks that aren’t Ethereum, including Solana ($SOL), Algorand ($ALGO), Tezos ($XTZ), and $NEO. According to a tweet Messari shared, Cardano’s active addresses are far below those of […]

Institutional investors have allocated their bets to smart contract networks including Ethereum ($ETH), Cardano ($ADA), and Solana ($SOL) as well as to multi-asset investment products ahead of Ethereum’s long-awaited transition to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. According to CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows report, digital asset investment products saw inflows totaling $3 million last week, […]

Large Cardano ($ADA) holders have accumulated around $138 million worth of the cryptocurrency in little over a week amid what has been dubbed a “mild accumulation” that “could get interesting” if it continues throughout the rest of the month. According to data shared by popular on-chain analytics for Santiment, Cardano shark and whale addresses accumulated […]

A recent research report by crypto exchange Kraken highlighted the highly impressive growth in Cardano’s on-chain activity. In February, Kraken Intelligence, the research arm of crypto exchange Kraken, released a 42-page research report titled “Cardano: A new generation in smart contract platform design”. After the introduction, the report examines Technology, Web3 Ecosystem, and Network Growth & Adoption. […]

A popular Cardano ($ADA) influencer has recently explained he that Cardano could become “bigger” than “anything seen in crypto before” if decentralized governance on the cryptocurrency’s network works out. In a tweet shared with its nearly 110,000 followers on the microblogging platform Twitter, the pseudonymous Cardano influencer known as “ADA whale” shared that an argument […]

On Friday (August 5), Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, schooled a man who complained that the $ADA price had dropped since he bought some. It all started earlier today when Hoskinson posted the following sweet photo of him standing next to a newborn horse […]

On Thursday (August 4), crypto analyst Ben Armstrong, the host of the very popular YouTube channel “BitBoy Crypto“, named three digital assets that he believes should be in every crypto investor’s porfolio. So, the question is why would he be so bullish on these cryptoassets. Well, the reason might be that there are bullish narratives […]

The total number of wallets on the Cardano ($ADA) blockchain has surpassed the 3.5 million wallet milestone at a time in which the cryptocurrency’s developers are working on its upcoming Vasil hard fork, and support for it keeps growing. According to data from Cardano Blockchain Insights, the Cardano network now has a little over 3.5 […]

A popular Cardano ($ADA) influencer has recently explained he expects transaction volumes on the cryptocurrency’s blockchain to “absolutely explode” over a number of factors that are coming to the network, partly thanks to new upgrades. In a tweet, the pseudonymous Cardano influencer known as ADA whale shared with its nearly 100,000 followers that the arrival […]

The number of smart contracts deployed on the Cardano ($ADA) network has reached a new milestone above the 3,000 mark for the first time in the cryptocurrency’s history as developers work on it ahead of the Vasil hard fork and as its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem grows. According to data from Cardano Blockchain Insights, there are […]

On Tuesday (August 2), Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, found a great way to explain the main goal of the Cardano platform. When asked by Alex Hammer, the host of “The Future of Technology Podcast” to explain the “essential value proposition” of […]

On Tuesday (August 2), blockchain startup dcSpark announced an important update to the iOS version of its lightweight and user-friendly wallet for Cardano. In case you are wondering what dcSpark does, according to its development team, the main goals are to: “Extend Blockchain Protocol Layers” “Implement First-Class Ecosystem Tooling” “Develop and Release User-Facing Apps” The firm […]

Cryptocurrency-friendly Swiss bank Sygnum, which calls itself the “world’s first digital asset bank,” has expanded its staking offering with the launch of a Cardano ($ADA) staking service, allowing clients to earn yield on their ADA holdings. According to an announcement the bank made, Sygnum’s staking serves are “ fully integrated with its banking platform, with institutional-grade […]

Institutional investors have lowered their bets on investment products offering them exposure to Cardano ($ADA) and to multiple cryptocurrencies while increasing their bets on products offering exposure to the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($BTC). According to CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows report, cryptocurrency investment products saw $81 million worth of inflows last week, leading to the […]

Cardano ($ADA) has seen Milkomeda C1, its Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible sidechain which enables Ethereum decentralized applications to be deployed on the Cardano ecosystem, surpass the 7.5 million transaction mark as it nears 100,000 wallet addresses. According to an update shared by Nico Arqueros, CEO and co-founder of blockchain startup dcSpark and a core contributor to […]

