3 Reasons Why Cardano ADA is READY TO PUMP? - Altcoin Buzz

Cardano and $ADA have been trending for a while now. So, how about waking up and $ADA skyrocketed overnight? Well, that’s quite possible. My team and I found three explosive signals that you may have missed. They may be beneath the surface, but if you know where to look, you will find them. Well, I saved you the work. 

I will walk you through each of these three steps. They’re not about hype or rumors, but real data. If you’re aware of these three catalysts, you will be celebrating once the Cardano $ADA surge starts. We have a big one that includes an airdrop opportunity….. So, stay on until the end and find out more about it.

1. Integration with the Bitcoin Ecosystem and Cross-Chain Innovations

This year, Cardano integrated with BitcoinOS. This opens up $1.5 trillion of liquidity between the Bitcoin and Cardano ecosystems. Both use the UTXO model, which, in simple terms, keeps track of your Bitcoin stash. Or, in Cardano’s case, your $ADA stash. And it’s different from what most blockchains use.

There are other factors that will drive user and developer migration to Cardano. For example, with Midnight. This is a privacy-focused sidechain developed by Cardano. So, stick around, Midnight is coming up next.

Back to BitcoinOS. This makes it easy for Cardano to integrate with Bitcoin. However, Cardano added smart contracts to its UTXO. By the way, this stands for ‘Unspent Transaction Output’.

In early May, BitcoinOS moved 1 $BTC to Cardano, moved it around in Cardano, and sent it back to the Bitcoin ecosystem. See the picture below. A few weeks later, this was repeated live on Consensys 2025 in Toronto. However, the demonstration used Cardinal to move Bitcoin in front of a live audience. All this without using bridges. Instead, it makes use of Zero Knowledge proofs. 

Source: X

This led Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of IOHK, to launch Cardinal. IOHK is ‘Input Output’ and is the company behind Cardano. So, Cardinal will be Cardano’s first Bitcoin DeFi protocol. It wraps Bitcoin UTXOs into assets that you can move around in the Cardano ecosystem.

As a result, it brings noncustodial lending and staking with UTXOs to Cardano. How about using your Ordinals as collateral for this?  However, in contrast to BitcoinOS, Cardinal uses a bridge.

2. Midnight and the Glacier Airdrop

Midnight is a big deal for Cardano. Hoskinson has been talking about it for months. So, what is it? Well, it brings zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and private smart contracts to Cardano. This one’s important, since that’s what institutions are looking for, privacy. Most blockchains don’t offer this, so it’s a smart move by Cardano. 

🧠 Why It Matters

Midnight uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable private, decentralized applications.

The airdrop is retail-only — no VCs, no presale, and ADA holders will receive the largest allocation. pic.twitter.com/OqpScWVFCu

— TapTools (@TapTools) July 8, 2025

Midnight is a sidechain, built on Cardano. One of its goals is to connect Cardano with other chains. This allows the privacy enabled Cardano dApps, to interact with other ecosystems. Developers can now pay fees with various native tokens on other chains. On the other hand, they can also earn rewards on various other chains. As a result, over 1,000 developers have already signed up for the Midnight devnet. This sets up the Cardano ecosystem for a whole new area of innovation. 

The Glacier Airdrop

A big part of Midnight is the ‘Glacier airdrop‘. Hoskinson mentioned that this would be the biggest airdrop ever. 24 billion $NIGHT tokens are being distributed to 37 million eligible wallets. 

If you hold at least $100 of 8 specific tokens each, you are eligible. The 8 tokens are, $ADA, $BTC, $ETH, $XRP, $SOL, $BNB, $AVAX, and $BAT. There’s no need for KYC or anything like that, just hold these tokens. 

The initial airdrop was scheduled for July. However, it has now been postponed to a date before November 2025. Hoskinson mentioned that he will unveil the airdrop schedule in early August. That could well be at the Rare Evo conference, held from 6th to 10th of August in Las Vegas. The snapshot was apparently taken on 11th June. So, this is a big event, and many eyes are focused on Cardano right now. 

