Cardano ADA price holds $0.25 as transactions spike to record levels
Cardano (ADA)
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Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Cardano’s (ADA) price held near $0.2529 on October 2 after climbing 30% over the past month. The token stayed above its $0.25 support level during the latest trading session. Network activity also picked up, with the network processing 43,181 transactions on October 1, marking the second straight daily record this week. That figure marked a 29% jump from September 30, when the network recorded 33,467 transactions.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 3 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio’s Binance spot data for ADA shows a price of $0.2444 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 44.7% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 40.9%. These short-term figures are lower than the 24-hour buy ratio of 48.9%, indicating that buying pressure is fading in the immediate term. The volume delta reflects this shift, showing -$57,899 over 1 hour, -$451,065 over 4 hours, and -$1,317,867 over 24 hours. A negative volume delta means sellers are dominating the flow, as the volume of sell orders exceeds the volume of buy orders. This net selling pressure has resulted in a CVD of -$1,718,401 at the 24-hour close, with net buying occurring in only 9 of the last 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 45.6% sits at the 5th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ADA, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 50.7%, compared to the current 24-hour ratio of 48.9%, showing a slight decline in buying sentiment. The 24-hour spot volume of $60,139,278 is 1.42 times the weekly average, indicating significantly higher trading activity than usual. While the coin saw 5 days of net buying in the last 7 days, the price change over the 8-day period was -5.6%. The total volume delta for the 8-day period was +$4,173,885, contrasting with the recent 24-hour net outflow. This suggests that despite the volume spike, the broader weekly trend has seen more net buying than the current hour-by-hour flow.