According to @ItsDave_ADA, a Cardano-based setup using Hydra reportedly burst to over 10,000% higher TPS than Solana’s stated “real” TPS on X on Dec 6, 2025, according to the same post by @ItsDave_ADA. According to @ItsDave_ADA, the post does not provide raw TPS figures, test conditions, or third-party verification in the X update. According to @ItsDave_ADA, the comparison is explicitly against Solana’s “real” TPS and credits Cardano tech Hydra for the result.

According to @ItsDave_ADA, he has been working hard using Cardano Hydra, indicating active developer engagement with Cardano’s scaling technology, source: https://twitter.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995959343024648474. Cardano Hydra is a layer-2 protocol by Input Output Global that targets higher throughput and low-latency transactions via off-chain Hydra Heads, source: https://hydra.family. The post does not include release details, performance benchmarks, or timelines, so no concrete product or performance update can be inferred, source: https://twitter.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995959343024648474. For ADA traders, Hydra’s stated goal of improving throughput and reducing fees relates directly to potential on-chain capacity for DeFi and payments on Cardano, source: https://hydra.family.

According to @ItsDave_ADA, he is building an interactive high-frequency simulation of basic Wall Street and Nasdaq-style exchange operations on Cardano’s Hydra, with the goal of periodic reporting to layer 1 for settlement, highlighting Hydra’s practical capability beyond theory. Source: https://x.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995120125494616448 He states there is currently no public demo and he is uncertain whether the system will work as intended, emphasizing the effort is exploratory R&D at this stage. Source: https://x.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995120125494616448 He adds that Hydra is not merely theoretical and can support more advanced use cases, aiming to counter claims that minimize Hydra’s utility. Source: https://x.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995120125494616448 For traders, the work centers on exchange-style throughput, latency, and periodic L1 settlement properties relevant to order book DEX design and market-making on Cardano, while he seeks community support via stake pool delegations to continue experimentation. Source: https://x.com/ItsDave_ADA/status/1995120125494616448

According to @ItsDave_ADA, Cardano’s Hydra is positioned as a high-frequency deterministic transfer and settlement layer for Wall Street and Nasdaq by settling trades inside a Hydra head via multi-party cryptographic agreement, removing reliance on legacy clearing houses, custodians and banks even as T+1 equity settlement remains batch-based with reconciliation and exposure risks (source: @ItsDave_ADA). He states that funds are pre-committed to the Hydra head so each transfer, trade or contract update settles in real time among involved parties with a shared signed state, eliminating clearing cycles and overnight exposure (source: @ItsDave_ADA). He adds that Hydra can anchor net outcomes to Cardano layer one multiple times per day for immutable, auditable, globally recognized finality, leveraging an L1 that has operated for over eight years without downtime and ongoing throughput work such as Leios, input endorsers and pipelining to compress time from execution to final settlement in high-frequency environments (source: @ItsDave_ADA). From a trading perspective, these claims frame ADA as infrastructure aligned with capital markets’ approaches to risk, collateral and ownership, potentially relevant to institutional-grade settlement flows and liquidity narratives (source: @ItsDave_ADA).

According to @ItsDave_ADA, the author posted the message "Cardano Hydra I'm coming" on Nov 29, 2025, confirming only that a Hydra-related personal statement was shared publicly. Source: @ItsDave_ADA tweet, Nov 29, 2025. The post provides no timeline, version, deployment details, or network change information, so no confirmed upgrade can be inferred from the message itself. Source: @ItsDave_ADA tweet, Nov 29, 2025. Hydra is Cardano’s layer-2 scaling framework using Hydra Heads for low-latency, high-throughput transactions and micro-payments that can influence dApp performance and fee dynamics when implemented, but this post does not announce such implementation. Sources: Input Output Global Hydra documentation; @ItsDave_ADA tweet, Nov 29, 2025. No price, volume, or on-chain metrics are included in the post. Source: @ItsDave_ADA tweet, Nov 29, 2025.

According to @ItsDave_ADA, he is learning about Cardano’s Hydra and plans to try something new, signaling upcoming experimentation but without technical details provided in the post (Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X, Nov 24, 2025). The post does not include any timeline, repository, testnet, or deployment specifics, so there is no actionable implementation information to price at this time (Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X, Nov 24, 2025). For trading relevance, monitor @ItsDave_ADA for follow-ups that could clarify scope, tooling, or demos related to Hydra, which would be necessary before assessing impact on ADA ecosystem activity (Source: @ItsDave_ADA on X, Nov 24, 2025).