- Cardano price dips 9% as bulls face mounting pressure amid market turmoil.
- ADA’s plunge saw bulls risk crashing below the $0.50 mark.
- Despite the bearish outlook, analysts are upbeat on the longer-term performance for Bitcoin and top altcoins.
Cardano (ADA) has plummeted nearly 9% in the past 24 hours, trading as low as $0.51 on November 14, 2025.
The sharp decline has added significant pressure on bulls, with ADA dropping to near the psychologically vital $0.50 support level.
Losses in close to double-digit figures now see this mark in jeopardy, threatening a dump to lows witnessed in October.
Cardano price falls 9% to near $0.50
As one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, Cardano’s native token has mirrored the sector-wide downturn.
In the past 24 hours, this dip has gathered pace amid Bitcoin’s breach below $100,000, with BTC touching $97,000.
For Cardano, the drop from intraday highs of $0.57 to current levels around $0.51 highlights the fragility of recent demand zones at $0.56 and $0.54.
Notably, bears have capitalised on the momentum, extending losses from earlier peaks near $0.60.
Cardano chart by CoinMarketCap
Another leg down if bulls fail to hold $0.50 could accelerate selling, potentially seeing ADA revisit year-to-date lows of $0.27.
The altcoin touched the mark on October 10, 2025.
However, the level did serve as a rebound buffer in recent months.
Why did Cardano price fall sharply?
As noted, Cardano’s plunge in the past 24 hours is emblematic of a cascading altcoin rout.
Bitcoin’s dramatic fall below $100,000 for the first time since May had top altcoins shedding gains.
Ethereum dropped 8% to near $3,160, Solana declined nearly 10% to below $143, and XRP shed 8% to under $2.30.
Overall, the market convulsion appears pegged on macroeconomic headwinds, this week getting downside momentum despite the US government shutdown, the longest in history at over 40 days, ending on November 13.
President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill to end the impasse, a move that sparked brief optimism.
However, investor jitters quickly resurfaced, with US stocks cratering amid fears over the shutdown’s economic scars.
Mostly, the market is pricing in a collapse in the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December.
Analyst on market outlook
Also, risk-off sentiment saw Bitcoin ETF flows flip negative with $870 million in outflows on Nov. 13, the second-largest so far.
Spot Ethereum ETFs also saw exits, with a total of $260 million net outflows that marked the third consecutive day of outflows for the top altcoin.
While the overall sell-off pressure could see ADA price fall and extend the rot below $0.50, analysts are suggesting a short-term dump followed by sustained gains.
Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi contextualised the market outlook. In a post on X, he noted:
“Today’s market is much easier,” citing solid fundamentals and a resilient crypto infrastructure.
TBH this is the easiest bear market I've ever seen.
Seems like most of you have forgotten what 2022 was like. Luna collapsing, then 3AC, then FTX, then Genesis, BlockFi, Axie, NFTs–pretty much everything felt like a house of cards.
And then after all that stuff collapsed, the… https://t.co/DUwOZCBG3K
— Haseeb ＞|＜ (@hosseeb) November 14, 2025
Still, short-term consolidation or weakness looms for BTC and altcoins.
If Cardano gets into the mix as has happened so far, a dip below the $0.50 threshold might allow bears to chase $0.27.
Longer-term, though, Cardano’s fundamentals suggest bulls have a shot at regaining the upper hand.
This scenario puts a rebound toward $1 as a base case, with the all-time peak of $3.10 a key target.
