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May 2025 is going to be huge for Cardano, and it seems big players are already betting on ADA. Don’t let today’s market dip shake you out. Cardano $ADA records the highest institutional inflows over the past month. It is the only altcoin that surpassed the institutional inflow to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Cardano ($ADA) had one of the most unexpected comebacks during recent months. It looked for a while like it was dying a slow death.
However, suddenly, things took a different turn for Cardano. It managed to get into the spotlight and, most importantly, managed to stay there. Its price went from 24 cents to $1.23 in early December 2024. So, what happened with Cardano? Time to take a deep dive.
Cardano, a Bitcoin Layer 2 Solution
Cardano has been flying high recently. Since early November 2024, the $ADA price took off. It reached a temporary top of $1.23 in early December 2024. The current $ADA price of around 70 cents is still well above the four-year long 35 cents shuffle.
That we saw a price change in November 2024 is no coincidence. Before this date, its CEO, Charles Hoskinson said that Bitcoin could die. He even compared it to a religion instead of an ecosystem. Well, you can’t be much clearer about your position on Bitcoin, now, can you?
Cardano CEO Charles Hoskinson admits #Bitcoin may lose its market position
“I don’t see how Bitcoin survives, it’s a religion not an ecosystem… hashrate will fall and it will die a slow heat death” ???? pic.twitter.com/gN2p8ExS5k
— Web3_Vibes (@W3Vibes) September 3, 2024
However, not much later, Hoskinson did a 180 and showed his support for Bitcoin. Not only that, but the whole Cardano chain turned Bitcoin, so to speak. Cardano should become a layer 2 for Bitcoin. This is great news for DeFi, for both Bitcoin and Cardano.
???? JUST IN: Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says they are working hard for Bitcoin DeFi!
Next Bitcoin Layer 2 Cardano? ???? pic.twitter.com/XOToZ0ByzC
— Ordinal News ???? (@Ordinal_News) February 17, 2025
But before we get into this, let’s first take a look at the transaction systems that both platforms use. They’re both based on UTXO. This stands for “Unspent Transaction Output”. So, this system tracks balances in both Bitcoin and Cardano. In other words, your wallet doesn’t have one single balance. Instead, it has various, smaller unspent outputs from earlier transactions.
Besides tracking balances, it also prevents double-spending. Let’s see how this works. Each transaction creates a new UTXO. That’s the amount you received. When you spend this crypto, you select the UTXO as an input. However, the transaction also created a new output UTXO. That’s your remaining balance.
So, to clarify, this is an important feature that both projects share. This means that it’s not difficult to hook Cardano up to Bitcoin. Now, let’s look at what this means for both projects.
What Will a Cardano Layer 2 for Bitcoin Bring?
Bitcoin lacks an efficient and secure infrastructure for its DeFi. As you may know, Bitcoin doesn’t support smart contracts. However, Cardano does. So, this brings Bitcoin’s liquidity and Cardano’s smart contracts together.
???? BREAKING: The founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson ,just reversed his stance on Bitcoin and announced that Cardano L1 is pivoting to become a Bitcoin L2 ???? pic.twitter.com/UCpGnvMHMt
— Ordinal News ???? (@Ordinal_News) October 29, 2024
This would make Cardano a layer 2 on top of Bitcoin. So, does this mean that Cardano will stop being a layer 1 chain? Well, no reason to worry here. Cardano will create “UTXO-enabled interoperability.” Cardano will work alongside Bitcoin. Thus, both networks get the best of each other strongest points.
About UTXO Revolution! ????
The chain most likely to enable smart contracts for Bitcoin is Cardano, as both chains use the UTXO model.
Similarly, MATIC has been a successful L2 scaling solution for Ethereum because they both use the accounting model.
Therefore, since Cardano and… pic.twitter.com/lpkcmzwa4v
— Nala (@NALAp20) December 18, 2024
It would make Bitcoin more versatile and also a lot more user-friendly. There’s also a lot of liquidity on Bitcoin that can be more efficiently used with this set up. This liquidity can now also flow into the Cardano ecosystem.
Sundial and the BitcoinOS Grail Bridge
To enable this, there’s the Sundial platform. This is a work in progress. Sundial offers a hybrid layer 2 solution. There will also be a BitcoinOS Grail Bridge, the BOS bridge. This allows Cardano to sign Bitcoin transactions with $ADA as gas fee. This is massive news. The BitcoinOS Grail bridge uses ZK-proofs. That’s a first for the Bitcoin mainnet. As you may remember, with ZK you can verify transactions in a secure way.
All this, combined, has great implications for crypto. For example, we can see,
- Increased Utility. Besides holding or trading $BTC, users will find new use cases. For example, in DeFi.
- Cardano’s Growth. The Bitcoin integration can bring more users and developers to Cardano’s ecosystem. Bitcoin’s liquidity will also become available on Cardano.
- Interoperability. Two big networks start to collaborate instead of competing.
Presenting the UTXPros: @GoMaestroOrg.
They provide the ultimate UTXO toolbox for building apps between Cardano and Bitcoin.
Maestro is a natural ally for @BTC_OS, making trustless interoperability between Bitcoin and Cardano a reality.
Why this team up *must* happen. ???????? pic.twitter.com/9mUO3uYsXH
— BitcoinOS (@BTC_OS) February 11, 2025
This can happen as early as May 2025. Cardano is also working on integrating Hydra (1M+ TPS) with the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Bringing Cardano as a layer 2 to Bitcoin can be bigger than the Taproot upgrade in 2021. The $ADA price should also see a positive development once this goes live.
BIG MOVE: ADA MEETS BTC LIGHTNING! ⚡️
Cardano is working on integrating Hydra (1M+ TPS) with the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Two giants combining forces… THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING! pic.twitter.com/Q1wEHLlIKd
— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) March 16, 2025
Cardano On the Up
There’s more cooking at Cardano. Real big news is that NASA is now working with the Cardano Foundation to integrate NASA. This cooperation is in three main fields.
BREAKING NEWS:
CARDANO FOUNDATION IS WORKING WITH NASA INTEGRATING CARDANO ????????????????@F_Gregaard says and I quote: “We’re working with NASA on track and trace, data provenance, and satellite data”
He also threw some hint at what they’re doing with Bitcoin-cardano Defi plans:… pic.twitter.com/ByjaKpdPo0
— Mintern (@MinswapIntern) March 16, 2025
- Track and trace. This refers to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).
- Data provenance.
- And satellite data.
Recently, $ADA whales also bought 130 million $ADA. However, only to sell 100 million $ADA again, only two days later. Still, a 30 million $ADA net plus.
So, this should bring you up to date with Cardano. Especially, with its Bitcoin connection. There’s not a lot of talk about it right now. However, this could become huge. So, what do you think of Cardano? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget top join our discussion on Discord and X.
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