Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has outlined an ambitious blueprint to turn the newly formed “Pentad” into a de facto executive engine for ecosystem growth in 2026, linking critical infrastructure deals, DeFi expansion, RealFi, Midnight’s privacy stack and a more aggressive developer and institutional outreach strategy.

Cardano Sets 2026 Ambitions With Pentad Governance

In a new livestream titled “Thoughts on Growth for Cardano in 2026 (Pentad Series),” Hoskinson framed Pentad as the missing executive layer in Cardano’s Voltaire-era governance design. CIP-1694 and the Cardano Constitution, he argued, have already established a “very strong legislative branch” and a “very strong judicial function,” with DReps providing checks and balances. What has been absent, he said, is an entity

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