Linda Review 12 Projects Wey Dey Expand Cardano Use Cases

For her video “12 BIG Updates Coming to Cardano,” Linda welcome proposals wey fit make e easy to spend from Cardano and to move funds enter am. Her review cover 12 teams wey dem select from 117 applications and approve almost 2 million ADA as combined base grants. In addition to their planned products, she support funding model wey go make most payments depend on adoption and activity wey dey continue.

Cardano Payments Through QR Codes and Local Networks

Linda show clear enthusiasm when she dey talk about anyqr, SyncAI proposed payment service. The service go allow customers scan existing merchant QR codes and pay with USDCx from Cardano wallet, while local payment provider deliver the merchant local currency.

The proposal target ten countries. For the crypto side, funds go remain locked inside Cardano escrow contract until the customer confirm say the local payment don go through. Merchants go still dey receive the local payments wey dem sabi already without dem needing to introduce crypto checkout by themselves.

“I personally really hope this takes off,” Linda talk, as she point to the need for more practical stablecoin applications on Cardano.

She also give similar positive response to AnyToAny, wey VIA Labs develop. The service go combine bridging, swapping, and routing between Cardano, other networks, and centralized exchanges. Person wey start with asset for Ethereum-compatible network fit use am collect their chosen Cardano token without arranging each intermediate step.

Linda still describe one option wey VIA Labs go provide liquidity for the destination network upfront, so that users fit receive assets while settlement dey complete for background.

“Na exactly wetin we need to make Cardano feel less disconnected from the rest of crypto,” she talk.

Business checkout na another route to spend stablecoins. Pay by Cexplorer go extend the team existing non-custodial payment links with stablecoin support, including USDM. Merchants fit create invoices, checkout links, QR codes, or embedded payment buttons.

The proposal include expiry times, single-use links, exact payment amounts, and detection of underpayments or overpayments. Funds go go directly enter recipient wallet, and payment confirmation go help businesses reconcile orders.

For users for Brazil, PagFinance propose conversion between supported Cardano assets and Brazilian reais through the PIX instant payment system. Linda describe service wey no go require users to trade through centralized exchange or order book. Planned business API go allow Cardano applications integrate the service into functions like customer payouts.

Lending, Price Feeds, and Tokenized Assets on Cardano

The financial applications inside Linda review dey address specific steps for trading and borrowing, from how to change loan collateral to how to check the prices wey dem use for liquidation decisions.

Dano Finance target the process wey borrowers dey face when dem wan replace pledged assets. Linda explain say this fit require to repay loan, close the position, and open another one. Dano proposed collateral swap go allow users change the asset inside existing position without first repaying the debt.

The team also wan make independent participants with eligible wallets fit execute liquidations when positions become undercollateralized, so access go expand beyond the protocol keeper bots alone.

Price verification na the focus of Liqwid proposed Pyth integration. Liqwid already dey operate Cardano lending market, where asset prices dey help determine borrowing limits and liquidation eligibility.

Linda describe move toward signed Pyth prices wey fit verify inside transactions, to reduce reliance on Liqwid-controlled key for price delivery. The funded work concern how existing lending protocol dey receive and check information wey e dey use for financial operations.

Pyth Pro feeds still dey inside ATLAS, the perpetual futures platform wey House of Titans develop. Their proposal combine stablecoin collateral with unified vault for liquidity providers, together with security work and preparations for mainnet deployment.

For another part of the review, L4VA propose AI-assisted management for vaults wey dey backed by tokenized real-world assets. Agents go help with rebalancing, liquidity, and asset allocation. Linda emphasize say their decisions and execution go remain under limits wey vault governance establish.

Rules wey govern asset ownership dey central to Wayup, Anvil existing marketplace. Planned CIP-0113 support go allow issuers define conditions like verified-holder eligibility, jurisdiction restrictions, lockups, and limits on number of holders.

Issuers go configure those conditions through Anvil API, and the marketplace go check them before transactions sign. For tokenized assets wey get transfer restrictions, the proposal go connect secondary trading with the rules wey attach to their issuance.

Digital Identity Beyond Wallets and Financial Markets

Linda introduce the industrial projects as turn toward more unexpected applications. Alongside financial tools, the selected proposals dey use verifiable identities to connect people, machines, and physical products with records wey anchor on Cardano.

Aline Health focus on people wey dey travel abroad for medical treatment. Their proposed system go support verification of identities and credentials wey relate to different stages of care, while dem go keep sensitive patient records off the public blockchain.

Cardano go anchor proofs wey connect to important documents and care milestones. Providers for different locations fit verify the relevant credentials without to publish the underlying medical information on-chain.

The identity concept extend reach industrial equipment through nuhuman, Nucast project. The proposal wey Linda describe mention Coastal Corporation contract wey cover more than 120 robotic cells for shrimp processing and exports.

Robots go receive verifiable identities, and signed production records go connect equipment to batches and quality checks. Cardano go anchor evidence wey dem go use for export traceability. Linda also mention exploration of fractional ownership of the robots as additional proposed application.

Tracking physical goods na the focus of OriLife, wey GreenSun Tech develop. Linda describe visual recognition of trees and fruit, so that products fit connect with digital identities without relying only on physical tags or QR codes.

The proposal go link those identities with ownership records and transfers between growers and buyers. Produce-linked tokens and programmable transfer rules go connect product information with transactions on Cardano.

Despite their variety, Linda note say the projects share obligation to demonstrate usage under the pilot funding model. Successful onboarding go unlock 40% of grant for development. Up to another 40% go depend on adoption, wey dem go measure through qualifying network fees wey external users pay, while the final 20% require sustained activity. The three best-performing projects fit earn bonus of up to 50% of their initial grant.

Linda call this “pretty big shift compared to the original model” and she welcome the change. Her closing reminder apply to both the payment routes wey she praise and the less familiar industrial applications: teams must deliver products wey people go use. For the selected projects, continued use after launch still be condition to receive the final portion of their funding.