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Story: Cardano (ADA) Price Faces Downside Risk Amid Declining Adoption

By Maheen Hernandez

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Cardano (ADA) has been struggling throughout 2025, with its price gradually declining since the first quarter. Recently, ADA tested a critical support level at around $0.

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One of the key challenges ADA faces is a broader market environment that has been unfavorable for many altcoins.

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Institutional interest has increased, partly fueled by Cardano’s interoperability efforts with other blockchains and its inclusion in notable cryptocurrency reserve statements,…

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Looking at trader sentiment, futures market data from Binance reveals a complicated picture. While the long-to-short ratio on Binance stands at a bullish 2.

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Technical analysis shows that Cardano is currently holding support at a fixed range high-profile zone on the chart, which could be seen as a positive sign.

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Metrics such as Network Realized Profit/Loss (NPL) have spiked sharply, indicating that many investors have been booking profits recently.

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Another worrying sign is Cardano’s MVRV (Market Value to Realized Value) 30-day metric, which recently dropped below zero to about -6.8%.

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Cardano’s Total Value Locked (TVL), a measure of how much value is committed to its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, has also been steadily declining.

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The declining TVL and bearish on-chain metrics highlight the critical need for Cardano to accelerate its technological development and improve ecosystem growth.

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Price-wise, ADA is currently trapped in a falling channel, precariously hovering near the crucial $0.65 support level.

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In summary, while Cardano’s technology and institutional interest provide some optimism, a combination of bearish on-chain data, declining adoption, and technical weakness…

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