Cardano Price Break Above $0.88 Could Signal Rally

Cardano Price Prediction: ADA Targets $1.20 After $0.88 Break

ADA price is trading around $0.82, consolidating within an ascending parallel channel established since mid-June 2025. As long as the price respects the lower border of the channel, the overall trend is intact.

A clear break above $0.88 is needed to confirm bullish momentum, as this resistance has capped advances on multiple occasions. A bullish move above this level would open the way towards $1.01 and then a further move towards $1.20-1.23, backed by the 1.272 Fibonacci extension.

On the downside, support is observed at $0.78, followed by deeper levels of $0.72 and $0.66. The bullish structure remains intact until the ADA price breaks below the channel support.

ADA/BTC Chart Flashes Historical Rebound Signal Amid Downtrend

Relative to Bitcoin, ADA is trading near 0.00000744, a historically significant level that has marked cyclical rebounds. Late 2018 and early 2021 saw similar touches and were followed by enormous periods of ADA outperformance over BTC.

The pair has again approached this level, giving rise to a new potential for a rebound. However, the price is still contained within a downward channel that has been in place since 2021.

A break above this channel with higher highs is required for momentum to change on ADA/BTC. Without such confirmation, any bounce is potentially a temporary move within the overall downtrend.

If the price is able to break out, it could regain strength against Bitcoin and signal broader altcoin involvement heading into Q4 2025.

Hoskinson Pushes Ecosystem Growth With Glacier and Cross-Chain Talks

ADA founder Charles Hoskinson has reiterated the importance of future ecosystem upgrades in a recent AMA on August 31. He confirmed that token is actively working on the Glacier update introducing Hydra, smart contracts, and midnight token.

These developments will help Cardano become a more capable decentralized finance platform, as well as make it scalable. Hoskinson said new capabilities could help attract more developers to the blockchain.

In addition, he disclosed that negotiations are underway with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to introduce the USD1 stablecoin to Cardano. Already live on Ethereum, BNB and Tron, USD1 has a market cap of $2.67 billion, which makes it the fifth largest stablecoin.

If launched, this USD1 stablecoin would be the largest stablecoin on Cardano and it could help increase transaction volume and adoption. Hoskinson also announced conversations with Chainlink and showed interest in collaborations with Aave and other leading DeFi projects.

Through these partnerships, Cardano strives to incorporate cross-chain capabilities and establish itself as a relevant presence in a competitive blockchain landscape. However, there are still challenges because the Chainlink team allegedly requested a high fee for the integration.

Scalability and Adoption Metrics Still Lag Behind Ethereum

Despite its development efforts, ADA remains a distant second to Ethereum in terms of key performance and adoption metrics. According to Chainspect, Cardano handles only 27.329 daily transactions, Ethereum manages about 1.46 million.

When it comes to transactions per second (TPS), Ethereum's TPS is 17.78, which is much higher than Cardano's 0.27 TPS. The highest theoretical TPS is again in favor of Ethereum with a maximum of 119, against Cardano's 18 TPS.

Additionally, Ethereum's Total Value Locked (TVL) is $92.017 billion, whereas  only has $370.26 million of on-chain assets. This void highlights the current position Ethereum is dominating the smart contract and DeFi field.

Hoskinson admitted the challenge and stressed the importance of Cardano continuing to evolve. He observed that Cardano will become irrelevant in a fast-growing industry without strategic alliances and technical enhancements.

Therefore, upcoming integrations, particularly with stablecoins and DeFi platforms, are considered as crucial steps towards bridging the adoption gap. If this is achieved, it will help a more optimistic Cardano price outlook into 2026.