Cardano
ADALive since 29 September 2017, about 8 years. Code changed: 1 day ago. Machine draft, not yet checked by a person.
What it is for
Cardano
A platform other apps build on
38 coins we checked that say they are for a platform other apps build on, worth $403.04B together. Bigger circle, bigger coin. Order is size only.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists.
Its listing puts it this way: Cardano is a blockchain platform built on academic research that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications while using significantly less energy than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Problem it says it solves: a platform other apps build on. 38 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $403,042,297,560.
Where it trades: Binance, Coinbase International Exchange, Coinbase Exchange, OKX, Gate
Smart Contract Platform 449 coins, together worth $718.59B. Sorted by size.
The average coin in this group is worth $1.59B. This coin is worth 5 times that average.
| Coin | Worth | Today | Supply out | Promises delivered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardano | $7,840,530,172 | −2.2% | 83% | 0 of 4 |
| Ethereum | $299,253,429,248 | −0.9% | – | 15 of 20 |
| BNB | $95,052,561,824 | −1.2% | 67% | no record |
| XRP | $84,660,007,604 | −3.2% | 63% | 2 of 3 |
| Solana | $58,433,759,692 | −2.3% | – | none dated |
| TRON | $32,253,034,815 | −0.2% | – | no record |
| Zcash | $18,273,336,784 | −13.5% | 81% | none dated |
Grouping is CoinGecko’s category tags, most specific first. Order is size, nothing else.
Roadmap and delivery
Cardano
0 of 4
promises delivered, by the project's own pages
0 of those confirmed by an outside news report
Promises by the year they were due
delivered open past due
The project gives no dates for these, so there is no line to draw. What its pages say, in plain words:
Still open, undated (4)
- The project says it is building Cardano into a platform…
- The project says the features grouped under each of its…
- The project says its five development eras, Byron,…
- The project says that once no single group controls the…
Roadmap and delivery
Every dated promise on one line, oldest left. "Delivered" is what the project's own pages say; the outside check looks for a news report of it. Tap a number for the list, or a point for that promise.
- Openno dateThe project says it is building Cardano into a platform where people can run applications, record more than one kind of asset on the ledger, and run programs whose behaviour can be checked.
- Openno dateThe project says the features grouped under each of its five named development eras will be delivered through a series of software releases.
- Openno dateThe project says its five development eras, Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho and Voltaire, will be delivered one after another in that order.
- Openno dateThe project says that once no single group controls the network, the people who use it will own it and will decide its future through built-in voting tools.
What is coming
Cardano
Nothing dated
The project has not put a date on anything still open. That is a fact worth knowing.
The project gives no dates for these, so there is no line to draw. What its pages say, in plain words:
Still open, undated (4)
- The project says it is building Cardano into a platform…
- The project says the features grouped under each of its…
- The project says its five development eras, Byron,…
- The project says that once no single group controls the…
Nothing dated is coming up in the record.
Price and size
Cardano
The last 7 days
Where today sits against its highest ever price
Highest ever: $3.09 on 1 September 2021. Today is 7% of that.
$0.2091 −2.2% today
7 days −7.9%. Market cap $7,840,530,172, #19 of all coins. Its all-time high was $3.09 on 1 September 2021, so it is −93.2% from the top.
CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists. Of the 4 things it promised, it delivered 0, 4 are still open (4 with no date). Nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.2091, #19 of all coins by size, 93% below its highest ever price. 17% of its coins are still held back and could come to market later.
Every line above is a fact from the record or the market feed. What to do with it is up to you.
Who holds the supply
Cardano
83%
of all ADA that will ever exist is already out in public hands: 37.51B coins.
17% (7.49B coins) is already created but not in public hands, held by the project or locked in escrow. That is a small share. Those coins can be sold later, which can push the price down.
out held back. Each dot is 1%.
- of the maximum supply is in circulation: 37.51B of 45B.
- 7.49Bcoins still to be released, 17% of the maximum. Releases can add selling pressure.
- 1.2×fully diluted value versus today's market cap. The gap is coins not yet released.
