Altcoinlerin son dönemde Bitcoin’den daha iyi performans gösterdiği yönündeki yorumlar kripto piyasasında yeniden gündemde. Ancak bir analistin yaptığı basit karşılaştırma, bu görüşün tüm piyasa için geçerli olmayabileceğini ortaya koyuyor.
VirtualBacon adıyla bilinen trader Denis Liu, Bitcoin’in 22 Ağustos ve 9 Eylül’de neredeyse aynı seviyede olduğu iki günü karşılaştırdı. BTC bu iki tarihte sırasıyla 78.313 ve 78.440 dolar seviyesindeydi.
Peki Bitcoin yaklaşık aynı yerdeyken altcoinler ne yaptı?
Bitcoin Aynı Yerdeyken Altcoinler Ne Kazandı? Liu’nun karşılaştırmasına göre büyük altcoinlerin çoğu Bitcoin’deki hareketsizliğe rağmen güçlü bir ayrışma göstermedi.
Ethereum %1, XRP %2, Dogecoin %2, Tron %1 ve Cardano %3 gerilerken, büyük altcoinler arasındaki istisnalardan biri Avalanche oldu ve %2 yükseldi.
Liu’ya göre dokuz büyük altcoinin altısı, 22 Ağustos’taki seviyelerine yalnızca birkaç puan uzaklıkta kaldı. Bu da Bitcoin yükseldiğinde altcoinlerin de hareket ettiğini, ancak BTC yatay kaldığında bu kazançların önemli bölümünün geri verildiğini gösteriyor.
Buradaki temel soru ise şu: Altcoinler gerçekten Bitcoin‘i geride mi bırakıyor, yoksa yalnızca Bitcoin’in hareketlerini daha sert mi takip ediyor?
Hangi Altcoinler Bitcoin’den Daha İyi Performans Gösterdi? Karşılaştırmada tamamen ayrışan coinler de vardı.
Solana iki tarih arasındaki dönemde %10, BNB %9 ve Chainlink %5 yükseldi.
Ancak Liu, bu hareketlerin başka bir sorunu beraberinde getirdiğini düşünüyor. Bir coin yükselmeye başladıktan sonra hikâyesinin piyasada yaygın şekilde konuşulmasını beklemek, yatırımcının hareketin önemli bölümünü kaçırmasına neden olabilir.
Bu nedenle trader, daha güçlü performans gösteren altcoinleri takip etmek yerine Bitcoin’i elinde tutmayı tercih ettiğini söyledi.
Liu’nun yaklaşımı, altcoin rallisinin tamamını reddetmiyor. Asıl itirazı, birkaç güçlü performansın bütün piyasaya mal edilmesine.
Bitcoin’den sadece daha sert hareket eden bir coin, yine de Bitcoin’i takip ediyor.”
— VirtualBacon
“Altcoinler Bitcoin’i Geçiyor” Görüşü Neye Dayanıyor? Piyasada bunun tam tersini savunan analistler de bulunuyor.
Matthew Hyland, 100’den fazla büyük altcoinin farklı zaman dilimlerinde Bitcoin’den daha iyi performans gösterdiğini öne sürüyor.
Hyland, temmuz ayında yayımladığı değerlendirmesinde makro risk göstergelerinin 2016-2017 ve 2020-2021 dönemlerine benzer şekilde olumlu bir yapıya dönüştüğünü savunmuştu.
Analist ayrıca Total 2, Total 3 ve OTHERS gibi altcoin piyasasının genel performansını izleyen göstergelerin uzun vadeli düşüş trendlerini kırdığını belirtiyor.
Altcoin Sezonu Gerçekten Başladı mı? Hyland’in görüşünü destekleyen bir başka gelişme de vadeli işlem piyasasında yaşandı. Altcoin sürekli vadeli işlem sözleşmelerindeki açık pozisyon miktarı, Aralık 2024’ten bu yana ilk kez Bitcoin’in üzerindeki seviyeye çıktı.
Hyland bu gelişmeleri, şimdiye kadarki en büyük altcoin yükselişlerinden birinin hazırlığı olarak yorumluyor.
Ancak VirtualBacon’ın yaptığı fiyat karşılaştırması başka bir şey söylüyor: Bitcoin yaklaşık iki buçuk hafta boyunca aynı seviyelerde kalırken piyasanın en büyük altcoinlerinin çoğu belirgin bir şekilde ilerlemedi.
Dolayısıyla iki görüş aslında tamamen aynı soruya cevap vermiyor. Hyland gelecekte oluşabilecek daha geniş bir altcoin hareketine dikkat çekerken, Liu mevcut fiyat performansına bakarak bunun henüz piyasaya genellenemeyeceğini savunuyor.
Altcoinlerde Asıl Hareket Nerede? Veriler, “altcoinler Bitcoin’i geçiyor” ifadesinin şu aşamada bütün piyasayı kapsayan tek bir hikâye olmadığını gösteriyor.
Solana, BNB ve Chainlink gibi bazı altcoinler belirgin şekilde yükselirken büyük bölümün Bitcoin’e kıyasla sınırlı hareket ettiği görülüyor.
Bu nedenle önümüzdeki dönemde asıl izlenecek konu, birkaç altcoinin yükselmeye devam etmesi değil, bu performansın piyasanın geneline yayılıp yayılmayacağı olacak.
Bu içerik genel piyasa verilerine dayanır ve yatırım tavsiyesi değildir. Kendi araştırmanızı yapmanızı öneririz.
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Cardano released node version 11.1.1 ahead of its next major network era, completing the first of four planned node milestones supporting the Dijkstra hard fork.
Summary
Cardano node 11.1.1 has shipped, removing legacy tracing and addressing known Genesis-related operational issues. Node 11.2 will open most Dijkstra features for testing while excluding Leios consensus components initially. DijkstraNet is expected after node 11.2 for Plutus V4, nested transactions and CIP-50 testing publicly. Intersect’s moderate-confidence hard-fork window runs December 5 through January 4, pending readiness and governance approval. Peras remains planned for a separate intra-era hard fork during the second quarter of 2027. Intersect’s container registry shows that version 11.1.1 was published during the weekend ending Sept. 6. The release removes Cardano’s legacy tracing system and addresses known Genesis-related issues. It also responds to increased memory use identified during testing of node 11.1.0.
The maintenance release arrived as Intersect published a more detailed Dijkstra schedule. Node versions 11.2 and 11.3, followed by the final protocol version 12 release, will progressively introduce the code required for testing and mainnet activation.
Intersect currently places a possible Dijkstra enactment between Dec. 5, 2026, and Jan. 4, 2027, under its “moderate confidence” timeline. A later “high confidence” window runs from Feb. 24 to March 26, 2027.
Those windows remain estimates. Cardano must complete development, public testing, ecosystem preparation and on-chain governance before the hard fork can activate.
Cardano node 11.1.1 begins the release sequence Node 11.1.1 is available through Intersect’s official GitHub container registry. Intersect had previously targeted the week beginning Sept. 7, meaning the package appeared slightly ahead of that stated window.
The release does not activate the Dijkstra era or introduce the full set of planned ledger features. It is a maintenance and preparation update intended for current mainnet use.
Version 11.1.1 removes the older tracing infrastructure used to monitor node operations. Cardano’s development reporting also said it would address higher resident memory use observed in node 11.1.0 benchmarks.
The release registry includes standard, AMD64 and ARM64 versions. Availability across different processor architectures is relevant for stake pool operators and developers running Cardano infrastructure on varied hardware.
Node 11.2 is the next planned milestone. Intersect expects it within about one month of its Sept. 5 update. The version will contain most of the Dijkstra feature set for testing, but it will not be the final hard-fork candidate.
Leios components will be absent from node 11.2 because they primarily concern consensus and block production. Developers should still be able to test the remaining Dijkstra ledger and transaction features.
DijkstraNet will test Cardano’s new transaction features Intersect plans to launch a public network called DijkstraNet after node 11.2 becomes available. The testnet will let developers, stake pool operators and tooling providers test the broader protocol version 12 feature set.
DijkstraNet is expected to include Plutus V4, Nested Transactions and CIP-50 parameters. Other ledger changes tracked in Cardano’s public development repository include new script types, address changes, block-body serialization revisions and changes to reward withdrawals.
Nested Transactions would allow one Cardano transaction to contain other transactions while preserving separate validation conditions. This structure could support more complex applications, coordinated actions and multi-party workflows without requiring every step to operate as an unrelated transaction.
Plutus V4 represents the next version of Cardano’s smart-contract language and execution environment. Testing will be needed to confirm that wallets, decentralized applications, indexers and developer tools correctly interpret the new ledger rules.
CIP-50 concerns pledge leverage and staking rewards. Its inclusion means stake pool operators will need to examine how new parameters could affect incentives and pool economics before mainnet activation.
The official Dijkstra readiness tracker remains open and marked as work in progress. It will close only after developers prepare a node capable of completing the hard fork into a functional Dijkstra era.
DijkstraNet will operate alongside MusashiNet rather than replacing it. MusashiNet is already live and concentrates on Leios, consensus and block-production testing.
This separation allows ledger features and the new consensus architecture to progress in parallel. Results must eventually converge in the node version selected as the hard-fork candidate.
Node 11.3 will combine Dijkstra with Linear Leios Cardano node 11.3 is expected within one to two months, according to Intersect’s Sept. 5 update. It is intended to become the Dijkstra hard-fork release candidate.
Unlike node 11.2, version 11.3 is expected to contain the full Dijkstra feature set, including Linear Leios. It should also be capable of crossing from the current Conway ledger era into Dijkstra during test-network rehearsals.
What does Dijkstra ask of you now?
Good news, there is time to find out and prepare
properly.
Weekly Update #127: inc the node roadmap, what SPOs, developers and DReps can do now, and more…https://t.co/quIAO5zMU0
— Intersect (@IntersectMBO) September 7, 2026 Linear Leios is Cardano’s planned first-stage implementation of Ouroboros Leios. It adds parallel transaction-processing structures around the existing Praos consensus design. The goal is to increase throughput without replacing the security assumptions of Cardano’s base chain.
Testing must examine more than raw transaction capacity. Developers need to evaluate block propagation, network bandwidth, resource use, synchronization, recovery behavior and performance under adverse conditions.
Cardano node 12.0 will become the definitive protocol version 12 release under the project’s naming convention. Intersect has not assigned a publication date.
Intersect described the December-to-January period as a “moderate confidence” window, not a guaranteed activation date.
The organization’s later window, running from Feb. 24 to March 26, allows more time for testing and governance if the earlier schedule cannot be met. Neither window is a fixed hard-fork date.
As previously reported when Cardano published its phased Dijkstra roadmap, the year-end target originally referred partly to code completion. Mainnet activation remains conditional on technical readiness and community approval.
Governance must approve Cardano’s Dijkstra hard fork Cardano cannot activate Dijkstra solely through a software release. The network’s on-chain governance system must approve the constitutional and hard-fork actions required for protocol version 12.
Some new Dijkstra parameters need to be incorporated into the Cardano Constitution’s guardrails before governance can modify them. Intersect has asked participants to monitor its Constitutional Amendment Portal for related proposals.
A constitutional change requires approval under Cardano’s governance rules. A separate hard-fork initiation action must then obtain the required support from delegated representatives, stake pool operators and the Constitutional Committee.
This process was tested during the van Rossem hard fork. As crypto.news reported following its July activation, van Rossem moved Cardano to protocol version 11 after completing the network’s full on-chain approval process.
Van Rossem remained within the Conway era but added Plutus changes and prepared technical foundations for Dijkstra. It was Cardano’s first mainnet hard fork enacted entirely through the current governance framework.
The Dijkstra transition will be broader because it changes the ledger era and introduces more extensive consensus, transaction and smart-contract capabilities. Exchanges, wallets, explorers and decentralized applications must be ready before activation.
Intersect is encouraging stake pool operators and developers to join MusashiNet and DijkstraNet testing. It has also scheduled node-diversity workshops in Singapore on Oct. 6 and London on Nov. 13 and 14.
Amaru, an alternative Cardano node written in Rust, forms another part of that preparation. It can already validate and synchronize with the chain tip, while mainnet block production remains targeted for November 2026.
Node diversity could reduce the network’s reliance on a single Haskell implementation. It also creates another testing requirement because alternative clients must interpret the protocol rules consistently.
Peras remains a separate 2027 upgrade Cardano’s Dijkstra plan has two phases. Phase 1 covers the era transition, Nested Transactions and Linear Leios. Developers are targeting mainnet readiness around the end of 2026, subject to testing and governance.
Phase 2 will activate Ouroboros Peras through a separate intra-era hard fork. Intersect currently targets the second quarter of 2027.
Peras adds stake-based voting on recent chain tips to accelerate settlement. The design aims to provide stronger confirmation sooner than relying only on the normal chain-depth rules of Ouroboros Praos.
Phase 1 will install some of the codecs and protocol parameters needed for Peras. It will not activate the finality mechanism itself. Peras will require its own testnet deployments, readiness checks and governance action.
No verified ADA price movement could be attributed solely to the node release or Intersect’s revised windows. The roadmap provides measurable technical milestones, but the final activation date remains dependent on development and governance.
The next checkpoints are the adoption of node 11.1.1, release of node 11.2, public opening of DijkstraNet and publication of the required constitutional amendments. Node 11.3 will then determine whether Cardano is technically ready to rehearse the full era transition.
FAQs What is the Cardano Dijkstra hard fork? Dijkstra is Cardano’s planned transition to protocol version 12. It will introduce a new ledger era, Nested Transactions, Plutus V4 changes and Linear Leios.
Has Cardano node 11.1.1 been released? Yes. Intersect’s official GitHub package registry shows version 11.1.1 was published before the week beginning Sept. 7.
When will DijkstraNet launch? Intersect expects DijkstraNet after node 11.2. The node is targeted within about one month of the organization’s Sept. 5 update.
When will Cardano activate Dijkstra? Intersect’s earlier estimated window runs from Dec. 5, 2026, to Jan. 4, 2027. Its higher-confidence window runs from Feb. 24 to March 26, 2027. Neither is guaranteed.
Is Peras included in the first Dijkstra hard fork? No. Phase 1 will prepare some required structures, but Peras activation is planned through another hard fork in the second quarter of 2027.
The Cardano Foundation and Brazilian blockchain firm Blockforce have gone live with a supply chain verification system that has already anchored more than 500,000 records from Brazilian exporters onto the Cardano blockchain. The system is designed to solve a very specific, very expensive problem: proving to European regulators that your leather jacket didn’t contribute to deforestation.
The first major deployment is with Azzas 2154, Latin America’s largest fashion conglomerate, which is using the platform to trace its leather supply chain across more than 6,200 suppliers. The system has already processed over 95,000 invoices in production.
How the dual-ledger architecture works The platform uses a design that splits responsibilities between two different blockchain layers. Commercially sensitive data, including supplier identities, contract terms, and pricing, lives on a permissioned Hyperledger Fabric network. Only authorized parties can access it. Cardano’s public blockchain, meanwhile, serves as the verification layer, storing only cryptographic proofs of those records.
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This means an EU auditor can independently verify that a batch of Brazilian leather was sourced in compliance with deforestation regulations without ever seeing the exporter’s supplier list or contract details.
The cost economics are notable too. By using a batching protocol called uVerify, Blockforce has achieved a 92% reduction in per-record anchoring costs. The contracted volume between the parties stipulates 6.5 million records by 2030.
Why this matters now: the EU compliance clock The EU’s deforestation regulation requires companies selling into European markets to prove their products aren’t linked to deforestation. Separate corporate sustainability reporting mandates add another layer of documentation burden. For Brazilian exporters, especially in industries like fashion, agriculture, and leather goods, these rules are effectively a market access tax.
The contracted scope extends well beyond fashion. The parties have outlined plans to expand into automotive and pharmaceutical supply chains.
Cardano’s enterprise positioning For Cardano, this partnership represents a tangible enterprise use case at meaningful scale. The Cardano Foundation had previously engaged in Brazil-focused industrial blockchain initiatives, but anchoring half a million records in production is a different order of magnitude from pilot programs and proof-of-concept demos.
The 6.5 million record contract through 2030 gives Cardano a multi-year pipeline of on-chain activity tied to real economic output. The automotive and pharmaceutical expansion targets will be worth watching closely, since those sectors involve far more complex regulatory environments and far larger documentation volumes than fashion.
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8 September 2026 | 14:45 Charles Hoskinson is one of the few crypto founders who will name a number when asked what he is worth, and one of the few whose number nobody can verify.
