Cardano network activity picked up notably this week even as the ADA price moved lower, based on new data from Santiment.
Santiment reported that Cardano daily active addresses reached around 27,500 on October 7 and roughly 27,200 on October 8.
That was about 1.7 times the network’s September weekday average.
At the same time, ADA fell roughly 13% from its October 6 close through October 8.
Santiment Says the Activity Jump Is Real
The interesting part of Santiment’s report is that the increase does not appear to be explained simply by the broader crypto sell-off.
Bitcoin and Ethereum active addresses remained near or below their September averages during the same period.
Cardano moved in the opposite direction.
The chart also shows that ADA activity began accelerating around the time CIP-0113 went live on mainnet on October 7.
That timing makes the new token standard a possible contributor to the increase.
Santiment did note that current activity is still below the late-August peak, when Cardano active addresses reached roughly 2.2 times their normal level.
So this is not an all-time extreme, but it is still a meaningful jump.
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ADA Price and Network Usage Are Moving in Opposite Directions
Santiment’s chart shows a clear divergence.
ADA price fell from around $0.27 toward $0.23, yet active-address activity increased at the same time.
That can be constructive from a network perspective because it means users are interacting with Cardano even during weak price action.
However, one or two strong days are not enough to establish a longer-term trend.
The key question is whether Cardano can maintain activity near current levels after the initial CIP-0113 launch period passes.
If active addresses remain elevated for several weeks, the data would offer a much stronger argument that Cardano usage is genuinely expanding.
For now, Santiment’s report confirms one important point: ADA’s recent price weakness has not been matched by weaker network activity.
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