🚨BREAKING

Charles Hoskinson confirms that the Midnight Glacier airdrop will take place before November this year!

This will be the biggest airdrop ever recorded🤯 pic.twitter.com/9D8SzsJVzY

— Sssebi🦁 (@Av_Sebastian) June 9, 2025

There’s a 60-day claim period. So, make sure you don’t miss this claim period, if you’re eligible. However, you will need a CIP-30 compatible Cardano wallet. $NIGHT is after all a native token on Cardano. Your eligible tokens for the airdrop need to be in self-custody wallets. Your claim is also frozen. The claimable tokens unlock over 365 days, with 90 days intervals.

📦 How to Claim$NIGHT will be a Cardano Native Token, so you’ll need a CIP-30 compatible Cardano wallet.

Daedalus users: restore your seed in a supported wallet.

Hardware wallets are supported too. pic.twitter.com/TlvjYniqfY

— TapTools (@TapTools) July 8, 2025

On YouTube, we asked you to ask us Midnight related questions. Here are the answers to some of your questions. Don’t miss my video on how to claim the Midnight airdrop. Check the link here.

Glacier Airdrop Questions

Luis Kinte asked; Will Cardano’s Midnight airdrop be done at Coinbase or Binance as well?

The airdrop is most likely NOT being distributed through centralized exchanges. Currently, there’s no information available on how eligible tokens on CEXes can get the airdrop. It may be that the exchanges need to get the airdrop on behalf of their eligible customers. The primary focus is on holders of eligible tokens in self-custody wallets.

Another question asks: I thought the airdrop was automatic, and I didn’t have to do anything.

This is partially true. If you have coins like Bitcoin or $BNB, then it is automatic. However, you do have to claim it, and you need a proper wallet for that. Your $BNB will be in an EVM wallet that may not support Cardano. So, for that reason, you still have to go through the claiming process.

A third questions is; Where do you need to paste the $ADA address to claim the airdrop?

There will be a special claiming page available in due time. This page will have specific boxes. One for EVM addresses and one for the $ADA address where you would like to receive your $NIGHT airdrop.

3. Institutional Adoption and Prospect of a US Spot ETF

Institutional adoption for Cardano is big. So far, YTD, Cardano has gotten $73 million in institutional inflows. This ranks them right between the top chains for inflows. Only 5 chains had more inflows. These are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Solana, and Sui. It shows that institutions and asset managers have rising confidence in Cardano. This before there’s even a Cardano spot ETF. So, let’s look at them now.

JUST IN: Cardano $ADA has pulled in $73M in institutional inflows year-to-date—just shy of Solana’s $81M.

One of the strongest performers among altcoins. pic.twitter.com/FZEpmvmbGw

— TapTools (@TapTools) June 2, 2025

On 24th of February, Grayscale filed for the first ever Cardano spot ETF in the US. This is the Grayscale Cardano Trust with the GADA ticker. The SEC has a 240-day reviewing process. This puts the approval or rejection date on 22nd of October. According to Polymaket, there’s an 83% chance of approval. 

🚨 BREAKING: GRAYSCALE FILES FOR SPOT CARDANO $ADA ETF WITH NYSE. pic.twitter.com/emrl01ZG3U

— Kyle Chassé / DD🐸 (@kyle_chasse) February 10, 2025

21Shares also filed for two more Cardano ETFs. However, they are for index ETFs, so Cardano is a small part of such an ETF along with other coins. 

Cardano also has various US Futures markets, among others, on Coinbase, Binance, and Bitnomial. Having US Futures markets is a prerequisite for spot ETF approvals.

🚨BREAKING:

Coinbase is launching Cardano $ADA futures to its 100M+ users.

Are you bullish enough? pic.twitter.com/eO64Ik52Xr

— Julia (@CryptoJulzss) March 16, 2025

So, what’s your view on Cardano and its $ADA token? Do you think it can explode in August? Let me know in the comments and make sure to follow our X and Discord accounts.

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