{"id":46416,"date":"2025-12-30T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/cardano-price-crashed-60-in-2025-will-ada-rebound-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:35:11","slug":"cardano-price-crashed-60-in-2025-will-ada-rebound-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/cardano-price-crashed-60-in-2025-will-ada-rebound-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardano price crashed 60% in 2025: will ADA rebound in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cardano price has crashed by nearly 60% this year, lagging behind other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It crashed to a low of $0.3512 on Tuesday, down sharply from the year-to-date high of $1.3245. This article explores some of the top reasons why the ADA price crashed in 2024 and potential catalysts to watch.<\/p>\n

Reasons why Cardano price crashed in 2025<\/h2>\n

There are a few reasons why the Cardano price crashed this year. First, the decline coincided with the ongoing crypto market crash<\/a> <\/strong>that affected Bitcoin and other altcoins.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin dropped by 6.5% this year, while Ethereum plunged by 11% during the year. Additionally, the market capitalization of all tokens dropped by 8.10% this year. This explains why Cardano token plunged as the industry has a close correlation with each other.<\/p>\n

Second, ADA price dropped as concerns about its ecosystem continued. Data compiled by DeFi Llama shows<\/a> that the total value locked (TVL) in its network dropped to below $250 million, making it much smaller than other popular networks like Monad and Katana.<\/p>\n

More data shows that Cardano does not have a market share in the fast-growing real-world asset (RWA) tokenization industry that has accumulated nearly $20 billion in assets. As a result, concerns that Cardano is a ghost chain remained for the most part of the year.<\/p>\n

Third, Cardano declined as it was passed over by most institutional investors who filed an application for altcoin ETFs. Only Grayscale filed for a spot ADA ETF, with other top companies like 21Shares, BlackRock, Canary, and VanEck remaining on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the token crashed this year after the huge liquidation event that happened on October 10, as nearly 2 million traders were liquidated<\/a>. As a result, most Cardano investors have deleveraged, with the futures open interest falling from over $1.95 billion in September to the current $646 million today.<\/p>\n

Cardano price also plunged as the enthusiasm that Charles Hoskinson built earlier this year faded. For example, he predicted that Cardano would attract Chainlink as a partner, which did not happen. <\/p>\n

His hints on integrating Bitcoin DeFi in Cardano did not work out. Most importantly, his meeting with a top \u2018VIP\u2019 did not amount to any deal.<\/p>\n

Key catalysts for ADA price in 2026<\/h2>\n

There are a few potential catalysts for the Cardano price in the coming year. First, Cardano will launch the Midnight mainnet in the first quarter, a move that will boost its utility. Already, the recently launched NIGHT token launch was highly successful as the token\u2019s market cap has remained above the $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Midnight is important as it will be the biggest privacy network in the crypto industry, with a focus on the zero-knowledge proof technology.<\/p>\n

The other main catalyst for Cardano will be the launch of the Leios upgrade, which will make Cardano one of the fastest-growing chains in the crypto industry. It will achieve this speed by introducing the concept of parallel block processing.<\/p>\n

Additionally, there are chances that Cardano’s price will do well as investors react to Grayscale\u2019s launch of the first ADA ETF during the year.<\/p>\n

ADA price technical analysis <\/h2>\n
Cardano price chart | Source: TradingView\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weekly chart shows that the ADA price dropped from a high of $1.3245 in November last year to the current $0.3517.<\/p>\n

It has moved below the important support level at $0.5142, its lowest level in January, April, and June, confirming a bearish breakdown.<\/p>\n

The coin has remained below the 50-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA), confirming the bearish breakdown. It is also approaching its key support level at $0.3056, its lowest level in August last year.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the most likely scenario is where Cardano continues falling, with the next key support level to watch being at $0.2212, its lowest level in December 2022 and June 2023.<\/p>\n

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Cardano price has crashed by nearly 60% this year, lagging behind other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It crashed to a low of $0.3512 on Tuesday, down sharply from the year-to-date high of $1.3245. This article explores some of the top reasons why the ADA price crashed in 2024 and potential catalysts to watch. Reasons <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}