Founding Entity of Cardano

Published on: 09.01.2023

Emurgo is the Founding Entity of Cardano. Emurgo is a global blockchain technology company. The Emurgo platform focuses on developing, supporting, and incubating commercial ventures and helping businesses integrate with the Cardano blockchain.

Emurgo is a separate entity from Cardano and operates independently. It aligns with the Cardano project and works to support its growth and development. Emurgo is based in Japan and has offices in several other countries around the world.

As a blockchain technology company, Emurgo is focus on developing and promoting products and services related to the Cardano blockchain.

Some examples of products and services offered by Emurgo include:

Yoroi: A light wallet for Cardano that is designed to be easy to use and secure.
Cardano App: A mobile app for managing and using Cardano-based assets, including ADA, the native cryptocurrency of the Cardano blockchain.
Cardano Academy: An online learning platform that provides educational resources and training on blockchain technology, with a focus on Cardano.
Cardano Consulting: A consulting service that helps companies and organizations understand and utilize the Cardano blockchain for their business needs.
Cardano Ventures: A venture capital arm of Emurgo that invests in start-ups and companies that are building on the Cardano blockchain.

Emurgo has a number of functions and activities related to the development and promotion of the Cardano blockchain and its ecosystem. Some of the key functions of Emurgo include:

Investment: Emurgo has a venture capital arm, called Cardano Ventures. Invests in start-ups and companies that are building on the Cardano blockchain.
Education and training: Emurgo operates the Cardano Academy, an online learning platform that provides educational resources and training on blockchain technology, with a focus on Cardano.
Consulting: Emurgo offers consulting services to help companies and organizations understand and utilize the Cardano blockchain for their business needs.
Development: Emurgo involves in the development of various products and services related to the Cardano blockchain, such as the Yoroi wallet and the Cardano App.
Partnerships: Emurgo works with a variety of partners, including governments, enterprises, and other organizations, to help facilitate the adoption and use of the Cardano blockchain.

Emurgo is a blockchain technology company that aims to accelerate the global adoption of the Cardano blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, ADA.

As such, some of the potential benefits of Emurgo’s work include:

Improved access to financial services: Emurgo is working to develop real-world applications of the Cardano blockchain that can help increase access to financial services, particularly in underserved or underbanked areas.
Increased efficiency and transparency: The use of blockchain technology can help improve the efficiency and transparency of various processes, such as supply chain management, by providing a secure and immutable record of transactions.
Enhanced security: The Cardano blockchain designs to be highly secure, and Emurgo is working to ensure that it remains so through ongoing development and maintenance efforts.
Greater innovation: By supporting the development of new applications and use cases for the Cardano blockchain, Emurgo aims to foster greater innovation in various sectors.
Economic development: Emurgo’s efforts to promote the adoption of the Cardano blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, ADA. Contribute to economic development in various regions around the world.

Introducing $USDA Stablecoin

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are pegged to the value of a specific asset, such as a fiat currency (e.g. US dollar), a commodity (e.g. gold), or an index (e.g. S&P 500). They are designs to maintain stable values. Often through the use of collateral or other mechanisms, often used as a medium of exchange or as a store of value.

The $USDA is the fiat-backed regulatory-compliant stablecoin in the Cardano ecosystem. USDA leverages the stability of the U.S. Dollar combined with Cardano’s security, low fees, and eco-friendly blockchain. This new stablecoin offering locks in the value of investors’ crypto assets by pegging 1:1 to the U.S. dollar. Reducing volatility, and unlocking fast global transactions without legacy banking and payment infrastructure delays.

“The Cardano ecosystem was built on the ethos of bringing real-world applications to crypto and creating the foundation to build the economy of the future. The introduction of a fully fiat-backed, regulatory-compliant stablecoin is the next step in realizing the future of our community. USDA is a native asset, freely exchangeable on Cardano, and backed by U.S. currency. This stablecoin not only offers stability to investors conducting financial transactions on the blockchain. Advances a path forward for the Cardano ecosystem to address a problem we are uniquely positioned to solve — banking the underbanked.”— EMURGO Fintech Managing Director Vineeth Bhuvanagiri

USDA is the first product being brought to market within Anzens. It is EMURGO’s new product suite which aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi. Anzens will provide a portal to regulated financial services products offered within the Cardano ecosystem. Anyone can tokenize their dollars and move them as a Cardano-native asset.