Brave Wallet expands support with Cardano integration

Brave has added support for Cardano, bringing the cryptocurrency to the browser-native wallet.

The integration follows a partnership between web3 blockchain infrastructure firm and Cardano ( ADA ) developer Input | Output and Brave Software, the company behind the privacy-first browser and multichain crypto wallet Brave Wallet. 

IO and Brave said in an announcement on May 12 that the strategic partnership aims to bring Cardano native assets to users of the wallet. Full support for ADA also means functionalities suc as send, receive and swap.

Apart from token management, Brave Wallet will also offer governance support for ADA holders, with capabilities directly accessible from within the crypto wallet .

Brendan Eich, chief executive officer and co-founder of Brave and the Basic Attention Token, noted that the integration goes beyond interoperability. It gives users access to the tools they need to seamlessly engage across decentralized ecosystems.

The support also enhances security for users, Eich added.

“By bringing Cardano into Brave Wallet, we are not only expanding functionality for Cardano users in the age of on-chain governance, but also advancing a new standard for how blockchain networks should empower individuals—protecting privacy while enabling active, on-chain participation,” said Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Input | Output. 

Brave’s support for Cardano sees it join cryptocurrency’s top networks like Ethereum and Solana in being accessible via the privacy-focused and browser-native wallet. IO and Brave plan to further their collaboration with future innovation that include engagement with Midnight, a zero-knowledge proofs powered data protection-based blockchain.

Brave Wallet also supports decentralized applications on Zcash, Filecoin and Ethereum Virtual Machine chains. Users can access the wallet on desktop and on mobile via Android and iOS.

Cardano’s ADA is currently the ninth-largest blockchain network by market cap. Meanwhile, data from DefiLlama shows the total value locked in protocols on the network has increased to $395 million – up from about $259 million in early April.