- of its all-time high of $3.09 on 1 September 2021. That is −93.2% from the top.
- #19by market cap, $7,840,530,172.
- Not checkedwho holds the most coins, and how much has been burned. Those need on-chain data this site does not read yet.
Supply and value figures from CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
37.51B in public hands, 83% of the maximum.
7.49B (17%) is already created but not in public hands: held by the project or locked in escrow. That is a small share, and it can reach the market later.
Supply figures from CoinGecko; who exactly holds the rest is not something this site reads from the chain yet.
$0.2091 −2.2% today
7 days −7.9%. Market cap $7,840,530,172, #19 of all coins. Its all-time high was $3.09 on 1 September 2021, so it is −93.2% from the top.
CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists. Of the 4 things it promised, it delivered 0, 4 are still open (4 with no date). Nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.2091, #19 of all coins by size, 93% below its highest ever price. 17% of its coins are still held back and could come to market later.
Every line above is a fact from the record or the market feed. What to do with it is up to you.
Competitors
Cardano
Smart Contract Platform: this coin against its direct competitors
- CoinWorth, as a barWorthAgainst this coinToday, and the gapSupplyPromises
Cardano$7.84Bthis coin−2.2%83% out0 of 4 delivered
Ethereum$299.25B38.2× bigger, +$291.41B−0.9%, gap +1.2no max15 of 20 delivered
BNB$95.05B12.1× bigger, +$87.21B−1.2%, gap +0.967% outno record
XRP$84.66B10.8× bigger, +$76.82B−3.2%, gap −1.063% out2 of 3 delivered
Solana$58.43B7.5× bigger, +$50.59B−2.3%, gap −0.2no maxnone dated
TRON$32.25B4.1× bigger, +$24.41B−0.2%, gap +2.0no maxno record
Zcash$18.27B2.3× bigger, +$10.43B−13.5%, gap −11.381% outnone dated
Hyperliquid$17.6B2.2× bigger, +$9.76B−5.9%, gap −3.722% outno record
Bars are market cap. Order is size, nothing else. Differences are measured from the coin you are looking at.
Smart Contract Platform: this coin next to the group's largest, Ethereum.
| Cardano | Ethereum | |
|---|---|---|
| Years trading | 9 years | 11 years |
| Major exchanges | 8 | 8 |
| Named backers | 0 | 3 |
| Headlines, last month | 74 | 265 |
| Promises delivered | 0 of 4 | 15 of 20 |
What it says is different: Cardano is a blockchain platform built on academic research that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications while using significantly less energy than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
It is 2.6% the size of Ethereum. On the facts above it is behind on years trading, named backers, promises delivered. For that gap to close, the record would need deliveries showing up in its record. Nothing here says it will; the site does not predict.
Smart Contract Platform 449 coins, together worth $718.59B. Sorted by size.
The average coin in this group is worth $1.59B. This coin is worth 5 times that average.
| Coin | Worth | Today | Supply out | Promises delivered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardano | $7,840,530,172 | −2.2% | 83% | 0 of 4 |
| Ethereum | $299,253,429,248 | −0.9% | – | 15 of 20 |
| BNB | $95,052,561,824 | −1.2% | 67% | no record |
| XRP | $84,660,007,604 | −3.2% | 63% | 2 of 3 |
| Solana | $58,433,759,692 | −2.3% | – | none dated |
| TRON | $32,253,034,815 | −0.2% | – | no record |
| Zcash | $18,273,336,784 | −13.5% | 81% | none dated |
Grouping is CoinGecko’s category tags, most specific first. Order is size, nothing else.
A platform other apps build on
38 coins we checked that say they are for a platform other apps build on, worth $403.04B together. Bigger circle, bigger coin. Order is size only.
In the news
Cardano
Headlines per day, last 30 days
74 headlines named this coin in the last month.
What they were about
- Price21
- Upgrade6
- Partnership5
- Treasury5
- Banks2
- Hack2
- Tokenization2
- AI2
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists. Of the 4 things it promised, it delivered 0, 4 are still open (4 with no date). Nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.2091, #19 of all coins by size, 93% below its highest ever price. 17% of its coins are still held back and could come to market later.
