- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently targeted leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, which caused a significant drop in the prices of top cryptocurrencies, including Cardano (ADA).
- Despite this, the founder of Cardano remains optimistic, stating that the ADA ecosystem is expanding even during these uncertain market conditions.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently targeted leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, which caused a significant drop in the prices of top cryptocurrencies, including Cardano (ADA). Despite this, the founder of Cardano remains optimistic, stating that the ADA ecosystem is expanding even during these uncertain market conditions.
Cardano Thrives Amid Market Uncertainty: ADA Ecosystem Shows Strong Growth
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, presented statistics that provide evidence of ADA’s growth. Despite the noise in the crypto market, he emphasized the importance of focusing on the signals. According to data, Cardano is experiencing real adoption and expansion as an ecosystem, even in the midst of the industry’s most challenging conditions.
Hoskinson drew a comparison between ADA and Bitcoin, highlighting that Cardano’s growth is taking place in a completely decentralized manner.
However, major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Huobi, responded to the SEC’s categorization of Cardano and other crypto assets by introducing trading pairs for Cardano on their platforms. As a result, the price of ADA has declined by over 26% in the past 30 days. Currently, it is trading at an average price of $0.277.
According to the data, Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has shown remarkable growth and is currently the fastest-growing ecosystem in terms of total value locked (TVL). In January 2023, Cardano had a TVL of $265 million, which has since surged by approximately 148% to reach $657 million by June 2023. In contrast, Ethereum’s TVL, which was around $20.9 million in January 2023, has decreased to $15.6 million, reflecting a decline of 25%.
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