According to @ItsDave_ADA, ADA enforces a fixed maximum supply of 45 billion tokens, positioning it within a digital scarcity framework that matters for valuation and dilution risk. Cardano documentation by IOG confirms a hard cap of 45,000,000,000 ADA and a declining monetary expansion schedule until the cap is reached, limiting long-term issuance-driven inflation for holders, per Cardano documentation. Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Whitepaper states Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million to resist inflation through predictable issuance, reinforcing the concept of scarcity as a design goal, per the Bitcoin Whitepaper. Ripple’s official materials note XRP’s total supply is fixed at 100 billion created at inception with no additional issuance, meaning the cap is strict even as monthly escrows affect circulating supply, per Ripple documentation. The author adds that among the top 10 by market cap, only ADA, BTC, and XRP enforce strict max caps, according to @ItsDave_ADA. However, Binance states BNB was issued with a 200 million maximum supply and features an ongoing burn program targeting 100 million BNB, indicating BNB also enforces a cap, per Binance documentation. For trading, assets with explicit hard caps remove monetary inflation from new issuance, which simplifies supply-side assumptions versus elastic-issuance assets, as described in the Bitcoin Whitepaper and Cardano monetary policy documentation.

According to @ItsDave_ADA, a key Cardano community voter with 25.40 million ADA voting power, the governance proposal to set a 300 million ADA Net Change Limit (NCL) for epochs 563 to 635 has faced significant opposition. Dave previously supported a 200 million ADA NCL but voted NO on the 300 million ADA limit, signaling potential resistance from large ADA holders to increased supply flexibility (Source: @ItsDave_ADA on Twitter, June 8, 2025). For traders, this highlights ongoing governance debates that could impact ADA supply dynamics and price volatility, making it a critical point to monitor for short-term trading strategies.