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# Cardano (ADA) price and news

Sampled market data; prices and returns do not verify news or establish causation.

- Price: $0.22491; 24h: +3.94%
- Market source / sampled at (UTC): Gate · USDT / 21/10/2026, 07:33
- Events received in 30 days: 1

## Why is Cardano up 3.9% today?

As of 21/10/2026, 07:33 (UTC), ADA was sampled at $0.22491, +3.94% over 24 hours (Gate · USDT). For the closed-hour 24h window: ADA largely moved with the market. ADA rose further than this on 6 of the past 28 days. Cardano moved up in a broad market advance, with most other tracked coins rising the same way. Volume was near usual, and the move needs no special coin-specific explanation. No recent report about Cardano explains the price action.

- Versus the past month: 6 of the past 28 days rose further; Closed-hour 24h move +2.57%, 1.0× its prior 30-day median of 2.7%.
- 30-day range: 20.9% below the high · 5.7% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 16 of 17 moved the same way
- 24h volume: 0.6×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap: funding positive · open interest falling; OKX perpetual swap ADA-USDT-SWAP

Computed 21/10/2026, 07:00 (UTC) from OKX · USDT hourly candles; this window and venue may differ from the live ticker above.

### Open questions

- Whether any project or exchange statement about Cardano accompanied the move, which an official announcement or exchange notice would settle.
- Whether derivatives positioning on the OKX perpetual swap shifted beyond the reported positive funding and falling open interest, which exchange data on funding rates and open interest would settle.

## Prior 30-day hourly baseline

- Coverage: 100.0% (720/720)
- Median absolute hourly return: +0.46%
- 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns: +3.01%
- BTC beta: 1.87
- Source / cutoff (UTC): OKX · USDT / 21/10/2026, 07:34
Hourly statistics cannot be compared directly with minute moves. Missing or stale baselines are not estimated.

## Recent publication-ready events and observed returns

Returns start after site detection. Each linked event records its actual sampled intervals, venue, quote currency and news sources. Missing windows remain unavailable; publisher coverage is not independent verification.

| Event | Evidence | 5m | 1h | 24h | 5m difference from BTC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

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