The post Can Bitcoin rescue Cardano’s DeFi plans? Hoskinson bets on. appeared com. Key Takeaways What’s really holding Cardano back in DeFi? Weak coordination and governance. Hoskinson noted that most of ADA’s 1. 3 million active users aren’t yet fueling DeFi liquidity. How does Cardano plan to fix it? By linking with Bitcoin and real-world lending to draw new liquidity and break its DeFi stagnation loop. Cardano’s [ADA] DeFi problem is coordination. Charles Hoskinson said Cardano’s technology isn’t the issue its challenge lies in how the community coordinates compared to Ethereum [ETH] or Solana [SOL]. Instead of chasing the usual TVL race, he’s now pushing a different path: linking Cardano with Bitcoin [BTC], and using real-world lending to pull in liquidity. Cardano is still far behind in DeFi volume, but the base is there. Now, can it unlock that user base and come back to life? What’s Cardano’s real problem? Hoskinson’s latest comments made one thing clear that the low DeFi numbers don’t reflect the size of Cardano’s actual base. He stressed that Cardano already has over 1. 3 million users staking ADA and participating in governance, but most of them don’t engage in DeFi protocols. As Hoskinson put it, “It’s not a technology problem. It’s not a node problem. It’s not a problem of imagination and creativity. It’s not a problem of execution. We can pretty much do anything. It’s a problem of governance and coordination and ultimately accountability and responsibility.” As far as solutions go, he referenced Midnight and RealFi as core pillars, both designed to link ADA with Bitcoin and real-world lending. This would mean capital can flow in from outside crypto. Hoskinson added that this could unlock “billions of dollars,”, especially once ADA and BTC can be lent, converted into stablecoins, and.