2018 was a difficult year for cryptocurrencies, with wide-scale falls in value. The price of Cardano (ADA) dropped 94.29% since it opened at $0.7100 on January 1st, 2018. It closed on December 31st, 2018 at $0.0405.
Despite the dramatic loss in value over 2018, ADA is still one of the biggest, most well known, and most widely traded cryptocurrencies around. It is often in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.
Monthly ADA price (US$) and monthly change
| Date | Open | Close | Monthly change | Annual change |
| Jan-18 | 0.7100 | 0.5090 | -28.31% | -28.31% |
| Feb-18 | 0.5090 | 0.3056 | -39.96% | -56.96% |
| Mar-18 | 0.3056 | 0.1507 | -50.71% | -78.78% |
| Apr-18 | 0.1507 | 0.3432 | 127.79% | -51.67% |
| May-18 | 0.3432 | 0.2240 | -34.72% | -68.45% |
| Jun-18 | 0.2240 | 0.1381 | -38.33% | -80.55% |
| Jul-18 | 0.1381 | 0.1415 | 2.43% | -80.07% |
| Aug-18 | 0.1415 | 0.1018 | -28.07% | -85.66% |
| Sep-18 | 0.1018 | 0.0851 | -16.41% | -88.02% |
| Oct-18 | 0.0851 | 0.0706 | -17.02% | -90.06% |
| Nov-18 | 0.0706 | 0.0391 | -44.69% | -94.50% |
| Dec-18 | 0.0391 | 0.0405 | 3.79% | -94.29% |
Latest Cardano price commentary
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US Dollar – ADAUSD
British Pound Sterling – ADAGBP
Japanese Yen – ADAJPY
Euro – ADAEUR
Australian Dollar – ADAAUD
Russian Rouble – ADARUB
Bitcoin – ADABTC
In addition, we regularly publish an ADA price analysis:
About Cardano
Cardano claims to have changed the way cryptocurrencies are designed and developed, balancing the best of the functionality of several cryptocurrencies into one coin. The project began in 2015, the work of a global team of scientists and academics. ADA was released in September 2017.
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