Benjamin Ben Zvi

🫎 Empowering businesses with Blockchain & AI | Consulting, Biz Dev & Project Management | Innovating for impact & security | @Elkconnect_web3 🫎

[Yoram BenZvi @YoramBenzvi]

For the Dreps that did not yet vote,
or for the ones that voted NO.

https://t.co/zHYX3EG6cp proposal in 3 min

Tag your Drep

DM is open for any needed info & clarifications

@Elkconnect_web3

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

What 20,000 transactions on @Cardano actually means 🌾⛓️

@YoramBenzvi @udaisolanki @AiquantTech @andamio_teams @ZengateGlobal

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

20,000 farms on @Cardano. 🌾⛓️

This is what 20,000 transactions actually looks like.

Behind every transaction, there's a team making it happen. 👇

The Syngenta Foundation India field team — on the ground, in the villages, teaching farmers how to map their land and put it on chain for the first time.

A huge thank you to the SFI team, to every Agri-Entrepreneur, and to every farmer who trusted us. 🙏🇮🇳

Heading towards 100k by August

📄 Read the 5am treasury proposal:
→ One pager: https://t.co/N95lPUhM7d
→ Full proposal: https://t.co/HWQJ8GGigS

Share with your DRep 🗳️

Follow the count live:
https://t.co/yT1siXkWBq

#Cardano #5amEarth
@andamio_teams @YoramBenzvi @udaisolanki @AiquantTech @ZengateGlobal

[Yoram BenZvi @YoramBenzvi]

Adoption. Adoption. Adoption.

We all know Cardano needs more adoption — but what does our plan actually look like?

- Building safer, faster, better technology? Essential.
- Making life easier for developers? Absolutely.
- DeFi, interoperability? No argument there.

But technology alone is not a plan. Who are we building for? What unites us while preserving decentralization? How are we adapting to market shifts and emerging opportunities?

As @phillip_pon recently put it:
"Institutional/enterprise is the future of web3. Retail, historically the leader, is now a follower. Institutional adoption is everyone — the large banks, asset managers, insurers. If we don't have native integrations, they simply will not build on Cardano."

I fully agree. Through institutional adoption, we can bring the real benefits of blockchain and decentralisation to the masses. Stablecoins and cross-border payments are the obvious starting point. The next wave will likely come through seamless UX/UI — onboarding people who don't even realise they're using blockchain. My conviction: within 5–10 years, blockchain will be invisible infrastructure that delivers value to every person on the planet, whether they know it or not.

Think about the internet. We needed the infrastructure first — connectivity, speed, better hardware. That was the baseline. But then came the applications, and with them, an entirely different mindset: user-first, enterprise-focused, industry-disrupting. Blockchain is at that same inflection point.

The Product Committee did a great work in 2025 establishing a vision, mission, and north star KPIs — a strong foundation for direction.

Through collaboration with the GMC and Product Committees, we identified two areas where the ecosystem can meaningfully improve:

1. A Vertical Strategy Rather than spreading efforts thin, we need focused investment in areas where Cardano has a genuine strategic advantage — Bitcoin DeFi and government solutions are prime examples.

Each vertical should have:
- A disruptive solution addressing a massive, real-world problem
- Dedicated tech infrastructure and tooling (across multiple Cardano teams)
- A clear go-to-market strategy
- World-class partners ready to scale
- KPIs aligned with the Cardano 2030 roadmap
- Multiple dApps delivering solutions across vertical use cases

*Both the Orion Fund and Service Plan have independently identified vertical focus as critical to their success.

2. Lead Generation & Enterprise Onboarding A coordinated lead generation layer would allow the ecosystem to:
- Proactively reach the most relevant companies
- Manage incoming leads more efficiently
- Connect prospects with the right Cardano builders
- Support enterprises through onboarding (where BD teams invest the most time)
- Deploy a dedicated business task force — Pentad-style — to close deals

This treasury cycle will likely fund mostly technical proposals. They are all important — but technology alone will not drive adoption.

DReps are working incredibly hard under real pressure, and a budget framework (allocating across tech, business, and admin) would have helped guide decisions. We don't have that this time.

So to the ecosystem and to our DReps: please give serious attention to business and adoption-focused proposals. Engage with them, ask questions, push back where needed. Non-technical proposals may seem easier to critique (especially for non developers) — but remember, supporting adoption is not a soft goal. It is a strategic necessity. Funding technology alone increases risk; it doesn't reduce it.

