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Cardano may be sitting on one of the most significant buying opportunities in its history — with analysts projecting a potential 1,000% rally if a multi-year support zone continues to hold. Related Reading: Ripple’s $500M Raise And Institutional Ties Keep XRP Firmly In Place At roughly $0.27 at the time of writing, ADA has stayed above a demand floor that twice before marked a cycle bottom and launched sharp recoveries, fueling fresh optimism that a similar move could be building. Market analyst Crypto Patel, citing a two-week chart, says the coin is compressing between a price floor of $0.18 to $0.25 and a descending resistance line in place since the 2021 all-time high. That kind of squeeze often precedes a sharper move in either direction — and bulls are betting on up. The support band has attracted buyers more than once. Reports indicate the zone held during a steep decline in June 2023, when ADA hit $0.22, and buying pressure there helped push the coin to $1.32 by December 2024. Before that, a similar setup played out in 2021, when ADA consolidated just above that level before climbing to a peak of $3.10. $ADA Is Sitting on a Multi-Year Accumulation Zone That Could Send It 1,000%+ Higher…. Accumulation Zone: $0.25-$0.18 Targets: $1 ⮕ $3 ⮕ $10 NFA & ALWAYS DYOR@Cardano pic.twitter.com/pWG91sgtG6 — Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) March 18, 2026 The Numbers Behind The Targets If history repeats, the path higher looks like this: a break above the descending resistance line puts $1 in view first — roughly 270% above current prices. From there, $3 becomes the next target, a gain of around 1,011% that aligns closely with the 2021 cycle peak. Under the most optimistic scenario, Crypto Patel puts $5 on the table — a rise of about 1,750%. Those numbers are staggered and conditional. Each target only comes into play after the previous one is cleared. None of them are triggered by the support zone alone — the descending resistance line, which has capped every recovery attempt since 2021, must also give way. ADA dropped to $0.2205 in February before buyers stepped back in. Since then, the coin has held mostly flat but has not broken below the support floor. According to the analyst, that matters. A sustained hold keeps the broader structure intact. A drop below $0.18 dismantles it. Related Reading: XRP Moves Into ‘Scarce Zone’ As Exchange Supply Dries Up A Long Wait For A Breakout The current price action has been sideways for months. ADA is neither breaking out nor collapsing — just grinding within a narrow range while the two converging lines press closer together. Reports note that extended consolidation of this kind often precedes a larger directional move, though the chart alone cannot determine which way that move goes. The analyst’s projections are rooted in technical chart reading and historical cycle comparisons. No fundamental catalysts — new technology, partnerships, or adoption milestones — were cited as drivers in the analysis. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token moved into the top 10 crypto assets by market capitalization, beating Cardano's ADA amid a 1,700-fold rise in trading volume tied to oil volatility during the US-Iran conflict. Notably, Bitcoin benefited significantly from the broader bid for crypto during the conflict, but HYPE gained a second channel as traders used Hyperliquid's platform […]
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A cryptocurrency analyst has explained how the upper boundary of a Parallel Channel could set up a bullish breakout for Cardano (ADA). Cardano Could Face Key Resistance At $0.304 In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has shared a technical analysis (TA) pattern forming in the 4-hour Cardano price chart. The pattern in question is a Parallel Channel, which forms whenever an asset observes consolidation between two parallel trendlines. Related Reading: Dogecoin Surges 6% As Whales Scoop Up 470 Million DOGE The upper level of the channel tends to be a source of resistance for the price, meaning tops can be likely to occur at it. Similarly, the lower level can act as a point of support, facilitating bottom formations. The asset breaking out of either of these bounds can suggest a continuation of the trend in that direction; a surge above the channel can be bullish, while a fall under it can be bearish. There can be a few different types of Parallel Channels depending on how the trendlines are oriented with respect to the graph axes. Channels that are sloped upward are known as Ascending Channels, while those pointing down are called Descending Channels. In the context of the current topic, the third and simplest type is of interest: a Parallel Channel that’s parallel to the time-axis. This type corresponds to a period of true sideways movement in the cryptocurrency’s price. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Parallel Channel potentially forming in the 4-hour price of Cardano over the past few weeks: As displayed in the above graph, Cardano retested the lower level of this Parallel Channel earlier in the month and found support at it. The coin has since seen a rebound and has been making its way up the channel. During the last couple of days, the digital asset sector as a whole has witnessed a bullish impulse and ADA hasn’t been left out as its price has flown up to levels near $0.290. This surge has furthered the cryptocurrency’s journey inside the channel, taking it about 75% of the way to the upper level. “45 days of sideways chop is nearing an end,” noted the analyst. “The key resistance is $0.304, which is the upper boundary of this channel.” As mentioned earlier, a break above a Parallel Channel can lead to a sustained bullish move. Based on this, Martinez has highlighted target levels for the asset. Related Reading: Bitcoin Fear & Greed Surges As Price Touches $74,000, But Extreme Fear Persists From the chart, it’s visible that these levels lie at $0.338 and $0.376, corresponding to half-width and full-width distances above the channel, respectively. It now remains to be seen whether the latest rally will take Cardano to the $0.304 resistance and if a breakout will take place. ADA Price At the time of writing, Cardano is floating around $0.288, up more than 8% over the last seven days. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

DeFi activity on the Cardano (ADA) network is showing strong momentum, with Total Value Locked (TVL) spiking by more than 23%. Despite increased on-chain activity, ADA continues to trade below $0.3, with lackluster performance, price swings, and persistent sell-offs over the past months.  Cardano Sees DeFi Growth As ADA Price Dwindles Cardano’s decentralized finance ecosystem is experiencing a notable surge in activity, even as the ADA price remains depressed. As of March 13, 2026, the token sat at around $0.27, down more than 90% decline from its all-time highs, creating a striking disconnect between network growth and price performance. Related Reading: Cardano Red Month Is Far From Over: Analyst Predicts Crash To This Target Notably, Dave, a stake pool operator (SPO) and delegated representative (DRep) for the Cardano blockchain, took to X to highlight the scale of the network’s recent DeFi expansion. He pointed out that despite the recent price weakness, Cardano’s TVL climbed 23.5% in just 12 days, rising from $447.13 million on February 26 to $552.35 million by March 13. This reflects roughly $105 million in additional capital flowing into Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem. The data show that this increase came from inflows measured directly in ADA rather than in US dollars. Data from DeFiLlama, which tracks TVL in US dollars, shows that Cardano’s DeFi total value stood at about $127 million on February 26 before rising to approximately $142.27 million in the following days, reflecting a more modest gain.  Additional insight from another Cardano DRep, Dori, on X reveals that the ratio of stablecoin supply to DeFi TVL on Cardano expanded sharply over the past several months. Dori reported that the recent integration of USDCx on Cardano has already produced a significant shift in the network’s stablecoin landscape.  He noted that the stablecoin-to-DeFi TVL ratio jumped from around 10% last June to 32% at the time of his post, roughly tripling in under a year. He linked part of this increase in the ratio to the decline in the ADA price. Because most of the network’s DeFi value is held in ADA, the continued drop in its market price reduced Cardano’s TVL when measured in US dollars.  Still, Dori has emphasized that the integration of USDCx is a major step in the growth of DeFi on Cardano. He noted that with minting volume rising steadily, Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem is expected to diversify and mature organically.  Analyst Projects ADA Rebound Despite Falling Channel On the technical side, crypto analyst ZAYK Charts on X has revealed that ADA is currently trading inside a falling channel, underscoring an extended downtrend movement since 2025. Looking at the chart, the cryptocurrency has continued to trend lower since September last year, crashing from above $1 to $0.27 as of writing.  Related Reading: Can ADA Price Still Surge? Cardano Founder Says The Best Is Yet To Come Despite the poor performance, ZAYK Charts maintains an optimistic outlook for the altcoin. He predicts that if ADA breaks out of its resistance near $0.28 at the channel’s upper trendline, its price could surge more than 108% to $0.55. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com

