A Cardano Stake Pool Operator is pushing back hard against a set of criticisms leveled at the blockchain last October, arguing that many of them no longer reflect the current reality.
The reassessment highlights tangible progress across liquidity, infrastructure, and connectivity, narrowing the gap between perception and delivery.
At the time, critics pointed to the absence of reliable native stablecoins, noting frequent depegging of iUSD and thin liquidity on DJED, which kept traders on centralized venues. That argument has weakened with the recent launch of USDCx, a 1:1 redeemable version of USDC built for privacy and designed so it cannot be frozen or clawed back at the address level.
Liquidity concerns have also eased. Total value locked, measured in native ADA, has climbed roughly 21% since the critique, rising from 447.9 million to 542 million ADA. Meanwhile, FluidTokens has nearly doubled its locked capital, while Danogo has more than doubled.
Network performance complaints focused on two-minute transaction delays during peak periods and the lack of promised scaling tools, such as Hydra and Leios. Development on Leios has since advanced visibly, with a clear path demonstrated toward 1,000 transactions per second. Even during the December 2025 NIGHT launch, congestion remained manageable, and DEX activity rose without disruption.
 
Critics once highlighted low on-chain adoption, citing roughly 19,000 daily active users and contrasting it with faster chains such as Solana. The Cardano SPO notes that Cardano’s fee structure encourages deliberate, economically meaningful activity rather than the bot-driven wash trading and spam that can inflate metrics elsewhere.
At press time, CoinMarketCap data shows Cardano up 3.46% to $0.2493 in 24h, closely tracking a broader market recovery led by Bitcoin’s 1.01% gain, driven primarily by beta momentum as sentiment stabilizes. This modest rise was supported by incremental demand from a new retail listing.
If ADA holds above the key $0.245 support, it could retest the 7-day SMA near $0.255; a break below risks a drop toward $0.24. Direction hinges on Bitcoin’s reaction to Fed Chair Powell’s March 30 speech.
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