Key takeaways His wealth rises and falls almost entirely with the price of ADA. He says he is sitting on more than $3 billion in unrealized crypto losses. Public estimates disagree sharply, and no audited figure exists. His non-crypto ventures have burned cash rather than generated it. He co-founded Ethereum, walked away from it, and then built Cardano into a top-20 blockchain, all while pouring money into bison ranches, longevity medicine and de-extinction biotech in rural Wyoming. His fortune is real, large and almost entirely illiquid, tied up in a token he refuses to sell and a private engineering firm whose books stay closed. Pinning it down means separating what he holds from what he says he holds, and both have moved hard over the past year.
From Ethereum exile to Cardano’s architect Born in Hawaii in 1987, Hoskinson studied mathematics in Colorado before dropping into crypto early, first as a Bitcoin miner and educator. In 2013 he became one of the original co-founders of Ethereum and briefly served as its first chief executive, until a split with Vitalik Buterin over whether the project should run as a company or a nonprofit ended with his removal in 2014. He lost that argument and the platform, then built a rival. In 2015 he founded Input Output Hong Kong, now Input Output Global, and in 2017 launched Cardano as a blockchain where every protocol change is supposed to pass peer review before it ships. That academic streak defines both the network and the man, and it is the reason his wealth sits inside a single ecosystem rather than spread across a diversified book.
The ADA he won’t sell, and everything else on-chain Most of Hoskinson’s money is in cryptocurrency, and most of that is in the token he created. He has said he ranks among the single largest individual holders of ADA and that he has not sold a single one since 2017, a position he keeps to stay aligned with the network. He will not disclose wallet addresses or a count, so the exact size stays a black box. The scale shows up indirectly through his losses instead.
Cardano (ADA)
Self-described top individual holder. No sales since 2017. Exact amount undisclosed.
Bitcoin (BTC)
Early miner and investor. Historical holdings substantial but never publicly quantified.
Ethereum (ETH)
Early co-founder allocation. Unclear how much survived his 2014 exit.
The size of that exposure became public when the market turned. Speaking from Tokyo in February 2026, Hoskinson said his personal crypto holdings were down more than $3 billion in paper value and that he had no intention of liquidating. He framed the disclosure as a rebuttal to the idea that founders are insulated from the pain that hits retail. A month earlier he had put the four-year figure at roughly $2.5 billion in an interview with Scott Melker. A $3 billion swing is only possible if the underlying stack ran into the billions at its peak, which tells you more about the true scale of his ADA than any figure he has volunteered.
A word on that $3 billion, because the wording matters. An unrealized loss exists only on paper and turns real the moment a holder sells. Hoskinson has not sold, so the number measures how far his position has fallen from its high, not cash that left his accounts. That distinction is the whole reason he can claim a billion-dollar net worth and a multibillion-dollar loss in the same breath.
Beyond the blockchain: the businesses Hoskinson bankrolls Hoskinson runs his empire through two engines: Input Output Global, the firm that builds Cardano, and the Hoskinson Family Office, his private investment wing. Around those sit a cluster of physical ventures in Wyoming that look less like a portfolio and more like a set of personal convictions with a bank account attached. Several of them lost money heavily in 2026, and the way he handled those losses says as much about his balance sheet as any token holding.
Input Output Global: the engine behind Cardano IOG, formerly IOHK, is the commercial heart of the operation. Hoskinson founded it and holds the majority stake, and it holds the enterprise contracts and digital-asset treasuries that anchor his more stable wealth. It is also increasingly exposed to Cardano’s new on-chain governance. Under the network’s decentralized treasury, IOG has had to request funding directly from ADA holders rather than command it.
Founder and majority owner; the primary firm contracted to build and maintain Cardano. Filed a 2026 development funding request of $46.8 million, down from $97.5 million in 2025; delegates approved core items while pushing back on its wider research package. Hoskinson has warned that a failed vote could force staff cuts and the closure of its research lab. Third-party aggregators loosely estimate baseline annual service revenue near $11.9 million, a figure IOG has not confirmed. Midnight: the privacy bet incubated inside IOG Midnight is a standalone blockchain built under the IOG umbrella, aimed at programmable privacy and data protection. It is early-stage and pre-revenue, but Hoskinson has repeatedly named it alongside Cardano as his central focus, which makes it a strategic asset rather than a cash one.
Positioned as a data-protection and rational-privacy layer. In active development; no independent valuation exists. One of the two projects Hoskinson said he is now fully focused on. The “Mayo Clinic of the West” that ran out of cash The Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic in Gillette was the most ambitious and most expensive of the real-world ventures. It opened in 2022 with the goal of bringing advanced specialty care to rural Wyoming, and it never turned a profit. His brother and clinic co-founder William Hoskinson said Charles had spent nearly $250 million on infrastructure, salaries and local investment and had received not a single penny of reimbursement.
Cut around 40 positions in January 2026 after admitting it grew too fast. Announced in May that it would close on July 31, citing multi-million-dollar losses. In June the family said it was in advanced talks to sell to a large hospital chain to preserve care. Bison, concrete and the Wyoming build-out Supporting the clinic and the ranch was a set of local operating companies, and they proved to be the weakest link. The construction and concrete firms were created mainly to build the clinic, never became profitable, and were wound down to stop the cash bleeding. The ranch itself is a long-horizon asset rather than an income stream.
An 11,000-acre bison ranch in Wyoming supporting up to 600 animals. Hoskinson Contracting and Concrete laid off a combined 136 workers in December 2025. Heavy overhead for land, wildlife management and agricultural technology keeps the ranch capital-intensive. W3i Software and the USDM stablecoin Through the Hoskinson Family Office, he has taken equity in outside ventures that feed back into the Cardano thesis. The clearest is W3i Software, the developer behind USDM, Cardano’s first regulated fiat-backed stablecoin.
The Family Office deployed a $1.5 million strategic investment into the firm. The stake supports MiCA-compliant stablecoin infrastructure tied to Cardano’s regulated DeFi push. Colossal Biosciences and the woolly mammoth The most eye-catching bet is Colossal Biosciences, the genetic de-extinction startup working on species like the woolly mammoth and the dire wolf. It carries a multibillion-dollar private valuation but almost no revenue, which makes it a pure research position rather than a wealth generator.
Equity stake in a heavily venture-backed biotech firm. Negligible revenue; value sits entirely in long-term genetic intellectual property. From a $62 million raise to an $8 billion network Because Hoskinson’s fortune tracks ADA, the token’s own trajectory is the single most useful gauge of his wealth. Cardano launched in 2017 after an ICO that raised roughly $62 million at an initial price around $0.0024. It climbed to an all-time high of $3.10 on September 2, 2021, then spent the following years grinding down. In June 2026 it slipped below 20 cents to a four-year low, and it now trades near $0.22 for a market capitalization around $8.2 billion, which keeps it inside the top 20 by size. That is roughly 93% below its peak.
Cardano at a glance
$8.2B
Keeps ADA inside the top 20 by size
$3.10
All-time high
Reached September 2, 2021
-93%
Off its peak
Near eight cents on the dollar vs the record
2017
Network launch
Built after a roughly $62M ICO
45B
Max supply (ADA)
Roughly 37B in circulation today
The network kept shipping even as the price fell. Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork in July 2026, lowering smart contract costs and opening the door to community-led upgrades, and IOG announced that core development would shift toward external teams as part of a decentralization push. Not every signal was positive. Grayscale dropped its plans for Cardano exchange-traded funds in August 2026, and critics have kept up the “ghost chain” charge over the gap between the network’s valuation and its on-chain usage. For Hoskinson, every one of these developments is also a personal balance-sheet event.
So how much is Charles Hoskinson worth? The honest answer is that no confirmed figure exists, and the range is wide. Hoskinson has given his own estimate of roughly $1.2 billion, a number he repeated to DL News and has not walked back, and he frames that capital as what lets him fund unconventional projects. Independent trackers are more conservative. Most 2026 estimates cluster between $600 million and $800 million, though Traders Union’s model lands close to his own $1.2 billion. Forbes first put him at $500 million to $600 million back in 2018. During the 2021 peak, when ADA was near its record, his on-paper wealth would have topped $4 billion.
Take the midpoint and Hoskinson is comfortably a billionaire on his own accounting and a near-billionaire on everyone else’s, with the gap explained by how much credit you give to assets that live in private wallets and private companies. The bigger point sits underneath the number. He has spent the past year retreating from the physical ventures that drained hundreds of millions, closing companies, laying off staff and preparing to hand off the clinic. What is left is a fortune deliberately concentrated on two things he controls and refuses to trim: his ADA and the firm that builds Cardano. That concentration is a choice, and its payoff now depends on a governance vote in Cardano’s treasury and a token that would need to multiply several times over just to get back to where his paper wealth stood five years ago.
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Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), and Solana (SOL) maintain a consolidative tone, struggling to sustain their upside momentum. The technical outlook for XRP, ADA, and SOL suggests downside risk as altcoins struggle to advance their August gains.
Ripple holds above its 200-day EMARipple trades around $1.40 at press time on Tuesday, holding a constructive bias above its 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1.3550. The altcoin also hovers above the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the $0.9862 to $1.6999 upswing at $1.3430, underpinning the broader uptrend.
Momentum shows early signs of easing on the daily chart with the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) slipping below its signal line, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is around 59, reaffirming that momentum is moderating.
On the topside, resistance aligns first at the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at $1.5129, with further hurdles at the recent swing high around $1.6999, levels that bulls would need to reclaim to reassert a stronger upward extension.
XRP/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, immediate support is seen at the 200-day EMA near $1.3550, followed by the 50% retracement at 1.3430, with deeper cushions at the 61.8% level at 1.2588 and the 78.6% retracement around 1.1389 if sellers extend a correction.
Cardano capped below long-term resistanceCardano holds a constructive near-term tone above the 50-day and 100-day EMAs at roughly $0.1978 and $0.2000, respectively. Still, ADA remains below the resistance cluster formed by the 200-day EMA at $0.2449 and the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at $0.2465, measured from $0.2887 to $0.1382.
A confirmed breakout above this zone could extend the rally toward the $0.2887 swing high, followed by the 127.2% Fibonacci extension at $0.3527.
The RSI around 59 suggests mild neutral-to-bullish momentum, while the MACD and signal line show a modest positive slope, hinting that upside pressure could be easing.
ADA/USDT daily price chart.Looking down, initial support is aligned at the 50% retracement at $0.1997, backed by the 100-day EMA at $0.2002 and the 50-day EMA at $0.1978.
Solana loses strength above $100Solana trades around $103 on Tuesday, maintaining a constructive bullish bias as the price remains well above the 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day EMAs, which are clustered between roughly $85.80 and $90.95. This elevated positioning suggests the broader uptrend is intact.
From a technical perspective, Solana must surpass the December 16 low at $116, followed by the January 13 high at $148.
The RSI has eased back from prior overbought territory to a still-firm 62, while the MACD has slipped below its signal line, hinting at waning upside momentum.
SOL/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, initial support is seen around the $100 psychological level, reinforced by the 200-day EMA near $90.94 and the 50-day EMA near $90.03.
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A Dual-Ledger Approach to Supply Chain VerificationThe Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF) and Brazilian technology firm Blockforce have put Cardano to work as the public proof layer in an enterprise supply chain platform, with more than 500,000 records already anchored on-chain. The system is live in production, not a pilot, and is currently operating with some of Brazil's largest fashion groups.
The architecture is built around a clear separation between confidentiality and verifiability. Sensitive commercial information, including supplier identities, contract terms, and production volumes, stays on that permissioned network.
This matters because the two obvious alternatives both fall short. A fully private database protects commercial secrets but gives no outsider a way to independently verify anything. A fully public ledger provides verifiability but exposes pricing and supplier relationships to anyone watching the chain. Blockforce's setup sidesteps both problems.
Cost Engineering and the Road AheadScaling a proof-anchoring system to enterprise volumes requires keeping per-record costs manageable. The published architecture processes up to 44 certificates per transaction, with each certificate remaining individually verifiable. That figure comes from the project partners and has not been independently audited.
The company uses supplier, fiscal, and government database records to build each traceable record before it is proofed and anchored.
Sources:
Cardano Foundation: Blockforce Partnership Case Study
Crypto.news: Cardano Anchors 500,000 Supply Chain Records
CoinTurk: Cardano Anchors Over 500,000 Brazilian Supply Chain Records
Charles Hoskinson turned on his camera and said nothing about Cardano (ADA). No token, no roadmap, no price call. Instead, the founder argued that a Massachusetts mother should be put to death.
He recorded it while the jury was still out, and three days later that trial collapsed. The next development is expected later this month.
The Case America Is Still Arguing AboutLindsay Clancy, 36, admits she strangled her three children at home in Duxbury in 2023. The youngest was eight months old. Her lawyers never disputed the killings.
Instead, they argued postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe illness that can follow childbirth, left her not criminally responsible.
Jurors deliberated seven days and split 11 to 1. On September 4, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial. Her lawyer said a single juror stood between her and acquittal. The court never confirmed which way the other 11 leaned.
A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in a case that sharply divided many Americans over whether the Massachusetts woman should be criminally responsible for killing her three young children. pic.twitter.com/E8Fz8vDfEP
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 4, 2026
The case ran through the summer on national television and TikTok. It has not faded.
Hoskinson Picks a SideHe does not accept the illness as an excuse. He wants to know where personal accountability now ends.
“She should be dead,” he said.
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Then he asked his audience to change his mind. Nobody has yet. He also claimed the father is being blamed. Patrick Clancy has instead asked the public to forgive his wife.
A Founder Talking Past His Own MarketHoskinson rarely goes a week without defending Cardano or addressing matters of crypto and technology. He recently blamed a nation-state for a major AI outage and promised Cardano would win outright with help from Ethereum developers.
That is exactly why this video traveled. There was nothing in it to trade on, so it reached people who have never held a token.
Cardano (ADA) Price Performance. Source: BeInCryptoPlymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz still has not said whether he will try Clancy again. She is back in court on September 29.
"You strangle three children to death, I don't now how that's anything short then of premeditated malice of forethought first-degree murder."
What's next for Lindsay Clancy after her murder trial ends in a mistrial?
Criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter breaks down the… pic.twitter.com/ZrYDEQLdO2
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 6, 2026
For now, the loudest voice in Cardano is spending it somewhere else entirely.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has reacted to the reported theft of 4,000 Bitcoin from the Liquid Network’s federation wallet.
Liquid confirmed the incident in an X post yesterday, stating that hackers siphoned approximately 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from its federation wallet. According to the network, the attackers moved the funds through the SideSwap Peg-out Authorization Key (PAK) service.
However, Liquid and SideSwap both indicated that the PAK itself was not compromised. Instead, SideSwap said the L-BTC involved in the transaction originated from a vulnerability in Elements, the Bitcoin-derived software that powers the Liquid sidechain.
Following the incident, Liquid disabled its bridge nodes and paused network activity while federation members investigated the breach. Meanwhile, exchanges received notifications and began pausing, or preparing to pause, L-BTC deposits and withdrawals.
The transaction also contained an OP_RETURN message, in which the attackers, who claimed to be white hats, requested on-chain contact.
Hoskinson Warns of AI-Driven Cybersecurity Risks Reacting to the incident, Hoskinson used the breach to highlight what he sees as a growing cybersecurity threat from artificial intelligence.
He argued that formal methods may provide one of the strongest defenses against increasingly capable AI-driven attacks. As AI systems become better at analyzing source code, identifying vulnerabilities and automating sophisticated attacks, blockchain developers face an increasingly narrow window between the discovery of a software weakness and its exploitation.
AI has already begun changing the cryptocurrency security landscape by helping attackers identify potential targets, analyze complex code, and automate phishing and social-engineering campaigns. The reported Coldcard hack, which involved the theft of $130 million worth of Bitcoin, has further fueled concerns about how advanced AI tools could make difficult vulnerabilities easier to identify and exploit.
Against this backdrop, Hoskinson argues that conventional testing alone may no longer provide sufficient protection. Instead, he points to formal methods, which use mathematical specifications and proofs to establish whether software behaves according to its intended design.
Cardano’s Emphasis on Formal Verification Hoskinson’s warning also aligns with Cardano’s long-standing emphasis on mathematically rigorous blockchain development.
Cardano’s development philosophy incorporates academic research, peer review, and formal verification as important components of its security approach. Its Ouroboros consensus protocol, for example, emerged from formal academic research, while the broader ecosystem has emphasized proving critical properties of protocols and software rather than relying exclusively on experimental testing.
This approach supports Hoskinson’s argument because formal verification seeks to mathematically demonstrate that specified properties hold. As a result, developers can potentially identify entire classes of vulnerabilities before deploying code to production.
