ADA Faces $0.20 Test After Cardano DEX Volume Retreats 98%
Cardano(ADA) held above $0.21 as decentralized exchange volume fell 98% from its Aug. 22 peak, leaving $0.20 as the next support test. Key Points: Cardano DEX volume dropped from about $56 mi
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Cardano(ADA) held above $0.21 as decentralized exchange volume fell 98% from its Aug. 22 peak, leaving $0.20 as the next support test.
Key Points:
Cardano DEX volume dropped from about $56 million on Aug. 22 to roughly $1 million.
ADA traded at $0.2158, while futures open interest fell from $582.14 million to about $485.32 million.
The $0.20 area remains the main support level after ADA’s rejection near $0.258.
Cardano DEX Volume
ADA traded at $0.2158, up 1.61% during the session, while remaining above $0.20 after retreating from a recent high near $0.258. The price has held up better than Cardano’s decentralized trading activity.
Data from DeFiLlama showed daily DEX volume reaching about $56 million on Aug. 22, followed by several sessions between $16 million and $32 million before activity fell to roughly $1 million.
Cardano DEX volume generally stayed below $5 million from April through the first half of August, making the late-August burst an unusually high starting point for the 98% comparison. The surge was not typical of preceding months. The latest reading has moved activity closer to its earlier range.
Derivatives activity cooled alongside DEX trading, with futures open interest falling from $582.14 million on Aug. 22 to around $485.32 million after ADA’s sharp advance. Some traders reduced exposure after the price move.
The first support zone sits between $0.208 and $0.20, and holding it would preserve much of the recent recovery while keeping another attempt at $0.228 within reach.
A TradingView chart showed ADA recovering from $0.2075 after the rejection, while a break below $0.20 could return attention to the earlier trading area near $0.17. ADA had recently climbed from around $0.175 to $0.258 before the move was rejected and price returned toward $0.21, leaving buyers to defend a higher range even as network trading returned toward earlier levels.
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