- Cardano launched Diffusion, its first staking basket, reaching 633,000 ADA in total value locked.
- The basket delegates to 50 stake pools, reducing risk and rewarding users with ADA and ATMA tokens.
Cardano has launched Diffusion as the first-ever staking basket, creating a new era for decentralized staking on the network. The product has already garnered more than 633,000 ADA in total value locked (TVL) and offers users a diversified staking model that delegates to 50 single stake pool operators (SPOs) simultaneously.
Diffusion enables ADA holders to distribute their stake across multiple SPOs, allowing them to mitigate risk while still earning rewards at a steady pace. If one pool goes down, they still get from others in the basket. The structure offers balanced reward distribution, benefiting smaller community-run pools without sacrificing yields.
ATMA and Diffusion Tokens Utility Across the Ecosystem
The basket includes different popular Cardano pools, such as ADA Farm, Bliss Staking, Spectrum Pool, and Granada Pool. ADA Farm has the highest allocation at 3.44% and most other pools have 1.97%. Each operator was chosen by the Cardano community via a decentralized vote earlier this year.
Participants receive ATMA tokens in addition to their ADA rewards. These tokens will later be utilized for functional purposes in Atrium, a Cardano ecosystem hub, where users will be able to market projects and receive other incentives. When users make deposits in ADA, they will receive a Diffusion token in return, which represents their stake and rewards accumulated over time, and it could make it easier to participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) on Cardano.
The Diffusion token also covers the potential taxation complexities. Instead of having taxable events at each epoch, users receive staking income only when they claim rewards, in accordance with local tax regulations.
In addition to diversification, Diffusion strengthens Cardano’s commitment to community governance. The model incorporates dReps, or delegated representatives, which enables users to participate in ecosystem proposals through voting while staking. This dual utility combines financial incentives with governance rights, bolstering Cardano’s decentralized decision-making framework. This strategy of diffusion also serves to alleviate one of the traditional problems of the Cardano staking ecosystem, namely, the concentration of power into the bigger pools.
ADA Market Eyes Technical Reversal
While Cardano’s ecosystem expands through innovation, its native token ADA has faced short-term market pressure. ADA rose to 12% over 24 hours on October 13, and a 25.45% weekly decline and a 22% monthly decline to trade around $0.7. The price is still significantly lower than its all-time high of 3.10 in 2021, but analysts see potential for recovery.
Technical charts indicate a symmetrical triangle shape for the entire 2025, which means volatility could return. The support level is seen by analysts to be at $0.69. Continuing to move above this level could lead to a breakout towards $0.95 with subsequent targets between $1.15 and $1.35. If the pattern is confirmed, ADA could rally as much as $2 by early 2026, representing a potential 200% rally. However, the failure to maintain $0.69 may invalidate the bullish setup and indicate the lower support levels.