Cardano is facing a fresh round of criticism after renowned crypto market analyst Ali Martinez, known on X as Ali Charts, argued that the network’s valuation remains badly out of step with actual usage. His thesis is blunt: unless adoption improves materially, ADA’s price could face far more downside if a key support level breaks. In a post titled “The Most Useless Network in the Crypto Market,” Martinez framed Cardano as a chain with a large market value but comparatively weak onchain traction. He wrote, “Cardano ranks among the largest cryptocurrencies by market value, yet the level of real activity on the network remains relatively small.” Could Cardano Fall Another 80%? He then tied that directly to DeFi participation, arguing that “the amount of capital locked in Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem has never exceeded $1 billion, and it has historically been only a fraction of what is locked on competing platforms like Ethereum. Even some newer chains, such as SUI, have already surpassed it in usage.” Related Reading: Cardano Red Month Is Far From Over: Analyst Predicts Crash To This Target That gap between valuation and network activity sits at the center of his bearish case. Martinez argued that when “a network is valued in the billions but only a limited amount of capital and applications are actually using it, the price may be driven more by speculation than by real demand.” In his view, Cardano has yet to establish the kind of durable product-market fit that tends to sustain long-term capital inflows in crypto. He sharpened that comparison by placing Cardano alongside two ecosystems that, in his telling, already carved out clearer roles in the market. “Unlike Ethereum, which has built a dominant position in DeFi, or Solana, which has captured high-speed consumer applications, Cardano still lacks a clear use case that consistently attracts users, developers, and investors,” he wrote. The point was not simply that Cardano is smaller than those chains, but that it still has not locked in a sector where it is the default destination for activity. Related Reading: Cardano Sharks & Whales Quietly Accumulate 819M ADA Amid Price Decline Martinez also pointed to Cardano’s development model as a structural constraint. “Another concern for me is the pace of development and the increasingly competitive environment,” he said. “Cardano follows a research-driven model that prioritizes academic review and formal verification. While that approach can improve security and design quality, it has also resulted in a slower rollout of features compared to other blockchains.” That slower cadence, he suggested, has had compounding effects. “Although Cardano launched in 2017, smart contracts were not introduced until 2021, giving competing ecosystems several years to build stronger network effects with more developers, applications, and liquidity.” In crypto, where network effects can become self-reinforcing, arriving late to key product layers can matter as much as technical design. The market implication of that thesis comes down to one chart level. Martinez said $0.245 is the critical support to watch. If that floor breaks decisively, he sees scope for a move to $0.112 or even $0.051, which would imply another 50% to 80% decline from that zone. He stopped short of calling the breakdown a certainty, noting that it “has not yet occurred,” but said traders waiting on the sidelines could still see a short setup if the level fails, provided risk is tightly managed. At press time, ADA traded at $0.2668. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

Like other altcoins in the space, the Cardano price has suffered a tremendous amount of losses over the last few months. This relentless sell-off has pushed the ADA price so low that it is now sitting at levels not seen since the last bear market. Even now, Cardano remains in danger of further decline, as explained by crypto analyst Lingrid in a recent analysis. Why Cardano Could Crash Further The major problem being faced by the Cardano price now is that the bulls have failed a number of times to reclaim control from the bears. With each failure, the hold by the bears becomes stronger, furthering the possibility of a bearish continuation. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bear Market Could Be Shrinking, But Are We Watching History Repeating Itself? In the analysis, crypto analyst Lingrid revealed that Cardano remains below the consolidation support at $0.26. As a result of this, the cryptocurrency has now started moving below its former structure. At the same time, the price is also below the descending resistance, showing a lot of weakness. Despite the recent recovery, the fact that the altcoin’s price eventually moved back downward proved that bears are still in control of the market. The downside of this is that the bearish continuation is likely from here, especially as the price has also been rejected at $0.26, and the price could crash further. The only way this move gets invalidated is if the Cardano price were to successfully reclaim and break above $0.27 again. 6 Months Of Red With the red close of the month of February, Cardano marked five consecutive months of red closes, making it the third time in history that this has happened, according to data from CryptoRank. The first time was back in 2021-2022, when the bear market had begun, and then again, that year, Cardano recorded another five consecutive months of red closes. Related Reading: Pundit Says XRP Price Could Reach $1,000 By End Of 2026 If This Happens While the last time ended with a major surge in the sixth month, the Cardano price is already down by more than 11% in the month of March, suggesting that the red trend could continue. Now, back in 2021-2022, was the first time in history that the digital asset saw 6 red monthly candles, and what followed was interesting. After the sixth month of red in February 2022, the Cardano price had begun to surge, eventually ending the next month with gains of 18%. However, after this, the bleed continued, and Cardano fell further. Now, if this trend were to repeat itself, then the cryptocurrency could see a relief bounce after the sixth month of red. But this would not mean an end to the decline, but rather, a precursor to more decline. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com

CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, is expanding its footprint in crypto with the launch of new futures contracts tied to Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (XLM).  In a blog post published Monday, the exchange confirmed that the crypto contracts went live on February 9, marking another step in the steady buildout of its regulated cryptocurrency product suite. New Futures And Index Launch Plan With the addition of ADA, LINK and XLM, CME now offers futures products covering seven major crypto assets. According to the company’s own estimates, the expanded lineup represents exposure to more than 75% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization.  Related Reading: Bitcoin And Ethereum Prices Are Recovering Again, But Will The US-Israel War Derail It? The new crypto contracts are cash-settled and reference the CME CF Reference Rates. Each token is available in both standard and micro-sized contracts, allowing for participation from a broad range of institutional and smaller market participants. The first LINK and XLM futures trades were executed between FalconX and Marex, while the inaugural ADA transactions took place between Cumberland DRW and Wintermute.  In addition to the new token-specific contracts, CME revealed plans to roll out a Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures product, targeted for launch on March 16, pending regulatory approval.  Crypto Derivatives Hit Record Volumes In 2025 In its blog post, the company also highlighted the rapid growth of its crypto derivatives business. In 2025, CME recorded a milestone year for its digital asset product suite, reporting an average daily volume of 278,300 contracts.  Related Reading: Wall Street Giant JPMorgan Sees Clarity Act Driving Second-Half Upside That figure translates to roughly $12 billion in notional value traded each day. Growth has also been reflected in rising average daily open interest, underscoring sustained institutional engagement since the product line’s inception. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

Cardano (ADA) jumped over 12% in a single day, breaking above short-term resistance and drawing renewed attention from both whales and institutional funds. The surge coincides with steady accumulation by whales and mechanical buying from index-tracking products, signaling a potential shift after months of consolidation. Related Reading: XRP Rally Incoming? Analyst Forecasts March-April Recovery If This Level Breaks The combination of rising trading activity, renewed interest in derivatives, and steady accumulation by major holders has brought Cardano back onto traders’ radars. While questions remain about long-term network activity, recent price behavior suggests that market participants are ready for significant long-term moves. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview Institutional Allocation and Whale Accumulation Support Cardano’s Momentum On-chain data shows that large Cardano holders, commonly referred to as sharks and whales, have accumulated roughly 819 million ADA over the past six months. This buying occurred even as prices declined significantly, indicating that influential investors viewed lower levels as an opportunity to build positions. Institutional exposure has also increased. Asset manager Grayscale raised Cardano’s weighting within its Smart Contract Platform Select Capped Index fund to above 20%, making ADA the product’s third-largest holding. Although the adjustments are driven partly by index-tracking mechanics, the rising allocation highlights Cardano’s continued relevance among major smart-contract platforms. This accumulation trend contrasts with retail sentiment during the downturn and suggests longer-term conviction despite ongoing competition from rival blockchain ecosystems. Analysts often interpret sustained buying during price weakness as a signal that larger investors are positioning ahead of future catalysts. Technical Breakout Fuels ADA’s Price Surge ADA recorded a 12% daily gain, rising from roughly $0.26 to above $0.29, as trading volume surged to nearly 4 times its average level. The move followed a breakout above key short-term technical levels after weeks of consolidation. Momentum indicators show a recovery phase underway. The RSI remains below overbought territory, leaving room for further upside, while trend strength readings indicate a developing directional move. Rising futures open interest, which expanded by nearly 30% in a single day, suggests fresh capital entering the market rather than short covering alone. Key levels now sit near $0.31 as immediate support, while resistance appears around $0.34 and the 50-day moving average. A sustained hold above these zones could reinforce bullish momentum, whereas rejection may trigger consolidation. Ecosystem Developments Add Fundamental Narrative Beyond price action, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently emphasized that the network remains competitive, citing the upcoming Midnight privacy project as evidence of continued development. The initiative has already attracted early partnerships and aims to expand enterprise and regulatory-compliant use cases. Still, mixed fundamentals persist. While derivatives activity and investor accumulation are rising, decentralized finance participation and total value locked on the network remain below previous highs, reflecting uneven ecosystem growth. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Surges 8% — Key Drivers Behind The Recovery Toward $70,000 For now, Cardano’s rally represents a notable alignment between institutional positioning and technical momentum. Whether ADA can sustain gains above current resistance levels will likely depend on continued capital inflows and broader crypto market sentiment in the weeks ahead. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart on Tradingview

On-chain data shows the Cardano sharks and whales have quietly been accumulating the asset even as the price has gone through a drawdown. Cardano Sharks & Whales Have Increased Supply Share By 1.6% In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the supply of the Cardano sharks and whales. The indicator of interest here is the “Supply Distribution,” which tells us about the amount of the ADA circulating supply that’s held by a given wallet group. Related Reading: Bitcoin Yet To See Meaningful Capital Return, Glassnode Says Addresses or investors are divided into these cohorts based on the number of tokens that they are carrying in their balance. The 1 to 10 coins cohort, for instance, includes the wallets owning between 1 and 10 ADA. In the context of the current topic, the range of interest is the 100,000 to 100 million coins one. At the current exchange rate, its lower end converts to $30,400 and upper one to $30.4 million. Given the scale involved, the range would cover some of the key investors of the market holding a notable amount. Holders of this kind are popularly called the sharks and whales. Moves from these traders can sometimes have an effect on the market, so they can be worth keeping an eye on. If nothing else, the behavior of these groups can be revealing about the sentiment among the influential entities. Now, here is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the trend in the Supply Distribution of the Cardano sharks and whales over the last few months: As displayed in the above graph, the Cardano sharks and whales have seen their Supply Distribution rise over the last few months, indicating that the large investors have been accumulating. More specifically, the sharks and whales have added 819.4 million tokens (currently worth $248 million) to their wallets over the last six months. This has taken their supply share of the cryptocurrency from 66.84% to 68.44%. Interestingly, while the sharks and whales have expanded their supply during this window, the asset’s price has witnessed a significant drawdown instead. The timing could suggest that the key investors have been looking at the price decline as an opportunity to enter at lower levels. Related Reading: Bitcoin Nears Death Cross That Preceded Final Bear Market Legs From the chart, it’s visible that the accumulation trend has become particularly steep this month. It now remains to be seen whether this buying will pay off for the Cardano sharks and whales or if the asset will go lower still. ADA Price Cardano has observed a strong surge of 14% during the last 24 hours that has taken its price to $0.30. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

