Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stirs rumors of a meeting with President Donald Trump.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has had the community wound up with excitement all through February 2025 with teasers of a meeting with “a special person” towards the end of the month. Hoskinson has again fanned these flames of excitement with an announcement of a Florida trip.
“A Thing”
On Thursday, February 27, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson revealed that he would miss ETH Denver, an annual Ethereum hackathon and conference, because he had to be in Florida “for a thing.”
In light of Hoskinson’s teaser earlier in the month, the disclosure has stirred speculation of a meeting between the Cardano founder and President Donald Trump at his Florida-based Mar-a-Lago club.
> Sorry I’ll miss ETH Denver but I had to go to Florida for a thing
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> — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 27, 2025
The speculation is no doubt helped by recent statements suggesting that Cardano or at least Hoskinson may be set to play a role in shaping U.S. blockchain policy and technology.
Specifically, on February 12, 2025, Hoskinson disclosed that he had had a discussion with Aptos co-founder Avery Ching, to which the latter responded that he was excited to collaborate on policy and technology to make the U.S. the leader in blockchain.
Cardano community members had initially bet on Hoskinson’s special person being Tesla and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk. The billionaire had sparked speculation within the crypto community with vocal support for putting U.S. government operations on the blockchain.
Despite the pent-up excitement, there is still a chance that Hoskinson’s Florida trip may not turn out to be as significant.
Meanwhile, ADA, the native token of the Cardano network, has shown no reaction to the speculation, trading at the $0.6 mark at the time of writing, representing an over 9% loss on the day amid a broad market correction.
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