Every line above is a fact from the record or the market feed. What to do with it is up to you.
- Midnight Mainnet Debuts On Cardano With 9 Partners, Including Google CloudUpcoming
- Where are Ripple, Solana and Cardano price heading?
- Cardano’s x402 move could change ADA’s Q4 outlook – Here’s how!
- Cardano Founder Mocks LAPTOP Crash as Hunter Biden Rejects Rug Pull Claims
- Cardano Pushes Toward $0.23 After 13% Rally, But RSI Signals Pullback
- Cardano's Midnight Lands £250M UK Bank Deal As ADA Trades 91% Below Peak
- What Would 10,000 XRP, 10,000 Cardano and 10,000 Dogecoin Be Worth in 2028?
- What Would 10,000 XRP, 10,000 Cardano and 10,000 Dogecoin Be Worth in 2028?
- What Would 10,000 XRP, 10,000 Cardano and 10,000 Dogecoin Be Worth in 2028?
- Zcash Is Up More Than 2,000% in a Year While XRP, Solana and Cardano Are All Down. What Zcash Has That They Do Not.
- Zcash Is Up More Than 2,000% in a Year While XRP, Solana and Cardano Are All Down. What Zcash Has That They Do Not.
- Only One of These Four Cryptos Is Up in 2026, and It Is Not XRP, Cardano or Dogecoin
- Cardano to Hold Hackathon on October 6th
- Can Cardano (ADA) Price 80% to $0.40 in 2026? Key Levels to Watch Now
- Can Cardano (ADA) Price Rise 80% to $0.40 in 2026? Key Levels to Watch Now
- Cardano founder weighs OpenAI’s math breakthrough
- Cardano's ADA Surges 3.34% on Dijkstra, Leios Upgrades
- Cardano Price Outlook as Node 11.1.1 Prepares ADA for Dijkstra
- Cardano (ADA) Gains 5-6% Amid Positive Developments
- Cardano's Midnight Lands First Regulated Deal As Monument Bank Tokenizes £250MGovernment
- Cardano’s Leios 6x scaling breakthrough comes with a much harder ADA problem
- Cardano and Blockforce anchor 500K Brazilian su...
- Cardano ships node 11.1.1 ahead of Dijkstra
- Cardano Founder Talks About the Lindsay Clancy Trial. “She Should Be Dead”
- Cardano Bulls Brace Themselves For a Bounce To $0.50
- Cardano Founder Highlights Key Solution to Growing AI Threats After Liquid Network’s $320M Bitcoin Breach
- Cardano News: Cautious Upside Extension Ahead for ADA
- Cardano price forecast: Can ADA extend its recovery toward $0.245?
- Cardano Gains Momentum as DeFi TVL Hits Record and IOG Advances Scaling Tech
- Where is Cardano heading?
- Cardano's Hoskinson Claims Midnight Will Be "Manhattan Project" Of Privacy TechUpcoming
- Next Crypto to Explode: Apeing Nears September 8 as Cardano and TRON Show What Early Crypto Opportunities Can Become
- Next Crypto to Explode: Apeing Nears September 8 as Cardano and TRON Show What Early Crypto Opportunities Can Become
- Cardano's ADA Surges as Traders Eye $0.24 Breakout and October RealFi Launch
- Cardano (ADA) Gains 3.1% Amid Broader Altcoin Rally
- Cardano Price Forecast as Analyst Predicts ADA Could Reach $2.90 Amid 3X Network Growth
- Navigating the Crypto Maze with Ethereum, XRP, and Cardano
- Analyzing how Cardano’s latest flag breakout attempt targeted $0.29
- Cardano Foundation gets first-ever blockchain-a...
- Kalshi Prediction Market Launches Perpetuals Market To Target Cardano And Binance CoinUpcoming
74 headlines in the last month.
Headlines are the publishers' own. News is never placed next to price.
What holding it gets you
Cardano
Pays for every use of its network
Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it. That is the built-in reason anyone needs it.
- Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it
- Can be staked to earn a share of network rewards
That is all a market cap is: today's price times the coins in public hands. It moves every time the price does. It says what buyers are paying, not what the coin is worth.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists.
