Cardano Price Nears $0.25 as PRIME Audit Unearths DeFi Weaknesses
Cardano (ADA)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Cardano price is nearing the $0.25 mark after ADA gained 7.55%. Rising OBV and derivatives activity point to stronger market participation. Meanwhile, a PRIME audit has highlighted key gaps in Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem. The audit identified specific weaknesses in liquidity, wallets, bridges and lending infrastructure.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 22 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ADA is trading at $0.2451 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 48.0%, indicating a short-term imbalance where sellers are slightly outpacing buyers. However, the 4-hour buy ratio stands at 57.4%, showing that buying pressure is building over a longer timeframe compared to the immediate hour. The 1-hour volume delta is -$125,855, meaning more volume was sold than bought in the last hour, while the 4-hour delta is +$1,190,673, reflecting net accumulation over the longer period. The 24-hour buy ratio is 51.0% with a positive volume delta of +$1,426,431 and a cumulative volume delta of +$1,133,055, confirming that net buying has dominated 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.
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 50.2%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 51.0% slightly higher by 0.8 points. Spot volume for the day was $67,810,333, which is 1.94 times the weekly average, indicating an unusually active trading day. Net buying occurred on 3 of the last 7 days, with a total volume delta of +$3,731,663 over that period. Price has risen 17.5% over the last 8 days, driven by this sustained, albeit fluctuating, buying interest.