Cardano (ADA) traded sideways on Thursday as holders gauged its near-term direction amid elevated crypto market liquidity.
EMURGO says Cardano is in talks with Mastercard's APAC team to join its crypto partner program, but no formal partnership has been announced yet.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned that the U.S. ‘Digital Asset Market Clarity Act' (the ‘CLARITY Act') could become a long-term constraint on the crypto sector, arguing it may entrench regulatory uncertainty for years while leaving the industry vulnerable to shifting political priorities. The bill, now being debated in the U.S.
The year 2025 proved to be unprecedented for the Cardano Foundation, the independent organization based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to promoting Cardano as a public digital infrastructure. With the release of the 2025 Activity and Financial Insights Report directly on-chain, the Foundation set a new standard for financial transparency and innovation in the blockchain sector, solidifying its leadership position on a global scale. For the second consecutive year, the Cardano Foundation has used the Reeve reporting platform to publicly disclose its financial data directly on the blockchain. This year, the report achieved a historic milestone: the financial statements were attested on-chain by Grant Thornton Switzerland, a step that further elevates the credibility and verifiability of the information provided.
The chief executive officer (CEO) of EMURGO, Phillip Pon, has hinted at a possible partnership with global payments giant Mastercard. In a post on X, Pon stated that EMURGO, the commercial arm of Cardano, has been actively engaging Mastercard's Asia-Pacific (APAC) team.
Dune Analytics adds Cardano blockchain data, enabling researchers and traders to query ADA staking, smart contracts, and network activity alongside 50+ other chains.
Cardano bounced 6% after a weekend breakdown, reclaiming its 2-month range, but ADA must clear $0.26-$0.27 to confirm recovery.
Cardano's range formation and long-term downtrend were central to the expected short-term price trends.
Volatility Shares, the company that launched the first leveraged crypto fund in the U.S., is expanding its roster to smaller digital assets
A Google Quantum AI paper placed Cardano second in quantum readiness, behind Algorand and ahead of Bitcoin and XRP Ledger. The ranking emphasized public-key exposure, key rotation support, upgrade flexibility, and transaction vulnerability windows as core criteria for post-quantum migration readiness.
Cardano (ADA) has secured the second spot among blockchains considered most capable of withstanding future quantum-computing threats.
Cardano price is at $0.27, up by 2.8% in 24 hours, clawing back ground after weeks of compression and bad prediction in the low-$0.24 range.