Cardano (ADA) price rises by 4.13% to $0.7887, Charles Hoskinson calls for a full audit of Input Output Global (IOG)

The token has grown 1.07% over the week, and 25.82% over the past month. The price volatility comes at a time when Cardano founder, Charles Hoskinson

Cardano founder, Charles Hoskinson, has called for a full audit of Input Output Global (IOG) following serious claims of the misuse of 318 million ADA tokens. There were claims that after the Shelley upgrade in 2020, ADA tokens were transferred without community consent.

After the claims went viral on X (formerly Twitter), Hoskinson took notice and launched a comprehensive audit to assure everyone that Cardano supports transparency and optimal governance. He also negated any malpractice by the IOG team.

Large global firms like BDO International, McDermott Will & Emery, and a blockchain analytics team have been contracted to investigate the matter completely. The audit results have not yet been released, but the move has been welcomed by the community as it indicates a proactive attitude towards investor trust and community governance, especially in light of the bleak economic outlook.

Open interest in Cardano derivatives has risen to more than $920 million, indicating better confidence among traders who expect a big move and are positioning themselves accordingly. Cardano’s market cap has risen to more than $27.8 billion, and the daily trading volume has surged to $1.2 billion, an increase of 59.37%.

Cardano is currently building a partnership with BitcoinOS to create a trustless Bitcoin BTC/USD bridge using zero-knowledge proofs. It will allow Bitcoin staking without intermediaries and make Cardano a DeFi layer for Bitcoin. According to a live test, it successfully transferred 1 BTC onto the Cardano network as xBTC within seconds, using cryptographic proofs. The technology will release over $2 billion in liquidity, which is higher than an initial estimate of $1.3 billion, due to the upward trend of Bitcoin price.

Cardano is moving into a crowded Bitcoin staking market with big players such as Babylon Protocol BABY/USD, Lombard Finance, and Solv Protocol SOLV/USD. Platforms such as Stacks and Core have already gained significant traction with TVLs of $214 million and $778 million, respectively. If Cardano’s solution does not offer significant advantages or manage to gain adoption quickly, its DeFi ecosystem will not get the boost it needs.

Whale movement is still increasing, with addresses between 10 million and 100 million ADA accumulating closely to 13 billion tokens. The ongoing accumulation by big holders is a sign of trust in the long-term future of ADA, especially amid low DeFi statistics.

Cardano’s DeFi TVL is approximately $400 million, and the network has only $30 million of stablecoins. These statistics pale in comparison to competitors such as Arbitrum, which has a TVL of $3.2 billion, and DeFi protocols on other blockchains.

If ADA manages to maintain its current momentum and gets a boost from the Bitcoin integration, it can expect a stronger breakout. The next few days will be important for Cardano as it waits for the audit report and tries to reassure investor sentiment. It seems that Cardano is addressing its problems effectively, which can paint a better future for the token in 2025.