Messari has printed its Cardano Q2 2025 report, outlining its progress in governance, DeFi, funding, Cardano’s worth, and ecosystem progress.
Cardano’s utilization declined in Q2 and ADA’s market cap fell 13% QoQ to $20.7 billion
Cardano NFT gross sales elevated by 5% QoQ (Quarter on Quarter) to 250 in Q2.
Crypto analysis platform Messari has printed its State of Cardano Q2 2025 report, outlining the community’s progress in governance, DeFi, funding, and ecosystem progress.
In June, Cardano held its first on-chain election to kind a Constitutional Committee tasked with reviewing and approving governance adjustments. This marked a transition beneath the CIP-1694 mannequin, shifting governance from being developer-led to community-led.
The Intersect governance group authorised a price range of 275.3 million ADA, managed instantly on-chain. Thousands and thousands of ADA have been allotted to help new tasks constructing inside the Cardano ecosystem.
The report additionally talked about the Midnight Community’s Glacier Drop airdrop, which distributed NIGHT tokens to 30 million wallets throughout eight blockchains. Moreover, the launch of Veridian and Reeve on the Cardano Basis demonstrated the continuing growth of Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem.
Cardano’s Market Outlook in Q2 2025
The report summarized Cardano’s market outlook in Q2, which exhibits that regardless of all of the efforts it put in, the asset nonetheless confronted a serious downturn.
In keeping with the report, “Cardano’s utilization declined in Q2 regardless of broader energy in crypto markets. ADA’s market cap fell 13% QoQ to $20.7 billion as its worth decreased 14% to $0.57, underperforming the Layer-1 sector, which gained 16% over the identical interval. Quarterly charges dropped 45% to $724,600, and common every day transactions declined 36% to 31,200.”
In contrast to Cardano’s ADA utilization, its NFT gross sales elevated by 5% QoQ (Quarter on Quarter) to 250 in Q2. Through the interval, the JPG.retailer remained Cardano’s high NFT market when it comes to transaction quantity. It even grew to become the fifth hottest Cardano protocol in Q2.
