Cardano joins Mastercard crypto program
Cardano (ADA)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Cardano has joined the Mastercard crypto program. The outlet clarifies that this move does not suggest Mastercard is using Cardano as a direct component of their payment platform. Instead, it indicates there will be avenues for collaboration and potential future use cases. These discussions could lead to additional uses in the future.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 16 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ADA trades at $0.1954 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.8%, contrasting with 45.9% over 4 hours and 47.1% over 24 hours. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at $55,882, while the 4-hour delta is -$285,834 and the 24-hour delta is -$2,033,770. A buy ratio above 50% indicates more buyers than sellers, while a positive volume delta means buy volume exceeds sell volume. The 1-hour data shows a brief surge in buying pressure, but the longer timeframes reveal net selling. This suggests the recent buying is fading as the market continues to sell overall.
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.
The 24-hour buy ratio of 47.1% is slightly below the 7-day average of 49.0%, a difference of 1.9 points. Volume is 1.11x the average, indicating an unusual level of activity for the coin. Over the preceding week, there were only 2 days of net buying out of 7. The 8-day volume delta totals -$6,957,130, with the price dropping 11.0% over 8 days. This confirms a broader trend of selling pressure that persists despite the short-term 1-hour fluctuation.