- Cardano’s stablecoin DJED witnessed a massive increase in volume.
- DEX volumes on Cardano grew, overall activity on the network fell.
Cardanos [ADA] stablecoin DJED has grown rapidly in recent weeks. Keeping up with this growth trend, DJED’s stablecoin volume has increased by 100% in the past 24 hours.
Just arrived: Cardano $ADA stablecoin DEJD $DJED the daily volume exceeds 725,000 ADA.
— Contradictory news | Cardano and Ergo News (@AdaverseNews) January 24, 2024
Growth in terms of DeFi
Along with the growth of its stablecoins, it also witnessed tremendous growth in terms of the DeFi sector.
The total value committed to Cardano has increased from 200 million to 326 million in recent weeks. This was led by the popularity of decentralized exchanges (DEX) on the Cardano network.
Artemis data showed that total volumes on DEXs for Cardano grew from 3 million to 5.89 million.

Source: Artemis
Despite this, activity on the Cardano network dropped significantly. The number of daily active addresses on the network has fallen from 52,000 to 39,000 in recent weeks.
As a result, the number of transactions on the network also decreased.

Source: Artemis
The collection of fees has been affected
This affected the fees generated on the Cardano network.
Token Terminal’s data showed that Cardano-generated fees fell 20.4% over the past week. This decline could impact the overall economic health of the Cardano ecosystem, affecting incentives for validators and stakers.
Furthermore, this could raise concerns about the sustainability of the network and its ability to attract and retain users, developers and other participants.
Development activity on the network also declined. The number of code commits on Cardano has fallen by 41.7% in the past month.
This reduction in code commits could negatively impact the pace of updates, improvements, and overall progress within the Cardano ecosystem.
It could also potentially impact the network’s ability to introduce new features, fix bugs, and remain competitive within the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Source: token terminal
Realistic or not, here is ADA’s market cap in BTC terms
At the time of writing, ADA was trading at $0.480292 and its price was up 0.82% over the past 24 hours.
The rate of trading had dropped significantly in recent days, indicating a decline in trading. Additionally, social volume around ADA also declined, indicating a decline in popularity on the social front.

Source: Santiment