Gate News reports that the Cardano Foundation released its 2025 activity and financial report on April 2, showing that its total assets, measured by market value, decreased to 287.5 million Swiss francs (approximately $361 million), a 45% decline from $659 million at the end of 2024. This decline is mainly due to the drop in ADA price rather than significant changes in asset allocation strategies.
By the end of 2025, the foundation held 561 million ADA, slightly less than the 599 million held in 2024; Bitcoin holdings also decreased from 1,054 to 656 coins, with some Bitcoin transferred into loans and collective investment plans to ensure operational continuity during market downturns and avoid forced sales of crypto assets. Meanwhile, cash and financial assets increased from 8.3% a year earlier to 25.5%, reaching $55 million, enough to cover more than a year’s operating expenses.
In terms of expenditures, the foundation allocated $29.7 million across three main areas: technology, marketing, and governance, with technology accounting for 40.3%, marketing 39.6%, and governance 20.1%. Personnel costs decreased by 25% year-over-year, but outsourcing and external service expenses increased significantly. Notably, Grant Thornton Switzerland conducted the first on-chain certification of the foundation’s audit results on the Cardano blockchain, combining traditional Swiss statutory auditing with blockchain verification to enhance transparency.
The report also disclosed the foundation’s first treasury expenditure, with a total budget of 6 million ADA for the Cardano Summit and regional events, including 2.8 million ADA allocated for the flagship event in Berlin. Moving forward, the foundation plans to focus on real-world asset infrastructure, expanding the stablecoin market, and DeFi liquidity, as well as testing on-chain financing models. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson proposed an independent treasury investment model, supporting projects to purchase ADA on the market and return profits to the treasury, providing an early example of on-chain fund circulation for the foundation.
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