Why Charles Hoskinson Believes ADA Outshines Bitcoin in 2025

Move over, Bitcoin—Cardano's founder just dropped a truth bomb on why ADA is the smarter play.

Scalability meets sustainability

Hoskinson's brainchild sidesteps Bitcoin's energy-guzzling rep with a proof-of-stake system that actually turns a profit for holders. No more mining rigs heating your garage like a failed startup incubator.

Smart contracts that don't smart

While Bitcoin's scripting language collects dust, Cardano's Plutus scripts are booking real-world appointments—from DeFi to digital identity. All without congesting the network like Ethereum's gas fee circus.

The institutional wink

With African government partnerships and academic peer reviews, ADA's courting Wall Street without the cringe-worthy Bitcoin ETF desperation. Take notes, crypto bros—this is how grown-ups build infrastructure.

Of course, none of this matters when the SEC inevitably tries to regulate it as a toaster. Welcome to decentralized finance.

In Brief

• Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson claims that ADA is a better investment than bitcoin.
• ADA has delivered a cumulative return of +4,000% since 2017, versus +2,400% for BTC.
• Charles Hoskinson bets on technological innovation and DeFi to make ADA a more useful alternative than bitcoin by 2025.

Underperforming Bitcoin? ADA’s Shocking Figures

In an interview with Jason Yanowitz (Blockworks), Charles Hoskinson questions bitcoin’s supremacy. He points out:

• A +4,000% return for ADA (0.02 to 0.82 USD between 2017 and 2025), versus +2,400% for BTC (4,337 to 110,000 USD).
• The initial 108,000 BTC invested in Cardano have generated a capitalization of 30 billion USD, or 2.8× their current value.

Charles Hoskinson criticizes calls to convert ADA treasury into bitcoin, seeing it as a loss of yield. For him, Cardano shows that an innovation-focused asset can create more value than a mere reserve asset.

Why ADA Could Outperform BTC in Growth

Bitcoin is not better than ADA according to Charles Hoskinson, and he does not rely solely on the past. In fact, he projects ADA on a trajectory far more ambitious than that of bitcoin. He estimates that BTC could still multiply by 10, reaching 1 million dollars per unit. A spectacular prospect in itself. But according to him, ADA could reach growth of 100× or even 1,000×, implying a theoretical capitalization of up to 28 trillion dollars.

Such a scenario relies on the idea that cardano (ADA) is not a reserve asset, but a programmable infrastructure. Unlike bitcoin, its architecture would allow for exponential scaling thanks to:

• Decentralized applications;
• Smart contracts;
• Active community participation.

Can Cardano Surpass Bitcoin in 2025?

In Charles Hoskinson’s eyes, Cardano is not trying to dethrone Bitcoin in raw value but to surpass it in economic utility. By combining DeFi, privacy, and a modular architecture, ADA aims for structural growth where BTC remains static. The ambitions of projects like Midnight or Cardano’s positioning as a functional layer for BTC feed this strategy.

Hoskinson thus contrasts a productive network with a passive asset. If adoption follows, Cardano could capture more attention, developers, and capital by 2025. There is no need to surpass bitcoin in capitalization to establish itself: it just needs to be perceived as more useful. This paradigm shift is what ADA intends to embody.

Cardano positions itself as the technological underdog against a bitcoin viewed as stagnant. Charles Hoskinson bets on utility to surpass scarcity. If the future proves him right, ADA could well redefine the hierarchies of the crypto market. And you, will you bet on innovation or reserve?

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