In the midst of the debates renewed on digital identity, the ethics of AI and regulatory uncertainty, I turned to Frederik Gregard for my series of Beincrypto interview. While many industry leaders are attached to market trends or protocol specifications, Frederik speaks of geopolitics, long -term civic infrastructure and reconstruction of global trust. So what is it like to build blockchain as a public infrastructure? From the integration of AI to regulatory dynamics, here is how the CEO of the Cardano Foundation sees the road to come. What he shared challenged me to reconsider how far cryptography can – and should – go.
Not just governance – the cardano plan for public digital infrastructure
When I questioned Frederik on one of the basic missions of Cardano – relaxing confidence in financial systems – he did not hesitate:
“Blockchain governance is fundamental to restoring confidence in financial systems by integrating transparency and responsibility directly into infrastructure.”
He contrasted this strongly with traditional models, which, in his words,
“Works like black boxes with centralized decision -making, often prioritizing institutional interests compared to users.”
But governance is only part of history. As Frederik explained, the real breakthrough lies in the way the blockchain reshapes the verification of financial information itself.
“Today’s financial systems force us to wait 12 to 16 months for qualified audit statements which only reflect past situations, not current realities,” he said. “The blockchain allows an almost instant verification of assessments and P&L declarations through confidence and third party intermediaries.”
He pointed out how, by combining this verification in real time with technologies such as verified references, we are moving away from the systems rooted in distrust and bureaucracy to “Confidence mechanisms based on verified facts stored on the infrastructure of immutable data.”
An example of this change is Reeve, an application based in Cardano which allows organizations to directly publish their audited financial statements directly. Frederik described it as
“A new standard for transparency, responsibility and confidence in financial reports.”
And this same philosophy – of transparency, decentralization and representation – crosses the model of governance of Cardano himself.
“The Cardano model is designed to be representative. Each ADA holder can contribute to the governance of the ecosystem, “he said. “Controls and counterweights are also integrated into this new governance era.”
At the heart of this model is a tricameral system made up of representatives of the delegates (DREPS), the octopus pool operators (SPO) and a Constitutional Committee – each playing a unique role in balance, the application of the Cardano Constitution and the safeguard of the integrity of the Ennet.
“The model creates a system that adapts to new challenges while remaining faithful to our principles of transparency, responsibility and openness,” said Frederik.
For Frederik, it is not abstract.
“Cardano is a real public digital utility,” he told me-a fundamental infrastructure designed not only to serve markets, but society.
Crypto race will not be won by the code – it will be won by politics
While I spoke with Frederik to the evolution of the global regulatory environment, it has become clear that the conversation around Stablecoins is no longer a question of conformity – it becomes a strategic lever in the race for digital economic domination.
“We already see that regulatory policy will become a form of digital economic competition,” said Frederik. And the issues are high.
He underlined a clear divergence: while the United States is heading for a more user -friendly Crypto framework – in particular around 1: 1 guaranteed from Stablecoins – Europe, despite its leadership in the formation of early policies, the risks are late.
“Europe is a critical turning point in the world cryptography race,” he said. “Rather than getting lost in regulatory complexity, the continent needs a clear and avant-garde policy that attracts talents and global investment in cryptography.”
What struck me here is the passage from the tone of compliance with competition. Frederik has supervised regulations not as a constraint, but as a geopolitical strategy. Like tax havens or fintech centers, courts that offer clarity and allow innovation to attract capital, liquidity and high -level blockchain infrastructure.
So where does this leave platforms like Cardano in this high challenges landscape? According to Frederik, preparation means adopting a proactive and multilayer approach.
“We have to constructively engage with political decision-makers through the courts, sharing information on how blockchain can improve rather than undermining the regulatory objectives,” he said.
And it’s not just hypothetical. In countries like Brazil, collaborations with state -related entities such as Serpro and Petrobras serve as the first case studies in the way in which decentralized infrastructure can be integrated into existing frameworks – the support of transparency and traceability, and demonstrating that blockchain can align with regulatory objectives rather than conflicts.
