Cardano’s ADA is now trading near $0.44 as the network prepares for its biggest update of the year, the Midnight sidechain launch on December 8. With only 3 days left before this major upgrade goes live, traders are once again asking the big question, how high can Cardano rise next?
December 8 marks the official launch of Midnight , Cardano’s first zero-knowledge sidechain. The new system aims to bring stronger privacy tools, better scalability, and more flexibility for developers.
Earlier this week, the Midnight Foundation also rolled out NIGHT, the network’s first native token, another step that has added more energy to the Cardano ecosystem.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes Midnight will unlock a new era for the network. According to him, this upgrade can help strengthen Cardano’s stablecoin ecosystem and give DeFi builders more freedom to build advanced tools.
With the token distribution, listings, and liquidity support scheduled on the same day, expectations across the community are rising fast.
Lately, Cardano’s native token ADA has been moving in a steady downward trend, dropping nearly 20% in just one month before finally finding support near $0.37.
After hitting this level, ADA bounced back, gaining more than 13% as hype around the upcoming Midnight launch started to build.
While ADA is still weaker than other major tokens like Solana and BNB, some analysts believe that buyers are slowly stepping back in, hinting that momentum may be turning in Cardano’s favor.
Despite weeks of bearish pressure, top chart analyst Ali Martinez noted that Cardano has finally flashed a SuperTrend “buy” signal, its first since the long downtrend began.
On the ADA’s 12-hour chart, Cardano has also cleared a resistance zone it struggled with for weeks. Its move back above the $0.41–$0.43 range shows that buyers are responding faster and defending key levels more strongly than before.
Analysts now say that the $0.50 zone is the next big hurdle. If ADA can break above it this time, the momentum could carry the price toward $0.72 or higher to $1, a target traders have been watching closely.
For now, ADA sits near $0.439 , with a market cap of $15.78 billion, holding steady as anticipation builds ahead of the Midnight launch.
