Cardano (ADA) recently reached its highest value in several months, but it has since pulled back, mirroring a broader market trend. Despite this, some experts are optimistic, predicting that ADA will soon surpass key resistance levels and achieve new peaks in the months ahead.
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Cardano Maintains Support Level Amidst Market Dip
Thursday saw Cardano decrease by 11% after it had broken past the $1.00 mark for the first time since March. This price decrease coincided with a wider market correction that triggered considerable liquidations across various cryptocurrencies.
Data from CoinGlass reveals that the cryptocurrency market experienced over $1.05 billion in liquidations over the last day. This was largely influenced by macroeconomic indicators that surpassed expectations. Specifically, the Producer Price Index (PPI) indicated an annual inflation rate of 3.3%, exceeding the anticipated 2.5%.
Adding to the market pressure, US Treasury official Scott Bessent announced that the US government would halt further Bitcoin purchases for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR), which was established back in March 2025. Instead, the US will cease selling its BTC holdings and continue expanding the reserve using seized assets.
Consequently, Bitcoin, having set a new all-time high (ATH) of $124,128 on Wednesday night, fell back to the $117,000-$118,000 range, and most other digital currencies showed losses.
However, Cardano defied this downward trend. It stood out as the only top 50 cryptocurrency to remain positive, showing a 3.5% increase over the day despite the widespread market decline.
During the past 24 hours, ADA broke free from its short-term trading range, hitting a five-month peak of $1.02 early on Thursday. In the face of the general market decline, ADA has remained above its breakout level, fluctuating between $0.89 and $0.91. It is currently trying to move beyond its present levels.
Will ADA Follow Its Previous Market Pattern?
Analyst Ali Martinez pointed out that ADA has been trading within a descending channel since the rally in the final quarter of 2024. This rise saw ADA reach a multi-year high of $1.32 in December.
During this period, Cardano attempted twice to break past this descending resistance. It finally succeeded after climbing above $0.84. Martinez suggests that if this breakout is sustained, a further 70% increase to $1.50 is likely.
Martinez has previously indicated that ADA’s price action mirrors its pattern from the previous market cycle, albeit at a more measured pace. Other analysts have also observed that the altcoin seems to be repeating its behavior from 2020-2021.
Crypto Yhodda emphasized that after reaching its high in 2018, Cardano experienced an ABC corrective wave before consolidating within an ascending broadening wedge pattern for two years.
Following a rejection from the pattern’s resistance in 2020, the cryptocurrency consolidated near the upper end of its trading range before breaking out to its 2021 ATH of $3.09.
In the current cycle, the altcoin has replicated these movements, consolidating within the same pattern since 2022. After encountering resistance in late 2024, ADA has been trading in the middle to upper ranges of this pattern.
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Crypto Yhodda suggests that Cardano is poised for another climb to the pattern’s resistance, around $1.80, before breaking out to new record levels.
Currently, ADA is priced at $0.90, marking a 20% increase over the past week.
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