Cardano treasury proposes $5M copper reserve via Toto Finance
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The Cardano treasury proposes allocating approximately $5 million worth of ADA to purchase and tokenize copper through Toto Finance, with voting closing on November 15. The initiative assumes that if the full budget is spent and ADA's dollar price remains static, copper prices would need to rise about 49.4% for the treasury to recover its investment. Roughly two-thirds of the funds would buy exchange-grade copper stored in a COMEX-approved warehouse near New Orleans, while the remaining third covers storage, insurance, audits, oversight, and Toto's operational costs. The proposal would consume just over half of the remaining 500 million ADA withdrawal cap, which extends through about July 2027, as 457.4 million ADA had already been used as of October 16. Toto can receive up to 3.36 million ADA and retains commercial rights to the tokenized copper business.
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Cardano treasury proposes $5M copper reserve via Toto Financ
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- Toto Finance
- Action：
- proposes treasury allocation for copper tokenization
- Object：
- Cardano treasury copper reserve
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 23, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 23, 12:36
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- Oct 23, 12:56
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- CoinDeskRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedCardano holders are asked to bet $5 million on copper reaching a new record via Toto Finance
Report first recorded Oct 23, 12:56
Toto Finance is seeking 22 million ADA, approximately $5 million, from Cardano’s treasury to purchase and tokenize copper under the Cardano Strategic Copper Reserve proposal, with voting closing on Nov. 15. The proposal would use over half of Cardano’s remaining withdrawal allowance; if the full budget is spent and ADA’s dollar price is unchanged, copper would need to rise about 49.4% to recover the investment, assuming a purchase price of $6.73 per pound and a sale price of about $10.06 per pound. Toto could receive up to 3.36 million ADA while retaining commercial rights to its separately funded tokenized-copper business.
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