Reasons that could give a positive momentum to Cardano (ADA)

Cardano (ADA) increased by 8.44% between March 19 and March 26, and started to regain investor confidence. As of the time of writing, ADA's market capitalization reached 27.14 billion dollars in the last 24 hours.

Investors' confidence in Cardano is related to the developing DeFi ecosystem, its inclusion in the US Strategic Crypto Reserve, and the potential price increase expected from news coming from the DC Blockchain Summit 2025.

Flirting with Trump-backed Word Liberty Financial

The listing of the USD1 stablecoin supported by U.S. President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial on the Cardano blockchain is among the factors that will positively affect the rise of ADA. This potential development could create significant activity in the Cardano ecosystem, which has been stagnant for a long time.

Despite Cardano's total locked assets being (TVL) and still showing relatively low levels in terms of on-chain activity, tests have demonstrated that it offers significant advantages over its competitors in terms of network performance. Cardano's layer-2 solution, Hydra, recently managed to execute approximately 1 million transactions per second in a test. Moreover, the fact that no transaction has failed on Cardano's base layer to date distinguishes the network from its competitors. Particularly, the technical issues faced by networks claiming "high transaction capacity" like Solana further highlight this achievement. The crypto analytics platform TapTools, in a report based on Dune Analytics data, stated that 40% of transactions on the Solana network failed during the 30-day period leading up to March 17. This means that 4 out of every 10 transactions did not occur. This represents a significant blow to Solana's scalability claims.

Solana: 40% failed transactions (past 30 days)

Cardano: 0 failed transactions. Ever. pic.twitter.com/RGXpqmp80r

— TapTools (@TapTools) March 24, 2025

Cardano founder meets at the same event with Trump Jr.

On March 26, important figures in the industry, including Trump Jr. and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, will come together for the 2025 DC Blockchain Summit. This announcement has sparked new interest regarding ADA.

Hoskinson will share the stage with Trump Jr. associated with World Liberty Financial. This situation could enhance Cardano's visibility and reputation in the traditional finance sector. Considering that World Liberty Financial has raised $550 million since its establishment, a potential collaboration with ADA is expected to attract significant investments.

Important figures participating in the summit include Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and many others such as Bo Hines, Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on Digital Assets.

Strategic Crypto Reserve Dilemma

US President Donald Trump had stated that he would create a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" with the Bitcoin seized by the federal government under criminal proceedings. On March 2, Trump shared on the social media platform Truth Social that he had nominated ADA as a candidate for the US Strategic Crypto Reserve. The announced candidates for altcoins included not only ADA but also other altcoins such as Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL). However, the regulation signed by Trump did not include any plans for purchasing altcoins. It remains a topic of curiosity how the government will approach the digital assets it has seized in the upcoming period.

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