Cardano records 1.78 million transactions: What it means for the Cardano price

Published on 10/26/2026 at 13:20 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Fees reached 337,720 ADA during the record epoch. The Cardano price stands at 0.2051 USD on October 26, 2026, down 0.46 percent.

Network activity and protocol timing

Cardano recorded 1,780,896 transactions during the five-day Epoch 660 period ending October 11, 2026.
Network fees reached 337,720 ADA during the same period, according to GlobeNewswire.
The Cardano price stands at 0.2051 USD as of October 26, 2026, 0.46 percent below the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026.
The Amaru beta release is scheduled for October 27, 2026, according to MUEN.

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Cardano (ADA) processed 1,780,896 transactions during Epoch 660, a five-day period ending October 11, 2026. The Cardano price stands at 0.2051 USD as of October 26, 2026, down 0.46 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026.

Epoch 660 reached 1,780,896 transactions

GlobeNewswire reported on October 16, 2026, that Cardano processed 1,780,896 transactions during the five-day period ending October 11, 2026. The figure exceeded the previous record of 1,566,974 transactions set in November 2021.

The same report said transaction fees reached 337,720 ADA during Epoch 660. Cardano also recorded 542,532 transactions on October 8, 2026, while peak throughput reached approximately 440 transactions per second; the report described that throughput figure as a brief peak rather than a sustained rate.

Amaru beta is scheduled for October 27, 2026

MUEN reported on October 25, 2026, that the beta release of the Rust-based Amaru full node is scheduled for October 27, 2026. A full node independently validates Cardano blocks and transactions, while a beta release is a test-stage version of the software.

A separate data point from large-holder balances adds a counterpoint to the transaction record. Coinotag reported on October 13, 2026, that large holders reduced their combined holdings by more than 110 million ADA over five days. The report also said daily active addresses fell from 27,248 to 15,977, a decline of 41.36 percent.

ADA data as of October 26, 2026

According to Investing.com, ADA trades at 0.2051 USD as of October 26, 2026, down 0.46 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026. The daily high is 0.2093 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 0.2023 USD. Market capitalization is 7.56 billion USD, ranking Cardano 15th, while 24-hour volume is 166.63 million USD. Circulating supply is 36.81 billion ADA.