Cardano Founder Set To Meet With Elon Musk? Teaser Sparks Speculation

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson teases “special” meeting, with speculations suggesting Tesla CEO Elon Musk could be involved.

From achieving fully decentralized governance through the implementation of the Plomin hard fork to anticipated institutional demand amid exchange-traded fund developments, the Cardano community has had several reasons to be excited lately.

But this has not stopped Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson from stirring the pot even more.

Someone Special

“I am meeting a very special person towards the end of the month, can’t say who it is, but you know, just getting stuff set up for that,” Hoskinson asserted in a surprise February 2 Ask Me Anything session where he expressed optimism about what the month could hold for the ecosystem.

Over a week later, this line continues to positively puzzle the community as influential members draw attention to the statement, with the big question being who this “very special” person could be.

Judging by a recent poll that went live on Monday, February 10, and has seen nearly 7,000 votes, most community members think this special person is none other than Tesla CEO and U.S. Department of Government Efficiency Head Elon Musk.

Cardano community poll on who Hoskinson is set to meet with at the end of February 2025 Source X

The speculation comes amid reports suggesting that the world’s richest man, being the head of D.O.G.E., is considering putting the U.S. government on a blockchain to bolster transparency and efficiency.

It helps that in recent weeks, Hoskinson can be found under almost any X post related to Musk, either defending or supporting the controversial billionaire.

See here—

It’s extraordinary that we don’t start from this revelation and work backwards towards how we got here instead of some demanding that the person tweeting be shut off.

Some people would rather the possibility of fraud at a scale of 100s of billions of dollars existing than give… https://t.co/q6jvF1rIRN

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 9, 2025

Here—

The obvious conclusion is that we need to not do the audit, say there is no waste, and hate the person who wanted to do the audit. Bonus points if we attack the age of his employees. https://t.co/N8kq4hGgaK

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 9, 2025

And here—

Because it didn’t do it’s job. Just like the Department of Education. These well-intended liberal institutions get established, spend tens of billions of dollars, don’t achieve their mission, and then become immune to accountability and criticism

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 7, 2025

Some more.

So how much do they pay you? Is it like a per tweet deal or a monthly rate?

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 6, 2025

Meanwhile, Hoskinson has thrown in a twist. He has now suggested that he could be meeting with more than one person in response to the ongoing poll.

Other names being considered are the White House Crypto Czar David Sacks, former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, and “someone irrelevant,” which currently holds second place in the poll.

Amid the speculation, ADA, the native token of the Cardano network, is trading over 15% higher on the day, near $0.80. However, a chunk of these gains is likely due to speculation of growing institutional demand following news that Grayscale has filed to launch a spot ETF based on the asset.

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