A key figure in the Cardano community claimed that a rebound in ADA prices could ease much of the internal conflict that has continued.

On June 18, blockchain media outlet The Crypto Basic reported that SongMarketCap founder Jure Karamarko (주레 카라마르코) set out on X, formerly Twitter, how community sentiment and governance debate could change at different stages of an ADA price recovery.

The Cardano community has seen internal اختلاف continue as the recent bear market drags on. Debate over the direction of governance has persisted, and criticism has emerged targeting Input Output (IO) and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson. Complaints about the pace of ecosystem development have added to it. Against that backdrop, Karamarko used a humorous approach to suggest that a price recovery could change community sentiment.

He wrote that when ADA reaches $1.50, community members will start getting along with each other again. With the current price at about $0.1645, $1.50 would represent a rise of about 9 times. In that case, Cardano's market capitalisation could exceed $54.5 billion.

He wrote that sentiment would change further if it reaches $2. Karamarko wrote that at that level, euphoria would spread across the community and investors would watch the market 24 hours a day. $2 is about 12 times the current level. It would still be below the all-time high of $3.10, but an assessment followed that it would carry psychological significance because it would mark a return toward a price range ADA has not held for years.

In the $3 range, he mentioned community figure Jason Appleton (제이슨 애플턴). Appleton has worked as an educator, developer and advocate in the Cardano ecosystem. Karamarko wrote that if ADA returns to the $3 level, content production by influencers such as Appleton could become active again.

As price targets rose, the phrasing became more exaggerated. Karamarko wrote that if ADA rises to $5, he would also be overwhelmed by the scale of the rally. $5 would be about 30 times the current level, and the market capitalisation could exceed $180 billion. He then joked that in a $7 scenario, Dave (데이브), a Cardano delegate representative and operator of the Dave stake pool, would go before voters and approve every proposal submitted by Input Output.

That passage highlights the focus of current internal conflict within Cardano. Dave has consistently shown a critical stance on some financial proposals related to Input Output and Charles Hoskinson. During the 2026 budget review process, he participated in voting on all 69 proposals under review and publicly recorded his voting decisions. He supported some core infrastructure projects, including Cardano Vision 2026 research and proposals related to Peras, but opposed or abstained on other items.

ADA is down 4.5 percent over the past 24 hours. It remains above the all-time low of about $0.017 recorded in 2017, but is about 94 percent below the all-time high of $3.10. As the price weakness has continued, complaints within the community over governance and development pace have grown, and Karamarko's post indirectly showed that those complaints are ultimately not unrelated to price.

The market's point of focus is the link between community sentiment and governance debate, more than simple price targets. Cardano has seen differences of opinion accumulate over the direction of ecosystem development, financial execution and core development actors. That has left as the next variable whether an ADA price recovery will actually affect community unity, or whether the existing conflict will continue regardless of price.

When $ADA reaches $1.50, that will be the moment everyone starts loving each other again. At $2, euphoria kicks in and everyone stays awake 24/7. At $3, Cardano takes over and @jasonappleton goes LIVE for eight hours straight. At $5, I’m checking myself into the hospital… At $7,…