On Monday (August 1), Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, shared some important news about the upcoming Vasil hard fork, which recently got delayed by “a few more weeks.” Why Vasil Upgrade Has Been Delayed Another Few Weeks On Thursday (July 28), at […]

The “Mary” upgrade — applied to the Cardano mainnet on March 1 — introduced multi-asset support, which enabled the minting of NFTs. Since then, the rate of growth of Cardano’s NFT ecosystem has surprised even IOG Founder and CEO Charles Hoskinson. On 18 February 2021, Input Output Global (aka “IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s […]

French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has added support for 100 more native tokens on the Cardano ($ADA) network, allowing users to buy, send, and receive these tokens on Ledger Live, the application for managing cryptoassets on Ledger devices. Paris-headquartered Ledger was co-founded in 2014 by Eric Larchevêque, Nicolas Bacca, Joel Pobeda, and Thomas France. It first announced it […]

Recently, the team behind Cardano-powered decentralized trading protocol SundaeSwap took a closer look at the hotly-anticipated Vasil upgrade (aka “Vasil hard fork”). On 10 December 2021, Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, explained that he was going to honour his Bulgarian friend and Cardano ambassador Vasil […]

As the price of Cardano’s native $ADA token surges Dan Gambardello, founder of Crypto Capital Ventures, has suggested that a “potentially huge $ADA breakout” is setting up on the ADA/BTC pair. According to CryptoCompare data, the price of ADA is up over 1% in the last hour, and a total of nearly 8% over the […]

On Thursday (July 28), Kevin Hammond, Technology Manager at Input Output Global (IOG), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, explained why the Vasil hard fork), which until yesterday was expected to take place on the Cardano mainnet by the end of July, has been delayed again. Why Is Cardano’s Next Major Upgrade Named ‘Vasil’? On […]

This year’s global heat wave has prompted the United States to consider declaring a climate emergency. For investors an eco-friendly cryptocurrency may be a safe option within the space if such an emergency is declared, The Motley Fool reports. According to the news outlet, Cardano may be the best possible solution out there, as it’s […]

The trading volume for Cardano’s native currency $ADA has dropped to a six-month low at a time in which buzz surrounding it on social media has also been steadily dropping. While attention focusing on Cardano is dropping, the network is set to undergo a major upgrade, the Vasil hard fork. According to data shared by […]

Origin Thread, a new sustainable fashion brand, is using the Cardano blockchain to tokenise every garment it makes so that customers can easily trace a garment’s provenance “from cotton field to cutting table.” On June 7, the fashion firm published a blog post to announce that it was “launching the world’s first NFT connected clothing collection […]

Users on the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase have a median holding time for Cardano ($ADA) over 125 days, superior to most other top cryptoassets on the platform, as they keep on HODLing through the bear market. According to data shown on Coinbase’s price pages, Cardano’s ADA has a typical hold time of 153 days, meaning […]

The cryptocurrency community is predicting that the price of Cardano’s native token $Ada is going to surge by over 56% to end the month of August up $0.264 from its current price, meaning it will be trading at $0.73 if the prediction is correct. According to the cryptocurrency community, as Finbold reported, which estimated ADA’s […]

Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency trading platform Bitrue has announced it will be “helping with the decentralization of $ADA” by staking with community stake pools. The exchange detailed it will be contributing 1 million ADA to several” pools. A stake pool, it’s worth noting, is a “reliable server node that focuses on ledger maintenance and holds the combined […]

The team behind  Pavia ($PAVIA), an exciting metaverse project built on the Cardano platform, said today that it is currently testing a new map user interface, which is something that land owners seem to be eagerly waiting for. Where Does the Pavia Name Come From? As you may know, the Cardano blockchain was named after Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576), […]

Cardano ($ADA) has become one of the top 10 holdings of whales n the BNB Chain (which was formerly known as the Binance Smart Chain) as investors are betting on the cryptocurrency ahead of its highly anticipated Vasil hard fork. According to data shared by whale monitoring service WhaleStats, Cardano recently became a top 10 […]

The price of Cardano ($ADA) may soon undergo a large upward movement as funding rates for the cryptocurrency on trading platforms are flashing bullish signals that could see its price keep on rising. According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, exchange funding rates are a “vital metric to keep an eye” as extreme spikes in traders […]

Institutional investors have been betting on a cryptocurrency market recovery, with digital asset investment products seeing $27 million in inflows last week, and $343 million the prior week. Their bets have been focusing on Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), Cardano ($ADA) and Solana ($SOL). According to CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows report, the prior week marked […]

