Cardano holds $0.2004 as Leios boosts throughput
Cardano (ADA)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Cardano price is holding above $0.2004 following a sharp recovery. An Ouroboros Leios test reportedly boosted throughput capacity by 500%, contributing to a bullish outlook. ADA is currently facing resistance near $0.23, with derivatives activity and short-term forecasts expected to shape the next move.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 28 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio spot data shows ADA trading at $0.2138 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 31.6% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 47.5%. These short-term figures are lower than the 24-hour buy ratio of 48.5%, indicating that buying pressure is fading relative to the longer timeframe. The 1-hour volume delta is -$213,658 and the 4-hour delta is -$239,043, showing that selling volume has exceeded buying volume in recent hours. Over the last 24 hours, the cumulative volume delta closed at -$1,241,433, confirming net selling pressure across the day.
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, the average buy ratio was 49.5%, which is 1.0 percentage point higher than the latest day's reading. Volume was 0.52x the average, indicating significantly lower trading activity compared to the norm. Net buying occurred on only 2 of the past 7 days, contrasting with the 10 hours of net buying recorded in the last 24 hours. The 8-day price change was +7.4%, with a total volume delta of +$589,355 for the period.