Cardano (ADA) Hits Market Cap of $12.56 Billion

Cardano (ADA) traded down 1.6% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 20:00 PM ET on October 15th. Cardano has a total market cap of $12.56 billion and $398.75 million worth of Cardano was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Cardano coin can currently be bought for about $0.36 or 0.00000538 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last seven days, Cardano has traded 4.2% higher against the dollar.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $2,599.21 or 0.03890618 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 3.3% against the dollar and now trades at $28.00 or 0.00041919 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.00 or 0.00007486 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 4.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $7.78 or 0.00011645 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 3.5% against the dollar and now trades at $8.06 or 0.00012061 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded up 5.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0566 or 0.00000085 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0778 or 0.00000116 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $4.46 or 0.00006680 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.46 or 0.00002178 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.13 or 0.00000188 BTC.

Cardano Profile

Cardano (ADA) is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the Ouroboros hashing algorithm. It was first traded on September 1st, 2017. Cardano’s total supply is 44,995,142,609 coins and its circulating supply is 34,967,190,802 coins. Cardano’s official website is www.cardano.org. The Reddit community for Cardano is https://reddit.com/r/cardano and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Cardano’s official Twitter account is @cardano and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Cardano is medium.com/feed/cardanorss.

According to CryptoCompare, “Cardano (ADA) is a Proof-of-Stake blockchain that supports smart contracts and enables the creation of decentralized apps (dApps), tokens, and more. It is designed to be scalable, sustainable, and flexible. The Cardano network uses Ouroboros, a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, which allows ADA token holders to delegate their tokens to staking pools run by validators to validate transactions. Cardano was launched in 2017 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood and is now maintained by three organizations and its community. ADA is the native token of the Cardano network and is used to pay for transaction fees and can be used for governance or to earn rewards through Proof-of-Stake consensus. The current era, Basho, focuses on scalability and network optimization, while the final era, Voltaire, will bring voting and treasury management to the network.”

Buying and Selling Cardano

It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Cardano directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Cardano should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Cardano using one of the exchanges listed above.

ADA/USD price chart by TradingView