Cardano Slips 6% as Traders Debate Bullish Momentum
Cardano (ADA)
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Eugene Serbin
Cryptopotato.com reported that Cardano (ADA) dropped 6% on August 26, halting a rally that had seen the token surge 22% over the previous two weeks. The asset had recently reached a three-month high above $0.25 before retreating to trade around $0.21. While the broader market pullback contributed to the decline, analysts remain divided on whether this is a healthy correction or the start of a deeper downtrend.
X user SBlockSpy observed a rejection at $0.22, predicting a potential drop to $0.164 if sellers persist, though a buyer resurgence could push prices to $0.30. Rand Group noted that ADA breached main downtrend resistance but advised waiting for consolidation above $0.25 before taking interest. More Crypto Online suggested that holding above $0.157 keeps upside momentum intact, potentially targeting the $0.314-$0.404 range.
Optimist CW declared that the long downtrend is over and the real bull market has begun. Another analyst, Lucky, identified ADA as a hot pick with a short-term target of almost $0.50, a level last seen in November of the previous year.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio’s spot data shows ADA trading at $0.2124 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 51.6% and a 4-hour ratio of 50.5%, indicating slight short-term buying pressure. This contrasts with the 24-hour buy ratio of 48.3%, suggesting that aggressive accumulation has faded over the full day. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$58,240, while the 4-hour delta sits at +$27,769, showing recent inflows that have reversed the negative 24-hour delta of -$779,273. CVD closed at -$433,468 for the day, confirming that net selling dominated the 24-hour period despite the recent intraday shift. Net buying occurred for only 12 of the 24 hours, highlighting a day where sellers held the upper hand for half the time.
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.
Twenty-four hours later
What ADA did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
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, ADA saw a 13.5% price increase with a total volume delta of +$1,076,431, contrasting with the current day's negative delta. The 7-day average buy ratio was 49.7%, meaning today's 24-hour ratio of 48.3% is slightly below the weekly norm by 1.4 points. Volume today was 0.43x the weekly average, indicating a notable decrease in trading activity compared to the previous seven days. Only 2 of the past 7 days saw net buying, suggesting that the recent rally has been intermittent rather than sustained. This data places today's correction within a broader context of mixed momentum and reduced volume relative to the prior week's activity.