{"id":73313,"date":"2026-02-20T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73313"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:01:34","slug":"why-is-grayscale-buying-more-cardano-bitcoin-defi-could-be-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73313","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Grayscale Buying More Cardano? Bitcoin DeFi Could Be The Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Grayscale<\/strong> increased its <strong>Cardano<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ADA-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ADA\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ada\/usd\">ADA<\/a>) allocation in its Smart Contract Fund as the blockchain pushes into Bitcoin DeFi, aiming to bring external <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) liquidity onto Cardano using non-custodial collateral and stable coin-based lending.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Grayscale Allocation<\/h3>\n<p>Grayscale\u2019s Smart Contract Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZachHumphries\/status\/2024639889132650596\">holds<\/a> a mixed bag of smart contract platforms, with the largest positions in <strong>Solana<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SOL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SOL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/sol\/usd\">SOL<\/a>) and <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>), followed by Cardano, <strong>Avalanche<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"AVAX\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/AVAX-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/avax\/usd\">AVAX<\/a>), <strong>Hedera<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"HBAR\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/HBAR-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/hbar\/usd\">HBAR<\/a>), and <strong>Sui<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SUI\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SUI-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">SUI<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The recent increase in ADA allocation coincides with Cardano\u2019s accelerated push into Bitcoin DeFi.<\/p>\n<p>Cardano recently fell out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50747388\/why-is-grayscale-buying-more-cardano-bitcoin-defi-could-be-the-answer?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Why\" is grayscale buying more cardano bitcoin defi could be the answer>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grayscale increased its Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) allocation in its Smart Contract Fund as the blockchain pushes into Bitcoin DeFi, aiming to bring external Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) liquidity onto Cardano using non-custodial collateral and stable coin-based lending. The Grayscale Allocation Grayscale\u2019s Smart Contract Fund holds a mixed bag of smart contract platforms, with the largest positions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-73313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}