Hoskinson Says Cardano Is on Track to Become the Best and Fastest Crypto

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has reassured ADA holders about the token’s long-term trajectory, stressing that the project is progressing exactly as planned. 

This promising message came in a recent livestream, where Hoskinson outlined Cardano’s short- and long-term vision and discussed its potential integration with other blockchains.

Community member Mintern shared a short clip from the livestream on X. In it, Hoskinson affirmed that Cardano is steadily moving toward becoming “one of the best and fastest crypto projects in the world.”  

His remarks highlight Cardano’s long-standing commitment to performance, scalability, and technical rigor—principles that have shaped the project since its launch in 2017. 

BREAKING NEWS:

CHARLES VOWS TO MAKE CARDANO THE FASTEST AND BEST CRYPTOCURRENCY ON EARTH 😱😱😱@IOHK_Charles says “we’re moving in a great direction to have Cardano be one of the fastest and best cryptocurrencies on the planet.

Are you ready for what’s coming? pic.twitter.com/AG9S0ThWau

— Mintern (@MinswapIntern) December 2, 2025

How Cardano Is Becoming Faster 

The development team has been working extensively to enhance network capacity through upgrades like Hydra. The scaling solution reached a major milestone last year, achieving up to 1 million transactions per second in testing. 

In October, the team shipped Hydra Node version 1.0.0, designed to enable much faster transaction processing on Cardano. Following the launch, Hoskinson teased that the scalability solution would provide an excellent experience in 2026. 

The developers are also pushing ahead with another major scalability upgrade called Leios. According to Hoskinson, Leios, which aims to further increase Cardano’s transaction throughput, will roll out next year. 

As Cardano continues to grow, Hoskinson believes the project is on track to become the best cryptocurrency in the world. He stressed that building the quickest and best blockchain is exactly what the community “paid for,” and the team remains committed to delivering on that expectation. 

Integrating Other Blockchains on Cardano 

In the meantime, Cardano is preparing to introduce its privacy-focused sidechain, Midnight. The project’s native token is set to begin trading next week. The community describes Midnight as a network capable of unifying other blockchain ecosystems within Cardano. 

This effort is already underway. Specifically, the Midnight Foundation recently allowed users from seven different blockchains, including Bitcoin and XRP Ledger, to participate in the NIGHT airdrop.

Hoskinson believes this initiative will help unify the broader crypto landscape, ultimately attracting more capital inflows into Cardano and strengthening its position in the market. He also reiterated his long-term vision to position ADA as the leading cryptocurrency — a goal that would require Cardano to surpass Bitcoin in market capitalization.

With Cardano currently trading at $0.44 with $16 billion valuation, it would need an 11,561% rally to overtake Bitcoin’s $1.85 trillion market cap.