This year has been a tough ride for Cardano (ADA) investors, as weakening retail participation collides with renewed development activity and aggressive accumulation by large holders. Related Reading: Bitcoin Capitulation Or Buy Zone? What On-Chain Data Shows Right Now While on-chain data points to growing long-term conviction, market sentiment around ADA remains fragile, leaving the asset caught between technical pressure and ecosystem expansion efforts. Cardano sits at #11 trading near $0.28 after a sharp correction from January highs above $0.44. The price structure reflects broader cooling across the market, with declining derivatives activity and cautious trader positioning reinforcing analysts’ description of a “survival mode” environment for the token. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview Market Fatigue Weighs on Cardano (ADA) Price Momentum Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently warned that the crypto market could face another 90 to 180 days of slow conditions, citing retail exhaustion following years of market shocks, including exchange failures, regulatory uncertainty, and repeated speculative cycles. Derivatives data support this cautious outlook. Open interest in ADA futures has dropped to roughly $447 million, alongside declining trading volumes, signaling reduced conviction among traders. Funding rates have also turned negative, suggesting bearish sentiment is building in leveraged markets. Technically, ADA is testing key support levels. The token continues to defend an ascending trendline formed after February’s lows near $0.22, while resistance remains clustered around the $0.29–$0.30 region. Analysts note that repeated tests of support increase the risk of breakdown, potentially exposing downside targets near $0.25 if selling pressure intensifies. Despite the weakness, higher-low formations and stabilization above short-term moving averages leave room for recovery should broader market sentiment improve. Whales Step In as Retail Interest Declines While retail demand fades, large holders appear to be taking the opposite approach. On-chain data shows wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million ADA accumulated more than 220 million tokens, valued at over $61 million, during the recent price dip. The Mean Coin Age metric has reached a three-month high, indicating long-term holders are largely refraining from selling. Historically, this combination of whale accumulation and reduced token movement can tighten circulating supply and help establish price floors during downturns. Some analysts argue that February’s lows could represent a longer-term entry zone if market conditions stabilize, though they caution that historical rebounds do not guarantee future performance. DeFi Expansion Plans Aim to Shift Narrative Beyond price action, Cardano is advancing with ecosystem upgrades to strengthen its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The network plans to launch USDCx, a USDC-backed stablecoin intended to address liquidity shortages that have limited DeFi growth on the chain. In parallel, Cardano is integrating the LayerZero interoperability protocol, enabling connections to more than 140 blockchain networks, including Ethereum and Solana. The move is expected to expand cross-chain liquidity access and attract developers seeking broader user bases. Related Reading: Ethereum Staking Reaches Historic Levels, Price Hovers Near $2K Development activity remains high, with hundreds of repository updates focused on wallet improvements, cross-chain communication, and network infrastructure. However, market reaction has so far remained muted, suggesting investors are waiting for measurable adoption rather than announcements alone. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart on Tradingview

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says the crypto market is headed for “90–180 days” of more grind, not because the industry lacks catalysts, but because retail is exhausted and the narrative that kept people engaged has stopped working. Speaking with CoinDesk at Consensus 2026 in Hong Kong, the Input Output CEO framed the current drawdown as a morale problem as much as a market one. “This one particularly stings because we expected a really strong cycle in 2025 and we didn’t quite get it,” he said. “So, a lot of people are pretty bitter about it… We just got to get through the next 90-180 days. It’s going to be tough.” Cardano Founder On What Went Wrong For Crypto Hoskinson’s core point was that crypto has spent years promising a near-term “magic fix,” then watching the market fail to respond even when those fixes arrived. He rattled off the sequence retail has lived through: NFT mania, the collapse of Luna, collapse of FTX, the “scary Gary era,” memecoin mania, and “all the Trump stuff” and argued that each cycle offered the same story: endure the pain now, because something big is coming in 6–12 months. “And we got all the mcguffins,” he said. “We got BlackRock coming in. We got the US government doing the reserve thing. We got good regulation with Genius to start… all the things that we were looking for happened and then nothing happened afterwards.” Related Reading: Cardano May Be At A Prime Buying Point, Analyst Says To explain the mood, Hoskinson leaned on a vivid travel metaphor: “We got to the town and the hotel was closed, the restaurants closed and we’re like where do we sleep and eat? … people are deeply frustrated.” That frustration, in his telling, has turned into a broader disengagement. Retail isn’t shocked by volatility, it’s bored and worn down by the repeated promise that the next institutional wave, the next regulatory milestone, or the next narrative pivot will make the market “work” again. Hoskinson also cast the next phase of adoption as politically contentious inside crypto itself. As more traditional finance players get involved, he warned of a future where the industry becomes “federated”, dominated by large corporate-controlled networks and where users are pushed away from self-custody. “What they want to do long term is move everybody into a custodial holder from a non-custodial holder and then ban DeFi and non-custodial wallets so they can consolidate the entire industry to like 10 or 15 of big actors,” he said, adding that it’s feeding apathy among long-time participants. He put it more bluntly a moment later: “We didn’t sign up to have Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan and BlackRock and these other guys run the industry. We signed up to build a new banking system that is pushing power to the edges.” If the industry drifts back into the hands of the institutions crypto originally positioned itself against, Hoskinson argued, the last decade of risk-taking starts to look like a round trip. How To Make Crypto Great Again Hoskinson’s proposed reset centers on making crypto usable for people who aren’t primarily there to trade. That starts with “wallet abstraction”, reducing onboarding to something like “30 seconds with a fingerprint and a pin code,” plus social recovery and then integrating those wallets into mainstream platforms so the default experience becomes non-financial. Related Reading: Cardano Nears End Of 2020-Style Correction: Is $5 To $10 Next? “Right now, I have to understand… private keys, understand how to back up wallets, all this stuff,” he said. “So, really, the only interface is for people that are doing this for financial reasons.” From there, he argued, crypto should stop “over financializing everything,” pointing to the volume of token launches as a symptom. “Anytime I hear anything, I always ask, ‘When’s the token launch?’ And I’m sorry, 11 million tokens went out last year. It’s not sustainable,” he said. He tied that thesis to what he sees as the next wave of demand: agentic AI. By 2030, Hoskinson predicted, “the majority of internet searches in commerce will be agentic,” meaning bots transact more than humans and crypto, via stablecoins and standards he referenced such as x402 becomes the rails that give those agents “economic agency.” Hoskinson also dismissed the idea that quantum fears are driving today’s downturn. “If there are, they’re stupid,” he said of anyone selling Bitcoin due to quantum risk, calling the threat “not… right now.” He pointed instead to DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), saying the effort is working toward measuring whether quantum computers will be meaningful “by 2033,” and argued the real issue is trade-offs: post-quantum cryptography is “5 to 10 times less efficient,” and few networks want to pay that cost today. Still, he framed the looming transition as an opportunity, especially for Bitcoin, which he said may need a hard fork to fully address post-quantum migration. For Cardano, he argued, on-chain governance makes such changes a more bounded process: “It’s a six-month conversation for us.” At press time, Cardano traded at $0.2638. Featured image from YouTube, chart from TradingView.com

Reports say Cardano’s price has slid low enough that a fresh wave of buyers is talking about picking up ADA on weakness. Crypto Jebb, a YouTuber with a big following, argues current levels create an attractive “buy the dip” opportunity because the downside looks smaller than the upside from here. Related Reading: After Predicting XRP’s Drop, Analyst Says The Bottom May Be In He notes ADA sits more than 90% below its all-time high and roughly 77% under its December 2024 level near $1.32. That gap, he says, changes how risk looks for someone adding to a long-term position. Market Structure Shows Patterns Traders Recognize Weekly charts are at the center of the case being made. Reports note ADA has a history of long consolidation before large rebounds, and some of those moves returned 100% or more. Momentum readings have been on flat surface lately, which can mean selling pressure is easing after long falls. Support zones have held in prior cycles and buying interest later helped push prices higher. These are technical signs only; they do not promise a repeat. Still, for many traders this setup signals an asymmetric bet — limited room to lose in proportion to the reward if things flip. On-Chain Signals And Broader Context According to various commentaries, the bullish view is not based solely on price charts. Relative weakness against Bitcoin is being watched closely. ADA is at historic lows versus BTC, a level that in prior cycles preceded big runs when capital flowed back into altcoins. Analysts point to RSI bottoms and matching time cycles as further clues that a turning point could be forming. Reports also emphasize that broader market calm and continued interest in altcoins are necessary to make these patterns matter. Price Targets And Reward Estimates Reports say price scenarios stretch from $1.50 up to near $2 over the coming 12 to 24 months if momentum returns. From recent levels near $0.33, those targets imply gains greater than 300% in a favorable environment. Risk-to-reward figures above eight times have been floated by some commentators who calculate potential upside against possible downside from current prices. Those numbers are attractive on paper, but they depend on macro factors and renewed investor appetite for alternative tokens. Where The Argument Is Thin And How To Frame Risk Reports note the trade is mainly pattern-driven and light on fresh on-chain growth or developer activity as proof that a major rally is coming. That matters. If ecosystem adoption or meaningful protocol updates are missing, past chart patterns may fail to repeat. Related Reading: Tron Accumulates TRX, Price Pops As Justin Sun Weighs In Position sizing, stop levels, and a clear view of where the thesis breaks should be part of any plan, because the market can stay stressed out for longer than expected. Some investors treat this as a buy-the-dip window; others view it as a high-risk stance that must be managed carefully. Crypto Jebb sees Cardano’s current slide as a good entry point, with limited downside compared to potential gains. He suggests long-term investors consider adding ADA now, while stressing that careful risk management is still essential. Featured image from Newsbit, chart from TradingView

