BTC $80,375 +3.1%ETH $2,419 +5.1%USDT $0.9994 0.0%BNB $712.94 +1.8%XRP $1.31 +1.9%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $95.70 +2.8%TRX $0.3196 -0.5%FIGR_HELOC $1.05 +1.5%ZEC $1,314 +4.9%HYPE $83.24 -1.7%DOGE $0.0765 +2.1%XMR $634.55 -0.2%USDS $1.00 0.0%WBT $77.77 +3.7%LINK $11.51 +4.0%LEO $9.35 +0.6%ADA $0.1964 +3.0%XLM $0.1667 +2.1%BCH $280.74 +2.3%NEAR $4.01 +2.2%UNI $7.57 +3.2%DAI $1.00 0.0%USDE $0.9995 +0.1%LTC $55.62 +2.6%RAIN $0.005917 -5.6%CC $0.1042 +6.3%AVAX $8.73 +1.5%SUI $0.9212 +2.8%USD1 $0.9984 0.0%GRAM $1.16 -1.2%XAUT $4,093 +2.7%HBAR $0.0725 +3.8%QNT $205.24 +5.1%USDG $1.00 0.0%SHIB $0.000005 +1.2%TAO $233.33 +2.3%PYUSD $1.00 0.0%CRO $0.052 +3.2%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%ENA $0.1788 -0.7%USDY $1.15 0.0%OKB $111.04 +2.4%USYC $1.14 0.0%PEPE $0.000005 -1.2%AAVE $131.27 +1.4%PUMP $0.004306 -0.9%ONDO $0.4062 +2.1%M $0.8294 -2.2%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%

BTC $80,375 +3.1%ETH $2,419 +5.1%USDT $0.9994 0.0%BNB $712.94 +1.8%XRP $1.31 +1.9%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $95.70 +2.8%TRX $0.3196 -0.5%FIGR_HELOC $1.05 +1.5%ZEC $1,314 +4.9%HYPE $83.24 -1.7%DOGE $0.0765 +2.1%XMR $634.55 -0.2%USDS $1.00 0.0%WBT $77.77 +3.7%LINK $11.51 +4.0%LEO $9.35 +0.6%ADA $0.1964 +3.0%XLM $0.1667 +2.1%BCH $280.74 +2.3%NEAR $4.01 +2.2%UNI $7.57 +3.2%DAI $1.00 0.0%USDE $0.9995 +0.1%LTC $55.62 +2.6%RAIN $0.005917 -5.6%CC $0.1042 +6.3%AVAX $8.73 +1.5%SUI $0.9212 +2.8%USD1 $0.9984 0.0%GRAM $1.16 -1.2%XAUT $4,093 +2.7%HBAR $0.0725 +3.8%QNT $205.24 +5.1%USDG $1.00 0.0%SHIB $0.000005 +1.2%TAO $233.33 +2.3%PYUSD $1.00 0.0%CRO $0.052 +3.2%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%ENA $0.1788 -0.7%USDY $1.15 0.0%OKB $111.04 +2.4%USYC $1.14 0.0%PEPE $0.000005 -1.2%AAVE $131.27 +1.4%PUMP $0.004306 -0.9%ONDO $0.4062 +2.1%M $0.8294 -2.2%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%

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Why is Cardano up today?

$0.1964+3.0% 24h+0.1% 7d

Cardano is edging higher, up 1.1% over 24 hours to $0.2039 while Bitcoin slips 0.2%, a rare day of outperformance after a 6.1% weekly drop. The main coin-specific catalyst is development news: IOG developers merged key Leios code, a scaling push that targets an initial three-to-five-times capacity gain and a longer-term path toward roughly 15x, according to CryptoSlate's October 26 report.

The follow-through is limited because the Leios timeline is conditional. Input Output's October 20 roadmap frames higher throughput as a series of governance votes, operator preparation and live-network evidence rather than a single switch, and an October 22 Hydra test produced a smaller real-workload speed gain than the headline figures attached to the technology. The Dijkstra public testnet is live but still running Conway version 11, with the actual protocol transition a separate step.

Derivatives remain a drag. ADA slid near $0.20 on Monday after three consecutive losing weeks, with funding turning negative at -0.0032% and initial resistance flagged at $0.213.

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