Dormant Cardano Whales Suddenly Come Alive: Is A Turning Point Near?

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing How Our News is Made Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Ad discliamer Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. On-chain data reveals Cardano has observed increased transactions involving dormant coins recently, suggesting that the price decline has caused long-term holders to become active again. Cardano Has Seen Spikes In Age Consumed Recently As pointed out by on-chain analytics firm Santiment in an X post , large dormant Cardano wallets have lately been on the move. The indicator of relevance here is the “Age Consumed,” which measures the total number of tokens being moved on the blockchain multiplied by the amount of time since they last moved. Related Reading Bitcoin Back At Production Cost: Analyst Says Best Value Zone Starts Here 1 day ago When the value of this metric is high, it means the network is observing the movement of a large number of old tokens. On the other hand, it being low suggests coins being involved in a transaction are the ones that were purchased relatively recently (or alternatively, if old tokens are being shifted, they don’t involve a significant count). Now, here is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the trend in the Age Consumed for Cardano over the past month: Looks like the metric has seen some spikes in recent days | Source: Santiment on X As displayed in the above graph, the Cardano Age Consumed stayed at relatively low levels during May, but the price plunge in June has been accompanied by a few spikes in the indicator. Interestingly, the spikes only started halfway through the drawdown, meaning that they likely came as a reaction to the bearish action, rather than something that kicked off the decline itself. These spikes naturally imply that some long-term holders have decided to become active again. This could reflect panic selling from resolute hands, or it may correspond to activity of some other kind; the exact intent is hard to gauge from the Age Consumed metric alone. In the chart, Santiment has also attached the data of another indicator called the Mean Dollar Invested Age. This indicator calculates the age of the average dollar invested in the cryptocurrency. As is visible in the graph, the Mean Dollar Invested Age rose steadily through May, implying that the market cap of Cardano was consistently getting older. As the recent spikes in the Age Consumed have appeared, however, the metric’s trajectory has been disturbed. Related Reading Bitcoin Stablecoin Ratio Drops To Extreme Low—What It Means For BTC 1 day ago While there hasn’t been an outright reversal in course, the Mean Dollar Invested Age has still witnessed a slowdown in growth, indicating that the movement of dormant coins has been significant enough to have an impact. A particularly strong pause in the indicator came alongside June 9th’s Age Consumed spike, which was the largest one on the Cardano network since April. “Historically, clusters of Age Consumed spikes paired with a pause (or downturn) in Mean Dollar Invested Age have often appeared around key market turning points,” explained the analytics firm. ADA Price At the time of writing, Cardano is trading around $0.16, down more than 26% over the past week. The price of the coin seems to have been following an overall flat trajectory | Source: ADAUSDT on TradingView Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com