While some consider the altcoins season may never come, others believe the altcoin market has changed, suggesting that a different version of the highly anticipated rally is in its early stages. Related Reading: Ethereum Targets April 2025 Lows As Price Drops Below $2,000 – What’s Next For ETH? ‘Inverted Altcoin Season’ Just Begun On Friday, the market recovered 15% from its multi-year lows, with most cryptocurrencies bouncing in the short-term timeframe. Amid the recent crash, investors’ sentiment has sunk to its lowest levels since 2022, with many expressing concerns about the future performance of altcoins. Market observer Ali Martinez discussed how the long-awaited altcoin season might have started, but not in the way most investors expected. In an X post, the analyst highlighted that after Bitcoin bottomed in November 2022, a nearly three-year bull run began, which carried the flagship crypto to its October all-time high (ATH). “During that entire period, many traders kept waiting for a traditional altcoin season: the familiar phase where Bitcoin rises and capital rotates broadly into altcoins, lifting nearly everything together,” he noted. However, unlike a traditional alt season, the market didn’t see altcoins rally all at once this cycle. Instead, many altcoins have been simultaneously breaking down structurally, with “channels that held for years (…) failing, support levels (…) giving way, and downside expansions (…) accelerating.”  To him, “we are witnessing what I would call an inverted altcoin season.” Martinez noted the performance of cryptocurrencies like Filecoin (FIL), Polkadot (DOT), Avalanche (AVAX), and Cardano (ADA), which have either completed or started the breakdown from their macro channel supports. He considers this to be where new opportunities emerge: For traders willing to shift their bias, this environment has created meaningful opportunities — especially on the short side. (…) What’s important is that this pattern isn’t finished playing out. As a result, the analyst affirmed that the new inverted altcoin season is in its early stages, concluding that this cycle, it “didn’t arrive as a broad rally. It arrived as a selective unwind.” No More Broader Altcoins Rally? During a Thursday panel at the Ondo Summit 2026, Bitget’s CEO Gracy Chen discussed what crypto will look like in 2030. The executive predicted that the Real-World Asset (RWA) sector will grow significantly in the next four years, with “everything tokenized.” However, she also shared the “controversial opinion” that the highly anticipated alt season “may never come” and that altcoins could never rally all at once again, which would be “a little bit tricky” for crypto businesses, she added. Others have previously discussed market changes and whether the “old cycles” for Bitcoin and altcoins still hold. Last year, analyst Altcoin Sherpa asserted that the crypto market is in a “hyper-accelerated regime.” He explained that the earlier cycles consisted of euphoric, corrective, and accumulation phases before the start of a recovery phase. Meanwhile, the market now experiences short-term uptrends followed by mid-term downtrends under the new regime. “We have 1-3 months of pump followed by 2-6 months of downtrend and rinse repeat,” he wrote. “There is no more euphoria where things go berserk for an entire year. Just 1-3 months and then down.” Related Reading: Solana Eyes Deeper Correction As Bearish Pattern Confirmation Targets $40 Based on the new system, he advised traders not to expect 2021-like market conditions for most altcoins or a traditional Alt season. Instead, Altcoin Sherpa suggested that investors should capitalize on shorter rallies while being aware of their limited duration. Nonetheless, he noted that, unlike previous cycles, altcoins will also recover faster and won’t take over a year to bottom and accumulate before a fresh leg up begins. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com

On Jan. 30, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that he has signed an integration agreement to bring USDCx, a Circle-linked stablecoin product, to the Cardano ecosystem. The infrastructure move represents a strategic effort to lower the network’s DeFi growth ceiling by establishing a sustained, reliable flow of on-chain dollar liquidity. In a social media post […]
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Cardano’s (ADA) current price may look tempting, especially as it sits deep in oversold territory, but cheap doesn’t always mean opportunity. When momentum is absent and structure remains weak, early buyers often find themselves stuck watching price drift sideways for weeks. For ADA, the real question isn’t how low it has gone; it’s whether it has the strength to escape. Trapped In the Red Zone: Pressure, Not Opportunity Trend Rider, in a recent update shared on X, explained that ADA’s daily chart has been flashing signals that many traders interpret as a “perfect bottom.” With the price sitting at the lower end of the bands and deep in the red, the temptation to buy looks obvious. However, Rider cautioned that low prices alone are not a guarantee that a move higher is ready to begin. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Next Peak Might Ignite ADA’s Rally, Says Cardano Creator According to the analysis using the Rider Algo, Cardano is currently pinned inside a dark red zone. While some see this area as a solid floor, Trend Rider views it as a zone of heavy pressure and exhaustion, where price often drifts sideways for extended periods, leaving traders stuck in unproductive consolidation. Rider emphasized that trying to catch absolute bottoms rarely works out, often resulting in either catching a falling knife or watching capital remain stagnant while other assets show clearer momentum. As a result, Rider’s focus is not on buying at the lowest possible price, but on waiting for confirmation that strength is returning as the key is not support, but escape.  Trend Rider expects Cardano to demonstrate the ability to climb out of the red zone with conviction. Specifically, the analyst is watching for a decisive breakout and a daily close above the $0.45 level. Until that happens, the bears still control the market structure. For now, Rider’s plan is to enter at a higher price with confirmed momentum than gamble on a “perfect bottom” and hope it holds. Currently, trading is about correct timing, not arriving first.  Cardano Buyers Defend $0.33–$0.36 From Marcus Corvinus’s analysis, Cardano is currently reacting from a key demand zone between $0.33 and $0.36, an area where buyers have previously stepped in to defend the price. This zone is now under close watch as it could once again play a crucial role in determining the next move. Related Reading: Cardano Nears End Of 2020-Style Correction: Is $5 To $10 Next? Corvinus noted that if the demand zone holds and bullish momentum begins to build, ADA could see a more sustained bounce, potentially opening the way toward the next major resistance level around $0.53. As things stand, this area is shaping up to be a decision point for the market. Continued buyer defense could help rebuild structure and gradually shift pressure back to the upside. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com

Leading derivatives exchange CME plans to add futures contracts tied to Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (XLM) to continue growing its roster of regulated crypto derivatives. Related Reading: Analyst Says It’s Time For Ethereum’s ‘Big Test’ – Is ETH Season Loading? CME Adds New Altcoins To Crypto Derivatives Lineup On Thursday, Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group announced a new expansion of its lineup of regulated crypto derivatives with the upcoming inclusion of Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar futures. According to the announcement, the new crypto additions are expected to launch on February 9, 2026, although they are still pending regulatory review. In addition, they will offer both micro-sized and larger-sized contracts for the three cryptocurrencies. For the standard Cardano futures, the contract will cover 100,000 ADA, while the micro-sized ADA futures will consist of 10,000 tokens. In addition, the Chainlink and Stellar’s large-sized futures will be set at 5,000 LINK and 250,000 XLM, respectively, while the small-sized contracts will cover 250 LINK and 12,500 XLM. The upcoming Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar futures contracts build on the derivatives exchange’s existing crypto suite, which includes four of the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. In 2017, CME first launched Bitcoin (BTC) futures, followed by the introduction of Ethereum (ETH) futures in 2021. In the first half of 2025, the Chicago-based exchange added Solana (SOL) and XRP futures to its lineup, introducing options for both cryptocurrencies later in the year. Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, highlighted the industry’s expansion and development over the past few years, affirming that “given crypto’s record growth over the last year, clients are looking for trusted, regulated products to manage price risk as well as additional tools to gain exposure to this dynamic market.” “With these new micro- and larger-size Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures contracts, market participants will now have greater choice with enhanced flexibility and more capital-efficiencies,” he added. Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar Price Reaction Despite the positive development, the trajectory of ADA, LINK, and XLM remained mostly unchanged, with the three altcoins continuing their intraday correction. Chainlink and Stellar both saw 4% declines from their Thursday highs, falling to the $13.60 and $0.225 levels. LINK has momentarily lost the $13.80 level as support and is attempting to hold the current area to prevent further bleeding. Similarly, XLM was also rejected from the Wednesday highs and bounced from the $0.230 before continuing its descent toward its two-day low. Related Reading: Bitcoin Nears ‘Historic’ Technical Test As Price Eyes $93,500 Barrier – What’s Next? Meanwhile, ADA was attempting to reclaim the $0.41 area ahead of the announcement, briefly bouncing from the recent pullback. Notably, Cardano surged over 10% from the recent lows toward the crucial $0.42-$0.43 area. However, the altcoin was rejected from this zone on Wednesday, retracing nearly 9% from the local highs to retest the $0.40 level. On Thursday morning, the cryptocurrency bounced from this area, but ultimately resumed its correction as the day progressed. As a result, Cardano has retraced most of this week’s gains, currently trading around the $0.391 mark. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com

