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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson delivered a keynote at Paris Blockchain Week on Wednesday. In his address, Hoskinson underscored the necessity of pushing blockchain into what he described as its “fourth generation,” a phase he believes will require forging cooperation among competing protocols rather than fomenting rivalry. He argued that only through inclusive, cross-chain collaboration can decentralized finance genuinely replace traditional structures. Cardano’s Multi-Chain Future Hoskinson captured the audience’s attention by announcing plans for an upcoming airdrop designed to distribute tokens to users of eight different networks. “So in the coming months, we’re gonna do an airdrop—37 million people in eight networks,” he said. “If you hold Bitcoin or Ether or Cardano or XRP […] Solana and a few others, you’ll get a drop. Everybody gets a taste.” Elaborating on his long-term vision, Hoskinson traced the historical roots of cryptography and the emergence of Bitcoin as “the first generation” of blockchain, a breakthrough that took “30 years to resolve” as part of the cypherpunk movement. Yet he lamented that the space continues to grapple with centralization risks and regulatory uncertainties, citing financial crises and unpredictable economic policies as recurring arguments for “why we need blockchain and cryptocurrencies.” He asserted that power should be decentralized, distributed to “the edges,” rather than concentrated in a small circle of economic actors. This will lead to boom in real-world assets: “About $10T to $13T will enter crypto from RWAs. Every RWA has a compliance regime. With privacy on-chain, settlement can be compliance. The 4th gen enables you to bridge TradFi and DeFi, making it just Fi. That’s the magic.” Hoskinson further examined the limitations of today’s blockchain ecosystem and called for a new focus on privacy and identity, aspects he believes are…

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