Cardano Community Approves 4 of 9 IOG Treasury Proposals as Deadline Looms

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has urged the ADA community to continue supporting Input Output Global’s nine treasury proposals.

His remarks came after prominent Cardano stake pool operator Stake With Pride revealed that four IOG treasury proposals had officially secured enough community backing to pass.

• The Cardano community has passed four of the nine IOG’s treasury proposals.
• Charles Hoskinson urged the ADA community to continue to support Input Output Global’s treasury proposals.
• Despite the progress, five IOG treasury proposals remain below the approval threshold ahead of the May 24 deadline.
• IOG’s separate research proposal continues to face strong opposition from DReps.

Taking to X, Stake With Pride announced that the Cardano community had approved four out of nine IOG treasury proposals aimed at strengthening the broader ecosystem. Notably, the proposals reached the required 67% approval threshold needed for adoption under Cardano’s governance framework.

The approved proposals focus on Cardano upgrades, technical collaboration, system maintenance, and consensus research. Collectively, these initiatives aim to improve the network’s long-term scalability, reliability, and ecosystem growth.

In response to the update, Hoskinson encouraged the community, particularly DReps, to “keep pushing.” Through this statement, Hoskinson appeared to rally continued community participation as the governance process approaches its final phase.

Although IOG has already secured approval for four treasury proposals, five additional proposals remain below the required threshold. These include initiatives related to Developer Experience, Layer-2 Scalability, Plutus, Pogun, and Blockfrost.

Meanwhile, the governance voting deadline is set for May 24, 2025. As the deadline draws closer, Hoskinson’s message aims to boost morale and encourage continued support for the remaining proposals.

While IOG’s treasury proposals continue gaining traction, its separate research proposal, titled “Cardano Vision 2026: Human Centred, Scalable, Post Quantum Secure – IO Research,” is facing growing resistance from DReps.

Currently, 83.73% of votes oppose the proposal, while only 16.2% support it. Several DReps, including YUTA, have argued that some of the proposed research initiatives represent unnecessary or wasteful spending. In addition, Iagon CEO Navjit Dhaliwal stated that Cardano has already funded extensive research efforts and should instead prioritize only the most important initiatives.

Furthermore, YUTA urged IOG to split the research proposal into smaller initiatives and resubmit them separately so DReps could selectively support the most valuable components. However, Hoskinson rejected that suggestion, stressing that IOG would not resubmit the proposal if it fails.

He also warned that rejecting the proposal could negatively impact ADA’s long-term price performance. Beyond that, Hoskinson cautioned that some research labs could shut down and that Cardano could ultimately lose its reputation as a “science coin” if the proposal fails.