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Cardano (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ada-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ADA</a>) gained 8% between March 23 and March 25, once again testing the $0.76 resistance level, which has held for over two weeks. Although still far from its March 3 high of $1.18, traders remain optimistic about further gains.Their confidence is driven by the ongoing efforts of founder and CEO Charles Hoskinson to highlight the network’s advantages and ADA’s potential to industry leaders, particularly within traditional finance markets.The ADA price surge on March 3 was triggered by US President Donald Trump, who explicitly mentioned Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>), XRP (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/xrp-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP</a>), and Cardano on his official social media accounts as leading candidates for the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-says-digital-asset-stockpile-include-sol-xrp-ada" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">US Digital Asset reserves</a>.However, the Digital Asset Stockpile executive order signed by Trump on March 7 did not include plans to purchase any altcoins, despite his earlier claims.<h2 id="strong-trump-jr-and-charles-hoskinson-will-attend-dc-blockchain-summit-2025-strong">Trump Jr. and Charles Hoskinson will attend DC Blockchain Summit 2025</h2>A fresh wave of bullish speculation for ADA emerged after Donald Trump Jr. was announced as a speaker at the DC Blockchain Summit 2025, a panel moderated by Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson.The two-day event in Washington, D.C., will feature several prominent speakers, including Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and Bo Hines, Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets.<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-03/0195ce9f-34f7-79b0-8ead-d4df0901ad38" title="" alt="3 reasons why Cardano (ADA) price could be on the path to new highs"><figcaption>DC Blockchain Summit 2025 agenda. Source: dcblockchainsummit</figcaption></figure>Trump Jr. is scheduled to speak on March 26 alongside three co-founders of World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by US President Donald Trump. Launched in September 2024, the company has conducted two public token sales, raising a total of $550 million.More recently, on March 24, the project introduced a <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/world-liberty-financial-donald-trump-launches-stablecoin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">dollar-pegged stablecoin</a> on Ethereum and BNB Chain, though it is not yet tradable.A significant portion of ADA’s recent gains is likely driven by speculation about a potential collaboration with World Liberty Financial, similar to the $30 million <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-invests-30-million-trump-world-liberty-financial" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">investment from Tron</a> founder Justin Sun or Web3Port platform’s $10 million investment.However, some analysts, including 6MV managing partner Mike Dudas, have criticized Trump’s crypto venture, calling it a “pay-to-play” scheme rather than a true decentralized finance (DeFi) gateway.The potential listing of World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin on Cardano could be a game changer for the blockchain, generating significant hype around Charles Hoskinson sharing the stage with their representatives. Additionally, despite its relatively low total value locked (TVL) and onchain activity, the Cardano network has outperformed some of its competitors during testing.<h2 id="strong-us-digital-stockpile-and-cardano-s-defi-yield-could-boost-demand-for-ada-strong">US digital stockpile and Cardano’s DeFi yield could boost demand for ADA</h2>Improvements within Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem and the opportunity to capture outsized yields could also benefit ADA price. Hydra, a layer-2 scalability solution on Cardano, has <a href="https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-reaches-1-million-transactions-per-second-with-virtual-doom-while-ada-breaks-price-record-in-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">achieved</a> nearly 1 million transactions per second while running a game. Some users have pointed out that no transactions have ever failed on the Cardano base layer, setting it apart from networks like Solana, which claim scalability but have faced issues.<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-03/0195ce99-b0c8-710b-a05e-8199e8a75f15" title="" alt="3 reasons why Cardano (ADA) price could be on the path to new highs"><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://x.com/TapTools/status/1904260434200609066" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TapTools</a></figcaption></figure>Citing data from Dune Analytics, TapTools reported a 40% failure rate on Solana transactions in the 30 days leading into March 17. In contrast, the post claims that “every transaction is validated before hitting the chain” on Cardano’s “eUTXO model.”&nbsp;Despite this criticism, user grekos99 <a href="https://x.com/grekos99/status/1904361667942555998" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">argued</a> on the X social network that most failed transactions on Solana are “typically transactions which are not fully executed because some conditions were not met, for example, slippage.”Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-media-partners-with-crypto-com-to-launch-etfs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trump Media looks to partner with Crypto.com to launch ETFs</a>Regardless of perceptions of Cardano’s unique validation and scalability processes, some of its DeFi applications show potential. For example, Indigo, a non-custodial synthetic asset protocol on Cardano, is currently offering a 28% yield on its stablecoin and 20% on Bitcoin-wrapped deposits.However, part of the difference can be explained by returns being paid in INDY tokens, making them less appealing compared to some of its competitors.The path for ADA to reclaim levels above $1 heavily depends on the Cardano Foundation and <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/charles-hoskinson-cardano-ethereum-interview/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Charles Hoskinson’s ability</a> to guide the network’s governance and support for use cases that align with its scalability and decentralization goals.&nbsp;Other catalysts include potential developments in the US government’s Digital Asset stockpile and inflows into Cardano’s DeFi applications, which are currently offering higher yields than most competitors.This article is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal or investment advice. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph.

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