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ADA Price Slips 2.95% as Cardano Expands Payments With Visa Card

Cardano launches a physical Visa card as ADA price slips 2.95% in 24 hours, with bears keeping a narrow lead in the current market structure.
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Last Updated Apr 23, 2026, 11:12 UTC

ADA Price Slips 2.95% as Cardano Expands Payments With Physical Visa Card

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  • Cardano launched a physical Visa debit card for ADA.
  • ADA price fell 2.95% in 24 hours and stayed near session lows.
  • Bears lead bulls, with the ADA price still moving inside a weak structure.

During today’s Asian trading session, the ADA-2.00% opened at $0.25. This opening price did not hold, and the price entered a downward trend, settling below it. This dip comes at a time when Cardano has debuted a physical Visa debit card.

Cardano Rolls Out Physical Visa Debit Card for Payments

Cardano has introduced a debit card for ADA and hundreds of other digital assets. The launch extends the network beyond virtual cards and brings in-store and online spending support. EMURGO and Wirex built the product, while Visa supplies the payment rails.

The Cardano Card lets users spend ADA and more than 680 digital assets at Visa merchants. Users can also make purchases, online payments, and transactions via Apple Pay and Google Pay. Wirex manages the card and gives users balance tools, records, and controls.

The companies has said that the card is available in more than 130 countries, although local rules still affect access. They also said issuance fees and delivery charges vary by region, depending on local market terms. The product targets domestic purchases, foreign spending, and cash withdrawals through supported global ATMs.

ADA Price Stays Under Pressure After Fresh 24-Hour Slide

Despite the introduction of cards as a means of payment, the ADA price has reacted slightly, dipping in response. According to CoinMarketCap data at the time of press, Cardano’s price trades at $0.2474, down 2.95% over the past 24 hours. A deep dive indicates that the ADA price has fallen in uneven steps rather than in a single continuous slide.

ADA price
Source: CoinMarketCap

Small upward moves appear early, but each recovery loses strength and fails to reverse direction. ADA price then slips below $0.252 and keeps forming lower rebounds across the session. The decline deepens later, with the ADA price falling under $0.250 and then pressing toward $0.246. A brief rebound follows, yet the recovery remains limited overall and stays below earlier levels.

Cardano price movement remains mostly negative, with short pauses interrupting a broader downward structure for most of it. The late move lifts Cardano’s price slightly, though it still holds close to session lows. The session records repeated lower levels, and momentum weakens each time the price attempts to recover. Cardano price maintains a descending path and ends the period near the lower end.

ADA Price Eyes Range Break as Bears Keep Narrow Control

The 24-hour ADA price trend adds more pressure to a dip that has persisted for a month, pushing it up by over 6%. This fall has placed Cardano’s price in the bearish zone, with no bull pressure formation. To validate this, a TradingView technical analysis reveals that Cardano’s price has followed a long downward regression channel running from October into early February. Within that span, price records repeated lower highs and lower lows across the channel boundaries.

ADA price
Source: TradingView (ADA/USD)

The regression reading near 0.916 indicates the decline stayed orderly through most candles inside that formation. After the channel break, price movement shifts into a flatter range with much smaller daily swings. The bull versus bear count covers 1,862 candles and gives bears a narrow lead overall. Bears post 958 candles, while bulls post 899 candles. 

That leaves bears at 51.45 percent and bulls at 48.28 percent of total candles. The gap remains small, yet bears still control the larger share of recorded sessions. Draw candles account for five sessions, which equals 0.27%. By this measure, bears dominate the current structure, while bulls remain slightly behind across the dataset. 

ADA-2.00% now moves in a tight range after a long decline, so the next move looks compressed. If that range breaks lower, the price could extend the bearish structure already visible on the daily view. If price clears the recent sideways ceiling, a short relief move could follow before trend direction resets.

Maxwell MutumaMaxwell Mutuma
Written By Maxwell Mutuma

Maxwell Mutuma is a Crypto Journalist at CryptoNewsZ with over five years of experience. Maxwell is an expert in tokenomics and blockchain infrastructure. He tracks how new tech affects the real world. He focuses on Layer 1 networks and DeFi. Maxwell has reported through many market cycles. He uses his deep knowledge to find the truth behind the news. He is a hands-on researcher who tracks on-chain data and token launches to give readers expert insights.

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Fact Checked By Harsh Chauhan

Harsh Chauhan is a Senior News Editor at CryptoNewsZ. He has spent years reporting on the digital economy. He focused on DeFi, NFTs, AI, and digital asset developments. Harsh has a BBA in Marketing and a Blockchain Foundation certification. He does more than just share news. He uses on-chain data to explain Bitcoin ETFs and tokenized assets. Harsh is also a hands-on user. He has been staking and trading NFTs since 2021. His work helps readers understand a complex market with simple, data-backed facts.

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