Cardano also relies on functional programming technologies such as Haskell and Plutus. Their strong type systems and mathematical foundations can help developers detect certain categories of programming errors earlier in the development process.
Notably, Cardano’s approach aims to prevent vulnerabilities before they reach production rather than relying solely on testing and conventional security practices.
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Cardano is entering a potentially important stretch of development, with the Dijkstra era moving toward key milestones in the months ahead.
The initial Dijkstra rollout is planned in two phases, introducing Linear Leios with Nested Transactions and Peras, respectively. The current objective is to deliver Phase 1 (Nested Transactions and Linear Leios) to Mainnet by the end of 2026, providing an incremental rollout of key Dijkstra capabilities, with Phase 2 (Peras) to be activated in an intra-era hard fork in Q2 2027.
According to Intersect, work toward the Dijkstra era hard fork continues to advance across node development, ecosystem readiness, and downstream tooling. In a recent report, Intersect highlighted what to keep an eye on in the months ahead.
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— Intersect (@IntersectMBO) September 7, 2026 Upcoming Haskell node releases will unlock early Dijkstra functionality for testing, with four major node releases anticipated over the coming months.
Anticipated timelinesCardano-node-11.1.1 is expected early, by September 7, for Mainnet usage. This node release removes the legacy tracing system and fixes known Genesis issues.
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Expected in less than a month, Cardano-node-11.2 will contain the Dijkstra feature set, ready for testing, but will not be the hard fork release candidate.
This node release will not contain the Leios elements, as these are largely limited to consensus and block production, but this should not impact testing and development against all other Dijkstra features.
Cardano-node-11.3 is targeted as the hard fork release candidate, capable of crossing the hard fork and containing all Dijkstra functionality, including Leios, and is anticipated in the next one to two months.
Cardano-node-12.0, according to its naming convention, will be the definitive hard fork node release, with its launch timeline not yet determined.
In order to begin testing and development of the Dijkstra feature set, including Plutus V4, Nested Transactions, and CIP-50 (Cardano Improvement Proposals), there will be a publicly available "DijkstraNet," following the release of node 11.2.
DijkstraNet will run in parallel to MusashiNet, which will continue to test and evaluate Leios development alongside the Dijkstra feature set being implemented on DijkstraNet.
Dates for two planned node diversity workshops are given as Singapore (TOKEN2049), October 6, and London, November 13–14.
Governance participants can monitor planned Dijkstra-related constitutional amendments to be publicly proposed. Following a recalibration of the technical delivery plan, the current moderate confidence window places potential Dijkstra hard fork enactment between December 5, 2026 and January 4, 2027 while the high confidence window runs from February 24, 2027 to March 26, 2027.
Cardano is advancing towards a pivotal phase in its roadmap, with the Dijkstra era bringing new features and capabilities to the blockchain in the coming years. This upcoming era marks a significant development cycle for Cardano, a leading proof-of-stake blockchain platform developed by Input Output Global and governed by the community-led organization Intersect.
Key milestones and phased rolloutThe Dijkstra rollout follows a two-phase implementation plan. Phase 1 introduces Linear Leios with Nested Transactions, aiming for deployment on the Cardano mainnet by the end of 2026. Phase 2 will introduce Peras, scheduled to activate in a separate intra-era hard fork in the second quarter of 2027.
Intersect, which oversees much of Cardano’s research, development, and governance, stated in a recent update that preparations for the Dijkstra era hard fork are progressing steadily. This work includes efforts in node development, ecosystem readiness, and enhancements to downstream tools.
A series of four major Haskell node releases are set to drive incremental adoption of Dijkstra features. Each release will offer various functionalities, moving Cardano closer to a full-scale era upgrade.
Intersect noted that upcoming node releases will allow the community to test Dijkstra capabilities, with key milestones carefully mapped out in the months ahead.
Upcoming node releases and featuresCardano-node-11.1.1 is scheduled for release by September 7, targeting deployment on the mainnet. This version removes the legacy tracing system and addresses known Genesis issues, aiming to improve performance and stability.
Following shortly after, Cardano-node-11.2 will deliver the core feature set for Dijkstra, enabling broad testing but omitting Leios elements. Leios will remain mainly related to consensus mechanics and block production, meaning node 11.2 will facilitate testing of other Dijkstra components without impacting full consensus operations.
The release candidate for the Dijkstra hard fork, Cardano-node-11.3, is targeted for launch within one to two months. This version will support crossing the hard fork and integrate all core Dijkstra functionalities, including the Leios upgrade.
Cardano-node-12.0 will be the definitive hard fork release. Although its final launch date is yet to be determined, it will mark the full production transition for the Dijkstra era.
Mini dictionary: Intersect is a decentralized membership-based organization that governs Cardano’s development and steers ecosystem strategy. It involves developers, stakeholders, and community members.
Testnet access and governance activityDevelopers and community members will have early access to new Dijkstra features on a dedicated public testnet, “DijkstraNet,” following the release of node 11.2. DijkstraNet will run parallel to MusashiNet, a test environment that will continue to support Leios development while DijkstraNet focuses on the broader feature set.
Intersect will also hold two node diversity workshops—one in Singapore during TOKEN2049 on October 6 and another in London on November 13 and 14—to enhance infrastructure readiness and stakeholder engagement.
Governance participants are encouraged to track upcoming Dijkstra-related constitutional amendments, which Intersect will propose publicly.
Dijkstra hard fork timeline and confidence windowsFollowing a recalibration of the technical delivery timeline, key dates have been provided for the anticipated Dijkstra hard fork. A moderate confidence window estimates mainnet execution between December 5, 2026 and January 4, 2027, while a high confidence window has been set between February 24, 2027 and March 26, 2027.
The Dijkstra era aims to deliver significant new capabilities to Cardano, with the phased rollout offering extensive testing, governance input, and technical preparation before the upgrade goes live.
Node ReleaseKey FeaturesPlanned Timeline11.1.1Removes legacy tracing, fixes Genesis issuesBy September 7, 202611.2Dijkstra features for testing (excludes Leios)Within one month after 11.1.111.3Hard fork release candidate, includes Leios1–2 months after 11.212.0Definitive hard fork releaseTo be determined
TLDR Liquid reported that attackers removed about 4,000 Bitcoin, worth roughly $320 million, from its federation wallet. The funds moved through SideSwap’s Peg-out Authorization Key service, although Liquid and SideSwap said the PAK itself was not compromised. SideSwap linked the affected L-BTC to a reported vulnerability in Elements, the Bitcoin-based software behind Liquid. Liquid disabled bridge nodes and paused network activity while federation members investigated the incident. Charles Hoskinson used the breach to warn that AI could make software vulnerabilities easier to discover and exploit. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has responded to reports that attackers removed about 4,000 Bitcoin from the Liquid Network federation wallet. The reported loss totaled roughly $320 million and prompted Liquid to pause network activity while federation members reviewed the incident.
Charles Hoskinson linked the breach to wider concerns about artificial intelligence and software security. His response focused on whether traditional testing can keep pace as AI tools become better at finding code weaknesses and automating attacks.
Charles Hoskinson Raises AI Security Concerns Liquid said the attackers moved the funds through SideSwap’s Peg-out Authorization Key service. SideSwap and Liquid both said attackers did not compromise the PAK itself. SideSwap instead pointed to a vulnerability in Elements, the Bitcoin-based software that Liquid uses.
We are aware of a security incident on @Liquid_BTC. Purported white-hat hackers have withdrawn ~4,000 BTC (~$320 million) from the Liquid Federation wallet. The @Blockstream team is working on contacting them on-chain with a signed message.
What we know so far is that the funds…
— Liquid Network 🌊 (@Liquid_BTC) September 6, 2026
After the transaction, Liquid disabled bridge nodes and paused network operations. Exchanges also received alerts and began suspending, or preparing to suspend, L-BTC deposits and withdrawals while the investigation continued.
The transaction also carried an OP_RETURN message from the attackers, who described themselves as white hats and asked for contact through the blockchain. Liquid has not said that claim changes its investigation. The network continues to treat the transfer as an unauthorized movement of federation-held Bitcoin, still under review.
Formal Methods Enter the Security Debate Charles Hoskinson said formal methods could offer stronger protection as AI-driven security risks increase. Formal methods use mathematical specifications and proofs to check whether software follows its intended design before developers release it.
AI systems can now review source code, search for weaknesses, and automate parts of phishing and social-engineering attacks. The reported Coldcard theft of about $130 million in Bitcoin has also added attention to the role advanced tools may play in future crypto attacks.
Cardano’s Focus on Formal Verification Cardano has used academic research, peer review, and formal verification as part of its development process. Its Ouroboros consensus protocol came from formal research, while Cardano developers have used mathematical methods to test important protocol properties.
The network also uses Haskell and Plutus, which rely on strong type systems and functional programming. These tools can help developers find some software errors earlier. Charles Hoskinson has long presented this model as a way to reduce weaknesses before code reaches production safely.
Cardano (ADA) trades around $0.222 on Monday after rallying over 15% last week. Mixed derivatives data and mildly bullish on-chain metrics point to cautious market sentiment. Meanwhile, strengthening momentum indicators suggest ADA could see further gains if the recovery continues.
Mixed signals in the derivatives marketCardano derivatives metrics show a mixed sentiment. CoinGlass’ long-to-short ratio for ADA reads 0.94 on Monday. This ratio above one reflects bearish sentiment, as more traders are betting on Cardano to fall.
Cardano long-to-short ratio chart. Source: CoinglassHowever, funding rates point to a strengthening outlook. CoinGlass’ OI-weighted funding rate data for Cardano flipped positive on Saturday and read 0.0097% on Monday. This positive rate indicates longs are paying shorts and signals a bullish sentiment.
Cardano funding rates chart. Source: CoinglassOn-chain data shows mild bullish biasCryptoQuant’s summary data shows mild optimism. ADA’s futures markets show large whale orders, while other metrics remain neutral, highlighting a mild bullish bias among traders.
Cardano summary chart. Source: CryptoQuantCardano Price Forecast: Momentum indicators show strengthening signsCardano price trades at $0.222 on Monday, holding a constructive bullish bias as it extends above the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) clustered around $0.200.
This recovery leg is unfolding with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hovering near 61, suggesting firm positive momentum. At the same time, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) line has turned marginally positive, hinting at a gradual shift in favor of buyers even as the broader downtrend line still looms overhead as dynamic resistance.
On the downside, initial support appears at the 50% retracement near $0.213, with the 100-day EMA around $0.200 and the 50-day EMA just below, reinforced by the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement close to $0.195, forming a broader demand band before deeper support at $0.173 and $0.150.
On the topside, immediate resistance aligns with the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement at about $0.231, followed by a horizontal cap near $0.236 and the 200-day EMA around $0.243, ahead of a stronger barrier at $0.245; a sustained break above this confluence and the descending trendline resistance beyond it would strengthen the case for a more extended corrective advance.
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Key Highlights Cardano currently holding around $0.21–$0.224 with modest weekly gains Technical analyst projects possible rally to $2.90, representing 14x upside potential Decentralized exchange volumes on Cardano network tripled within 48 hours, rising from $2M to $7M+ Major wallet addresses holding 1M–10M ADA added 60 million tokens in recent accumulation phase Multiple technical signals including RSI and MACD showing bullish momentum Cardano (ADA) is currently positioned at approximately $0.224 as of Friday’s trading session, maintaining upward momentum after establishing solid support above critical moving average levels earlier in the week. The digital asset has posted approximately 17% gains over the past seven days, bolstered by expanding on-chain activity and substantial accumulation from institutional-sized wallet holders.
Cardano (ADA) Price A market analyst posting on X platform has presented an optimistic outlook for ADA, forecasting a substantial 14x price appreciation that would propel Cardano from current levels to approximately $2.92. According to this analyst’s perspective, the market bottom may have already been established, positioning ADA for a significant upward trajectory.
Market commentator Sssebi expressed their perspective on X, noting that “$ADA is not giving up” and emphasizing that “the longer it tests the resistance, the higher chance to break it.” These remarks coincided with ADA’s persistent testing of key resistance zones.
Blockchain analytics from DeFiLlama reveal that Cardano’s decentralized exchange trading activity has experienced a remarkable threefold expansion within a mere 48-hour period, surging from $2.01 million to $7.28 million. This dramatic increase signals heightened engagement across the network.
Large Holder Accumulation Provides Price Support According to on-chain intelligence from Santiment, wallet addresses containing between 1 million and 10 million ADA tokens have acquired an additional 60 million tokens starting Sunday. This strategic accumulation by major market participants during price dips has provided consistent upward pressure throughout the trading week.
Source: Santiment The total value locked within Cardano’s ecosystem has experienced notable growth, advancing from 268.47 million ADA on August 28 to 299.81 million ADA currently, representing an increase of over 31 million ADA in less than a two-week span. Additionally, DeFi platform RealFi has confirmed its scheduled deployment on the Cardano network for October 1.
Futures market data compiled by CoinGlass indicates ADA’s long-to-short ratio currently stands at 1.10, approaching its peak level observed over the past month. Funding rates have also shifted into positive territory, registering 0.0087% on Friday, suggesting that market participants are predominantly positioned for price appreciation.
Technical Analysis Overview ADA is currently positioned above both its 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages, though it continues trading beneath the 200-day EMA. The Relative Strength Index registers at 64, indicating bullish momentum while remaining outside overbought conditions. The MACD indicator has crossed into slightly positive territory.
Source: TradingView Primary resistance levels are located at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement near $0.231, followed by $0.236, with the 200-day EMA zone positioned around $0.245. Immediate support can be found near $0.213, while the 100-day EMA provides additional support at $0.198.
A noteworthy development: stablecoin market capitalization deployed on Cardano has contracted from $67.95 million to $63.97 million, according to DeFiLlama tracking.
The current long-to-short ratio of 1.10 combined with the positive funding rate of 0.0087% recorded Friday underscore the prevailing bullish sentiment within derivatives trading venues.
Cardano (ADA) traded near $0.224 on Friday, marking a strong week of upward movement following gains across major support levels. The digital asset climbed 17% over the past seven days, supported by growing on-chain activity and a surge in purchases by large wallet holders.
Analysts see breakout potentialTechnical analysts on X have turned positive on ADA’s price potential. One market commentator projected that Cardano could rally as high as $2.92—representing nearly 14 times its current value—if bullish momentum persists. This optimistic outlook follows ADA’s continued testing of key resistance areas throughout the week.
Commentator Sssebi shared their views on social media, stating that ADA’s persistence at resistance levels increases the probability of a breakout. As ADA traded within these zones, Sssebi emphasized the coin’s resilience and ongoing optimism among traders.
$ADA is showing persistence at resistance levels. The longer it remains in this range, the greater the potential for a breakout, according to market observers.
DEX activity and on-chain data signal growthBlockchain analytics provider DeFiLlama reported a dramatic surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) trading on the Cardano network. Within a 48-hour period, trading volumes soared from $2.01 million to $7.28 million, signaling heightened user engagement and investor interest.
Santiment, an analytics firm specializing in blockchain data, indicated that Cardano wallets holding between 1 million and 10 million ADA collectively purchased an additional 60 million tokens starting Sunday. This wave of accumulation from large holders provided consistent upward price pressure during the week.
The total value locked (TVL) in Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem increased notably as well, rising from 268.47 million ADA on August 28 to 299.81 million ADA. The blockchain is also set to integrate DeFi platform RealFi on October 1, aiming to further expand its decentralized finance offerings.
Mini dictionary: RealFi, short for “Real Finance,” is a DeFi platform that aims to connect real-world assets and financial activities to blockchain-based decentralized protocols.
Derivative market analytics from CoinGlass showed a long-to-short ratio of 1.10 for ADA, approaching the month’s high. Futures funding rates turned positive at 0.0087% on Friday, reflecting an overall bullish bias among leveraged traders.
MetricValueChange/TimeframePrice (ADA)$0.224+17% past 7 daysDEX Volume$7.28 millionTripled in 48 hoursLarge Holder Accumulation60 million ADASince SundayTVL299.81 million ADAIncrease of 31 million ADA since Aug 28Long/Short Ratio1.10Highest in a monthFunding Rate0.0087%FridayTechnical indicators show bullish setupCardano is trading above both its 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages (EMA), although it remains slightly below the 200-day EMA. The relative strength index (RSI) stands at 64, suggesting firm bullish momentum without entering overbought territory. The MACD technical indicator recently crossed into mildly positive territory as well.
