Cardano

After a disagreement with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Hoskinson ventured out on his own to create a blockchain improving on issues including scalability and interoperability. Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform, which many consider to be a more sustainable and energy-friendly alternative to proof-of-work.

Cardano was founded by Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum. Development of the blockchain platform began in 2015 and was launched in 2017. 

After a disagreement with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Hoskinson ventured out on his own to create a blockchain improving on issues including scalability and interoperability. 

Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform, which many consider to be a more sustainable and energy-friendly alternative to proof-of-work.

Cardano has a supply cap of 45 billion ADA. There are currently 32 billion ADA in circulation. ADA is the native token used on the Cardano network. 

Cardano is named after an Italian Renaissance mathematician, Gerolamo Cardano, and its native token ADA is named after Ada Lovelace, a 19th-century English mathematician sometimes credited as the first computer programmer.

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The aggregate crypto market cap rose from under $2.2 trillion to $2.9 trillion during the first week of August 2026. Bitcoin gained over 3% to peak above $65,300, pushing its market cap past $1.3 trillion while Cardano logged a second week of double-digit gains.

Crypto Weekly: ADA and Privacy Coins Outperform While XRP Slides

Bitcoin

Bitcoin advanced as the market settled down following the weekend's hack of Coldcard wallets and sales by Strategy even as sentiment remained in “extreme fear.”

Bitcoin rises toward $64,000 as Coldcard exploit, Strategy sales recede. ADA advances

Dogecoin

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) emerged as the best-performing large-cap cryptocurrency last week, defying losses among the market's heavyweights. Cardano Races to a 1-Month High ADA nearly rallied 11% in the last seven days, the highest among coins with at least $1 billion in market capitalization.

Cardano Tops Weekly Crypto Gainer Charts as ADA Soars 11% Over 7 Days — Bitcoin, Dogecoin Left in the Dust

Bitcoin's late-July rally collapsed into a $3,000 flash drop to $62,236 on July 31, erasing $40 billion in market capitalization. Total crypto market capitalization fell from $2.33 trillion to $2.22 trillion, while total altcoin market cap dropped to $964 billion.

BTC Plunge Triggers Altcoin Sell-off as ADA Bucks the Trend

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson on Monday called President Donald Trump “disgusting” but said a Harris administration would have been worse for crypto because Gary Gensler would still be running the SEC. What Hoskinson Actually Said About Trump?

Cardano Founder Calls Trump 'Disgusting', Though Harris Administration Would Have Been 'Worse' for Crypto

Ethereum

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has yet again accused Ethereum developers of adopting Cardano's Extended Unspent Transaction Output (EUTXO) architecture after an Ethereum Foundation researcher proposed a new native UTXO payment model recently.

Charles Hoskinson: Ethereum Is Copying Cardano's EUTXO Model Without Credit

Cardano's governance and ability to enact upgrades make it better equipped to respond to existential technical threats, said Hoskinson.

Cardano co-founder Hoskinson says Bitcoin could lose top spot if governance fails quantum test

The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in transaction signing software that enabled the derivation of private keys from blockchain transaction data.

SecondFi to shut down after $2.4 million ADA wallet theft

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) surges 7% in the past 24 hours, but derivatives data shows the move is being driven by a leveraged short squeeze rather than whale-backed accumulation. What Is The Van Rossem Hard Fork And Why Does It Matter?

Cardano Surges 7% But Whales Aren't Convinced: Is ADA's Rally A Trap?

For the first time in Cardano's history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.

Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade

The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano's community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it.

Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users

Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at approximately 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 without any reported downtime. The upgrade is an intra-era change inside Cardano's Conway ledger era. It does not replace the network's governance structure.

Cardano Triggers First Fully Onchain Governed Hard Fork in Network History

Input Output is handing its core infrastructure to outside teams as ADA gets a lift from an imminent protocol upgrade.

Cardano Pumps as Network Moves to Further Decentralize Development

Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again.

Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) is up 4.5% on Tuesday and steady accumulation trends point to a solid long-term outlook for the months ahead. Whales Hit 3.5-Year Accumulation High In an X post on July 14, on chain data platform Santiment Intelligence noted that wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA are now controlling more than 25.6 billion ADA.

Cardano Beats BTC, ETH, XRP in Whale Accumulation, ADA Spikes 4%

The exploit, which leveraged a flaw in the wallet's address generation system, drained roughly 16 million ADA worth about $2.4 million.

Cardano founding entity EMURGO steps down from Pentad governance role after wallet exploit

An exploit drained about $2.4 million in ADA from 374 addresses over three days through a flaw in SecondFi's wallet-generation software.

SecondFi maps recovery path after $2.4 million Cardano wallet exploit, aims to return funds within two weeks

SecondFi was hit by three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software. A further 129 million ADA was secured by the team before attackers could reach it.

SecondFi loses $2.4 million in Cardano wallet exploit

Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has said that 1,096 BTC, worth roughly $70 million today, held by an Isle of Man foundation was used to cover audit costs from the project's 2016 crowdsale.

Cardano's Hoskinson Says Disputed 1,096 Bitcoin Funded a 2016 Audit Amid $70 Million Mystery

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced Friday he is migrating the Cardano community from X to Discord as ADA trades up 14% since last Saturday despite sitting 74% below its 12-month high. Hoskinson Moving AMAs To Discord While Keeping X For Broadcasts Only Hoskinson posted Friday that he is working with community member Phillip Pon to build a new Cardano Discord server, framing it as a move toward better-moderated discussions away from X's noise.

'I Can't Solve Stupid!' Cardano Founder Hoskinson Plans To Abandon X For Discord: Is This Why ADA Up 14%?

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson returned Tuesday with an hour-long video, arguing Cardano is the only blockchain that can solve the global trust crisis and will eventually surpass Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Hoskinson Says Cardano Solved What Bitcoin And Ethereum Could Not Hoskinson's core argument centers on what he calls verifiable reflexivity, the ability for any transaction to carry its own proof of correctness without relying on trusted third parties.

Cahrles Hoskinson Returns, Says Cardano Will Beat Bitcoin: Why Is ADA Going Down?

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) price retreated for the fourth consecutive weeks and reached a record low, continuing a downward spiral that started in September 2021 when it peaked at $3.08. It dropped to $0.1608, with its market capitalization falling from a record high of $91 billion to $5.8 billion today.

Cardano Price Hits All-Time Low: Why Charles Hoskinson's Project Failed

Santiment data show active addresses at a four-month high and social dominance near a 2026 peak after Charles Hoskinson warned of a "wave of failures" in the ecosystem.

Cardano social activity surges as ADA falls under 20 cents to four-year lows

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced he is “taking a break” on Thursday after warning of a coming “wave of failures” in the ecosystem, sending ADA down 6%. Hoskinson Frustrated With Community Treasury Resistance Hoskinson's comments came in response to TapTools, a Cardano analytics platform that shut down after four years building on the network.

ADA Crashes 12%: 'The Markets Are Really Bad, Taking A Break', Cardano Founder Hoskinson Says

Hoskinson's remarks followed a string of setbacks for the ecosystem, including the cancellation of Cardano's flagship conference and the shutdown of a prominent analytics platform.

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