{"id":46457,"date":"2025-09-09T07:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46457"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:01:50","slug":"now-that-cardano-is-dead-whats-the-next-big-thing-ada-price-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46457","title":{"rendered":"Now That Cardano is Dead, What\u2019s The Next Big Thing? (ADA Price Prediction)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cardano (ADA) is caught in an identity crisis. The ADA price is trading near multi-month lows, and debates over its future direction have split its community. Founder Charles Hoskinson now says the answer is a radical pivot: Cardano should position itself as a core smart contract layer for Bitcoin DeFi.<\/p>\n

But Cardano critics like former BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes<\/a> aren\u2019t letting Hoskinson off the hook.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s the apology for predicting thousands of dApps in 2022, while Cardano has 59<\/a> in 2025 with any real volume? Where\u2019s the apology for saying\u00a0 Chainlink integration in 2021, but you\u2019re still at the negotiating table in 2025?<\/p>\n

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(Source: DappRadar<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cardano\u2019s largest dapp<\/a>, a dex aggregator, has less than 1k daily active wallets. The chain has no volume, no liquidity, and doesn\u2019t even have usable stablecoins. Is Cardano a dead chain walking like Hayes suggests?<\/p>\n

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Is Cardano Losing Its Narrative?<\/h2>\n

Hoskinson admitted this week that Cardano faces a \u201cnarrative void.\u201d Despite years of technical upgrades, including Leios, Hydra, Midnight, and the Glacier Drop, the network is still dogged by criticism that it lacks a clear mission.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCardano has tremendous innovation but continues to suffer from perception problems,\u201d Hoskinson said in a recent Twitter post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For all you $ADA<\/a> believers, what dAPP on this list originally launched on Cardano, or has a Cardano offering that is heavily used? From my very limited knowledge, looks like none of them do. That’s why $ADA<\/a> is dog shit. @IOHK_Charles<\/a> pls educate me.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n