Key resistance is identified at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement near $0.231 and $0.236, while the 200-day EMA stands at around $0.245. Immediate support lies at $0.213 with additional stability provided by the 100-day EMA at $0.198.
Despite positive breadth in multiple metrics, total stablecoin market capitalization on Cardano has contracted slightly from $67.95 million to $63.97 million, according to DeFiLlama.
ADA is currently above mid-term moving averages, but technical analysts highlight ongoing resistance near $0.231 as a key marker for future momentum.
Continued accumulation by large holders, combined with rising DEX activity and a favorable derivatives outlook, has contributed to positive sentiment throughout the Cardano ecosystem.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Cardano (ADA) price is up slightly by 0.7% today, September 5, to trade at $0.21 at the time of writing. This slight gain follows a surge in network activity, with DeFiLlama showing that DEX volumes on Cardano have increased three-fold. Meanwhile, an analyst has mapped Cardano’s path to $2.90.
Analyst Predicts ADA’s Move to $2.90 One analyst on X notes that the price of Cardano could post a 14 times gain in price that could push it from its price of $0.21 at the time of writing to $2.92.
The analyst noted that he believes the bottom could be in, and Cardano could be gearing up for a sizable move on the upside despite the ongoing concerns around interest rate hikes.
Crypto traders are currently pricing in the decision of the Federal Reserve at the next FOMC meeting that will occur on September 16. 50% of traders are expecting the Fed to hike interest rates by 25 basis points during that meeting, per data from CoinGape prediction markets.
Source: CoinGape Prediction Markets However, BlackRock’s portfolio advisor says that he does not expect a 25 basis point hike to have a major effect on risk assets; hence Cardano price could defend the support at $0.20 after that monetary policy decision.
Cardano DEX Volumes Jump 3X to $7M Data from DeFiLlama shows that the DEX volumes on Cardano have increased three times, from $2.01 million to $7.28 million. The surge points towards an increase in network activity because the decentralized finance (DeFi) TVL is also tipping north.
The TVL has also increased from 268.47 million ADA on August 28 to 299.81 million ADA, suggesting that the network has added 31.34 million ADA coins in less than two weeks.
Cardano DeX Volumes The rising TVL comes shortly after DeFi platform RealFi announced that it will be launching on the Cardano network on October 1.
Still, DeFiLlama shows that the market cap of stablecoins available on Cardano has dropped from $67.95 million to $63.97 million.
ADA Price Prediction as Uptrend Holds The price of Cardano has been moving within a rising parallel channel since June, suggesting that the altcoin remains in an uptrend despite multiple drops to test support.
ADA is now attempting to make another higher high and break out of the channel’s resistance at $0.22, with that move set to confirm that the long-term Cardano outlook is bullish.
The MACD line that is positive and moving above the signal line suggests that the momentum is favoring bulls, and Cardano could move to $0.22.
The AO bars that are also green and rising in length show that bulls are tightening their grip, and this could not only push Cardano to $0.22, but also extend the uptrend to the psychological resistance of $0.25.
Cardano Price Chart (Source: TradingView) However, if this uptrend fails, Cardano’s price might drop below the support at the midline of the rising channel and reach $0.17.
Cardano (ADA) is showing renewed strength as the cryptocurrency holds firm above the critical $0.19 support level, sparking cautious optimism about a potential price recovery. After bouncing back towards the $0.21 area, ADA has generated interest among market participants who are watching closely to see if the positive momentum can continue and lead to a more significant reversal.
Key support and resistance zones define recovery pathADA’s rebound began after the price protected the 0.786 Fibonacci retracement, a crucial region spanning the high-$0.18 to $0.19 area. This move helped ADA regain ground between $0.20 and $0.21, but analysts caution that reclaiming resistance levels is essential before declaring a broader trend shift.
Crypto commentators, such as The Moon Show, have identified $0.205 as the immediate level that buyers need to reclaim. Sustained movement above this point may further solidify the recovery structure, setting the stage for an advance towards resistance zones in the $0.22 to $0.24 range.
As long as ADA can establish a solid base around $0.19, analysts observe that the technical setup remains constructive, with $0.205 a key level for further momentum.
These support and resistance levels, drawn from Fibonacci retracements, remain widely used within the crypto trading community to gauge potential rebound or decline zones.
LevelRole$0.19Key support$0.205-$0.21Initial reclaim/resistance$0.22Next resistance$0.24Breakout targetIndicators send short-term buy signalsA positive shift in Cardano’s short-term technical indicators has further boosted sentiment. The four-hour chart registered a buy signal after ADA broke a descending trendline and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) reversed to the upside. Additionally, the latest candle closed above a short-term trending-dot structure, commonly watched in technical analysis.
Jesse Olson, a crypto analyst, described these combined signals as a confirmed four-hour buy signal, suggesting that buyers are regaining control following the recent decline.
These developments indicate that the market could remain constructive if ADA holds above $0.20, while clearing $0.205 to $0.21 would position the price to challenge upper resistance between $0.22 and $0.24.
Should Cardano fail to maintain the breakout and fall below the key trendline, analysts warn that bullish momentum could quickly dissipate.
Longer-term structure points to further upsideOn the daily chart, Cardano is attempting to break free from a long-term descending channel. While the price now consolidates around $0.19 to $0.21, market analyst Lana Valentis has pointed to this move as the first stage of a potential larger rebound. The $0.24 level has emerged as a crucial confirmation zone for a broader rally.
If ADA holds above $0.24, the next resistance targets are seen at $0.29, $0.37, and $0.42, with longer-term projections as high as $0.53, $0.70, and potentially $0.90 if upside momentum persists.
Price LevelSignificance$0.29Near-term resistance$0.37 – $0.42Broader resistance$0.53, $0.70, $0.90Longer-term targetsRealFi mainnet launch as additional catalystIn addition to technical signals, a new ecosystem development is drawing attention. RealFi, a platform aimed at bringing the USDr stablecoin to Cardano, is scheduled to launch on the Cardano blockchain mainnet on October 1. This expansion could boost Cardano’s activity in the growing tokenized asset sector, though price impact remains uncertain.
The RealFi project is backed by Input Output Global, a key technology firm behind Cardano that supports the network’s core development and innovation.
Mini dictionary: RealFi, or “real finance”, refers to the integration of traditional financial assets—such as tokenized real-world value—onto decentralized blockchains, enabling new forms of lending, borrowing, and stablecoins backed by productive capital, rather than purely crypto-native assets.
Analysts suggest that growing adoption alongside technical recovery could further strengthen Cardano’s fundamentals over the medium term.
Critical levels and outlook remain in focusADA now trades in a well-defined range between $0.19 support and resistance clusters up to $0.24. A daily close above $0.24 could pave the way for a move toward $0.29, while a break below $0.19 could see Cardano retest $0.18 and, potentially, the $0.16 to $0.17 zone.
Until ADA firmly breaks above $0.24, market participants remain cautious, viewing the current phase as an early recovery rather than a confirmed bull trend. Technical buy signals, increased ecosystem development, and strong support near $0.19 provide reasons for optimism, but further confirmation is needed before shifting to a more bullish stance.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Cardano (ADA) has spent most of this year consolidating within a flag formation, keeping its broader price structure compressed across the period.
A few weeks ago on 22nd August, an attempt was made by the bulls to break out of the formation. However, it was not successful. Instead, the altcoin’s price returned to the trading range.
However, the buying activity has been more intense this time. Since its recent rebound from the 100-day EMA at around $0.19 five days ago, ADA bulls have been pushing with intent. In fact, for most of the last 24 hours, ADA recorded gains of over 10%. This, before the altcoin retraced on the charts again.
In any case, the latest move brings the flag into focus again. A breakout above its upper bound will set the path towards the next resistance at $0.29.
Source: TradingView Funding rates point to growing buyer interest At the same time, there have also been some signs of greater demand on the derivatives market. According to Santiment, ADA has recorded six consecutive days of positive funding rates. This implied that those with long positions may be paying the shorts to hold onto them.
The positive funding rate could facilitate ADA’s price action more if it is accompanied by greater demand for the spot. Nevertheless, very crowded long positions can increase the risk of liquidations should another breakout fail.
Source: Santiment Volume surges as ADA approaches the breakout That’s not all though as Cardano’s trading activity also accelerated alongside the latest price move. In fact, the network’s 24-hour volume rose exponentially above $747 million.
This hike matters because a breakout supported by heavier volume would carry more weight than the failed attempt seen on 22nd August.
Concurrently, ADA’s Fully Diluted Valuation also climbed to around $9.95 billion, extending a week of consistent gains. The surge in FDV often alludes to rising valuation alongside stronger trading activity.
Similar alignments in the past have resulted in aggressive price moves. The same turn of events could be seen on ADA’s price charts in the near future.
Source: DefiLlama Can ADA finally break above the flag? As it stands, the main focus will be on the resistance point of the flag pattern. In case the buyers manage to break above this resistance and continue trading above it, then the $0.29 target may come up.
In the event of a failure, however, it will confine ADA within its consolidation zone and may result in range-bound movement again. However, it is worth noting that there is a liquidity cluster worth $24 million at this resistance level.
Source: Coinglass Final Summary Cardano’s buyers recently renewed their attempt to break out of a long-running flag pattern. Four consecutive days of positive funding and volumes above $747 million could strengthen the case for a move to $0.29.
Seven Modules, Zero CostThe Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF) has made its full developer training path publicly available online, giving builders free and open access to a structured curriculum that runs from blockchain basics through to production-ready applications.
The programme is built around seven modules, taking developers from fundamentals all the way through to shipping live projects. Topics covered include smart contracts, decentralised applications (dApps), security, and scaling. Builders working through the path can learn to use Aiken and leverage Cardano's eUTxO model for predictable smart contract execution.
The material has been released under an MIT license, meaning anyone can copy, modify, and redistribute it freely, with no cost attached. The Cardano Foundation's developer portal on GitHub carries the MIT designation across its repositories.
Who Is It For?The portal recommends that prospective learners arrive with existing programming experience and a working understanding of blockchain fundamentals before starting. The structured approach reflects the Foundation's broader effort to lower the barrier to entry for developers looking to build on Cardano.
@Cardano confirmed the release. The Foundation has been running an annual survey since 2022 to assess the state of its developer ecosystem and determine which tooling to prioritise. The public release of this training path appears to be a direct response to those findings, with the organisation's stated goal being to empower communities, businesses, and individuals through open-source blockchain education.
Publishing the content under an MIT license is a meaningful step. It allows educational institutions, bootcamps, and individual instructors to incorporate the material into their own programmes without legal or financial friction, helping to accelerate the growth of Cardano development skills more broadly.
Sources:
Cardano Developer Portal
Cardano Foundation on GitHub
Cardano Academy, Cardano Foundation
Blockchain organizations have promised transparency for years. The Cardano Foundation just put an auditor’s signature on-chain to prove it.
Grant Thornton Switzerland has attested the Cardano Foundation’s 2025 financial statements directly on the Cardano blockchain, making this the first time an independent auditor has placed a formal attestation on-chain for a major crypto organization. The audit opinion is dated March 25, 2026, and the accompanying Activity and Financial Insights Report was published publicly on April 2, 2026.
What actually happened here The mechanism behind this is a platform called Reeve, a financial data integrity system built to bridge conventional accounting workflows with public blockchain infrastructure. Reeve was first used by the Cardano Foundation for its 2024 report, but that version did not include a third-party auditor’s attestation. The 2025 cycle adds that layer: Grant Thornton’s sign-off now lives on Cardano’s ledger, meaning the connection between the audit opinion and the published financial data is verifiable without trusting any single party’s word for it.
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The Foundation’s CEO, Frederik Gregaard, described the initiative as a demonstration of “the highest standards of transparency,” combining statutory accounting requirements with on-chain verification.
As of December 31, 2025, the Foundation held total assets of CHF 287.5 million, or roughly $361 million. The allocation breaks down as 51.6% in ADA, 25.5% in Bitcoin, and 22.9% in cash equivalents and other financial assets. Total expenditures for the year came to CHF 23.6 million, spread across adoption programs, technology development, and governance work.
Why putting an audit on a blockchain is harder than it sounds Traditional audits produce a PDF and a letter. Those documents can be updated, taken down, or quietly replaced. On-chain attestation turns the audit record into something closer to a permanent entry in a public ledger: the cryptographic fingerprint of the financial data is recorded at a specific point in time, and any change to the underlying numbers would produce a different fingerprint, making tampering immediately detectable.
What this means for the broader landscape The Cardano Foundation is a non-profit steward of the Cardano ecosystem. Non-profit foundations are accountable to their communities rather than shareholders, and community members rarely have the tools to verify whether a foundation is managing resources responsibly. On-chain audit attestation gives them one.
Holding 51.6% of reserves in ADA and 25.5% in Bitcoin means the Foundation’s balance sheet is meaningfully exposed to crypto market volatility. CHF 287.5 million in total assets is a substantial treasury, and the decision to hold the majority in native crypto assets rather than retreating to cash reflects a deliberate strategic posture.
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Cardano (ADA) is witnessing renewed interest from buyers as trading volume climbs and optimism spreads across the market. With prices recovering from recent lows, analysts say that ADA’s technical momentum has improved, although the token still faces several key resistance levels ahead.
ADA Emerges from Summer LowsAt press time, ADA trades at $0.2138 with a market cap of $7.83 billion and 24-hour trading volume at $796.5 million. Despite the boost in activity, ADA declined by 3.88% over the last 24 hours, reflecting ongoing volatility and a cautious stance among traders amid recent price swings.
Technical analysis from TradingView shows ADA fell sharply in June, sliding from May’s support around $0.2600 down to a yearly low near $0.1400 in July. After this local bottom, the market stabilized, with ADA gradually recovering and now consolidating above the 20, 50, and 100-period EMAs, suggesting improved short-term sentiment.
Market researcher Crypto Patel stated that ADA gained over 80% from its prior accumulation zone, signaling potential bullish momentum. The analyst continues to highlight long-term price targets at $1, $3, and $10, but emphasized that achieving these levels requires sustained demand and favorable broader conditions, making these targets speculative rather than certain outcomes.
ADA’s recovery from summer lows and its advance above key moving averages have drawn renewed attention, but significant resistance remains between $0.2375 and $0.2435, aligning with the upper Bollinger Band and the 200 EMA.
For now, traders are watching if Cardano can break through these resistance zones. Any move above $0.2138 is likely to encounter selling pressure at $0.2375 and $0.2435.
Volume and Leverage Point to Shifting SentimentRecent data from Coinglass shows that trading volume for ADA increased by 26.15% to $796.5 million, even as open interest fell 5.96% to $454.4 million. Analysts interpret the rising volume alongside declining open interest as a sign that traders are active but reducing leverage, possibly to secure profits or protect against downside risk.
Despite rising activity, ADA continues to follow the broader market, where Bitcoin’s sideways movement has limited bullish momentum among altcoins.
ChatterPay Integration Boosts AccessibilityIn parallel with the technical rebound, Cardano has expanded its reach through ChatterPay’s integration with WhatsApp. The move enables users to send ADA and supported stablecoins such as USDCx, USDM, and USDA directly within WhatsApp messages. There are no extra apps to install, and payments can be sent via voice or text. ChatterPay highlighted that the integration covers over 2 billion WhatsApp users and removes key barriers to onboarding new participants to the Cardano ecosystem.
The ability to send ADA or stablecoins via WhatsApp without the need for separate crypto wallets opens Cardano payments to a wider user base, leveraging familiar communication channels for fast adoption.
ChatterPay’s initiative is seen as a major step towards mainstream adoption of Cardano payments, allowing users unfamiliar with digital wallets to experience crypto transactions in a familiar messaging app.
In a market where a single Fed decision or a sudden altcoin listing can change everything in seconds, investors must move quickly to manage their positions. Many traders are now turning to privacy-focused solutions like CryptoAppsy, which brings together real-time charts, price alerts, coin-specific news, and critical macro data on one dashboard—without requiring users to sign up. This helps traders minimize costs associated with switching between separate applications and enables more timely decision-making.
Looking forward, ADA’s price trajectory depends on its ability to sustain this rebound and clear strong resistance. A failure to do so could trigger profit-taking and a potential correction in the short term, while successful adoption of new payment solutions may act as a catalyst for growth.
TLDR ADA is trading at $0.2214, up 12.54% in 24 hours, with a market cap of $8.12 billion. Analyst 0xNeena Cardano says ADA is testing the $0.24–$0.25 resistance zone. A confirmed breakout could push ADA toward $0.30, $0.36, and $0.4368. Cardano’s RealFi mainnet is set to launch on October 1, 2026. The RealFi launch aims to boost real-world finance tools and DeFi activity on Cardano. Cardano’s ADA token is trading at $0.2214 as of this morning. That price reflects a 12.54% jump over the past 24 hours.
