Although the Cardano Cryptocurrency (ADA) remains 75% below the maximum historical price that marked more than three years ago, there are factors that make it possible to have a bullish year. According to the investor and content creator, Josh Noriega, Those who are «against» Cardano this year do so from an emotional place. In his opinion, you cannot be informed and be at the same time pessimistic about this cryptocurrency. Therefore, he has deepened 10 reasons to be bullish with Cardano in 2025, In a recent video posted in its YouTube channel.
1. Decentralization
With the implementation of the hard fork plowman in 2025, Cardano achieved decentralization in governance. Now all key decisions within the ecosystem depend directly on ADA holders, avoiding the influence of a central power or governments. «Now there is no one to pursue, no one to process, no one to trust to make good decisions for the ecosystem,» says Noriega. The specialist requires that, «without decentralization, there is practically no competitive difference between existing traditional infrastructure systems and blockchain technology, which means that there is no real reason for anyone to adopt it.» That is why you see key that Cardano has ceased to be centralized. It is worth clarifying that the decentralization of governance by possession of ada tokens It is not an absolute guarantee that things will work as expected. What would happen if an entity managed to have enough Ada to influence network decisions? What would happen if a government or an actor with malicious intentions would identify the holder of a large amount of ADA and press it to take a certain course of action? This is one of the staking problems and governance distributed through tokens. While it can offer improvements with respect to completely centralized driving, it also has failure points.
2. Scalability solutions
Scalability solutions to Cardano are arriving such as layer 2 Hydrawhich reached – according to a press release published by the same developer – 1 million transactions per second (TPS) in tests, and improvements in the Ouroboros protocol that seeks to increase speed without compromising decentralization. This resolves one of the historical criticisms of the network, which was its low processing capacity. «Critics said Hydra would never reach about one million TPS, but he did,» emphasizes Noriega. «Of course, he took a little more time than we expected, although that is not the point,» he clarifies, since he finally concretized.
Noriega explains why she is bullish with Ada. Source: Late Game Crypto.
3. Capa expansion 2
There are multiple layers 2 arriving in Cardano that will add additional functionality to this ecosystemHighlights the specialist. In addition to Hydra, there is Gummy Worm, which is created by the same development team, Sunday Swap, and aims to strengthen decentralized finances (DEFI). Among others, it is also Midgard, developed by the Anastasia Labs team to offer scalability to developments on the network. For Noriega, this will put Cardano ahead of other ecosystems, since the arrival of these solutions can allow the execution of more complex intelligent contracts and integration with other decentralized applications. This is currently a cardan deficiency. While other networks such as Ethereum, Sola, Sui, Avalanche, etc., stand out in the decentralized finance industry, Cardano goes unnoticed. The following graphic, provided by Defillama, shows that Cardano is network number 20 by value blocked in the defi ecosystem:
Cardano does not stand out in the decentralized finance ecosystem. Source: Defillama.
4. More programming languages
«One of the greatest complaints, if it was not the largest, about Cardano in the last cycle of the upward market was the fact that the only available development language was Plutus, which is a Haskell derivative,» says the investor. The reason for this is that it is difficult to use, but this is changing with the arrival of new languages to the ecosystem, he warns. Now, in addition to Plutus, developers in Cardano can program in Aiken (similar to Rust), Helios (alternative to JavaScript/TypeScript) and Option (based on Python).
This extension eliminates one of the entry barriers for its development. «It has never been easier to develop in Cardano, and that is bullish,» says Noriega.
5. Midnight protocol
Cardano will be the first network to implement Midnight, a side network that allows to keep private personal data of commercial sectors such as medical care or financial services. According to Noriega, Midnight is the most underestimated technology of the century Because you could monopolize billions of dollars that currently the cryptocurrency market cannot take advantage of not offering privacy.
6. Bitcoin integration
Bitcoin OS, a project that aims to allow Cardano to act as a layer 2 for the Bitcoin Network, «is probably one of the most exciting things that will arrive in Cardano in 2025-2026,» considers the specialist. This initiative means that Bitcoin (BTC) users, the most capitalization cryptoactive of the world, can use Cardano to perform transactions and participate in Defi applications. According to your vision, This will represent hundreds of billions of dollars flowing to the Cardano ecosystem. It is worth clarifying that there are numerous layer 2 networks. Why would money go to Bitcoin Os, precisely? Noriega awards this to the fact that Bitcoin and Cardano «speak the same language», unlike other networks, because they are based on the UTXO model, which allows a safer and more efficient management of transactions. We will have to see if the market really cares about that, or if you prefer other scalability solutions or intelligent contracts for Bitcoin.
7. Strategic associations
The Cardano Foundation, an organization that promotes development in the ecosystem, has been working with universities and governmentsincluding projects in Argentina and the United States. In addition, it has made connections with technological companies such as Huawei and various entities of the United Arab Emirates. For the specialist, these associations demonstrate that Cardano is being considered for real world uses, which reinforces his credibility and mass adoption potential.
8. Native tokens in large exchanges
Many project tokens built on Cardano are not yet listed in large centralized exchangessuch as Binance and Coinbase. Even SNEK and IAG, two of the five with the greatest capitalization in the ecosystem (as the following table exhibits), do not appear on such platforms.
Cardano tokens with more market capitalization. Source: Coinmarketcap. But this provides for the investor who changes as he wins greater cardan notoriety. Exhibition on these platforms not only increases accessibility, but also improves the liquidity and market confidence in the network, Noriega distinguishes.
9. Stablecoins growing
Unlike the anterior bullish cycle, finished in 2021, Cardano now has Stablecoins Like USDM, USDA and Djed. This is key, according to the specialist, since it allows investors in the ecosystem to access these assets to maintain value outside the high volatility of cryptocurrencies such as ADA. «During this cycle, we have an Arsenal of Stablcoins that are reaching the market and have been and will continue to increase their liquidity throughout this upcoming upward market,» he emphasizes.
10. Institutional interest
As cryptootics reported, Grayscale presented a proposal before the SEC, an American regulatory body, to launch a quoted background in the stock market (ETF) To the cash of Ada. For Noriega, this is a sample of the growing institutional interest in the Cardano ecosystem. Note that these investment funds are mostly used by institutional or corporate investors that prefer to operate through financial instruments regulated by the SEC. With the presidential entry in the United States of Donald Trump, who seeks a regulatory change that allows the country to become the «capital» of the cryptocurrency industry, the approval of said ETF could be a reality. If these instruments are authorized and gain demand, ADA's price could be pressed up. Although, it should be taken into account that this is not a guarantee. Without going any further, for now there are only ETF to the cash of an Altcoin, Ethher (eth), whose flows have not made the price of cryptocurrency recover its record reached three years ago.
This confluence of factors places Ada in a position in which he could benefit of a continuation of the current bitcoin upward cycle and cryptocurrencies, as long as Cardano wins greater interest.