ADA vs ETH
Cardano and Ethereum compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, ADA against ETH. Measurements only: this page does not rank ADA above ETH or the other way round.
This page puts Cardano (ADA) and Ethereum (ETH) next to each other on 16 measures, rebuilt from the day's data. ADA and ETH are paired here by one rule: measured against a market anchor.
Across the table Cardano is ahead on 5 measures and Ethereum on 9. A measure count is a summary of today's ADA and ETH data, nothing more.
Hype risk side by side
ADA against ETH, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on September 19, 2026
| Measure | ADA | ETH | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $8.53B | $319.52B | ETH |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #18 | #2 | ETH |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $0.2275 | $2,619 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $738.2M | $23.77B | ETH |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.087 | 0.074 | ADA |
| 24-hour change | +12.6% | +7.2% | ADA |
| 7-day change | +9.7% | +4.0% | ADA |
| 30-day change | +19.2% | +16.1% | ADA |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +37.4% | +50.0% | ETH |
| Trending position Today's global order | #21 | #2 | ETH |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 0 | 6 | ETH |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | 3 | 3 | level |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 70% | 90% | ETH |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 61 | 64 | ETH |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -74.9% | -44.2% | ETH |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 5/100 | 8/100 | ADA |
What the numbers say
19 facts from today's collection
By market capitalisation the gap is 37.4x: ETH at $319.52B, ADA at $8.53B.
Rank 18 for ADA, rank 2 for ETH — the distance between them is 16 positions.
Price per token: ADA $0.2275, ETH $2,619. ADA and ETH do not share a supply schedule, so the market-cap row is the comparable one.
Traders moved $23.77B of Ethereum in the past day against $738.2M of Cardano — 32.2x more.
Turnover tells a different story: ADA trades 8.7% of its market value each day, the other 7.4%.
Over 24 hours ADA moved +12.6% and ETH +7.2%, a spread of 5.3 points.
The last seven days left Cardano at +9.7% and Ethereum at +4.0%.
Over thirty days ADA moved +19.2% and ETH +16.1%, a spread of 3.1 points.
Ninety daily closes give ADA +37.4% and ETH +50.0%.
Attention is on both sides right now — Cardano ranks 21 and Ethereum ranks 2 in today's trending order.
The national feeds carry ETH in 6 markets and ADA in 0.
Ethereum scores higher on the technical checklist — 90 points against 70.
Fourteen-day momentum: 61 for ADA, 64 for ETH — neither is at an extreme.
Ethereum is the closer of the two to its 52-week high: -44.2% away against -74.9%.
Long-term filter: Cardano clears its 200-day line, Ethereum clears its own.
On hype risk the readings are 5/100 for Cardano and 8/100 for Ethereum.
Common ground: Layer 1 chains.
Relative volume: 1.61x for ADA, 1.63x for ETH — anything near 1 is an ordinary day.
Both signals run on daily closes: 400 of them for ADA and 400 for ETH.
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
Cardano
Ethereum
Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of ADA and ETH is trending today?
Both are on the trending list: ADA at position 21 and ETH at position 2. Trending on this site measures search and page-view interest in ADA and ETH, not price direction.
Is ADA bigger than ETH?
Ethereum is larger, at $319.52B of market value against $8.53B — 37.4x the size.
What does the daily signal say about ADA and ETH?
The checklist reads Buy for ADA (70% of checks passed) and Strong buy for ETH (90%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on ADA and ETH, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
Ethereum scores 8/100 against 5 for Cardano. The score behind both the ADA and ETH figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy ADA or ETH?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about ADA and ETH — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about ADA, ETH or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.