Trading volume during that same period reached $602.8 million. ADA’s total market capitalization now sits at $8.12 billion.
The price move comes as ADA pushes toward a key resistance zone. Traders are watching closely to see if buyers can hold the gains.
Crypto analyst 0xNeena Cardano posted on X about the current setup. In the post, the analyst pointed to the $0.24–$0.25 range as the level ADA needs to clear.
0xNeena Cardano explained that a move above this zone could shift market sentiment. It would also suggest that buyers are stepping back in after weeks of selling pressure across the wider crypto market.
Key Resistance Levels Ahead If ADA breaks through $0.25 and that level turns into support, the next targets come into view. Those levels sit at $0.30, $0.36, and $0.4368.
Reaching $0.4368 would mark a sizable move from current prices. But analysts note that traders often wait for sustained buying before treating any breakout as confirmed.
If buyers fail to hold the line, ADA could face another rejection. That would likely send the price back into a consolidation pattern.
Cardano Price on CoinGecko RealFi Mainnet Set for October Launch Separately, data shared by the account MinswapIntern pointed to a coming milestone for Cardano. The RealFi ecosystem’s mainnet is scheduled to launch on October 1, 2026.
RealFi is designed to expand Cardano’s real-world finance tools. The project has gone through a testing phase along with community involvement ahead of launch.
The goal is to bring more capital into the Cardano ecosystem. That inflow could raise the network’s total value locked, known as TVL.
A rise in TVL often points to more activity across decentralized finance apps. If users adopt RealFi’s financial services, it could add fresh activity to Cardano’s DeFi sector.
For now, ADA’s next move depends on whether the $0.25 zone holds as support. The RealFi launch date of October 1 remains set, according to the shared data.
Cardano’s native token ADA recorded a 12.54% increase over the past 24 hours, reaching $0.2214 on Wednesday morning. The rise brought Cardano’s market capitalization to $8.12 billion, while trading volumes for the period hit $602.8 million as activity accelerated on the network.
Analyst sees critical resistance zoneThis price rally takes place as ADA approaches a significant resistance zone that traders are monitoring closely. Crypto analyst 0xNeena Cardano noted in a recent X post that the $0.24–$0.25 range presents a key barrier for the token’s short-term momentum.
According to 0xNeena Cardano, if ADA can break through and hold above this range, the price may target further levels at $0.30, $0.36, and $0.4368. The analyst explained that market sentiment could shift rapidly if momentum is confirmed beyond resistance.
Crypto analyst 0xNeena Cardano emphasized that Cardano is reclaiming critical resistance around $0.24–$0.25 and that surpassing this zone could open the path toward $0.30, $0.36, and eventually $0.4368.
Traders are watching whether increased buying volume can sustain the rally. However, analysts warn that, without follow-through and support above $0.25, ADA may revert to a consolidation pattern and struggle to maintain its gains.
LevelStatus$0.24–$0.25Current resistance$0.30Next target$0.36Higher target$0.4368Long-term targetIf a breakout occurs, the move to $0.4368 would represent a significant recovery from recent lows, though such advances often depend on broader market conditions and continued demand.
RealFi mainnet set for October launchIn parallel to the price developments, the Cardano network is preparing for the launch of its RealFi mainnet, scheduled for October 1, 2026, according to data shared by MinswapIntern. The RealFi initiative is designed to expand the ecosystem’s real-world financial tools and further integrate decentralized finance on Cardano.
Through extended testing and active community engagement, RealFi aims to spur growth in Cardano’s total value locked (TVL) as users adopt new decentralized finance services built on the platform.
Mini dictionary: RealFi is a Cardano-based initiative that seeks to combine real-world financial applications with decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure, aiming to bridge traditional finance and blockchain-based solutions to deliver practical financial services within the crypto ecosystem.
A rise in TVL typically signals growing engagement with decentralized applications on a network. If RealFi’s launch fuels increased participation, it could strengthen Cardano’s position in the DeFi sector as competition intensifies among blockchain platforms.
For the immediate future, eyes remain on whether ADA’s current momentum will overcome the resistance level and if RealFi’s mainnet launch will contribute to renewed interest in Cardano’s ecosystem.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has warned that several industry figures who attended the White House crypto summit could face investigations if Democrats regain control during the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
Hoskinson made the remarks after users mocked him for not receiving an invitation to the White House Crypto Summit hosted by President Donald Trump last month.
The summit brought together prominent figures from the cryptocurrency and financial industries, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi, Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
Responding to a post highlighting his absence and featuring images from the event, Hoskinson said he would rather stay away and return after what he described as Republicans being “destroyed” in the midterms. He further predicted that half of the crypto executives pictured in the Oval Office could face investigations under a newly empowered Democratic Party.
Hoskinson Links Crypto Industry to Republican Political Risk Hoskinson’s prediction reflects his broader criticism of how Republicans and Trump-aligned figures have handled the cryptocurrency industry.
In particular, he has argued that Trump’s family-linked crypto ventures and the close ties between the administration and industry participants have transformed crypto from a potentially bipartisan policy issue into a political liability.
In Hoskinson’s view, Democrats could capitalize on those connections during the 2026 midterm campaign by portraying the crypto industry as closely aligned with Trump and vulnerable to conflicts of interest or corruption allegations.
Moreover, Hoskinson has criticized the Republican approach to crypto legislation, describing it as poorly managed and arguing that the party lacks a consistent political philosophy. Alongside the historical tendency for the president’s party to lose seats during midterm elections, these factors appear to have shaped his expectation of a significant Republican setback.
Consequently, his warning about potential investigations appears tied to his belief that a Democratic takeover of Congress could bring increased scrutiny to individuals and companies closely associated with the Trump administration’s crypto agenda.
Crypto Industry Previously Faced Democratic Regulatory Pressure Notably, several major cryptocurrency companies have faced significant regulatory scrutiny under the previous Democratic administration.
Companies and platforms such as Ripple, Coinbase, and Gemini encountered enforcement actions during the Biden administration. However, the regulatory environment has changed considerably since Trump returned to the White House. His administration has adopted a more crypto-friendly stance, emphasizing digital-asset innovation and seeking greater regulatory clarity for the industry.
The administration has also supported comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation, including the CLARITY Act, which seeks to establish a broader regulatory framework for digital assets.
Could a Democratic Victory Reverse Crypto Policy? Against this backdrop, Hoskinson believes a Democratic return to power could potentially reverse some of the cryptocurrency industry’s recent regulatory gains.
A Democratic-controlled Congress could also increase scrutiny of crypto companies and executives that have developed close relationships with the current administration. However, Hoskinson’s prediction remains a political assessment rather than an indication that specific investigations have been announced or are currently planned.
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TLDR On September 4, Kalshi introduced perpetual futures contracts for five cryptocurrencies: BNB, Cardano, Worldcoin, Aave, and Venice Token These CFTC-regulated contracts settle in U.S. dollars and feature no expiration dates Leverage caps vary from 1.9x on Venice Token to 4.5x on BNB The platform’s U.S. crypto derivatives portfolio now includes Bitcoin plus 17 additional digital assets An ongoing legal dispute with CME Group over contract classification continues, with the CFTC seeking dismissal The CFTC-regulated trading platform Kalshi has broadened its cryptocurrency derivatives portfolio, introducing perpetual futures contracts for five additional digital tokens. U.S.-based eligible traders gained access to these new instruments on September 4.
🚨BREAKING: BNB, Cardano, Worldcoin, AAVE and Venice Token Perps Now Live on Kalshi
US CFTC continues perpetual futures approval despite CME lawsuit.
USD-margined, no expiry, leverage varies by asset (BNB ~4.5x, VVV ~1.9x). U.S. traders can now go long/short these without… pic.twitter.com/yc38cChCQy
— Rednirav (@CryptoRednirav) September 4, 2026
This latest expansion brings BNB, Cardano, Aave, Worldcoin, and Venice Token into Kalshi’s trading ecosystem. The platform previously offered similar contracts for major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and several other digital assets.
Contract Specifications and Features Each of the newly launched contracts uses U.S. dollar margining and settlement. Market participants can establish both long and short positions without facing mandatory expiration dates.
The maximum allowable leverage differs across the five assets. BNB traders can access up to 4.5x leverage, whereas Venice Token positions are restricted to 1.9x. Greater leverage amplifies potential returns but also elevates liquidation risk when market movements prove unfavorable.
These derivatives don’t mandate actual ownership of the underlying cryptocurrencies. Instead, profit and loss calculations derive from fluctuations in each token’s benchmark price.
Branded as “American Perpetuals,” these instruments are offered through Kalshi’s CFTC-designated contract market. The platform secured approval for the new listings through submissions to the regulator’s public filing system.
Ongoing Litigation Between CME and the CFTC Earlier this year, CME Group initiated legal proceedings against the CFTC following the agency’s approval of Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual contract. CME contends that perpetual instruments should fall under swap regulations rather than futures classification. This distinction carries significant weight due to divergent regulatory requirements between the two categories.
On September 2, the CFTC countered by submitting a dismissal motion in CME’s lawsuit. Agency representatives maintained that CME has no valid standing since it can list comparable instruments on its own regulated marketplace.
“This lawsuit is much ado about nothing,” CFTC lawyers stated in their submission. This represents the agency’s legal argument rather than a judicial determination.
At the time of reporting, no court date had been scheduled. Judges have yet to decide on CME’s legal standing or the proper classification framework for perpetual contracts.
Market Performance and Future Listings Multiple tokens among the new offerings experienced price appreciation coinciding with the contract debut. BNB increased over 5% to approximately $723, accompanied by an 83% surge in 24-hour trading activity. Cardano rallied nearly 10% to reach $0.222.
Both Worldcoin and Aave registered upward momentum as well. These price movements occurred within a wider cryptocurrency market upswing and weren’t exclusively attributable to the Kalshi contract launches.
The platform has submitted additional applications to the CFTC covering Stellar, Polkadot, and Hedera. Specific activation dates for these prospective contracts remained unannounced at publication time.
The resolution of CME’s legal challenge carries significant ramifications for U.S. perpetual futures regulation. Should the court grant dismissal, CME’s objections would conclude. Alternatively, if litigation advances, judicial interpretation could establish precedent regarding whether such products belong in the futures or swaps regulatory category.
Cardano (ADA) is attempting to sustain bullish momentum as buyers test significant resistance zones, signaling a potential trend reversal. The cryptocurrency climbed 12.54% in the last 24 hours, trading at $0.2214. Cardano’s market capitalization stands at $8.12 billion, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $602.8 million.
Cardano gains strength as buyers returnTechnical analysis from crypto analyst 0xNeena Cardano suggests that ADA is approaching a critical resistance range between $0.24 and $0.25. A successful breach above this area may enhance market confidence and indicate increasing buying interest after a period of consolidation and widespread selling across the cryptocurrency market.
If ADA secures a confirmed breakout and flips resistance into support, attention is expected to shift to additional resistance levels set at $0.30, $0.36, and $0.4368. However, analysts note that buyers may remain cautious until momentum is clear, as another failed breakout could lead to renewed downward pressure.
LevelPrice ($)Current Price0.2214Key Resistance Zone0.24–0.25Next Resistance0.30 / 0.36 / 0.4368 During recent sessions, buying activity in ADA has accelerated as the price approaches the $0.24–$0.25 resistance, a move that analysts say could signal a short-term trend reversal if buyers maintain momentum.
Mintern, a blockchain data provider, pointed out that Cardano’s RealFi ecosystem is poised for a key milestone, with the mainnet set for deployment on October 1, 2026. RealFi, designed to bring real-world financial applications onto the Cardano blockchain, has undergone extensive community involvement and testing phases ahead of this launch.
Mini dictionary: RealFi, or “real finance,” seeks to integrate decentralized blockchain technology with traditional real-world financial services by facilitating lending, borrowing, and other instruments on-chain, while connecting users to tangible value and uses beyond purely speculative crypto trading.
Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Input Output Global and Cardano’s founder, emphasized that the RealFi release is expected to increase total value locked (TVL) on the network, potentially attracting considerable capital and expanding the platform’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
Industry advocates believe Cardano’s RealFi can act as a catalyst for DeFi adoption and competitive growth, positioning the network as an appealing platform for financial innovation.
DeFi growth and outlook for ADAThe anticipated RealFi launch is viewed as a pivotal opportunity for Cardano to boost DeFi usage, drive liquidity, and strengthen overall ecosystem participation. The success of the initiative will depend on user engagement and the network’s ability to maintain positive price momentum.
Future market direction for ADA may hinge on buyers’ ability to establish sustained support above resistance zones. A breakthrough could embolden bullish sentiment, while a rejection could indicate prolonged consolidation.
Analysts continue to monitor ADA’s technical structure and the progress of key ecosystem upgrades as indicators of underlying strength and recovery potential after a subdued market phase.
Cardano (ADA) extends its gains, trading above $0.224 on Friday, after retesting and finding support around a key support zone earlier this week. Improving derivatives positioning and accumulation by certain whale wallets are adding to the bullish sentiment, while strengthening momentum indicators suggest ADA could see further gains if the recovery continues.
Derivatives metrics support a bullish biasCardano derivatives metrics show a bullish outlook. CoinGlass’ long-to-short ratio for ADA reads 1.10 on Friday, nearing the highest level over a month. This ratio above one reflects bullish sentiment, as more traders are betting on Cardano to rally.
Cardano long-to-short ratio chart. Source: CoinglassIn addition, funding rates also point to a strengthening outlook. CoinGlass’ OI-weighted funding rate data for Cardano flipped positive on Sunday and read 0.0087% on Friday. This positive rate indicates longs are paying shorts and signals a bullish sentiment.
Cardano funding rates chart. Source: CoinglassWhales accumulating recent dipsSantiment’s Supply Distribution data shows certain large-wallet holders (whales) buying ADA during recent price dips, supporting a positive outlook for the token.
The metric indicates that whales holding between 1 million and 10 million ADA tokens (yellow line) have accumulated 60 million ADA tokens since Sunday. During the same period, wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million (blue line) remained stable, while other holders with between 100,000 and 1 million offloaded 10 million ADA tokens.
This buy-the-dip scenario, signaled by the yellow-line wallet, suggests sustained long-term interest among large-wallet holders and has lifted Cardano’s price 17% so far this week.
Cardano supply distribution chart. Source: SantimentCardano technical outlook: Finds support around key zoneCardano price trades at $0.224 on Friday, holding a constructive near-term tone as it sits above the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) while still capped beneath the 200-day EMA. This positioning suggests a recovery phase within a broader downtrend, with buyers defending the recent breakout over the mid-$0.210 area.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 64 hovers in bullish territory without yet reaching extreme overbought conditions, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has turned marginally positive, hinting that upward momentum is building but remains fragile as price approaches overhead supply.
On the topside, initial resistance emerges at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement near $0.231, followed by a tighter barrier at the horizontal level around $0.236. Above that, the 200-day EMA clustered with the $0.245 horizontal cap defines a tougher supply zone, ahead of a more distant resistance pivot near $0.299.
On the downside, immediate support is implied by the recent pivot zone just under the current price at the 50% retracement near $0.213, with the 100-day EMA at $0.198 and the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement near $0.195 reinforcing a broader demand band around the high-$0.190s. A deeper slide would expose the $0.173 Fibonacci level and, if that fails, the more strategic horizontal floor near $0.150.
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Kalshi prediction market has expanded its perpetual futures (perps) offerings to include BNB, Cardano (ADA), and AAVE. The platform shows perpetual contracts for AI altcoins such as Worldcoin (WLD) and Venice Token (VVV) are also live for trading after approval from the US CFTC.
BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE & Venice Token Perps Trading Goes Live on Kalshi Kalshi has added BNB, ADA, AAVE, WLD, and VVV to its line of US CFTC-regulated perpetual contracts. The products debuted under the trademark “American Perpetuals,” which aims to offer CFTC-regulated perpetual futures contracts for trading in the United States.
Notably, the prediction market platform filed for these perpetual futures with the CFTC last week. The max leverage varies by crypto asset, such as 4.5x for BNB and 1.9x for Venice Token.
Kalshi now offers perpetuals trading for Bitcoin and 17 altcoins such as ETH, XRP, SOL, HYPE, and Zcash. Notably, the perpetuals are CFTC-regulated, don’t have an expiration date, and settle in USD.