Cardano rallied this month after a clear rebound from a low zone around $0.33–$0.35. Prices jumped more than 10% on January 2, and ADA is up 20% year-to-date. Related Reading: Crypto Market Watches As Clarity Act Enters Senate Debate Next Week: US Senator Reports have disclosed that whale activity spiked on that day across both spot and futures markets, according to recent data. Governance on January 8 approved a 70 million ADA treasury allocation aimed at supporting USDC/USDT integrations, oracle work with Pyth Network, and cross-chain tools. Market players say that is hard cash being put to work. Hoskinson Sees Bitcoin As A Trigger According to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, a fresh Bitcoin push to a record high would help lift other tokens, including ADA. He has forecast that Bitcoin could reach $250,000 toward the end of this year, a move that would push its market cap to roughly $5 trillion. Hoskinson argued that when Bitcoin leads a rally, investors tend to buy BTC first because it offers liquidity and a sense of relative safety, and then capital flows into higher-risk assets later. UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says “I believe Bitcoin will reach an all-time high, and I also believe there’s going to be some value leakage from Bitcoin into the altcoin space.” $NIGHT pic.twitter.com/yFAzinx4cs — Angry Crypto Show (@angrycryptoshow) January 7, 2026 Past Runs Show Rotation Into Altcoins Based on reports and past market moves, Bitcoin’s big rallies have often preceded strong gains in alternative tokens. In 2021, Bitcoin climbed to about $68,000 and several major altcoins surged afterwards. Ethereum hit roughly $4,950 in August 2025, while XRP peaked near $3.66 in July of that year. Back then, ADA topped above $3 at its peak. Those episodes are often cited as examples where profit-seeking behavior shifted from the largest coin into smaller projects. Bitcoin’s Recent Highs Did Not Help All Tokens Market watchers point out that history is not a guarantee. In October 2025, Bitcoin reached a new record of $126,198, but only a few assets rode that wave. Many altcoins stayed flat or posted modest gains. That pattern is being used by some analysts to temper expectations about how much value will “leak” from BTC into altcoins this cycle. The size of any rotation, Hoskinson himself warned, is still uncertain and could differ from earlier cycles. Liquidity and macro conditions will matter. ETF flows, trader positioning, and whether developers and users adopt new features are among the things investors will watch. A Measured Outlook Reports note that Cardano’s recent treasury spend targets stablecoins and oracle access, which could help DeFi activity on the network if projects take up the funding. Competition from other layer ones and scaling solutions is real, and capital can move quickly between chains. Related Reading: Bitcoin ETFs Bring The Heat: $1.2 Billion Flows In First 48 Hours—Analyst The view from Hoskinson is bullish on the linkage between Bitcoin highs and altcoin upside, but the evidence from late 2025 shows that link can be uneven. ADA’s recent moves — a bounce from $0.33–$0.35, a more than 10% single-day gain on January 2, and a 70 million ADA treasury allocation on January 8 — give the token practical catalysts beyond market talk. Whether those actions translate into sustained price gains will depend on broader market flows and how the allocated funds are used. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView

Cardano (ADA) may be nearing the end of a multi-month corrective phase that closely resembles its 2020 setup, according to a new technical analysis video posted Wednesday by crypto analyst Quantum Ascend. The analyst argues that a similar “lower trendline reset” preceded ADA’s prior breakout cycle, and that several weekly indicators are now starting to turn. Cardano’s 2020 Fractal Is Back In a Jan. 7 video shared on X, Quantum Ascend said he is looking at ADA’s weekly chart through a macro, multi-leg corrective framework. “On a macro count for ADA, you’re looking at an A, B, C, D, and right now waiting on an E,” he said, framing the current market structure as the late stage of a broader consolidation rather than a fresh downtrend. That “E” leg matters in their model because it effectively marks the final phase of a wedge-like compression. Quantum Ascend pointed to an upper trendline, Fibonacci levels, and prior work published in a mid-December video to justify upside targets once the structure completes. “Essentially you have upper trendline, you have some Fib stuff in play, I have a conservative of five bucks, primary up there at $10,” he said. “And then after that, I think it gets ugly for crypto for a little while, so still a believer that alt season is ahead of us.” Related Reading: Is Cardano Entering a New Phase? Technical Strength, ETF Watch, and Ecosystem Direction Align The core of the argument, however, wasn’t the targets themselves, it was the claimed resemblance to an earlier Cardano correction. Quantum Ascend overlaid a historical “fractal” to highlight comparable price behavior: a move up to a similar level, a pullback, another push into resistance, and then a wick that tagged roughly the same area on the overlay. “This correction right here that I just took this from, look at how similar it is to that correction that we just had,” he said. “Obviously it’s not perfect, but if you tried to get it close from a price structure standpoint… look where that wick on 10.10 went, exactly right there.” In the analyst’s telling, that prior pattern was the market’s way of forcing ADA down to establish a lower trendline before the next expansion. “So this is the same exact move that Cardano had to come down to set the lower trendline,” he said. “So right now setting the lower trendline, before it went on a blast off.” He then referenced the scale of Cardano’s last major run as a reminder of what altcoin cycles have historically looked like when momentum turns. “And how far did it end up running? Well, it ended up going 170X from that point in time, from a penny all the way up to $3,” Quantum Ascend said, using that move as context for why double-digit targets don’t automatically fall into the “impossible” bucket during late-cycle expansions. Related Reading: Cardano Founder Addresses ADA Dump Rumors, Is He Behind The 80% Price Crash? The more immediate claim is that the upside implied by a $10 target is not unprecedented in percentage terms compared with prior alt cycles. “When you’re looking at how far that $10 mark is from where we’re at right now, I mean 22X, right? 25X,” he said. “What was this alt season back here? This alt season was just 2021… That was a 21X… So it’s not unreasonable to be looking for 24X there. And then even on the conservative side, more of a 12X.” On indicators, Quantum Ascend highlighted early signs of a weekly momentum shift rather than a confirmed breakout. “You have a completed ABC. This thing’s ready to turn back around,” he said, adding that broader market conditions looked supportive of a bounce. The analyst also pointed to the weekly RSI beginning to lift after an extended period near lows. “Look at the RSI here on the weekly, finally starting to curl up off the floor. We’ve been down on the floor since October 27th that week, finally getting a little juice.” The analyst described negative momentum as “been decreasing,” and referenced an “ABC” structure on MACD as another piece of the same turning narrative. “A lot of these major moves happen when the weekly RSI goes from low to high,” Quantum Ascend said, arguing that higher timeframes can be slower but more reliable when they finally rotate. Quantum Ascend closed by saying he remains constructive on the project even without a current position. “I am a big believer in this project. I don’t hold any right now. It’s just the way that my portfolio has worked out,” he said. “But I do believe that there’s going to be some massive upside coming to Cardano.” At press time, ADA traded at $0.3925. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

Cardano (ADA) is now facing renewed scrutiny following a challenging year marked by significant price losses and a slowdown in ecosystem momentum. Over recent weeks, a combination of technical signals, governance decisions, and regulatory speculation has brought ADA back into focus. Related Reading: Bitcoin ETFs Bring The Heat: $1.2 Billion Flows In First 48 Hours—Analyst While optimism has returned to parts of the market, the network now faces a critical test: whether short-term recovery can translate into sustained progress across price, adoption, and infrastructure. ADA's price trends slightly upwards on low timeframes as seen on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview Cardano’s (ADA) Technical Signals Suggest Improving Momentum Cardano’s price action has shown signs of stabilization following a decline of more than 60% in 2025. Currently, ADA formed its first golden cross of 2026, with short-term moving averages crossing above longer-term averages on both hourly and two-hour charts. ADA has also printed its first positive weekly candle in over two months, reflecting improving sentiment. At the time of writing, the token is trading around the $0.41–$0.416 range, supported by higher futures open interest and daily trading volume near recent highs. However, price remains capped by resistance near $0.401, a level that aligns with the 50-day moving average and has rejected multiple breakout attempts since late 2024. A sustained move above this zone is widely seen as necessary for further upside toward higher historical ranges. Governance Funding and Ecosystem Priorities Beyond charts, Cardano has taken steps to address ecosystem development through governance. A proposal authorizing the withdrawal of 70 million ADA for critical integrations has been ratified by the network’s governing bodies. The funding is intended to support infrastructure additions such as stablecoin integrations and oracle services, including work related to USDC, USDT, and Pyth. In parallel, the Cardano Foundation has allocated additional resources to boost stablecoin liquidity, a key requirement for competitive DeFi activity. Founder Charles Hoskinson has emphasized that future success will be measured less by short-term price movement and more by growth in metrics such as active users, total value locked, and real-world usage. The upcoming Ouroboros Leios upgrade and the planned expansion of the Midnight, a privacy-focused sidechain, are central to this strategy. ETF Expectations and the 2026 Outlook Another factor shaping expectations is the prospect of a spot Cardano ETF in the United States. While no application has been approved as of December 2025, products such as the Grayscale Cardano ADA Trust remain under SEC review, with decisions now expected in early 2026. Previous approvals of Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs have raised expectations, though analysts note that ADA faces additional scrutiny tied to classification debates. Related Reading: XRP Rally Reopens The $8–$12 Zone Debate, Says Will Taylor Taken together, Cardano enters 2026 at a pivotal moment. Technical indicators suggest a recovery, governance actions aim to strengthen the ecosystem, and regulatory developments could impact institutional access. Whether these elements align into a durable new phase will depend on execution in the months ahead. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

