Cardano Price Retains Golden Cross as Developers Eye Major Shift

Cardano price has retained most of its gains over the past 24 hours as the broader altcoin season remains in play. With the rally of the past few days, ADA has pared off some of the losses it has recorded on different timeframes. The coin has also trimmed its Year-to-Date (YTD) loss to 10.03% as of writing.

Cardano Price and the Golden Cross Setup

Data from CoinMarketCap shows that the price of ADA is up 5.99% in 24 hours to $0.8262. The coin jumped from a low of $0.7730 to a high of $0.8274 before settling at the current price level. 

The current setup validates the earlier ADA price analysis, which comes with speculation that the coin could soar to $1. Several onchain metrics, including the open interest that crossed the $1 billion threshold earlier, and the technical indicators, point to more breakout ahead.

On the daily chart, it is worth noting that Cardano price has retained its Golden Cross formation, showing that the bull market is still in play. As shown on the chart, ADA has maintained the golden cross since at least April 20, with the price soaring by more than 17% in the past week.

The coin has retained its current price level following Bitcoin’s retest of $100,000 amid its adoption as a reserve asset by three states in America. However, the Cardano ecosystem is currently making a unique shift in its push to drive development and unleash new products to serve users.

Cardano Ecosystem and Developer Pivots

In an update shared with the community, Charles Hoskinson, the protocol’s founder, said there is a need to turbocharge product releases onchain. He specifically mentioned this when he answered questions regarding firing a contract team working on the protocol.

Because I want Leios in 2026 not 2028 and I value Pragma and different ideas and implementations. No more fucking games or delays. Cardano needs to get to the next level.

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) May 10, 2025

Using Leios as a sample, Hoskinson hinted that the release timeline needs to be closer than is currently feasible. Developers within the ecosystem are championing this narrative.

In an X post, Sebastien Guillemot, one of the core protocol developers, noted how everyone feels bullish about shipping products onchain. Overall, the new shift may positively impact the Cardano price. A major highlight of this shift hinges on the Bitcoin DeFi push, of which the Proof-of-Stake chain is bound to be the settlement layer.

With new use cases likely to help sustain the breakout in the price of ADA, mainstream financial products like a Cardano ETF may also shift the coin’s long-term prospects. However, how high the digital currency will soar in this ongoing bull cycle remains unknown.