Input Output Global's research division has requested the Cardano community to finance a year-long cutting-edge R&D program to ensure the blockchain's competitiveness until the end of the decade. The proposal, titled 'Cardano Vision - Work Program 2025', aims to fund twenty research streams and six technology-validation streams focused on scalability, sustainability, and interoperability. The budget seeks 26.848 million ADA to support 56.1 full-time equivalents for research and innovation. IOG emphasizes the importance of proactive investment in deep technologies like Web3 to maintain Cardano's uptime and competitiveness. The initiative plans to produce peer-reviewed publications, prototypes, simulations, and improvement proposals annually to drive innovation within the Cardano ecosystem. Stakeholder support for the proposal is growing, with 63% of Delegated Representatives signaling approval. ADA was trading at $0.61 at the time of writing. Read more AI-generated news on: https://app.chaingpt.org/news