Charles Hoskinson isn’t backing away from big predictions. The Cardano founder says crypto is still early, despite years of growth and repeated boom-and-bust cycles. In his view, the industry is setting up for something much larger—both in size and in reach. Related Reading: Crypto Heat Fizzling Out? US Search Interest Plunges As Retail Shy Away Today, crypto counts more than 500 million users worldwide. The combined market value already sits in the trillions, with Bitcoin alone worth about $1.75 trillion. That’s impressive, but Hoskinson argues it’s nowhere near the finish line. He believes the sector can grow to 2 billion users and hit a $10 trillion total valuation. That’s a fourfold jump in adoption and more than triple today’s market size. His timeline is clear too. Hoskinson says this could happen within the next 10 years, by 2035. Why Hoskinson Thinks Crypto Explodes From Here The key driver, according to Hoskinson, is real-world asset tokenization, often called RWA. It’s the idea of putting traditional assets—like bonds, property, and commodities—onto blockchains. This isn’t theoretical anymore. Data from RWA.xyz shows close to $20 billion worth of assets, including bonds and real estate, have already been tokenized. That number keeps climbing, even during slow market periods. UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says the crypto industry will “grow to 2 billion users over the next 10 years and a $10 trillion market cap, because of the RWA revolution and the unification of the financial markets.” $NIGHT pic.twitter.com/F9mntPZd0I — Angry Crypto Show (@angrycryptoshow) December 28, 2025 Hoskinson says this trend changes everything. When assets move on-chain, crypto stops being just about trading tokens. It becomes financial infrastructure. Add in global payment rails and shared standards across blockchains, and you get what he calls a “unified financial market.” Privacy-focused projects also matter here. Hoskinson has pointed to initiatives like Midnight, which aim to balance compliance and privacy. He believes these tools could make institutions more comfortable bringing large pools of capital on-chain. Cardano’s Reality Check In The Market Still, Hoskinson’s optimism comes at an awkward time for his own network. Cardano (ADA) is ending the year under pressure. Selling has stayed heavy, and rallies haven’t lasted. Buying volume remains thin. Price action is stuck below key resistance levels, and momentum hasn’t flipped. As a result, ADA is hovering near important support zones. If those levels break, traders warn the token could drop below $0.30, a psychological line many are watching closely. Market activity overall has slowed, and for now, sellers are still in control. This disconnect hasn’t gone unnoticed. Critics argue Hoskinson’s push for cooperation is partly driven by Cardano’s struggle to attract users at the pace seen on other major chains. Abundance Of Wealth Hoskinson rejects the idea that crypto is a winner-takes-all game. He says the future isn’t about one chain dominating the rest. Instead, he sees room for many networks to grow together. Related Reading: Crypto Policy In The Hot Seat As US Lawmaker Calls SEC Hearing There’s lots of wealth to spread around, he’s said recently. In his view, projects with real use cases will find users naturally as the market expands. That thinking explains his openness to partnerships. Hoskinson has previously hinted at collaborations involving major ecosystems like XRP and Solana. The goal, he says, is shared growth, not tribal fights. Whether the industry reaches $10 trillion remains an open question. But here’s the thing: If RWAs keep moving on-chain and global finance truly starts to merge with crypto rails, the market Hoskinson imagines won’t sound so far-fetched anymore. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

Cardano (ADA) is closing out 2025 caught between muted price action and a growing debate about where real value may emerge next within its ecosystem. Related Reading: Dogecoin: Why This One Price Level Is Drawing All the Attention While ADA continues to trade under pressure near the mid-$0.30 range, founder Charles Hoskinson has shifted attention away from short-term price movements toward longer-term structural developments, particularly within Cardano’s decentralized finance and security roadmap. The contrast between weak market sentiment and expanding ecosystem narratives has become one of the defining features of Cardano’s current phase. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview ADA Price Weakness Reflects Broader Caution Cardano (ADA) remains in a consolidation pattern after slipping below $0.37, weighed down by persistent selling pressure and declining risk appetite across the altcoin market. On-chain data shows that large holders are reducing their exposure, with tens of millions of tokens being redistributed over recent days. Derivatives metrics reinforce this cautious stance, as short positions continue to outnumber longs and momentum indicators remain subdued. Technically, ADA is trading below key moving averages, keeping the near-term outlook fragile. Analysts identify the $0.35 level as a critical support zone, with a deeper decline toward the $0.27–$0.30 range possible if sentiment deteriorates further. Founder Urges Patience on Security and Infrastructure Against this backdrop, Hoskinson has used recent commentary to address longer-term challenges rather than short-term volatility. Hoskinson has warned against rushing into post-quantum cryptography upgrades, arguing that while the tools already exist, deploying them prematurely could impose heavy performance costs on blockchains. Larger signatures and slower verification, he noted, could undermine scalability long before quantum computers become a practical threat. Hoskinson’s position reframes the security debate around timing rather than urgency. While global standards for post-quantum cryptography are now finalized, he maintains that readiness depends on hardware capabilities, network economics, and validator incentives. DEXes Framed as Long-Term Opportunity Hoskinson has also highlighted what he sees as a valuation disconnect within Cardano’s DeFi sector. Responding to recent activity around the privacy-focused sidechain Midnight and its token NIGHT, he argued that trading volumes on Cardano-based decentralized exchanges remain low relative to their potential. Stablecoins and cross-chain bridges remain central to this thesis. Without deep liquidity and reliable settlement assets, Cardano’s DEX ecosystem struggles to compete with more mature networks. Hoskinson suggested that once these components are in place, decentralized exchange activity could expand significantly, framing the current period as one of accumulation rather than stagnation. Currently, Cardano’s market narrative remains split. ADA’s price reflects caution and consolidation, while ecosystem development points to longer-term optionality. Related Reading: Altcoin Season Index Crashes To Low 17 As Bitcoin Price Struggles, What This Means Whether that divergence ultimately narrows will depend less on short-term charts and more on how effectively Cardano converts infrastructure progress into sustained on-chain activity. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

Cardano’s ADA token has returned to a familiar but uncomfortable zone. After months of lower highs and failed recovery attempts, the price has slid back toward long-term support levels that have defined its structure for more than two years. Related Reading: XRP Hasn’t Entered A Bear Market Yet; Analyst Shares Why The move comes amid a broader market pullback, as risk appetite weakens across equities and crypto, but ADA’s decline is also being shaped by internal technical signals that traders are finding hard to ignore. ADA currently trades near $0.38–$0.39, down approximately 5.57% over the past 24 hours. That drop places the token close to a multi-year ascending support trend line that has held for nearly 900 days. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview Derivatives and Positioning Point to Caution Market data indicate that traders are stepping back rather than leaning into the decline. Futures open interest in ADA has decreased by approximately 11% to around $670 million, indicating that positions are being closed rather than expanded. Funding rates have also softened, with more than 55% of tracked positions now skewed to the short side. Together, these metrics point to reduced confidence in a near-term rebound and a market that is positioning defensively. This caution is not isolated to Cardano. Altcoins across the board have come under pressure as investors adopt a risk-off stance ahead of key U.S. macroeconomic data, including inflation and labor reports, and as concerns surrounding the AI sector spill over into correlated assets like cryptocurrency. Technical Structure Near a Breaking Point On the charts, ADA’s structure remains fragile. The token recently lost the $0.53 horizontal support, confirming a bearish shift on higher timeframes. Momentum indicators reflect that change. The RSI is below 50, and the MACD remains in a negative position. Recent price action looks corrective rather than impulsive, suggesting the latest bounce may already have run its course. ADA is still hovering near its long-term diagonal support, but a clean breakdown would likely alter the outlook materially. Some analysts warn that, if this trend line fails, the price could retrace much deeper, potentially toward levels last seen during the previous bear market. Long-Term Targets Contrast With Short-Term Risk Despite the weak near-term picture, longer-term projections remain divided. One technical analyst has argued that ADA’s current consolidation resembles a prolonged corrective phase similar to the setup seen before its 2020 breakout, outlining upside targets ranging from the $5 area to above $10 in a full bull scenario. Related Reading: US Bitcoin Session Leads December Returns After Weak November However, those views hinge on the market first stabilizing and reclaiming key resistance zones. For now, ADA’s focus is simpler. The token is at a critical phase, with long-term support under pressure and sentiment cautious. Whether this level marks a base or a breakdown will likely shape Cardano’s trajectory into 2026. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