At the heart of Frederik’s message, there was a reminder of a wider change of macro: no country can work in a vacuum – not when supply chains, capital flows and technologies accelerate exponentially.
“Each nation state has the right to define its rules to operate in the global economy,” he said. “But the nation states can no longer be alone while being dependent on the world supply chains, combined with the breed of exponential technologies. Blockchain will play an even more important role in the future.”
Where the AI and the blockchain really deliver today
In Paris Blockchain Week, Frederik Gregard shared a vision that resonated with a lot of people. It was not the AI or the blockchain in isolation, but the way in which the two technologies – when combined in a responsible manner – could form the backbone of a more intelligent and decentralized economy. He highlighted the risks of adoption of the AI without appropriate guarantees – when it is based on unverifiable data or creates new forms of centralized control under the cover of convenience.
When I told her about this interview, I asked where this vision was already achieved and where it always exceeds what the current infrastructure or governance can support. He did not reach great speculation. Instead, he founded the conversation in immediate and real concerns:
“With 1.7 billion files compromised in the United States only last year, the decentralized Blockchain approach offers an alternative to manage the keys, identifiers and private references safely.”
It is not only a question of efficiency – it is a response to systemic vulnerability. According to Frederik, AI applications in this space must prioritize the confidence, transparency and integrity of the data – Princements Blockchain can strengthen.
An example he underlined was the collaboration of the Cardano Foundation with Masumi on a network of decentralized AI agents – designed to explore how AI systems can remain interoperable and responsible in a blockchain setting.
Where things become particularly practical, he noted, is in identity and references. Cardano’s open source platform, Veridian, as well as his companion portfolio, are early attempts to show how blockchain and AI could really work together to meet real needs in areas such as compliance, public services and finance.
“The industry should pay attention to the authentic solutions that improve transparency and responsibility rather than obscure them. There is still a lot of work to do, “he recognized,” but we, at the Cardano Foundation, were one of the first adopters exploring how AI can help increase the participation of the blockchain. “
This clarity of concentration was refreshing – in a space so often distracted by the media threshing cycles, Frederik advocated not for the next flashy characteristic, but for the structural guarantees and the provenance of the data as a real basis of adoption. He echoed a line of thought to which I often returned – this next chapter of Crypto will not be written by media threw, but by products that make a real difference.
Real success means systems that simply work
When I asked Frederik what a success for the Cardano Foundation would look like five years, it did not focus on the price of tokens, upgrades of the protocol or user numbers. He talked about infrastructure. Real and functional infrastructure – essential food systems that matter.
“In five years, the Cardano Foundation will be the business quality blockchain infrastructure for public and critical private systems from around the world-not as a technical solution, but as a fundamental approach to creating digital infrastructure,” he said.
This vision goes beyond the crypto as an industry – it is blockchain as a public infrastructure. Frederik has described a future where large multinationals and governments use blockchain to provide transparent public services.
“Success would mean that large multinationals and governments using Cardano for transparent public services, citizens directly checking how taxes are spent and participating in governance through secure and accessible interfaces,” he added.
He also underlined education as a major factor. In its opinion, the literacy of blockchain should be as fundamental as digital literacy and the programs of the Cardano Academy integrated into universities – like those already active in Puc -Roi and the University of Zurich – are only the beginning.
What struck me the most was how Frederik talked about a long -term place of concentration – the one who sees a real success in the technologies that we stop noticing because they are right there, which quietly makes things better for everyone.
“As a non-profit non-goal focusing on the mission, we are particularly placed to prioritize this long-term vision without quarterly profits,” said Frederik. “Our objective is not only technological adoption, but the transformation of the way in which organizations, communities and individuals interact in the digital world – creating safer, transparent and inclusive systems for future generations.”
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