Its listing puts it this way: Cardano is a blockchain platform built on academic research that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications while using significantly less energy than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Problem it says it solves: a platform other apps build on. 38 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $403,042,297,560.
Where it trades: Binance, Coinbase International Exchange, Coinbase Exchange, OKX, Gate
Where it trades, by how much changes hands each day
- Binance$27.41M a day, ADA/USDT
- Coinbase International Exchange$15.02M a day, ADA/USDC
- Coinbase Exchange$14.53M a day, ADA/USD
- OKX$10.44M a day, ADA/USDT
- Gate$10.09M a day, ADA/USDT
- Kraken$7.77M a day, ADA/USD
- Upbit$7.5M a day, ADA/KRW
- Bybit$6.45M a day, ADA/USDT
Largest venues by reported volume, from CoinGecko. Plain links, no referral.
Worth a look?
Cardano
3 of 4
- ✓A real-world jobReal-world purpose: a platform other apps build on
- ✓Real backingBacking: in the GMCI 30 Index; trades on Binance, Coinbase, OKX; worth $7.84B
- –Something aheadA dated step, deliveries on record, or demand showing up in the news.
- ✓Room to growRoom: worth $7.84B, 38 times smaller than Ethereum, the biggest coin doing the same thing (Smart Contract Platform)
Four tests, printed. Passing all four means a real job, real backing, something ahead, and a price far below the leader of its group. A filter on facts, never a verdict.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists. Of the 4 things it promised, it delivered 0, 4 are still open (4 with no date). Nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.2091, #19 of all coins by size, 93% below its highest ever price. 17% of its coins are still held back and could come to market later.
Every line above is a fact from the record or the market feed. What to do with it is up to you.
Smart Contract Platform: this coin next to the group's largest, Ethereum.
| Cardano | Ethereum | |
|---|---|---|
| Years trading | 9 years | 11 years |
| Major exchanges | 8 | 8 |
| Named backers | 0 | 3 |
| Headlines, last month | 74 | 265 |
| Promises delivered | 0 of 4 | 15 of 20 |
What it says is different: Cardano is a blockchain platform built on academic research that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications while using significantly less energy than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
It is 2.6% the size of Ethereum. On the facts above it is behind on years trading, named backers, promises delivered. For that gap to close, the record would need deliveries showing up in its record. Nothing here says it will; the site does not predict.
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists.
Its listing puts it this way: Cardano is a blockchain platform built on academic research that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications while using significantly less energy than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Problem it says it solves: a platform other apps build on. 38 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $403,042,297,560.
Where it trades: Binance, Coinbase International Exchange, Coinbase Exchange, OKX, Gate
The record
Cardano
Cardano is a shared public ledger run by many independent computers, where the right to add new records goes to participants in proportion to the coins they hold, and it is the ledger on which the ada coin exists.
“Cardano is a decentralized, third-generation, proof-of-stake blockchain, native home to the ada cryptocurrency.”source · snapshot · captured 2026-09-10
Live since 29 September 2017, about 8 years.
0 of 4 promises delivered. 4 open.
Others in smart-contract platforms: Internet Computer 20 of 22, Ethereum 15 of 20, Starknet 10 of 21, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance 7 of 43, and 20 more.Last code change on the main repository (IntersectMBO/cardano-node): 1 day ago, on 10 September 2026.
None of the project's captured pages has changed since capture began on 10 September 2026.
Nothing further to flag from the record as it stands.
This record was drafted by a machine from captured pages and has not yet been checked by a person. Treat every line as unverified until that note changes.
- Openno dateThe project says it is building Cardano into a platform where people can run applications, record more than one kind of asset on the ledger, and run programs whose behaviour can be checked.
- Openno dateThe project says the features grouped under each of its five named development eras will be delivered through a series of software releases.
- Openno dateThe project says its five development eras, Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho and Voltaire, will be delivered one after another in that order.
- Openno dateThe project says that once no single group controls the network, the people who use it will own it and will decide its future through built-in voting tools.