Cardano (ADA) is getting the “2020 blastoff” treatment again — at least if you ask Quantum Ascend, a technical analyst on X who says the chart is starting to rhyme with the setup that preceded ADA’s last major run. In a Dec. 13 video shared on X, Quantum Ascend (@quantum_ascend) told followers he’s been working through a longer-term weekly count and thinks the market may be grinding toward the end of a drawn-out corrective structure. The punchline: a “conservative” target zone around $4.88–$5.50, and a “primary” bull-run target of $10.40. “Cardano Mirroring 2020 Blastoff Moment,” his post read, before laying out the two tiers: “Conservative: $4.88-$5.50” and “Primary: $10.40.” The Framework Behind The Cardano Price Prediction The framework he’s leaning on isn’t a clean five-wave impulse, he said. Instead, he framed it as something slower and messier — “more of like a large time-based macro correction here on the D-wave,” he said, describing what he believes is a triangle structure developing on the weekly chart. “We’re creating a triangle structure,” he said. “So I am going to be looking for the E-wave. That’s what ends up coming next.” Related Reading: Cardano’s December Slide Intensifies: What’s Driving the Decline and What Comes Next? A big part of the argument is confluence. Quantum Ascend walked through multiple measurements and trendlines, pointing to price zones where different tools cluster. One reference point was a prior A-to-B drawdown range that, in his view, still hasn’t been fully “closed out,” with a key level “up there at the $5.50 mark.” Then he zoomed out to the bigger structure, highlighting how an upper trendline from a C-to-D drawdown “converges with the 3.618 [Fibonacci extension] up here,” which he suggested adds weight to the $10 area. “So some confluence for that $10 area,” he said, pointing at the chart level he called out around $10.62. He also reached for a relative-performance comparison — not to Ethereum itself, but to Ethereum Classic. “I have another video from the past that compares Ethereum Classic to ADA,” he said. “And if it ends up doing a similar move to Ethereum Classic, that also puts us up into the $10 range.” Still, the near-term “safe” target he kept circling back to was the $5 region. After walking through a more recent drawdown “going back to the top of the Trump pump to where we’re at now,” he said a “full extension gets us pretty close… around $4.88,” adding that the $5 zone shows “a lot of different signs of confluence.” “For me, I’m going to say my conservative estimate for ADA is going to be that $5 range,” he said. Then he went straight to the headline number: “I think ADA gets up there around 10 bucks during this bull run.” To make the comparison feel less abstract, Quantum Ascend argued the current chop looks structurally similar to a prior period before ADA’s last breakout — a fractal-style read. “You guys notice the similarities here?” he asked, describing how both moves get “stopped out a little bit above the 0.5,” roll over, then revisit the lower trendline before pushing back to the top of the range. Related Reading: Cardano’s Recovery Stalls, but TVL Growth Signals Could Spark Year-End Upside And then he widened the lens beyond Cardano, tossing in a fairly aggressive macro view that sits underneath the bullish alt targets. “I honestly, guys, across the board right now, I believe that these corrections are coming to an end,” he said. “I think we have a blow off top in stock markets, in crypto and all of that coming.” But he also stressed he’s not married to a long-duration “supercycle” narrative. “I am not a long-term bull,” he said. “I am not [predicting a] Bitcoin super cycle to $400K.” His current bitcoin top, he added, is $155,000 — and he expects alts to “severely outperform” in the final leg before “it’s all over.” On the math side, Quantum Ascend framed $10.40 as big, but not absurd in a market that has already produced outsized multiples. “If we were to get that 1040, 25X, right?” he said, comparing it to prior cycles where ADA saw moves he pegged at “168X” and “75X.” “So we’re just talking about a 25er,” he added. “Not that crazy when you put it into perspective.” At press time, ADA traded at $0.4022. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

A cryptocurrency analyst has pointed out how Cardano has formed a technical analysis (TA) signal on its weekly chart that last led into a major price drawdown. Cardano SuperTrend Has Flipped Bearish In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about a signal that has appeared in the SuperTrend of Cardano. The “SuperTrend” refers to a TA indicator that’s generally used for determining whether a given asset is following a bearish or bullish trend. It’s built using the Average True Range (ATR), another TA indicator that measures the degree of volatility being experienced by the price. Related Reading: XRP Mildly Undervalued On MVRV: What About Bitcoin, Ethereum? The SuperTrend is represented by a single trendline that acts as both support and resistance, depending on which side the asset is trading. When the price is above this line, the indicator signals that the asset is in a bullish trend. On the other hand, being under the line implies the dominance of a bearish trajectory. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the trend in the SuperTrend of Cardano over the last few years: As displayed in the above graph, the weekly Cardano price broke above the SuperTrend line during 2023 and stayed over it throughout 2024 and much of 2025. Recently, however, the price has finally seen a reversal of trend, with the indicator now giving a bearish signal instead. In the chart, Martinez has highlighted what happened the last time that this pattern developed in ADA’s 1-week price. It would appear that the flip to a bearish trend led to a decline of more than 80% for the cryptocurrency in 2022. It now remains to be seen whether the SuperTrend giving a sell signal is foreshadowing something similar this time, or if Cardano will see the renewal of bullish momentum despite the pattern. Related Reading: Stellar (XLM) Forms Signal That Last Led To 95% Price Rally Cardano isn’t the only coin in the sector that has seen a flip in the SuperTrend recently. As the analyst has highlighted in another X post, the number one cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has also seen a change in its SuperTrend. From the above chart, it’s apparent that the weekly price of Bitcoin is now trading under the SuperTrend line, a sign that a bearish trend is taking over. Like for Cardano, the last time this flip happened was in the last bear market. Back then, BTC dropped by over 60%. ADA Price Cardano saw brief recovery above $0.48 last week, but the cryptocurrency has since witnessed a retrace as its price is now back at $0.40. Featured image from Dall-E, charts from TradingView.com

Cardano (ADA) has opened December under pressure, dropping more than 7% in the past week as broader market sentiment weakens and macroeconomic uncertainty rises. Related Reading: Bitcoin Long-Term Holders See First Uptick Since April Lows: Bullish Sign? ADA is now trading near $0.38–$0.4, testing key support levels and extending a month-long downtrend that has erased recent gains. ADA's price gains some small gains on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview Macroeconomic Pressure and Market Sentiment Weigh on ADA The latest decline comes amid renewed concerns over global interest rate policy. Comments from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda signaled the possibility of a rate hike, a shift that could unwind leveraged positions funded through low-interest yen borrowing. Cardano’s drop aligns with losses seen across the crypto market, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major altcoins also trading lower. High trading volumes, over $1 billion in the past 24 hours, reflect elevated volatility and growing caution among investors. On-chain indicators show dormant ADA wallets from as far back as 2017 moving coins to exchanges, a sign that long-term holders may be preparing to exit positions. Short interest in ADA futures has also increased, with open interest rising 12% over the past week. Traders are betting on a further slide below $0.35 unless ADA can reclaim the $0.40 resistance level. Ecosystem Developments Offer Some Long-Term Support Despite the market downturn, several developments within the Cardano ecosystem continue to generate attention. A $30 million liquidity initiative designed to strengthen Cardano’s DeFi sector is scheduled for rollout in early 2026. The fund aims to boost total value locked by supporting lending, staking, and decentralized exchange activity, areas where Cardano has historically lagged behind competitors. Another upcoming milestone is the launch of the Midnight sidechain on December 8. The privacy-focused network introduces new capabilities around data protection and secure enterprise applications. Some analysts believe the launch could increase Cardano’s adoption and improve sentiment, particularly if it leads to more activity in decentralized finance. Cardano’s long-term technical outlook also remains a topic of debate. Analysts note that ADA is once again touching the support line of a multi-year uptrend. Historically, similar tests have preceded recoveries, with some projecting a possible rebound toward the $0.50–$0.75 range if the market stabilizes. What Comes Next for Cardano (ADA)? The near-term outlook for Cardano remains uncertain. A break below $0.38 could expose the token to further declines toward the $0.30 area, especially if broader market weakness continues. However, strong staking participation, around 70% of circulating supply, may help cushion deeper drawdowns. Longer-term forecasts vary widely, ranging from modest recoveries to highly optimistic projections tied to expected ecosystem upgrades in 2026. Related Reading: Bitcoin Vs. Gold Metric Flashes Rare Signal Not Seen in Market History – See How For now, ADA’s trajectory will depend on whether macroeconomic pressures ease and whether Cardano can translate its upcoming developments into sustained network growth and investor confidence. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart on Tradingview

