Hoskinson Takes ADA Listing Campaign to Gemini’s Anniversary Post

Summary

• Charles Hoskinson urged Gemini to list ADA through a two-word reply to Tyler Winklevoss’s post celebrating the exchange’s eleventh anniversary.
• Gemini supports several competing proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies but has not publicly explained why Cardano’s ADA remains absent from its trading lineup.
• Hoskinson estimated Gemini missed approximately $70 million in revenue over five years while rival exchanges earned fees from ADA trading.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has urged Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss to add ADA to the cryptocurrency exchange’s trading lineup. According to Hoskinson’s response on X, the message “List ADA” appeared beneath Winklevoss’s post celebrating Gemini’s eleventh anniversary.

The request extends a campaign spanning several years, with ADA still absent despite Gemini supporting competing proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies. Gemini offers Solana, Avalanche, Polkadot, Cosmos, and Tezos, but has not publicly explained its specific reasons for excluding Cardano.

Cardano supporters have repeatedly challenged the omission, questioning why the exchange supports other established blockchain assets without offering ADA. Gemini’s listing framework considers maturity, liquidity, market demand, utility, technical design, and regulatory requirements when evaluating additions.

Additionally, its assessment covers cybersecurity threats, legal considerations, illicit finance risks, and the concentration of control within an asset. Those standards outline Gemini’s general review process without identifying which consideration has prevented an ADA listing on its platform.

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Hoskinson’s Campaign Includes a $70 Million Revenue Claim

Hoskinson challenged Gemini in December 2022, when the exchange faced difficulties involving cryptocurrency lender Genesis during the industry downturn. Comments from Cardano’s founder jokingly linked exchanges excluding ADA with financial trouble, referencing FTX’s collapse without launching ADA spot trading.

Later that month, a X Spaces conversation brought another joke from Hoskinson suggesting that Gemini’s omission might benefit Cardano. In September 2024, Hoskinson posed beside Gemini’s booth while holding a handwritten sign asking “Wen ADA?” at an industry event.

According to a post on X, Hoskinson tagged Gemini alongside the photograph to urge an ADA listing, later criticizing the exclusion on commercial grounds during a 2025 Blockchain Daily interview.

The Cardano founder estimated that Gemini had missed approximately $70 million in revenue over five years by excluding ADA trading. Binance and Coinbase served as comparisons, with Hoskinson arguing that both rival exchanges had earned revenue from Cardano token transactions. The anniversary reply repeats the listing demand, while Gemini has offered no public explanation specifically addressing ADA’s absence.

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