<p>These are synonyms. Stiftung is German for foundation. The Cardano Foundation is located in Zug, Switzerland - a German-speaking part of the country.</p>
<p>The twitter handle of the (now verified) Cardano Foundation is CardanoStiftung: <a href="https://twitter.com/CardanoStiftung" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/CardanoStiftung</a>.</p>

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<p>I have seen this mentioned a few times and have no idea what it is.
I get the impression that it is referring to the combination of the Cardano Foundation, IO Global and Emurgo.</p>

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What is the Cardano Stiftung?
# What is the Cardano Stiftung?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-19)

I have seen this mentioned a few times and have no idea what it is.
I get the impression that it is referring to the combination of the Cardano Foundation, IO Global and Emurgo.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-19. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

These are synonyms. Stiftung is German for foundation. The Cardano Foundation is located in Zug, Switzerland - a German-speaking part of the country.

The twitter handle of the (now verified) Cardano Foundation is CardanoStiftung: <https://twitter.com/CardanoStiftung>.


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