Cardano is entering a very important phase in its development, as its founding institutions are attempting to deliver the core infrastructure that every major blockchain already treats as standard. On Nov. 27, a new proposal sought community approval to allocate 70 million ADA tokens (worth about $30 million) to onboard tier-one stablecoins, custody providers, cross-chain […]
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Cardano (ADA) is once again dealing with an unstable market stretch as its price hovers near one-year lows, but renewed optimism is building ahead of December’s long-awaited Midnight launch. Related Reading: The Bull And Bear Scenario For XRP That Could Play Out In November Despite persistent criticism over declining network usage and shrinking DeFi liquidity, fresh technical signals and upcoming ecosystem catalysts suggest the blockchain may be preparing for a recovery phase into year-end. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview ADA Slumps as Liquidity and Sentiment Weaken Cardano (ADA) trades around $0.41, marking a steep 70% decline from its December 2024 peak of around $1.2 and placing the token among the weakest performers in the latest market pullback. Total value locked has plunged 36% in 30 days to $186 million, while stablecoin liquidity sits below $40 million, far behind competitors such as Monad, which neared $100 million in TVL shortly after launch. The “ghost chain” narrative resurfaced again this week after network glitches prompted jokes about Cardano’s low activity. Even Nansen’s CEO predicted ADA could fall out of the top 20 as rivals gain traction in real-world assets, gaming, and high-volume DeFi. Still, founder Charles Hoskinson insists the gloomy sentiment does not reflect what’s coming. In a recent update, he emphasized that Midnight, Cardano’s privacy-focused sidechain launching in December, is backed by major developer partnerships expected to reignite the ecosystem. Technical Structure Points to a Potential Relief Rally Despite bearish pressure, ADA’s chart shows signs of stabilizing. The token is forming a falling-wedge pattern, historically a bullish reversal indicator. The RSI sits at 30, signaling oversold conditions, while derivatives funding has turned positive, suggesting traders are positioning for upside. Key resistance levels lie at $0.49 and $0.5097, with a breakout potentially driving price toward $0.50–$0.61. Analysts warn, however, that failure to hold the $0.39–$0.40 support range could expose ADA to deeper downside toward $0.277, the August 2023 low. Midnight Launch Becomes Cardano’s Make-or-Break Catalyst With DeFi activity shrinking and market confidence fragile, the December rollout of Midnight is emerging as the pivotal moment for Cardano’s 2025 outlook. Success could trigger a meaningful rebound in TVL and development activity, metrics traders increasingly rely on as proof of real adoption. Related Reading: Capriole Founder Not Bearish On Bitcoin Despite Headwinds—Here’s Why For now, ADA remains in consolidation mode, but the convergence of oversold technicals, whale accumulation, and ecosystem upgrades sets the stage for a possible year-end upside, if Cardano can finally convert anticipation into measurable on-chain growth. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

Cardano faced an unexpected shock when a corrupted transaction aimed at Charles Hoskinson’s personal stake pool caused the network to split for several hours. The incident triggered confusion, exposed weaknesses, and sparked a heated clash over motive and responsibility. Here is how a single action spiraled into a full-scale disruption. Cardano Founder Targeted, Network Shaken The Cardano network faced unexpected disruption on November 21, 2025, after an incident targeting the founder’s personal stake pool. What began as a ‘test’ by a stake pool operator quickly escalated into a risky experiment on the main network, where he reportedly followed unverified AI-generated instructions and submitted a malformed transaction.  Related Reading: Analyst Shares Why He’s Not Worried About XRP Price – ‘The Road To Valhala The transaction exploited an obscure 2022 cryptographic library bug, causing newer nodes to parse it incorrectly while older nodes rejected it. This triggered a chain split, disrupted block production, and left validators, DeFi protocols, and everyday users struggling to stay aligned for several hours. The operator later admitted that the entire situation was the result of poor judgment, one he described as a personal challenge he handled recklessly. He insisted he had no financial motives, no collaborators, and no intention to target the founder.  His message expressed regret for the disruption caused to stake pool operators and developers who had to react immediately. Many operators lost block rewards, and some decentralized applications experienced inconsistent states. While user funds remained safe, the event revealed how one misstep could trigger a chain-wide disturbance. Hoskinson Says It Was Personal And Months In The Making Despite the stake pool operator claiming no intention of harm, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson rejected the idea that this was an accidental mistake. He stated that the individual responsible had been active in online groups known for hostility toward Cardano and its leadership. According to him, the attacker had spent months discussing ways to disrupt the project’s operations and reputation. Hoskinson pointed out that his personal pool was the direct target. For him, this proved the act was intentional, not an experiment gone wrong. He emphasized that the disruption touched every user on the network, causing stake pool operators to miss earnings, parts of the DeFi ecosystem to stall, and Cardano developers to be forced into rapid emergency fixes. Related Reading: Barstools Founder Just Made A Million-Dollar Investment In XRP, Does He Know Something? He also stated that law enforcement had already stepped in, turning the event into a criminal matter. In his view, the public apology surfaced only after community investigators linked the operator to the incident and federal involvement became clear. The incident left the community divided between two narratives: one of reckless experimentation and one of calculated sabotage. What remains certain is that a targeted hit—intentional or not—exposed how quickly a malformed transaction can fracture the system and force an entire ecosystem into crisis mode. Cardano recovered, but the questions raised by this attack will continue to shape how the network prepares for the next potential threat. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com

Cardano (ADA) is once again under heavy market pressure after a series of whale-driven shocks and broken support levels sent the asset spiraling toward multi-month lows. Related Reading: Why Is Bitcoin Price Crashing? Arthur Hayes Isn’t Surprised Trading around $0.46–$0.49, ADA has slipped beneath several key zones that protected the price structure throughout 2024 and early 2025. Analysts now warn that the sell-off could deepen toward the $0.43 – $0.30 range if downward momentum continues. ADA's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview ADA Slides as Whale Loss and Support Break Intensify Selling Pressure Much of the latest volatility stems from a dramatic whale incident. A dormant wallet holding 14.45 million ADA, inactive for five years, executed a swap into USDA, a pool so thin that the wallet absorbed devastating slippage. The whale walked away with only $847,000, realizing a staggering $6.2 million loss. The market’s response was immediate, confidence cracked, liquidity thinned, and sellers accelerated their exit. On-chain data shows broader whale activity amplifying the impact. More than 440 million ADA has been offloaded by large holders over the last month, further weakening the structure. ADA’s breakdown below $0.52, a level untouched since 2024, confirmed a bearish market regime dominated by lower highs, lower lows, and widening volatility bands. Technical Outlook Points Toward $0.43… or Even $0.30 Traders monitoring ADA’s trajectory highlight a crucial zone at $0.43, a technical target that aligns with the expanding bearish momentum reflected in indicators such as the MACD, RSI, and Bollinger Bands. The MACD’s deepening bearish crossover signals intensifying sell pressure, while the RSI hovering near oversold territory around 37 suggests weakness without confirming a recovery. Market analysts like Ali Martinez and Mr. Brownstone warn that failure to reclaim broken levels could expose ADA to a broader decline. Martinez identifies $0.30 as a long-term structural support, a cycle reset area that historically attracts accumulation during deep corrections. Analysts note that while capitulation metrics such as MVRV point to undervaluation, they do not eliminate the risk of further downside before any recovery materializes. Midnight’s NIGHT Token Launch Could Shift Sentiment, but Uncertainty Remains Even as ADA struggles, Cardano’s broader ecosystem is gearing up for a major milestone: the launch of Midnight’s NIGHT token on December 8, 2025. Midnight introduces privacy-focused smart contracts with selective disclosure, aiming to balance confidentiality with regulatory compliance. Analysts believe the NIGHT rollout could eventually inject positive momentum if adoption accelerates. Still, traders caution that ADA’s immediate outlook remains tied to technical fragility, liquidity challenges, and overall market sentiment. Related Reading: Dogecoin Cup And Handle Pattern Is Returning, What Happens To Price If It’s Completed? For now, ADA sits on a razor’s edge, stabilizing near support, but vulnerable to a deeper drop toward $0.43 and potentially $0.30 if sellers keep control. Cover image from ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

Widely followed Bitcoin figure Lark Davis pushed back on suggestions that Cardano is finished, saying, “what is dead can never die.” At the same time, he pointed out that on-chain activity looks flat. Related Reading: Dogecoin Alert! Price Could Explode Over 2,800%, Analyst Says Cardano (ADA) was trading at $0.51, down 8.8% in the past 24 hours, and it holds a market cap of $18.8 billion. That is the context for a larger question now being asked across crypto circles: can community and hype move a token more than real network use? On-Chain Activity Shows Little Movement Davis admits that user activity is low and DEX volume is thin. Development updates are limited, daily revenue is weak, and stablecoins barely register on the chain. He made his point with humor too, joking that Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson has “a beard worth $25 billion.” But the main claim was serious: the chain’s raw on-chain metrics don’t look strong right now. Is Cardano $ADA dead? Here’s my take. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/oGnVuQuy9N — Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) November 12, 2025 Community Strength And Brand Can Still Drive Prices Based on reports, Davis argued that numbers don’t tell the whole story in crypto. He compared Cardano to XRP and noted that a token can have a big market cap despite questions over intrinsic use; XRP once reached about $150 billion in market value. According to Davis, old buyers can return and push a token higher even when network use is low. That is part of why some traders treat certain assets as almost cult-like. Sentiment matters, but momentum matters more than steady on-chain growth in many cases. Technical Signals Point To A Narrow Upside If Key Levels Break TradingView analyst “AltcoinPiooners” has highlighted recent price action and a possible shift in market pressure. Reports show ADA tested support at $0.53 after hitting $0.60 on November 11 and falling the next day. Analysts See A Clear Path, But Risks Remain According to the analyst, ADA could move to $0.62 and then to $0.65 if $0.60 is cleared, a move that would equal more than a 16% gain from current levels. Reports also revealed that Cardano whales added 348 million ADA over four days while the price dipped below $0.50 recently. On the flip side, a failure at support could send ADA down toward $0.52. That risk was flagged by the same analyst. Related Reading: XRP Earns Academic Praise: University Study Calls It ‘Gold In Your Hands’ Although the debate around weak usage continues, reports have stressed that Cardano is far from dead. The project still commands a loyal base, steady interest from long-time holders, and a market cap in the billions. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView