ADAUSDT
Cardano / Tether USD
crypto Composite

Both is better. Users can choose to pass value via Rosen or LayerZero.
If we’re talking liquidity pools, then you have to also trust the bridge backing the token if you’re pooling bridged tokens.
Ex. ADA/USDC.e (Holding a bridge token)
If a users is only moving value then the trust moment is short. The time needed to trust is a major factor but cost and liquidity matter if you’re just going to move value
Ex. USD to USDC to USDC.e to ADA and SNEK to then pool ADA and SNEK together. (Not holding a bridge token)

If you’re seeing random tokens show up plus a “receive ADA” button that somehow results in negative numbers, I’d be super careful. That pattern sounds a lot like those dust or phishing style tokens that try to get you to connect your wallet and sign something sketchy.
I’ve seen people mention fake reward events before where the site looks legit but the transaction preview is actually draining ADA instead of sending it. If the transaction shows you sending funds out, that’s a huge red flag.
Personally I wouldn’t connect my main wallet to anything I’m unsure about. Maybe check in the Cardano sub or Discord to see if anyone else confirmed it’s legit. When it comes to random airdrops, I kind of assume scam first and verify after.

Surprised ADA not on that list..maybe not as old?

Regarding traction and growing interest, I would say following.
First is the success of mainnet launch, smooth, fully operational status etc. DUST token use. It is reported that some “starting dapps” should be part of this, but I dont think it was explicitly marketed. Anyway these need to be present on testnet already, not sure what it is though. Charles Hoskinson also said he would like to see top 15 Cardano dApps to get funding and showcase Midnight benefits where applicable.
Here I need to admit, I am no active user of dApps as of now, I think the real stuff is to come. Not sure if DEXes are good example like MinSwap. I would look for a new privacy requiring thing, so that it did not exist in 2025 yet :)
I like the demos InputOutput and Midnight do, as they use games as a tool. For example the Doom challenge for showcasing Hydra performance and scalability or now MidnightCity - a game of AI agents conducting transactions with privacy options with each other.
Also the market indicators will be good to watch. Price, volume - it was even 5bn after the launch,
today is less than 10m 🤔😄
I suggest those recent Japan Tour videos on YT and Ch. Hoskinson presentations as he is the guy to go. Maybe you saw them already.
For the competitors I think “privacy” is sort of new buzzword and it not always means the same thing.
There was ZCash/ZEC ressurrection recently, but have doubts this is anywhere close, and some devs left the team. Chainlink reported some “privacy” features recently but it is oracle, also saw some Solana stuff.
https://medium.com/@0x_mikee/the-future-of-privacy-on-solana-why-2026-changes-everything-and-how-lumenless-leads-the-way-3ba2c2c66c06
Midnight is special as it was built as privacy go-to system for all other L1 chains (Btc, Eth, Sol, ADA, …) - so quite ambitious stuff. Anyway they worked on it for many years like 7 or so, many older era scientists were asked and joined the team. Also Charles said, he managed to bring together people from several other L1 chains and Midnight presents the best pieces/lessons learnt from all those projects. This collaboration effort is unprecedented itself, for such competitive and adversary industry 😁

Still holding and staked for Yield but I consider my ADA investment lost, hope I am wrong and there is a turn around.

permabers should be protected under the ADA tbh

yeah so my portfolio used to be BTC ETH SOL XRP DOGE AVAX MATIC DOT LINK ADA ALGO... you get the idea. applied the one sentence test and realized half of them i was just holding because reddit told me to. ended up with BTC ETH SOL XRP DOGE — each one fills a clear role and i can actually explain why i hold it without sounding like im reading a whitepaper

Exodus Wallet - Cardano ADA - Unable to Claim Staking Rewards - Need dREP delegations.

I’m using it too, and adding ADA alongside XRP and DOGE feels well balanced.

People/BTCers like to pull that chart up all the time. But it doesn’t change the fact in the last year or so it has moved from #30 to #10, above ADA. Is up 70% over 1Y while BTC is down -28% . No other of the (dozens?) BTC forks can be found in the top 100 but yet BCH is #10.
BCH has a dynamic block size algorithm, smart contract capabilities and on-chain tokens while still having the same core functionality as BTC.
In May this year there will be another VM upgrade.
So yeah very likely and not just because of hopium but quality upgrades and independently funded development. By comparison BTC’s future is bleak, Lightning failed all it did was promote custodial wallets, TapRoot didn’t solve anything. There’s an ETF and Saylor keeps buying, yet it keeps going down? Digital gold narrative also failed, down 50% in ~6 months doesn’t inspire confidence.

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