As CoinGape reported earlier, Kalshi last launched Zcash (ZEC), Near Protocol (NEAR), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Shiba Inu (SHIB) perps. However, approvals for XLM, DOT, and HBAR are still pending with the US CFTC.
The approvals came despite CME Group’s lawsuit against the US CFTC and Chairman Mike Selig, alleging these contracts are swaps. This week, the CFTC filed a motion to dismiss the CME lawsuit, arguing the exchange lacks standing on its competitive-injury claims.
BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE and Venice Token Perps. Source: Kalshi
Prices Rebound amid More Perpetual Futures Approval by CFTC BNB price jumped more than 5% to $729 amid broader crypto market recovery. The price is currently trading around $723, with a massive 83% rise in trading volume in the last 24 hours.
ADA price has skyrocketed almost 10% to $0.222 as RealFi sets October 1 mainnet launch. Cardano price outlook shows further upside to $0.28.
Meanwhile, AAVE, WLD, and VVV prices also jumped higher as the US Treasury bought back $12.5 billion of debt in its latest Treasury buyback operation.
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Cardano’s Constitutional Committee just got a refresh. The “Update Constitutional Committee 2026” governance action was ratified on-chain, seating four newly elected members and preserving the network’s ability to make critical governance decisions during a period of significant upcoming upgrades.
The vote cleared its two required thresholds with little room to spare. Delegated Representatives (DReps) approved the action at 69.36%, edging past the 67% requirement. Stake Pool Operators (SPOs) came in at 51.18%, barely above the 51% needed. In a system where non-voting stake effectively counts against approval, those margins tell a story about just how contested governance participation remains on Cardano.
What the Constitutional Committee actually does Under the Voltaire era governance model, the CC reviews governance actions to ensure they align with the network’s constitution before they can take effect. Without a functioning committee of sufficient size, the network loses the ability to execute treasury withdrawals, adjust protocol parameters, and approve other foundational changes.
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Had this ratification failed, the committee would have shrunk to just three members, essentially creating a governance bottleneck at the worst possible time. The governance action was submitted on-chain on July 31, 2026, and ratification occurred around September 1. The transition becomes effective at the boundary of Epoch 653 to Epoch 654, which lands on September 6, 2026. The four newly elected members, chosen through audited community elections, will serve terms extending to Epoch 799.
Who sits on the new committee The renewed committee includes representatives from several corners of the Cardano ecosystem. Among the newly seated members are Marek Mahut, the Eastern Cardano Council, and Cardano Curia.
Cardano is preparing for two major protocol milestones: the Leios upgrade and the Dijkstra era. Both will require governance actions that pass through the Constitutional Committee’s review process.
Why the margins matter A 69.36% DRep approval rate against a 67% threshold means roughly 2.36 percentage points separated success from failure. On the SPO side, the gap was even thinner at 0.18 percentage points above the minimum.
Cardano’s governance design includes a feature that amplifies this dynamic: stake that doesn’t vote effectively functions as opposition. If a large holder sits out, their abstention drags down the approval percentage. This means governance outcomes depend not just on who votes yes or no, but on overall participation rates.
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ChatGPT outage reports jumped from 5,000 to more than 22,000 in 10 minutes on Thursday morning. Claude, Grok and coding tool Cursor were already broken.
Three rival labs failed inside roughly 90 minutes, and no cloud provider declared a fault. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says it looked like a nation state, naming Gemini as the only exception as it uses its own TPUs.
They all use Nvidia chips. Google doesn't
— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) September 3, 2026 How the AI Outage HappenedGrok and Claude users began reporting errors near 9 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). ChatGPT complaints spiked 90 minutes later, Downdetector data showed.
OpenAI was the only lab to confirm anything, logging elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex, its coding agent.
Anthropic users hit a capacity wall instead.
“Due to unexpected capacity constraints, Claude is unable to respond to your message. Try again soon,” read Claude in-app error message.
xAI declared no incident, yet Grok told users its model was unavailable.
Grok Suffers Datacenter Outage. Source: GrokFollow us on X to get the latest news as it happens
Charles Hoskinson Floats a Nation-State TheoryThe Cardano executive, who also co-founded Ethereum, says it looks like a nation state hit the three AI models at once, citing their reliance on Nvidia.
“It looks like a national state brought down Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok” Hoskinson wrote.
This means he thinks a government, not a hacker or a technical glitch, deliberately knocked the three chatbots offline.
Google logged no Gemini incident, yet users filed hundreds of reports and it flagged a fault serving new API keys. A shared chip supplier is not a shared failure path. Nvidia hardware in different buildings does not fail together.
The damage was uneven, with Claude and Grok peaking near 1,500 reports each while ChatGPT cleared 35,000.
No lab has reported an attack, but OpenAI listed 19 affected components and Anthropic blamed its Opus models.
The incident has turned it into a case for decentralized AI, one plugging Midnight, the privacy sidechain from Hoskinson’s Cardano ecosystem.
Why wouldn't they?
This is also why decentralized AI systems are needed
coughcoughMIDNIGHTcoughcough
— Wendy O (@CryptoWendyO) September 3, 2026 Attention turned to one building in Memphis. SpaceX merged with xAI in February, then rented Anthropic the full Colossus 1 compute capacity, built for Grok.
Outage Alert: Both Grok and Claude Code are experiencing service disruptions simultaneously….
Given Anthropic’s compute lease at SpacexAI's Memphis Colossus cluster, a single datacenter/power issue at Colossus could be taking down both major AI systems at once
we might be… pic.twitter.com/NzMTbeITTY
— Astro Polo (@astropol0) September 3, 2026 Anthropic draws over 300 megawatts across 220,000 Nvidia chips there, just under half of xAI’s roughly 500,000-GPU fleet.
Two of Thursday’s casualties sit on the same racks. However, neither firm has linked that to the failures.
“Grok, Claude, and ChatGPT all utilize significant portions of Colossus 1 in Memphis. That is the likely source of the outage… The question is whether it was accidental or sabotage,” one user posed.
A Cloudflare outage hit crypto platforms last November, with two AWS failures knocking services offline weeks earlier.
Anthropic went dark alone in a similar outage in March.
Concentration stays cheap until everything stops at once.
The outage comes as multiple AI models debut within days of each other.
Mam wrażenie ze AI trochę wychodzi spod kontroli. W ciagu 6 tygodni Google wydalo 3 modele…
Gemini 3.6 Flash – 21 lipca 2026
Gemini 3.7 Flash – 13 sierpnia 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash – 2 września 2026
W 2030 bedziemy miec Gemini cos w stylu Gemini 4.69 Flash
Cardano (ADA) has shown signs of a potential market rebound as technical momentum improves and network utilization expands. Recent price trends and adoption milestones have drawn renewed attention from traders assessing ADA’s prospects for a sustained recovery.
Technical setup signals buyer interestADA is currently trading at $0.1993, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $308.75 million and total market capitalization standing at $7.32 billion. The price has risen 1.99% over the past day, indicating a possible shift in market sentiment.
Technical analyst Alith Charts pointed to a bullish setup after the Tom DeMark Sequential indicator on ADA’s daily chart flashed a fresh buy signal. This indicator, which is designed to spot potential trend reversals, previously signaled at key low points for ADA—June 25, July 15, and August 18—followed by price rallies of 44.5%, 11.5%, and 50.9%, respectively.
According to Alith Charts, although the indicator suggests that selling momentum is weakening and ADA might see further recovery, additional confirmation from price action and resistance level tests will be necessary before a genuine reversal can be confirmed.
Traders will closely monitor volume trends, structural price changes, and upcoming resistance thresholds as they evaluate the chances for a sustained upward move. However, ongoing network adoption and participation from enterprise users may provide further momentum for ADA.
Cardano supports large-scale supply chain tracingThe Cardano Foundation revealed that the blockchain is being used as the proof layer for Blockforce’s supply chain traceability solution, with more than 500,000 records already anchored on the Cardano network.
This deployment highlights a specific enterprise use case, where sensitive business information is protected via Hyperledger Fabric, while proofs confirming data integrity are posted on Cardano. This model allows private data to remain confidential but also enables independent verification of its existence and accuracy.
Mini dictionary: Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source permissioned blockchain framework intended for enterprise use, enables organizations to securely share and validate sensitive data while keeping most information private from the public blockchain.
Collaboration among Cardano and Blockforce engineers has reportedly reduced the cost of anchoring an individual data record by 92%. This development enhances scalability and supports wider adoption in enterprise supply chain management.
MetricLatest ValueCurrent ADA Price$0.199324h Trading Volume$308.75 millionMarket Capitalization$7.32 billionRecords Anchored via Blockforce500,000+Cost Reduction per Data Anchor92%Outlook and adoption momentumCardano’s short-term price trajectory will largely depend on whether buyer momentum can be maintained above new support levels. Traders continue to cite factors such as volume, breakout structures, and further adoption as key variables in ADA’s recovery potential.
Additional enterprise use cases like supply chain traceability could further support Cardano’s network narrative. However, failure to sustain positive price action may prolong ongoing market pressure.
The current set of developments will remain closely watched by both technical analysts and long-term investors seeking confirmation of a sustained market reversal.
Cardano [ADA] was in a retracement phase after making a new high at $0.258 on the 22nd of August. Recently, AMBCrypto covered the importance of the $0.21 support zone.
Despite a slump in DEX activity, the altcoin has maintained its overall bullish price bias. The price dip below $0.21 reached a low of $0.189 on Sunday, the 30th of August, but swing traders and investors need not panic over this drawdown.
Instead, it could be a buying opportunity. Here’s why.
Cardano buy signals on the daily timeframe In a post on X, popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez observed that the TD Sequential had fired a buy signal for Cardano on the daily timeframe.
Source: Ali Charts on X The previous three times the indicator gave a buy signal on this timeframe, a sizable price rally followed. Hence, it was a signal worth paying attention to.
Source: ADA/USDT on TradingView The swing structure on this timeframe was also bullish. ADA has set new swing highs over the past two month, while maintaining the series of higher lows. In other words, it has been trending higher.
The OBV has made higher lows since July, but has not been able to match the May highs yet. The CMF was above +0.05 to signal strong buying pressure.
The price was retesting the $0.20 support zone. This same area had served as resistance in July and again in the first week of August. Therefore, there is a good chance of a bullish price reaction from this zone.
Source: ADA/USDT on TradingView Like the 1-day timeframe, the 4-hour chart’s swing structure was also bullish. The $0.20 higher timeframe S/R area had confluence with the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement level at $0.19.
The OBV was relatively flat, but the CMF showed strong capital inflows. Sustained demand is necessary to keep the uptrend going.
Investors and swing traders can expect a bullish price reaction in the coming days, targeting the $0.238 local high and the $0.258 extension level. A breakdown below $0.171, unlikely at the time of writing, would mark a bearish structure shift.
Final Summary Cardano saw a steep retracement from the $0.258 local highs but has managed to defend its longer-term bullish outlook. The altcoin needs to see sustained demand to keep its uptrend going. Defending the $0.20 support zone was a good start.
@Polymarket has officially launched Polymarket Perps, a perpetual futures platform that lets users trade with up to 20x leverage across crypto assets, global equities, and commodities through a single unified interface.
From Prediction Market to Derivatives Hub The rollout effectively transitions @Polymarket from a niche prediction market into a comprehensive decentralized derivatives venue.
Assets and Market CoveragePopular crypto assets integrated at launch include $BTC, $ETH, $ADA, $SUI, and $BNB, alongside exposure to broader financial markets.
The timing of the full rollout is notable. and Expanding into perpetuals puts @Polymarket squarely in competition with established crypto derivatives platforms, as well as rival prediction market operator Kalshi, which has signalled a similar product push.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Polymarket rolls out perps trading with up to 20x leverage
Yahoo Finance: Polymarket Unveils Perpetual Futures In Time To Beat Kalshi's Crypto Launch
CNBC: Polymarket launches trading of heavily leveraged perps contracts
Key Takeaways Charles Hoskinson, Cardano’s founder, emphasizes completing critical roadmap objectives and governance structures to catalyze the network’s next expansion cycle. The cryptocurrency has experienced a 40.71% decline year-to-date in 2026 and has dropped from the top 10 digital assets by market capitalization. The Pogun Bitcoin DeFi initiative and RealFi platform have attracted $600 million in preliminary commitments, with projections suggesting billions in future total value locked. Implementing the Leios scalability enhancement and executing its associated hard fork remain paramount objectives for development teams. With a 36th place ranking in TVL and no approved spot ETF product, Cardano faces challenges attracting institutional capital. Charles Hoskinson, the visionary behind Cardano, has urged the community to fulfill outstanding roadmap commitments and governance objectives, stating the platform must “finish what we started” before advancing to subsequent development phases.
These remarks came during discussions surrounding a Constitutional Committee voting mechanism update for the Cardano network.
Hoskinson highlighted advancements throughout the ecosystem, citing the RealFi platform rollout and mounting enthusiasm for Bitcoin DeFi integration. He projected that RealFi could channel billions in total value locked into the ecosystem within the next several years.
According to Hoskinson’s statements, the Pogun Bitcoin DeFi project has already garnered $600 million in preliminary funding commitments.
Critical Objectives for the Network Hoskinson identified multiple essential tasks requiring completion. These encompass finalizing the Leios scalability protocol enhancement and implementing its corresponding hard fork upgrade.
Establishing robust governance frameworks represents another central priority. He advocated for completing “the last mile of governance” while constructing institutional frameworks capable of autonomous operation and continuous refinement.
The Cardano stakeholder community has already endorsed a Constitutional Committee structure ensuring membership remains above five participants, enabling the committee to authorize crucial protocol upgrades including the Leios constitutional amendment.
Despite these progressive developments, ADA has underperformed throughout 2026. The digital asset has declined 40.71% year-to-date and surrendered its position among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market valuation.
Competitive Challenges Mount for ADA Cardano occupies 36th position in total value locked rankings, an essential DeFi performance indicator. Rival networks like Solana have experienced approximately 18% declines this year — substantially outperforming ADA’s 41% downturn.
The absence of a spot ETF product distinguishes Cardano from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and even Dogecoin. This gap restricts accessibility for both retail traders and institutional portfolios.
Market analyst Ali Charts identified a potentially significant inflection point, observing that the Tom DeMark Sequential indicator has generated a fresh buy signal on ADA’s daily timeframe. Historical signals previously initiated rallies of 44.5% on June 25, 11.5% on July 15, and 50.9% on August 18, indicating another upward movement may be developing.
CARDANO: BUY SIGNAL
The Tom DeMark Sequential has just flashed a new buy signal on Cardano's daily chart.
These signals have done an excellent job identifying recent bottoms:
• June 25: +44.5% rally
• July 15: +11.5% rally
• August 18: +50.9% rally
Now the indicator is… pic.twitter.com/dAnEKn1vID
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) September 2, 2026
Hoskinson asserted that the ecosystem remains competitive, stating they are “not out of the game.” Both the Leios upgrade and RealFi platform are scheduled for deployment later this year.
Cardano (ADA) Price ADA is currently trading near $0.20, representing approximately a 94% decline from its all-time peak of nearly $3 achieved in September 2021.
Following its public testnet phase, RealFi has set the launch date for its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Cardano mainnet.
The RealFi team announced the date while providing an update on its Pioneer Season, which has served as a testing and feedback phase ahead of the mainnet rollout. According to the team, the platform will officially launch on Cardano on October 1, 2026.
Update on RealFi Pioneer Season Notably, the team noted that more than 3,600 users have participated in RealFi’s Pioneer Season, completing over 40,000 quest actions on the public testnet.
The team said the testnet provided valuable insights into how users interact with the platform while helping developers identify areas for improvement. Rather than serving as a simple demonstration, the Pioneer Season allowed RealFi to collect real user activity and community feedback and use those insights to refine the platform ahead of its mainnet debut.
RealFi also clarified that the Pioneer Season will continue until the mainnet launch. However, the extension does not reflect any major problem or setback.
Instead, the team plans to use the additional time to incorporate community feedback and strengthen the platform’s overall readiness. RealFi said it wants to make the transition to mainnet as smooth and polished as possible, with more details about the launch and changes for Pioneer participants expected closer to October.
RealFi Targets Real-World Finance on Cardano RealFi (Real Finance) aims to connect Cardano’s cryptocurrency liquidity with real-world financial activities and assets. Its broader vision includes microloans, real-world asset-backed financial products, and yield generated from productive economic activity rather than purely speculative trading.
The ecosystem’s key products include USDr, a Cardano-native dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by real-world assets, and sUSDr, a yield-bearing asset designed to generate returns from the underlying real-world asset portfolio.
