{"id":41025,"date":"2026-02-10T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41025"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:38:15","slug":"is-cardano-in-trouble-why-whales-are-abandoning-binance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41025","title":{"rendered":"Is Cardano in Trouble? Why Whales Are Abandoning Binance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<p>Cardano has experienced a sharp decline of over 10% over the past week. It started near $0.30, but heavy selling pushed it to $0.23, forming a consolidation to $0.26. Amidst strong bearish pressure, new data suggest that major traders have exited their ADA positions.<\/p>\n<p>Alphractal founder Joao Wedson, for one, said that Cardano&#8217;s derivatives market is going through a major shift that could affect its price momentum.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cardano-follows-solanas-path\">Cardano Follows Solana&#8217;s Path<\/h2>\n<p>Open interest in ADA has declined sharply from $1.6 billion to $334 million, as major players have aggressively closed their positions. However, Wedson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joao_wedson\/status\/2020606697409278378\">explained<\/a> that the more important change lies in how OI is distributed across exchanges. In 2023, Binance controlled over 80% of ADA&#8217;s open interest, while 17 other exchanges combined held less than 20%.<\/p>\n<p>By 2026, that balance has dramatically changed as Binance now holds only 22%, and Gate.io has emerged as the new leader with 31% of the market. Wedson observed that this change is significant because a similar pattern played out with Solana.<\/p>\n<p>During SOL&#8217;s rally from $20 to $200 in 2023-2024, Binance&#8217;s dominance in open interest increased, thereby supporting price appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>Later, as Binance&#8217;s share declined, Solana&#8217;s momentum weakened. The same trend appears to be unfolding with Cardano, and with open interest now fragmented, the altcoin&#8217;s upside potential may be limited as the overall crypto market remains fragile.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Binance tends to be the exchange that fuels strong altcoin rallies, but only when leverage is concentrated and competition is limited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"long-term-trend-remains-intact\">Long-Term Trend Remains Intact<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the short-term market uncertainty <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/falling-knife-gemini-and-chatgpt-predict-shocking-lows-for-cardanos-ada\/\">gripping<\/a> the ADA market, pseudonymous analyst, &#8216;Crypto Patel,&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoPatel\/status\/2019992013345603597\">believes<\/a> that the overall long-term structure stays bullish as long as the price does not fall below $0.13 on a weekly close.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, he says ADA needs to reclaim $0.44 to confirm a new uptrend. If that happens, the crypto asset could enter a new bull cycle, and long-term targets range from $1.20 to as high as over $10, similar to past cycles.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/is-cardano-in-trouble-why-whales-are-abandoning-binance\/\">Is Cardano in Trouble? Why Whales Are Abandoning Binance<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/is-cardano-in-trouble-why-whales-are-abandoning-binance\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardano has experienced a sharp decline of over 10% over the past week. 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