I am deeply optimistic that Cardano will become a leader in meaningful, large-scale adoption. It depends on us — this extraordinary community, built on an incredible technical foundation. It is time to take it to the next level.

Thank you.

P.S. Sorry for the long post — I have plenty more to say about it 🙂

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

It’s 5AM somewhere, wake up Cardano ! ☀️

📄 Read the 5am treasury proposal:
→ One pager: https://t.co/C9AjhomYnf
→ Full proposal: https://t.co/bj2zTOhHvw

Share with your DRep 🗳️

@ZengateGlobal @YoramBenzvi @udaisolanki @AiquantTech @andamio_teams

[PALM Economy @palmeconomy]

Agriculture doesn’t just need more data.

It needs trusted data.

Together with 5am Earth Foundation, zenGate is helping build the trust layer for global agricultural supply chains.

Starting with farmer, land, and crop data that can be verified once and reused across many applications.

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

📄 Read the 5am treasury proposal:
→ One pager: https://t.co/C9AjhomYnf
→ Full proposal: https://t.co/bj2zTOhHvw

Share with your DRep 🗳️

@ZengateGlobal @YoramBenzvi @udaisolanki @AiquantTech @andamio_teams

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

"We've been doing this for 15 years. We want to continue to have a long-lasting impact in emerging markets — supporting farmers, creating more jobs."

That's Pierre-Alain, co-founder of https://t.co/D5mmoHSqZ2 — and one of the key partners behind https://t.co/I3QwWpqAFK. 🌍

Seedstars brings the investment expertise, the platform, the methodologies, and the track record.

We bring the on-chain data.

Together — we give farmers access to capital they've never had before. 💰⛓️

🗳️ Share this with your DRep :

→ One Pager: https://t.co/N95lPUhM7d

→ Full proposal: https://t.co/HWQJ8GGigS

#Cardano #5amEarth

[Yoram BenZvi @YoramBenzvi]

Impacting people lives?
Enterprise adoption?
Reaching vision 2030 KPIs?

Watch this 30 min video and learn more about https://t.co/u5HjpddFBz & https://t.co/0vcPuQ7Kkj work in India and how an info trust layer on Cardano can connect to many Cardano dapps and impact the lives of millions of farmers.

https://t.co/g5Ab1wHBIK

Please share feedback and questions

[Yoram BenZvi @YoramBenzvi]

at the meantime also on Cardano

Farms in India being mapped and onboarded to Cardano - already 7965

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

🫎 Incredible energy at the @Cardano booth during @signalweek !!!

Spent the week connecting with founders and builders ready to push the ecosystem forward.

@YoramBenzvi @benitooo03

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

From the Field to the Blockchain — https://t.co/TEmeOYiEnE's Pilot Overview https://t.co/DPiWvH3lqS

[YUTA-Cardano/CPA(DMは全て詐欺) @yutazzz]

In the “Cardano Partners: Tier-1 Enterprise Integrations” category, there are 26 large proposals, each requesting at least 250,000 ADA. I find this category particularly difficult to evaluate.

When enterprises use a public blockchain, they almost never design their systems to generate a large, continuous volume of L1 transactions.

If transactions are executed on L1, the cost is ultimately borne by the enterprise or its users. Under Cardano’s current transaction fee model, it is not realistic for enterprises to design their core business operations on the assumption of sustained L1 transaction costs.

As a result, in real-world deployments, enterprises will inevitably minimize L1 transaction usage through batch processing, aggregated writes, and L2 or off-chain execution.

In other words, enterprise adoption is not inherently correlated with a significant increase in L1 transactions, nor with the return of transaction fees at a scale comparable to 250,000 ADA or more. Whether a company is a global brand, has a massive user base, or enjoys high public recognition has little impact on this reality.

Therefore, the ROI of Catalyst proposals that emphasize “enterprise adoption” should be evaluated using metrics other than L1 transaction volume. The question is: what should those metrics be?

・Are we expecting a network effect, where the presence of well-known enterprises encourages additional Tier-1 companies to follow?
・Are we assuming that “adoption news” will meaningfully attract new ADA users?
・Or are we, in effect, using treasury funds to pay for the intangible satisfaction of “supporting a good cause,” despite the absence of proportional economic returns?

