Cardano surges 30% on x402 payment test, XRP rises 22%
Cardano (ADA)
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Eugene Serbin
1millionbacklinks.com reports that Cardano surged 30% after integrating x402 AI payment protocol support. Simultaneously, XRP climbed 22% past $1.60 on Fed optimism and growing agent activity. The post appeared on Crypto Briefing. The source attributes these moves to the specific protocol integration and broader market sentiment.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ADA, measured when this story was written up on 25 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ADA trades at $0.2477 with a 1h buy ratio of 41.4%, which is lower than the 4h ratio of 51.6% and the 24h ratio of 51.2%. This drop in short-term buying suggests immediate pressure is fading compared to the broader day. Volume Delta shows -$186,700 in the last hour, contrasting with +$213,421 over 4 hours and +$980,223 over 24 hours. CVD closed at +$1,035,814, indicating net buying over the day. Spot volume reached $41,843,522 across 198,511 trades. Net buying occurred for 14 of the 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 7d average buy ratio was 50.5%, with the latest day showing a slight increase of +0.6 pts. Volume was 0.82x the average, indicating lower activity than usual. The coin saw a +22.3% price change over 8 days with a total Volume Delta of +$3,432,880. Net buying occurred for 4 of the 7 days. This represents an unusual day in volume relative to the weekly average, despite the positive price trend.