Hoskinson Outlines Cardano Funding Overhaul For 2026
Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has outlined a significant shift in the ecosystem's funding strategy for 2026. He argues that the treasury has historically over-invested in infrastructure (nodes, scaling) while underfunding utility (DApps, DeFi) and user experience (wallets, onboarding, marketing). This imbalance has resulted in many applications struggling with low user activity, TVL, and revenue.
Hoskinson's proposed solution is a treasury-backed investment model, replacing grants. The treasury would take ownership stakes in selected projects, requiring strategic alignment, oversight, and partial revenue-sharing in return. This model aims to foster consolidation, as he states the ecosystem cannot sustain numerous similar projects, like 25 DEXs, at current adoption levels.
He also emphasized rectifying Cardano's "uncool" public narrative by properly funding content creators and ambassadors. The core message is that Cardano must transition from an "infrastructure game" to a "utility and experience game" with coordinated, strategic intent to drive adoption.
bitcoinist03/12 01:02