Hoskinson Expects RealFi to Boost Cardano TVL Meanwhile, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson also retweeted the latest announcement, signaling his support for the project. In a recent commentary, Hoskinson highlighted RealFi as one of the initiatives that could help drive Cardano’s next phase of growth. He believes the platform could attract billions of dollars into the Cardano ecosystem.
According to Hoskinson, users deposit assets into RealFi’s smart contracts, where the funds remain locked while generating yield. As participation grows, these deposits can increase Cardano’s total value locked (TVL), while deposits, withdrawals, and yield distributions also generate additional on-chain activity. In the meantime, Cardano’s TVL currently stands at $64.23 million, up 4.99% over the past 24 hours.
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Cardano is becoming more accessible to mainstream users as ChatterPay enables WhatsApp users to send and receive ADA directly through the messaging platform.
According to ChatterPay co-founder Tomás Di Mauro, WhatsApp users can now send ADA and Circle’s USDCx on Cardano to any WhatsApp contact globally. The integration brings Cardano-based payments into one of the world’s most widely used messaging platforms and could expose ADA to WhatsApp’s massive user base.
Notably, WhatsApp has more than 3 billion monthly active users, giving the integration a potentially significant reach and creating another avenue through which Cardano could reach mainstream audiences.
ChatterPay Brings Cardano Payments to WhatsApp The integration is powered by ChatterPay, a user-friendly, non-custodial WhatsApp wallet backed by Orion Fund. The wallet aims to simplify blockchain transactions for users without technical knowledge or extensive cryptocurrency experience.
Through ChatterPay, users can send ADA or USDCx directly to their WhatsApp contacts. The service aims to remove the complexity traditionally associated with creating and using blockchain wallets, making Cardano payments easier for everyday users.
How ChatterPay Works on WhatsApp ChatterPay also simplifies the process of creating a Cardano wallet. Users can begin directly through the ChatterPay Bot on WhatsApp by sending a message such as, “Hi! I want to create an account.”
Users can then enter a referral code if they have one or continue without one. The bot subsequently creates a Cardano wallet that users can use to receive funds.
Once the wallet is set up, users can manage several functions through the bot, including sending ADA, purchasing crypto, and checking their balance.
Sending ADA to WhatsApp Contacts The process is designed to be straightforward. Users can open WhatsApp, select a contact, enter the amount they want to send, and choose ADA or USDCx.
ChatterPay then requests confirmation before processing the transaction. In addition, users can send funds to Cardano users outside WhatsApp by entering their Cardano wallet address. They can also attach customized messages to their transfers.
This approach could make blockchain payments feel more similar to sending a regular message on WhatsApp, potentially lowering the barrier to entry for people unfamiliar with traditional crypto wallets.
Beyond Cardano, ChatterPay supports other major blockchain networks, including Bitcoin, Solana, and Ethereum. Consequently, the WhatsApp wallet is positioning itself as a broader gateway for digital-asset transactions rather than a Cardano-only payment solution.
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Cardano’s native token ADA climbed nearly 4% in the past 24 hours, moving back above $0.20 to trade around $0.206. The rally comes after crucial governance developments and increased buying activity helped push the token higher.
Governance renewal reduces riskCardano recently completed its Constitutional Committee renewal, successfully passing the required voting thresholds before the September 1 deadline. Delegated representatives supported the renewal at 69.36%, exceeding the 67% requirement, while stake pool operators reached 51.18%, just above the 51% threshold.
Passing the governance threshold lifted a risk that had lingered in late August, according to the Cardano Foundation. The Constitutional Committee represents one pillar of Cardano’s three-part governance framework, alongside delegated representatives and stake pool operators.
The committee’s main duty is to verify that governance actions are consistent with the Cardano constitution before those actions can be executed on-chain. Specific proposals may bypass this requirement based on the constitution’s provisions.
Governance infrastructure has seen recent upgrades, further supporting ADA’s return above $0.20.
Recent updates and launchesThe Cardano Foundation’s September 2 Community Digest highlighted new functionalities across the Constitutional Amendment Portal, stake pool operator scripts, and the Daedalus 11.3.0 wallet.
The Constitutional Amendment Portal, which began alpha testing in August, enables ADA holders to propose changes to the Cardano Constitution and participate in related discussions. Users can access the portal via a Cardano wallet, with no need for email or password registration.
Daedalus 11.3.0 now features a DRep Directory, allowing users to find representatives and delegate voting rights directly through the wallet. Updates to the stake pool operator scripts have expanded governance voting and improved support for Ledger hardware wallets.
RealFi, a project focused on connecting Cardano’s blockchain liquidity with real-world financial services, has scheduled its mainnet launch for October 1 after attracting over 3,600 participants and 40,000 completed quest actions during its test phases.
Development on Cardano continues in advance of the planned Dijkstra upgrade. The Plutus Core team released version 1.68.0.0 in August, introducing Plutus V4 ledger API types. However, Plutus V4 remains under development, and these specifications may change before the Dijkstra upgrade.
Continued efforts are being made to enhance Plutus language features and available built-in functions.
Mini dictionary: Plutus, Cardano’s smart contract development platform, uses its own language for building decentralized applications (dApps) and facilitating blockchain programmability. The Plutus scripts process transactions and automate financial logic within Cardano’s network.
Derivatives positioning and market outlookDerivatives data from Squeeze-labs shows Cardano’s aggregated open interest across major exchanges such as Binance, Bybit, and KuCoin near $160 million. Binance funding rates have remained positive, suggesting ongoing bullish sentiment.
Large positions tracked on Hyperliquid have been modestly net long on ADA. Furthermore, short liquidation exposure is currently higher above spot price, implying a move through the next resistance area could trigger short covers and further upside.
Mini dictionary: Squeeze-labs and Hyperliquid are platforms that provide real-time derivatives market analytics, including large trader positioning, liquidation levels, and funding trends for crypto assets.
ADA’s daily price has recovered above $0.20 after a drop from its August high near $0.25, placing it just above the nine-day simple moving average at $0.2028. If buyers push the price above $0.21, resistance may shift to $0.22 and upwards toward the previous August highs.
Price analysis: Key support and resistanceThe daily chart indicates ADA is trading above the nine-day simple moving average, with resistance found between $0.208 and $0.21. A strong Chaikin Money Flow reading of 0.13 points to robust buying pressure over recent sessions.
A daily close above $0.21 would open up the path toward $0.22 and then $0.23, where the token faced consolidating resistance in August. Beyond that, the high near $0.245 marks the next target.
On shorter timeframes, ADA rebounded from lows near $0.19, with the Commodity Channel Index soaring to 221.68, signaling powerful short-term momentum yet potentially overbought territory. In the event of a pullback, immediate support is seen around $0.202 to $0.20.
The 4-hour Average True Range has recently stabilized near $0.0045, following a volatile August that sent the metric above $0.01. A renewed expansion in ATR as ADA tops $0.21 would signal increased volatility and confirm a breakout scenario.
To sustain its bullish structure, ADA needs to maintain support above $0.20. A drop below could expose $0.195 and, further down, the support zone around $0.19. On the upside, breaking $0.21 may lead to tests of $0.22, $0.225, $0.23, and the August peak at $0.245.
BeInCrypto is officially partnering with the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) for their flagship summit, The Future of Money, Governance, and the Law (FoMGL) taking place September 29 to October 2, 2026 across Washington, D.C.and New York.
The partnership will mark the launch of BeInCrypto’s Legal & Regulatory Expert Council, with the council making its public debut during the event’s New York programme at the United Nations Headquarters (pending final room confirmation).
Intersection of Policy, Capital and Technology
The three-day GBA programme will move from Capitol Hill discussions with U.S. policymakers to a full-day summit at the National Press Club focusing on the impact of AI, blockchain and quantum on financial services, including digital assets, tokenization, and regulatory frameworks.That evening features cryptopoly, gala reception in a historic georgian mansion where the guests receive movie money and cryptocurrency themed cards to buy, trade and sell to win generous crypto themed prizes. The event is followed by the Future of Money, Governance & the Law FinTech Summit in New York.
Confirmed speakers include Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio (UN Joint Staff Pension Fund), Jarod Koopman (U.S. Treasury / IRS), Landon Zinda (SEC Crypto Task Force), Thomas Puschnik (World Bank), Lauren Belive (Ripple), Corey Then (Circle), Robin Cook (Coinbase), Dr. Scott Stornetta (blockchain co-inventor), Charles Hoskinson (Cardano), Markus Veith (Grant Thornton), and Christopher Bramwell (Utah State Government) amongst many others.
The GBA has members in over 500 government offices around the world in over 50 working groups that has established the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM), a framework for assessing the maturity, integrity and trustworthiness of blockchain solutions, and showcased by the Blockchain Assurance & Standardization Dynamic Coalition recognized by the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The IGF is convened by the UN Secretary-General as a global forum for dialogue on internet governance. The GBA connects public-sector requirements with private-sector expertise across a range of blockchain and emerging-technology issues.
Legal & Regulatory Council Launch
The BeInCrypto Legal & Regulatory Expert Council unites senior practitioners working across crypto and digital-asset regulation, compliance, tax, financial data, AML and sanctions, and institutional adoption.
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The council will bring these perspectives to the global policy conversation at FoMGL, where BeInCrypto’s Global Head of News, Brian McGleenon, will moderate a panel on the state of global crypto regulation. Panel details and council members joining him on stage will be announced ahead of the event.
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Cardano price held above $0.20 after gaining 7% over 24 hours, reaching $0.207 during a market recovery.
Market capitalization rose 1.64% to $2.62 trillion, while BTC price topped $77,900 and ETH reached $2,400. XRP price was also up 4% higher, which boosted risk appetite within major digital assets.
RealFi Mainnet Launch Strengthens ADA Outlook Following its public testnet, RealFi is scheduled to launch on Cardano’s mainnet on October 1.
The platform provided by IOG will launch the USDr, a stablecoin based on real-world assets and productivity capital.
Charles Hoskin anticipates that RealFi will grow the total value locked in Cardano but more transactions will be conducted within the network.
JUST IN: RealFi is coming to Cardano $ADA Mainnet on October 1st. 🔥
Following its public testnet, the product will transition to Mainnet.
RealFi is supported by Input Output Global, bringing USDr, a stablecoin backed by real-world assets and productive capital, to Cardano. pic.twitter.com/yG3ag7Du7g
— Cardanians (CRDN) (@Cardanians_io) September 2, 2026
Hoskinson remarked that the product would assist Cardano in its endeavor to increase the activity of decentralized finance and stablecoins.
The successful launch would reaffirm the momentum of ADA, in case users provide liquidity and use USDr.
Analyst Predicts Potential Cardano Price Rebound After New Buy Signal Crypto analyst Ali Charts says Cardano’s daily chart has flashed a fresh TD Sequential buy signal. The indicator has since registered in advance of ADA rallies of 44.5%, 11.5% and 50% since bottoms in the market.
CARDANO: BUY SIGNAL
The Tom DeMark Sequential has just flashed a new buy signal on Cardano’s daily chart.
These signals have done an excellent job identifying recent bottoms:
• June 25: +44.5% rally
• July 15: +11.5% rally
• August 18: +50.9% rally
Now the indicator is… pic.twitter.com/dAnEKn1vID
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) September 2, 2026
Despite this favoring optimism, the past history cannot be used to confirm that there is another similar development that Cardano will bring. Traders can now observe price action to confirm a sustained ADA recovery is taking shape.
Cardano Open Interest Reaches $452 Million Following a 1.44% Increase The activity of the cardano derivatives increased as the trading volume increased by 1.49% to reach $453.30 million. There was also an increase in open interest 1.44% to $452.29 million indicating increased participation in the market.
Source: Coinglass data The gains are closely matched, which points to new positions entered and increased trading turnover. But the small gains indicate a restrained participation as opposed to speculative action. Traders can now observe the direction of ADA to identify market momentum.
Will ADA Price Rally Toward $0.25 as Bullish Momentum Builds? At the time of writing, the ADA price surged 7% to $0.2073 on the four-hour timeframe.
Cardano price also continued its recovery since the support at $0.20 as the momentum continued to pick up in the most recent session
The RSI increased to 63.95, affirming increased momentum, but not yet overbought.
Meanwhile, Chaikin Money Flow was 0.24, which indicates the inflow of more capital and more active participation in the market.
Source: TradingView An established break above $0.22 would propel the future ADA outlook to the second target at $0.25.
Further strength beyond $0.25 can reveal $0.28, though that longer target is yet to be confirmed. However, weakening momentum could push Cardano price toward immediate support at $0.20.
Any close below $0.20 can reveal the more powerful $0.19 support and undermine the recovery perspective.
Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), and Solana (SOL) show mild gains on Thursday, holding at crucial support levels amid easing bullish momentum. The technical outlook for XRP, ADA, and SOL indicates downside risk as the US-Iran war weighs on the broader crypto market.
Ripple pulls back below 200-day EMARipple trades around $1.3685 on Thursday, holding a bullish near-term bias as price advances above the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $1.2227 and $1.2191, respectively.
Despite this constructive positioning, the 200-day EMA at $1.3827 now acts as the overhead barrier. A confirmed breakout above this level could see XRP extend its recovery toward the August 23 high at $1.5507.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has moved below its signal line, with a slightly expanding negative histogram, suggesting that upside momentum is softening as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) near 60 approaches the neutral zone from overbought territory.
XRP/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, initial demand is seen around the clustered dynamic supports provided by the 50-day and 100-day EMAs near $1.2227 and $1.2191, with deeper structural support traced back toward the prior breakout area around $1.0573.
Cardano rebounds from key support clusterCardano is up nearly 2% on Thursday, advancing its 2% rise from the previous day. The mild recovery suggests a constructive near-term bullish bias, with price trading above both the 50-day EMA at $0.1925 and the 100-day EMA at $0.1975 while tracking an upward-sloping support trendline around $0.1838.
However, the broader recovery is still capped by the 200-day EMA at $0.2531 overhead, reinforced by an ascending trendline. Cardano must clear above this zone for a sustained recovery toward the February 2 high at $0.2991.
The MACD declines below its signal line and remains marginally above zero, suggesting that upside momentum is waning, while the RSI, at 54, drops from the overbought zone into neutral territory.
ADA/USDT daily price chart.Immediate support is seen at the recent $0.2051 area, with stronger demand clustered around the 100-day EMA at $0.1975 and the 50-day EMA at $0.1925.
Solana is back at $100Solana trades around $100 at press time on Thursday, maintaining a bullish near-term bias as price holds above the 50-, 100- and 200-day EMAs clustered between roughly $83.85 and $93.58, which collectively underpin the broader uptrend.
The RSI at 63 is declining from overbought territory, indicating easing bullish momentum, while the MACD has slipped marginally below its signal line, hinting at waning upside momentum.
The next notable structural barrier is the horizontal resistance line at $116.88, marked by the December 18 low, which would come into focus only if buyers extend the ongoing advance.
SOL/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, immediate support is at the current price level near the $100 psychological threshold, reinforced by the February 1 low at $98.02, followed by the 200-day EMA around $93.58.
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Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has called on the platform’s community to complete key development and governance milestones, emphasizing that Cardano must “finish what we started” before pursuing the next stage of growth.
Focus on Roadmap DeliverablesHoskinson’s remarks came amid an ongoing update to the Cardano Constitutional Committee’s voting mechanism, a core element for the platform’s decentralized governance. He stressed the importance of implementing essential features, particularly the Leios scalability protocol upgrade and the related hard fork, which are seen as fundamental for future network expansion.
The Cardano community has already approved a governance structure that requires the Constitutional Committee to maintain a minimum of five members. This committee is authorized to approve upgrades, including the forthcoming Leios constitutional amendment.
The platform must complete its foundational objectives and reinforce its governance to ensure sustained network growth, as highlighted by Charles Hoskinson.
Establishing autonomous, continuously improving institutional frameworks remains a central goal, according to Hoskinson. He described this as completing the “last mile of governance” for Cardano.
RealFi and Bitcoin DeFi Attract FundingHoskinson spotlighted progress within the Cardano ecosystem, noting strong momentum for the RealFi protocol and growing interest in Bitcoin DeFi integrations. Forecasts suggest that RealFi could bring billions of dollars in total value locked (TVL) into the network over the coming years.
He disclosed that the Pogun Bitcoin DeFi initiative, part of Cardano’s broader DeFi push, has already secured $600 million in initial funding commitments.
Mini dictionary: RealFi, or “Real Finance,” refers to the deployment of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols that interface with real-world assets, offering solutions like loans or yield generation backed by tangible value rather than only digital assets.
