Charles Hoskinson

Hoskinson Proposes  Billion Cardano Sovereign Wealth Fund

Hoskinson Proposes $1 Billion Cardano Sovereign Wealth Fund

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Charles Hoskinson has laid out the broad contours of what he calls a “decentralized sovereign wealth fund” for Cardano, arguing in a 18-minute livestream on 12 June that the network’s treasury should be actively managed, diversified beyond ADA, and ultimately expanded into […]

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Cardano’s 0M plan to tackle DeFi and stablecoin challenges

Cardano’s $100M plan to tackle DeFi and stablecoin challenges

The Cardano ecosystem could soon undergo a strategic treasury shift to energize its DeFi and stablecoin sectors. On June 13, the network founder Charles Hoskinson suggested allocating around $100 million worth of ADA from the network’s treasury towards a mix of stablecoins and Bitcoin. According to him: “[W]e take about a hundred million worth of ADA

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Charles Hoskinson Unveils Cardinal, Unlocking Bitcoin Liquidity for Cardano DeFi

Charles Hoskinson Unveils Cardinal, Unlocking Bitcoin Liquidity for Cardano DeFi

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has unveiled Cardinal, a new protocol that he explains will bring Bitcoin-native DeFi to the Cardano network for the first time, according to an X post on June 9. Welcome to the first Bitcoin DeFi protocol developed for Cardano https://t.co/CoYvrYnIfI — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) June 9, 2025 The launch is a

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Input Output Exits Cardano Leadership Ahead Of Elections

Input Output Exits Cardano Leadership Ahead Of Elections

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano development studio Input Output Global (IOG) has announced that it will relinquish its seat on the blockchain’s Interim Constitutional Committee once community elections conclude this summer, drawing a clear line under the role it assumed during the 2024 Chang hard-fork transition.

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Cardano Is Stuck, Says Hoskinson—Here’s How Wants To Fix It

Cardano Is Stuck, Says Hoskinson—Here’s How Wants To Fix It

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Charles Hoskinson’s latest two-hour Ask-Me-Anything on May 24 ranged from personal anecdotes to quantum-era thought experiments, yet the Cardano founder kept circling back to a single theme: the network must evolve—technically and politically—if it is to compete in an age of zero-knowledge,

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0 Million Cardano Smear Was ETH-Backed Stunt: Hoskinson

$600 Million Cardano Smear Was ETH-Backed Stunt: Hoskinson

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The public conflict between Charles Hoskinson and non-fungible-token artist Masato Alexander who alleged that the Cardano founder quietly redirected 318 million ADA—worth roughly $619 million at the time—from legacy presale wallets into Cardano’s reserves during the 2021 Allegra hard fork, is further

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Crypto’s Crisis Is Cultural, Not Just Technical

Crypto’s Crisis Is Cultural, Not Just Technical

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Broadcasting live from Buenos Aires, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson devoted nearly half an hour to a sweeping—and frequently caustic—diagnosis of what he believes ails the crypto asset industry. Speaking from Input Output Global’s new 100-seat office overlooking the Río de la Plata,

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Cardano Founder Reflects On Betrayal, Plans To Step Back

Cardano Founder Reflects On Betrayal, Plans To Step Back

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In a deeply personal thread posted to X on Sunday, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson said the past weeks’ accusations over the handling of unclaimed initial-coin-offering (ICO) funds had revealed “who [his] friends truly are” and left him determined to curtail his once-ubiquitous

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Cardano Founder Teases ‘Dozens Of Deals’ This Summer And Fall

Cardano Founder Teases ‘Dozens Of Deals’ This Summer And Fall

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano’s development company Input Output (IO) and privacy-centric browser maker Brave Software have announced that full Cardano support is coming to the native Brave Wallet, marking one of the most substantial integrations of the blockchain since the Voltaire governance era began. According

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Cardano Engineering Reaches ‘Inflection Point’: Hoskinson

Cardano Engineering Reaches ‘Inflection Point’: Hoskinson

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says the blockchain’s engineering culture has pivoted decisively from the “monolithic purity” of its early years to a multi-team model that—if it works—will finally give the ecosystem the development velocity many stakeholders have long demanded. Why Cardano’ Engineering

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