Cardano – Can 70M ADA whale buy lift prices past $0.90?

Key Takeaways

What’s Cardano’s current price outlook?

Cardano is trading inside a range, with the price failing to break and stay above the $1 zone a couple of times.

What metrics are influencing the structure?

A mix of whale accumulation, cooling volume, seller dominance, and liquidity was behind the outlook.

Cardano [ADA] has been slowly recovering after a fall that followed its surge to $0.95 in the past week. The sentiment in the crypto markets seems to be shifting, with the altcoin still trading under the $0.90 threshold, according to CoinMarketCap data.

The price action is confined within a massive range pattern as it sees mixed signals in liquidity, whale accumulation, and volume differences.

Whales revert to accumulation

Cardano whales have ramped up accumulation over the past week, purchasing over 70 million ADA. Their total holdings now stand at 5.53 billion ADA—still below the levels recorded in mid-August.

 According to one analyst, many of these tokens were sold when ADA nearly reached $1, but since falling below $0.80, whales have resumed buying aggressively.

Source: Ali Charts/X

The accumulation has kept the price inside a range just below the $1, reiterating the phase. However, as accumulation intensifies, the prices are starting to rise again.

Cardano squeezed in a range

On the charts, ADA price was trading at $0.85 from $0.76. The altcoin was up only by 1% in the past 24 hours, at press time, but seemed to be spending more time in the $0.74 to $0.98 range.

Since Cardano hit the $1.30 level as 2024 came to a close, the altcoin has bounced between $0.57 and $1.14. The MACD was showing buyer strength after the crossover.

Source: TradingView

The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) was flat but from a negative reading. If ADA broke out from the recent range, $1.14 would be the next problem area.

Cardano is still 34.60% below the previous yearly high of $1.30, a reasonable target.

Liquidity and volumes

According to CoinGlass data, more than $7 million worth of ADA is seated at the $0.84 liquidation level. More long orders had been set below the $0.85 level, with positions building in upper levels above $0.88.

In terms of on-chain volume magnitude, the Futures Volume Bubble Map indicated that it was cooling per CryptoQuant data. This meant that sellers were losing strength after dominating since the price hit $0.95.

The Spot Taker CVD showed that ADA market has been greatly seller-dominated since July.

Source: CryptoQuant

In the meantime, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson expounded on the crypto market outlook. Hoskinson, who is also a co-founder of Ethereum [ETH], said that crypto will be the backbone of the financial system. He said,

“Crypto is 3-5 years away from taking over the world.”

Altogether, the current setup of Cardano was ranging with stints of bullish signals.