Overview
- ADA is trading near $0.78, struggling to clear $0.80 resistance despite slight capital inflows and community optimism.
- Hoskinson forecasts ADA could grow 100×–1000× based on its $27.5 billion market cap, 60% staking rate, and potential as a Bitcoin DeFi yield layer.
- He contrasts Cardano’s upside with Bitcoin’s projected 10× gain, arguing ADA’s smaller size offers more room for exponential growth.
- His proposal to convert up to $100 million of treasury ADA into Bitcoin and stablecoins aims to underwrite a planned Cardano stablecoin but has split community opinion.
- Critics warn that Cardano still trails Ethereum and Solana in DeFi usage and faces regulatory and technical challenges that could hamper its expansion.