On Tuesday (July 26), crypto analytics firm Santiment said that Cardano ($ADA) continues to be the king of blockchains when it comes to the frequency of meaningful GitHub activity. According to a tweet posted by Santiment earlier today, Cardano “continues to see the most frequent notable GitHub activity,” followed closely by Flow ($FLOW), Polkadot ($DOT), […]

On Monday (July 25), Cardano’s $ADA token is trading above the $0.49 level, up over 10% in the past seven-day period. According to data by TradingView, on Coinbase, ADA-USD is currently (as of 3:39 p.m. UTC on July 25) trading around $0.4915. On July 20, Amsterdam-based crypto analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe gave […]

Recently, the pseudonymous founder of “Perfect People CNFT” community, talked about four of the most important improvements that the upcoming hotly-anticipated Vasil upgrade (aka “Vasil hard fork”) will bring to the Cardano blockchain. Why Is Cardano’s Next Major Upgrade Named ‘Vasil’? On 10 December 2021, Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible […]

On Saturday (July 23), Cardano’s ADA token is trading around $0.5053, up 4.33% in the past 24-hour period, which makes it the highest percentage gainer among the top 30 cryptoassets. In fact, according to data from TradingView, on crypto exchange Coinbase, the $ADA price hit today’s intraday high of $0.5090 at 9:44 p.m. UTC. On […]

Development activity for Cardano ($ADA) has managed to remain above that of other top cryptocurrencies over the past 30 days, even amid a cryptocurrency market recovery that saw its rival smart contract network Ethereum ($ETH) move up over 40%. According to data from cryptocurrency analytics firm Santiment, Cardano’s development activity, which tracks “the number of […]

At 7:36 a.m. UTC on Wednesday (July 20), on crypto exchange Binance, the price of Cardano’s $ADA token hit an intraday high of $0.5476, which is the highest it has been since June 12. Currently (as of 6:31 p.m. UTC on July 20), $ADA is trading around $0.5122. Since June 13, when crypto lender Celsius announced on […]

Michael J. Saylor, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), says that it’s “pretty obvious” that $ADA, the native token of proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain, is a security.  It is worth remembering that on 11 August 2020, MicroStrategy announced via a press release that it had “purchased 21,454 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price […]

Popular market commentary show Coin Bureau recently tackled whether Cardano ($ADA) or Algorand ($ALGO) will emerge as a top Ethereum ($ETH) competitor following John Woods’ move from IOG to Algorand Foundation. Speaking in a YouTube video released on July 11 , Coin Bureau host “Guy” told viewers that John Woods, the former Director of Cardano […]

A panel of cryptocurrency industry experts has predicted that the price of Cardano ($ADA) will explode to $2.93 by 2025, and to $6.53 by 2030, although experts believe that by the end of the year, the cryptocurrency will trade at just $0.63. At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency is trading at $0.43, according to […]

Payments in Cardano’s native cryptocurrency $ADA are now available to more than 7 million users through a newly launched ADA Pay plugin developed as part of COTI’s Project Catalyst challenge. According to a Medium post, the ADA Pay plugin is on Odoo (On Demand Open Project), an open-source solution for business applications with more than […]

The number of smart contracts deployed on the Cardano ($ADA) network is nearing a new milestone, as developers are increasingly working on the cryptocurrency as its ecosystem develops and its decentralized finance (DeFi) space grows. According to data from Cardano Blockchain Insights, first reported on by Finbold, there are now a total of 2,90 Plutus-based […]

A popular cryptocurrency trader that predicted this year’s Bitcoin ($BTC) bear market has predicted that the price of Cardano ($ADA) is set to drop in the near future as the cryptocurrency is “getting weaker and weaker” based on its chart. According to pseudonymous cryptocurrency analyst Capo, Bitcoin’s support area around the $0.44 mark has now […]

Cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has maintained both Cardano ($ADA) and Solana ($SOL) as the top holdings in its fund offering investors exposure to smart contract blockchain networks while excluding Ethereum ($ETH). According to data from the Grayscale Smart Contract Platform ex Ethereum Fund (GSCPxE), its Cardano allocation is now 30.7%, meaning each share of the […]

Recently, Tim Harrison, Vice President Community & Ecosystem at Input Output Global (“IOG”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, told the Cardano community what benefits they could expect from the hotly-anticipated Vasil upgrade (aka “Vasil hard fork”) to deliver. Why Is Cardano’s Next Major Upgrade Named ‘Vasil’? On 10 December 2021, IOG Co-Founder and CEO […]