of Cardano Foundation has delegated a total of 220 million ADA Delegation to up to 11 selected people Representative alias DReps, come out to around it $77 million at current prices.
All 11 of these representatives are either elected by the community or are prominent figures in the Cardano ecosystem who vote on governance issues on behalf of token holders delegated under Cardano’s decentralized governance model.
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The delegation targets DRep in the Deployment and Operations category. is intended to encourage Resilience and diversity. 220 million at current prices ADA The total amount pledged for this initiative represents approximately $77 million.
that Builds on 2025 program for which Foundation has committed $140 million ADA The development sector will have 7 DReps, bringing the total number of community delegations to 360 million people ADA. In this way, foundations aim to further decentralize power and also reduce the influence of self-delegation.
The end goal is to empower more community members where governance decisions are involved; On the one hand, it reduces the risk of centralization and ensures that the perspectives shaping the future of the project are as diverse and decentralized as possible.
11 DRep who was it Members selected by the Foundation include Ha Nguyen, Patrick Tobler, Florian Volley, Goofy Crisp, James Meidinger, Filerino, Martin Lang, Dmytro Stashenko, Ian Hartwell and Mike. full man And Dave.
Community members responded warmly to the news welcome as they see As a positive step towards decentralization and participation.
To be clear, the delegated token is straight Prize. The Foundation has delegated voting rights from its token stash only to trusted community representatives who are expected to vote to advance the interests of the ecosystem.
meanwhile, ADA Remains sponsored or controlled by the Foundation.
70 million ADA Delegated to fund core infrastructure
In November 2025, a group of Cardano organizations announced that famous known Within the Cardano ecosystem Submitted a proposal to withdraw $70 million as Cardano Pentad ADA Contributions will come directly from the Community Treasury to fund key integrations deemed essential to the network’s 2026 growth plans.
of pentad, composition Input|Output’s EMURGO, Cardano Foundation, Intersect, and Midnight Foundation claimed that this budget will support five key pillars of the ecosystem, including tier 1 stablecoins, institutional custody and wallets. On-chain analysis, cross-chain bridge and oracle pricing.
“We see this in $”ADA “The allocation is a necessary catalyst to integrate Cardano into the broader blockchain economy and support the long-term economic sustainability of the network,” the Cardano Foundation wrote about its proposal on X.
These integrations aim to provide the necessary infrastructure for the real-world DeFi sector. assets and organizational participation. The proposal quickly achieved the required threshold of over 50% positive votes from active DReps in over two days, setting a record as one of the fastest DRep approvals in Cardano history.
However, ratification would not take place until January 2026, as it still required approval from the Constitutional Commission. This initiative is in line with the ultimate goal of strengthening Cardano’s ecosystem without relying on it. V.C. Just like any other chain.