None of these assumptions feels sufficiently concrete to justify a confident vote. Ultimately, it may be that blockchains are structurally better suited to serving individuals directly, rather than providing infrastructure for Tier-1 enterprises.

[Dots.eco @DotsEco]

dots. eco is proposing environmental rewards as shared infrastructure for the Cardano ecosystem.

A system already used at scale, now bringing on-chain, audit-ready impact proof via CIP-68.

Built for real adoption, not theory.

@Cardano_CF
@Catalyst_onX
#projectcatalyst

[Benjamin Ben Zvi @benitooo03]

@MauroAndreoliA Happy New Year My Friend !!

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

🫎Dear Cardano,

2025 was a strong year for the community!

- The community and the founding entities came together in a new way around the world for a unified approach to needed infrastructure. 🙂
- The ‘Cardano Vision 2030’ was established and agreed after a world tour led by the product committee of Intersect.
- The first year of Cardano decentralized governance was amazing.
- Developers and builders did an amazing job with great progress with infrastructure, tech tools, layer two functionality, and more.
- Partner chains went live in a big way on Cardano with Midnight.
- Multiple acceleration programs supported Cardano entrepreneurs.
- Growing interest and collaboration with enterprises were led by various Cardano companies.
- Incredible solutions were started to be built on Cardano, such as AI, innovative infrastructure, storage, and more.
- Bitcoin Defi becomes a huge opportunity for increased Cardano adoption - with more coming next year.
- There was a new and unified approach to event activities around the world at various conferences - also with more to come in 2026!
- Intersect was further established as a place for collaboration, with leading key Cardano topics discussed within its various committees and working groups.
- Catalyst had ongoing adaption, with adjustments made to meet Cardano needs as the community evolves.
- UN collaboration grew stronger, with more impactful opportunities coming together as we move forward.

And so much more... please share in the comments things that I may have missed!

Thank you to @IOGroup , @emurgo_io , the @Cardano_CF , @IntersectMBO , and all of the Cardano builders, entrepreneurs and community members around the world. It has been an inspiring, fun, enriching and above all an optimistic environment being around people that work hard to make the world a better place.

Changing the world takes time and we took a few major steps forward this year - thanks to the hard work and dedication of this community!

2026 will be a strong year for adoption. In addition to all of the mentioned growing & improving above...

It is time to dedicate more energy, focus and resources for increased Cardano adoption, such as through:
- coordination for ‘go to market approaches’
- new business verticals, marketing, and events coordinated based on Cardano’s ‘Vision 2030’ - our North Star.
- Bitcoin Defi will be live and growing.
- New bridges built connecting us with other ecosystems, as well as onboarding them to use Cardano.
- Some world class use cases going live with governments and enterprises.
- Collaboration & further attracting of outside investors into Cardano projects and companies.

The positioning of Cardano is clear: we are the most secure, reliable and censorship-resistant blockchain for mission-critical applications to power economies and societies of the future.

We are very optimistic for 2026. With great technology & fundamentals, strong community and market getting ready for adoption (legal & security compliance and some use cases leading the way), our success is in our hands. It is a wonderful place to be!

Let’s keep our eye on our north star, and work together as an ecosystem to make it happen.

Best to your health, happiness and success for 2026!

Go Cardano!

[Benjamin Ben Zvi @benitooo03]

Great project, looking forward to hear more about you guys !!

[Dots.eco @DotsEco]

We’re entering @Catalyst_onX for Fund 15! 🌍
Dots. eco turns digital rewards into real-world environmental action, and then sends back proof you can track and share.

If you’re into Cardano projects with actual outcomes, you’ll like what we’re building.
@Cardano_CF

[AxellaCoin @AxellaCoin]

Many early-stage research projects never get funding or attention.
AxellaCoin is building milestone-based support on Cardano.

🎥 Watch + 🗳️ Vote: https://t.co/oRQLOCsS8y

#Fund15 #ProjectCatalyst

[Benjamin Ben Zvi @benitooo03]

@Elkconnect_web3 🫎🫎🫎

[ELK Connect @Elkconnect_web3]

🫎 The ELK is back !!
ELK is onboarding enterprise-level proposals for Fund 15 that will accelerate real-world adoption.

Major announcements coming. You won't want to miss this.

RT if you're ready for enterprise Cardano 🚀
#Catalyst #CardanoCommunity