Cardano Price Analysis: 50% ADA Price Crash Imminent?

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April 21, 2025

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The Cardano (ADA) price was subdued on Monday, trading sideways in the $0.62 area, but is at a key technical crossroads, with the price action in the coming days likely to be crucial for the crypto’s near-term momentum.

ADA is currently probing its 21DMA, having consistently found resistance at it in recent weeks.

If it finds resistance at its 21DMA again, that would signal that the bears remain in control of this market, and that a drop to new lows would be likely.

Indeed, the risks of a 50% drop for the Cardano price ll the way back to 2024 lows in the $0.30 area is growing increasingly likely. Here’s why.

Macro Uncertainties Continue Ramping Higher – Cardano Price to Crash 50%?

US versus rest of the world trade war headlines remained confusing as of Monday the 21st of April.

As sentiment related to the severity of the trade war waxes and wanes, markets will continue to experience short-term volatility, with ADA no exception.

That said, traders would do well to focus on the bigger macro picture.

As highlighted by various macro analysts, Trump’s trade war appears to be an inadvertent attack on the USD as the global reserve asset.

That’s because consistent US trade deficits with the rest of the world have been a key feature of the global financial order with USD at its centre.

With that context in mind, macro price moves in recent weeks make a lot of sense – the DXY and USD denominated assets like US stocks and bonds have all experienced significant selling pressure as international investors shift funds out of the US dollar.

Gold has been the biggest winner so far, but strong price action in recent days suggests Bitcoin might be beginning to catch up as its safe haven/neutral reserve asset narrative grows.

Does this mean altcoins like Cardano might also soon explode? Well, that’s not likely.

Behind strong demand for gold (and increasingly now also Bitcoin) is uncertainty about the global financial order, which is not a good environment for the riskiest of risk assets, cryptos like Cardano.

The US economy could soon slide into recession and with the Fed intent to sit on their hands due to concerns about sticky inflation, now is probably not a good time to be buying Cardano.

Indeed, if things get really bad, a collapse all the way back to 2024 lows in the $0.30 area would be possible for the Cardano price.

Buy the ADA Dip?

But just because the medium-term outlook for the Cardano price isn’t strong right now doesn’t mean that it’s not a good idea for long-term investors to accumulate.

Cardano remains one of the crypto industry’s most promising layer-1 projects. The blockchain recently switched to full decentralized governance and is set to become a leading Bitcoin DeFi side chain in 2025.

ADA remains much more speculative than blockchains like Ethereum and Solana that have achieved much higher levels of adoption.

Indeed, a common criticism of Cardano is that it is a “ghost chain” – an accusation based on its much lower levels of on-chain activity versus major competitors.

Per DeFi Llama, Cardano has a TVL of around $300 million versus over $46 billion on Ethereum.

But with a market cap of last around $22 billion, versus $72 billion for Solana and $190 billion for Ethereum, it has a lot more upside potential if things go well.

And go well things are very likely to happen in the coming years, once near-term macro uncertainties clear up.

That’s because the Trump administration is ardently pro-crypto and intent on supporting growth in the industry through favorable policies.

Once macro uncertainties start to clear and US liquidity really starts to flow again, the Cardano price could experience a major comeback.

It may even clear its old record highs above $3.0 in the coming years, a 5x rally from current levels.