The Pogun project is expected to drive further growth in the network’s DeFi ecosystem, with optimism about its role in expanding Cardano’s relevance in decentralized finance.
ADA Price Performance and Market PositionDespite these developments, Cardano’s ADA token has struggled in 2026. ADA has fallen by 40.71% since January, dropping from the list of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The network now ranks 36th in TVL among DeFi platforms.
Project2026 DeclineTVL RankSpot ETF AvailabilityCardano (ADA)40.71%36NoSolana (SOL)18%4YesBitcoin (BTC)Not specified1YesMeanwhile, competing networks such as Solana have recorded smaller declines of about 18% this year and benefit from spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) products, unlike Cardano. The lack of an ADA ETF is cited as a hurdle for institutional investment.
ADA is currently trading near $0.20, reflecting a 94% drop from its September 2021 peak of almost $3.
Market Analyst Signals Potential UpswingMarket analyst Ali Charts has identified a buy signal for ADA via the Tom DeMark Sequential (TD Sequential) technical indicator on daily charts. Historical data from this tool shows previous signals coincided with notable rallies, including increases of 44.5% on June 25, 11.5% on July 15, and 50.9% on August 18 this year.
Mini dictionary: Tom DeMark Sequential (TD Sequential) is a technical analysis indicator used to identify potential trend reversals based on price patterns in financial markets.
The Tom DeMark Sequential has revealed a new buy signal for ADA, with recent occurrences marking the start of significant rallies in June, July, and August.
Hoskinson remains optimistic about Cardano’s outlook and insists that the network is “not out of the game.” The Leios scalability upgrade and RealFi platform deployment are both scheduled for later this year.
Cardano could be setting up for a second major rebound after breaking out of a prolonged bearish structure, according to crypto analyst Lana Valentis.
Valentis argues that Cardano has completed its first bounce from a multi-month descending channel that had pressured the token since mid-2025.
Following the breakout, ADA entered a consolidation phase above the $0.19 support zone on the daily chart. According to Valentis, holding this level remains crucial because it could provide the foundation for another upward move.
Therefore, a sustained hold above $0.19 would strengthen the bullish setup, while a break below the support could weaken expectations for a broader reversal.
$0.24 Break Could Confirm Bullish Structure Valentis expects ADA to stage a second bounce from the current support area before testing the $0.24 resistance level.
Moreover, she believes a decisive break above $0.24 could mark a significant shift in ADA’s market structure. Such a move would potentially confirm that the token has moved beyond its prolonged bearish trend and entered a new bullish phase.
From there, Valentis identified progressively higher targets at $0.29, $0.39, $0.50, $0.70, and ultimately $0.95. With ADA currently trading at $0.1968, reaching $0.95 would require a gain of 382%. ADA last reached this level in September 2025, before coming under sustained selling pressure.
Previous Failed Bounces Highlight Risks However, the bullish setup still faces significant risks. The chart shows two previous bounce attempts that failed to reverse ADA’s broader downtrend, with rejections occurring in October 2025 and February 2026.
These failed attempts suggest that another rejection could emerge if buyers fail to build sustained momentum above key resistance levels. Consequently, the $0.19 support and $0.24 resistance remain critical levels to watch as ADA develops its next move.
September Adds Another Headwind Meanwhile, ADA has started September in the red, continuing a historically weak pattern for the token during the month.
ADA has already declined 1.82% in the first two days of September. Since its launch, Cardano has finished September in positive territory only once. In 2024, ADA gained 7.87% during the month.
By contrast, ADA ended September lower in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, recording losses of 16.2%, 13.5%, 17.7%, 24%, 2.87%, 0.95%, and 0.53%, respectively.
Overall, ADA has posted an average September return of -7.74%, while its median September return stands at 2.87%. This historical weakness could add another challenge to ADA’s attempt to sustain a breakout and advance toward Valentis’ higher targets.
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said the network must complete critical roadmap and governance milestones to unlock its next phase of growth.
Hoskinson made the comments while discussing the latest voting update for Cardano’s Constitutional Committee (CC). During his remarks, he took a moment to highlight the progress across the ecosystem, arguing that Cardano’s development looks more promising when viewed from a broader perspective.
In particular, Hoskinson highlighted the launch of RealFi and the growing potential of Bitcoin DeFi to bring substantial liquidity into the ecosystem. He suggested that RealFi could attract billions of dollars in total value locked (TVL) over the coming years. Meanwhile, he noted that Bitcoin DeFi through Pogun has already secured $600 million in soft commitments.
Cardano Must “Finish What We Started” Despite this progress, Hoskinson stressed that Cardano must now “finish what we started.” He identified several priorities that would shape the network’s next phase of growth.
First, he emphasized the need to complete the Leios scalability upgrade. He also called for the relevant hard fork to be activated so that Cardano can advance with its planned technological improvements.
Governance, meanwhile, remains another critical priority. According to Hoskinson, the ecosystem must complete the last mile of governance while strengthening its existing institutions.
Furthermore, he wants Cardano’s institutions to develop the ability to improve continuously and operate with greater independence. In his view, the ecosystem must execute its roadmap more effectively while establishing a budget process that improves from one year to the next.
Ultimately, Hoskinson believes stronger institutions and more effective governance can help Cardano sustain development without repeatedly encountering the same obstacles.
Hoskinson Says Cardano Is “In It to Win” Despite the challenges ahead, Hoskinson maintained an optimistic outlook on Cardano’s future. He stressed that the ecosystem is “not out of the game” and remains determined to compete at the highest level.
He has maintained this stance despite the market turbulence ADA has experienced this year. The cryptocurrency is down 40.71% year-to-date and has consequently fallen out of the top 10 by market cap.
Nevertheless, several of the major initiatives highlighted by Hoskinson remain in active development. Leios and RealFi are scheduled to launch later this year, potentially giving Cardano new avenues for scalability and liquidity growth.
Meanwhile, the Cardano community has approved the Constitutional Committee proposal, ensuring that the committee maintains more than five members. This allows it to continue voting on crucial network upgrades, including the constitutional update associated with Leios.
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Crypto analyst Ali Martinez, in his recent assessments of XRP and Cardano (ADA), stated that the technical outlook for both altcoins points to a potential recovery. According to Martinez, the $1.31-$1.38 range stands out as a critical support zone for XRP, while the Tom DeMark Sequential indicator has generated a new buy signal for Cardano.
Martinez noted that despite the current correction, XRP is trading above a strong support area. On-chain data shows that over 4.8 billion XRP were previously purchased at prices between $1.31 and $1.38. Therefore, the analyst stated that this area could form a significant line of defense should selling pressure continue.
Another positive factor for XRP was the increased demand for spot XRP ETFs in the US. According to data shared by Martinez, spot XRP ETFs accumulated over $105 million worth of XRP last week. The analyst stated that ETF-related purchases have not yet fully translated into price performance, but they provided additional demand to the market during the pullback.
From a technical perspective, it was noted that XRP may be forming a bullish flag pattern on the hourly chart. According to Martinez, a breakout above $1.38 on the hourly chart could confirm an upward breakout of the pattern. In such a scenario, the $2 level could come back into play.
Martinez emphasized that XRP investors should pay close attention to the $1.31-$1.38 range in particular.
On the Cardano side, it was noted that the Tom DeMark Sequential indicator gave a new bullish signal on the daily chart. Martinez stated that this indicator has yielded remarkable results in identifying ADA’s local lows in recent months.
According to the data shared by the analyst, the indicator experienced increases of 44.5% in ADA following the signal given on June 25, 11.5% following the signal on July 15, and 50.9% following the signal on August 18.
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Rather than criticize TapTools directly, Hoskinson used a South Park clip to respond to the team's admission that it had "got this one wrong."
TapTools has abandoned a community NFT sale intended to help bring its Cardano analytics platform back online after users reacted angrily to its return, with every participant refunded in full.
The backlash quickly reached Charles Hoskinson, who responded by sharing a South Park parody of BP’s repeated “we’re sorry” apology.
TapTools Pulls Sale After Community Backlash TapTools shut down in June after four years of operating in the Cardano ecosystem. In its announcement then, the team said two co-founders, including its CTO and COO, had left earlier in the year, while its replacement CTO later decided to leave as well.
The company also cited infrastructure, development, and support costs as reasons it could not responsibly continue without a sustainable path forward. But that changed on September 2, when TapTools posted “We’re back” and said thousands of users had reached out after the shutdown asking how they could help. The team described the return as “Phase One” and said it wanted to try to bring the platform back.
The reaction was immediate and largely hostile. One X user, Sssebi, wrote that they were initially happy to see TapTools return but became disappointed after visiting the website and finding a limited NFT sale of 777 pieces at 777 ADA each, “the price of 2 copies of GTA6,” as a community member put it. Another, Matt Scheff, described the new NFT mint as “dumb and extractive” and urged users not to buy it, while Gero Wallet called the move “either a scam or a scam.”
TapTools later acknowledged the problem. “We got this one wrong,” the team wrote, saying it had believed the sale could give the community a way to support an attempt at bringing the platform back. Instead, it said it had “misread the moment, the sentiment, and how it would be received.”
Some time after the apology, Hoskinson responded by quote-tweeting it with nothing but a link to a South Park clip parodying former BP CEO Tony Hayward repeatedly saying “we’re sorry” after the Gulf oil spill, a well-worn reference for hollow corporate apologies. He did not add a written comment, leaving the clip itself to carry the message.
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Even so, large ADA holders were adding to their positions while smaller wallets kept selling, a split some read at the time as one of the healthier setups the token had shown all year.
For TapTools, the immediate issue is no longer the sale, with the team withdrawing it and refunding participants. The harder part is rebuilding trust with users.
A Close Call for Cardano GovernanceCardano (@cardano) has narrowly avoided a significant governance disruption after its Constitutional Committee renewal vote passed both required thresholds. DReps backed the update with 71.4% support, clearing the 67% threshold, while Stake Pool Operator (SPO) support reached 56.3%, surpassing the required 51%.
The stakes were high. Four of the committee's seven seats were set to expire at Epoch 653, and Intersect warned that a failed vote would reduce the committee to just three members, below the protocol's minimum size of five. That outcome would have effectively stalled most major on-chain governance actions, including treasury withdrawals, protocol parameter changes, hard fork initiations, and constitutional amendments, until the committee was rebuilt above the minimum threshold.
The renewal action, formally titled "Update Constitutional Committee 2026," was submitted on-chain on July 31 following an independently audited election. The four incoming members were elected through that community process and were ready to take their seats pending the on-chain vote.
Participation Concerns RemainWhile the outcome secured governance continuity, the margin on the SPO side exposed a structural weakness. Non-participating stake created most of the drag on approval, as uncast SPO votes count against ratification under Cardano's governance rules. The SPO threshold was cleared by a slim margin, pointing to a persistent participation gap that the community will need to address in future governance cycles.
The result keeps Cardano's three-pillar governance structure, comprising DReps, SPOs, and the Constitutional Committee, intact and functioning. The new members are set to serve terms running through Epoch 799, the maximum 146-epoch term permitted under the protocol.
Sources:
CryptoSlate: Cardano clears key voting thresholds for constitutional committee renewal
CryptoSlate: Cardano had two weeks to avoid a governance freeze
CryptoRank: Cardano governance freeze risk explained
The Cardano Foundation and Blockforce, a Brazilian technology firm specializing in blockchain-based solutions, have deployed a new supply chain verification system in Brazil. This initiative uses Cardano’s blockchain network as a public proof layer, with more than 500,000 commercial records already anchored using cryptographic evidence.
Double-ledger approach and privacy measuresThe solution employs a double-ledger architecture. Supply chain transactions are registered privately using Hyperledger Fabric, giving access only to approved companies and stakeholders. Each transaction is then converted into a cryptographic proof and stored on the Cardano blockchain as a public anchor point.
Regulators can review original supply chain documents from authorized parties and compare them with the corresponding cryptographic proof on Cardano. This process helps confirm that documents remain unaltered, strengthening the trustworthiness of supply chain data.
The Cardano Foundation stated that this method keeps sensitive business information confidential. Supplier identities, contract terms, and price details remain protected and are not recorded in the public domain, while third parties can still verify the integrity of data. However, public proofs do not guarantee the authenticity of underlying documents; they merely confirm that data has not been modified since anchoring.
Mini dictionary: Hyperledger Fabric, a permissioned blockchain framework that allows businesses to develop private, secure networks with restricted access as compared to public blockchains such as Cardano.
Fashion industry adoption and future outlookAzzas 2154, described by its partners as Latin America’s largest fashion group, was among the first to implement this technology in its leather supply chain. The company uses the platform to track financial documents and supplier data using information from public databases, aiming to audit the journey of leather products across its brands by 2030.
The Cardano Foundation and Blockforce revealed that contracts exist to anchor up to 6.5 million certificates by 2030. This number reflects planned commitments rather than current achievements. As of now, more than 500,000 records have been anchored using the system.
MetricCurrent StatusPlanned by 2030Records anchored500,000+6.5 millionIndustries targetedFashion (Azzas 2154)Automotive, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmeticsBlockforce is preparing to extend the solution to other sectors, including automobile manufacturing, agriculture, pharmaceutical production, and cosmetics, reflecting ambitions for broader supply chain transparency.
Cost efficiency and adaptation to regulationTo control costs in scaling up, Blockforce and the Cardano Foundation are bundling multiple certificates together before anchoring them publicly. This batching strategy reportedly cuts the cost per record by approximately 92 percent, as opposed to creating individual blockchain transactions for each supply chain event. Blockforce’s uVerify system allows partners to adjust the batch size depending on operational needs.
Suppliers, prices, and confidential contracts never leave the private network, yet a cryptographic fingerprint for each transaction is securely anchored on Cardano for independent verification, ensuring data integrity without exposing sensitive company details.
European regulations, including the recently launched Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, are accelerating the adoption of Digital Product Passports for sectors like textiles and apparel. These passports are intended to include detailed environmental and sustainability information. While the Cardano-Blockforce platform could support document verification, the joint statement clarified that the system is not automatically compliant with any specific European mandates.
No public transaction identifiers or audit dashboards were shared during the announcement. Additionally, there has been no external evaluation of the platform’s cost or performance to date.
DReps Clear the Bar as SPOs Fall ShortCardano's Update Constitutional Committee 2026 governance action has entered its final hours, with voting set to expire at 21:44:51 UTC on September 1, according to Intersect, the member-led organization that administers Cardano's governance process.
As of the latest tally, decentralized representatives (DReps) have crossed the required threshold, reaching 68.95% against the 67% requirement. Stake pool operators (SPOs), however, remain just below the required level, standing at 50% against a 51% minimum. The gap is narrow but the deadline is fixed. The expiry is a piece of chain mechanics that runs down on its own. No editorial calendar governs it, and nobody can move it.
The vote centers on seating four newly elected Constitutional Committee members. The renewal was submitted on-chain July 31 after Cardano completed and independently audited its 2026 Constitutional Committee election. The four elected candidates are ready to take their seats, but DReps and stake pool operators must still approve the on-chain action.
What Failure Would Mean for CardanoFour of the committee's seven seats expire at epoch 653. If the renewal does not pass, only three members will remain, below Cardano's minimum committee size of five. Until membership returns to at least five, four categories of on-chain governance transactions, including Treasury Withdrawal, Parameter Update, Constitution Update and Hard Fork Initiation, cannot be ratified, freezing core network administration.
Cardano previously required all seven committee seats to be active, but a governance action reducing committeeMinSize from seven to five was ratified in July to provide a buffer against resignations, expirations, or other vacancies. Losing four seats simultaneously would exhaust that buffer entirely.
The stakes extend beyond process. The urgency surrounding the vote is closely tied to Cardano's planned Leios upgrade, a scalability-focused protocol enhancement designed to increase the network's transaction-processing capacity. Before the necessary governance changes can move forward, Cardano needs a properly seated Constitutional Committee to approve the Constitution Update associated with Leios. Leios entered the public testnet phase in late June 2026, while its mainnet deployment is planned for later this year as part of the Dijkstra era.
The committee's ability to function affects decisions that require committee approval, including treasury withdrawals, protocol updates, and hard forks. A failed vote would not disrupt day-to-day transaction processing, but it would create a governance bottleneck at a critical point in the network's development roadmap.
Sources:
Intersect Warns Cardano Committee Vote Lags With SPO Turnout at 39% — COINOTAG
Cardano has two weeks to avoid a governance freeze as 4 committee seats expire — CryptoRank
IOG Executive Issues Crucial Reminder to Cardano DReps and SPOs Ahead of Key Governance Deadline — The Crypto Basic
