- The Cardano price signals the end of long-correction trend amid a bullish breakout from falling wedge pattern.
- A near 30% OI expansion in Cardano’s futures contracts indicate fresh capital entering leveraged positions rather than short covering alone.
- The ADA price reclaims 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) slope to reinforce its recovery momentum for $0.3 breakout.
ADA, the native cryptocurrency of Cardano ecosystem, jumped over 14.5% during Wednesday’s U.S. market, outperforming a majority of major cryptocurrency. The initial buying pressure came with a rebound in investor sentiment after the U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. However, the Cardano price gained additional traction as derivative trading surged and buyers gave a decisive breakout from 4-months correction trend. Will the altcoin reclaim the $0.3 mark.
Cardano OI Explodes 30% Overnight — But TVL Lags
On Wednesday, the crypto market witnessed a significant inflow which pushed its market cap to $2.36 trillion, registering a 4.3% gain in the last 24-hours. A primary catalyst to this surge was President Trump’s State of the Union address which reinforced his administration’s pro-crypto stance.
As a result, the Bitcoin price jumped over 6% to hit the $69,000 mark, while Cardano price gained around 14.83 to reach $0.29. Along with a sharp price jump, Open interest in Cardano (ADA) futures contracts saw a sudden and significant spike. According to CoinGlass data, total OI has gone from around $425 million to $550-552 million in the time since yesterday, an increase of roughly 29-30% in just 24 hours.
This suggests renewed bullish sentiment and high trader conviction as an increase in open interest and rising prices typically implies new long positions being opened (fresh buying interest and leverage buildup) rather than just short covering or position unwinding.
However, the total value locked (TVL) in Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem has been on a steady and sharp downtrend. According to DeFiLlama, TVL has gone down very aggressively since August 2025, from around $420 million to the current ~$132 million representing a whopping 68% loss.
This implies declining on-chain activity, low DeFi engagement and possible loss of trust in Cardano’s decentralized finance sector despite recent price momentum in ADA.
While the surge in leverage trading may bolster short-term recovery and volatility in price, the Cardano network would need steady participation in its DeFi service to bolster sustainability long-term growth.
Cardano Price Recovery Emerges from Wedge Pattern Breakout
Over the past four months, the Cardano price witnessed a steady correction trend, resonating within two converging trendlines of a falling wedge pattern. The coin price rebounded at least thrice from either trendline indicating strong influence of this pattern on traders’ behaviour.
With today’s market rebound, the ADA price gave a decisive breakout from the pattern’s resistance trendline at $0.283. The breakout signals the renewed buying pressure in the market and buyers attempt to end a long-coming downward trend.
The momentum indicator ADX dropped to 35% indicating a gradual shift of price control from sellers to buyers.
If the breakout sustains, the Cardano price could surpass the immediate resistance of $0.3 and surge another 20% to reach $0.36, and $0.43.
