- Cardano is expanding its staking, tokenization and listing across Europe and Latin America.
- PUC-Rio and Cardano are partners in researching blockchain in the energy and financial sectors.
- Kraken lists Cardano’s Snek Token, demonstrating the growing institutional interest in CNT.
The Cardano Foundation expands its global initiative through network expansion and newly announced academic collaboration, promoting blockchain research and practical applications. In April 2025, the foundation announced multiple integrations across Europe and Latin America, expanding Cardano’s scope in both the financial and academic sectors.
2/@LCX, a regulated exchange based in LieChtenstein, currently features a dedicated $ADA ecosystem page introducing Cardanonate tokens and projects.
A step forward for visibility in regulated European markets. 🌍
Check out the page here: https://t.co/p0ycuwy3mn pic.twitter.com/fslhhnpjbe
– Cardano Foundation (@cardano_cf) May 8, 2025
In April, we saw several new integrations highlighting Cardano’s native assets adoption and the adoption of staking capabilities. LieChtenstein-based Regulatory Exchange is currently hosting a dedicated Cardano ecosystem page. In this new section, there are various Cardano Native Tokens and related projects, which will increase the visibility of the blockchain ecosystem for users in the European market.
In France, Melia Finance introduced Ada on the chain staking on the financial platform. The development represents Melia’s first Cardano-related integration since expanding staking access to a wider range of financial audiences and entering the Crypto market in 2017.
Meanwhile, the LCX project Tiamonds launched a silver-supported token, which has led to the process of tokenized assets for the Cardano blockchain. This means that all tokens can be used for 1 gram of silver, using Cardano Smart Contract for secure management and ownership verification. This move will make Cardano’s decentralized ecosystem a real-world asset.
Another notable development was the list of Snek, Kraken’s Cardano native token (CNT). As a tier-one exchange, Kraken’s inclusion of CNTs indicates an increased institutional perception of Cardano’s token standards and overall ecosystem maturity.
Research partnership with the University of Brazil has been announced
Research collaboration between the Cardano Foundation and the Pontic Catholic Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO), founded in Latin America, was the only major academic institution in the region. Partnerships cover areas where you invest, such as blockchain technology used in industries such as finance, digital assets, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and blockchain economics.
The collaboration will include collaboration with Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, which will explore blockchain-based energy production and consumption solutions. The purpose of this project is to explore renewable energy applications and improve sector transparency, efficiency and security.
Puc-Rio’s ledger lab will become an extremely important partner. As part of the initiative, the Cardano Foundation will support the development of ADA labs for Blockchain Applications (ALBA), a laboratory modeled after a similar initiative in Argentina. The Lab is a blockchain-oriented education course, which will be the center of collaborative research and technical experimental activities.
This partnership also helps to promote public engagement through collaborative activities, collaborative research and community development projects. Such activities link academia to real-world use cases for blockchain, promoting cross-sector knowledge sharing.
