Cardano is now a top-three cryptocurrency as ADA price soars 27% in 24 hours

Jordan Finneseth

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Cardano is now a top-three cryptocurrency as ADA price soars 27% in 24 hours

Cardano is soaring, though ADA price still has a long way to go to beat its record high vs. Bitcoin.

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Cardano (ADA) received a fresh wave of optimism and buying volume on Feb. 26 that pushed the price of ADA to a new all-time high of $1.29, making Cardano the third-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that ADA surged 27% from a low of $0.98 during the early trading hours on Feb. 26 to its new high at $1.29 on record trading volume.

ADA/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Momentum for the project has been building throughout the month of February following the integration of the Mary upgrade to Cardanos testnet on Feb. 3. The upgrade enables smart contract functionality, helping transform the blockchain into a multiasset network similar to Ethereum (ETH).

Marys mainnet launch date revealed

The latest rise in price coincided with Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson posting the following tweet, indicating Mary would be live on the mainnet at the beginning of the next epoch on March 1:

Ladies and Gentlemen, the rocket is in the air. Mary will reach orbit in one epoch: https://t.co/7D9WTH68iw welcome to the Mary era: “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.”

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 24, 2021

ADA briefly spiked to $1.17 following the announcement before pressures in the broader cryptocurrency market pushed it back below the $1.00 level on Feb. 25.

Thereafter, the trading volume for Cardano has surged to a new record of $12.8 billion, helping elevate ADA to a new all-time high. The open interest for ADA futures also rose to $580 million, surpassing Litecoin (LTC) to become the third-largest derivatives market.

According to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, meanwhile, market conditions for ADA have been favorable for some time.

The VORTECS™ score, exclusive to Cointelegraph, is an algorithmic comparison of historic and current market conditions derived from a combination of data points including market sentiment, trading volume, recent price movements and Twitter activity.

VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. ADA price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro

As seen on the chart above, the VORTECS™ score for ADA reached a high of 79 on Feb. 25, around 24 hours before the price began to spike 27% to a new all-time high.

Smart contract functionality is the key component of the Mary upgrade and is expected to usher in a new era of functionality for the Cardano ecosystem. Once integrated, decentralized finance applications will be able to operate on the network and provide an outlet for users who are looking to escape high gas fees on the Ethereum network.

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