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What’s Inside the Cardano Foundation’s First Financial Report?
On Wednesday, the Cardano Foundation- a not-for-profit entity responsible for developing and maintaining the Cardano network- released its first-ever Financial Insights Report.
It detailed how it spent funds in 2023, totaling $19.22 million across operations, education, and adoption. Furthermore, the foundation spent another $4.55 million on its core operational expenses.
Cardano Foundation Invests $19 Million in Ecosystem Growth
The Cardano Foundation has just released its first Financial Insights Report for 2023, a milestone in its drive for transparency, integrity, and community engagement.
The report, along with the Activity Report published earlier this year, outlines how the foundation deployed its funds. It highlights the tangible value created across three focal areas: operational resilience, education, and adoption.
The Cardano Foundation’s Financial Insights Report 2023 is here! 📊
This report highlights our commitment to transparency and details investments in operational resilience, education, and adoption to strengthen the Cardano ecosystem. 🌐
Read the report: https://t.co/AzaFHJJlkY pic.twitter.com/U8CYPTft4L
— Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF) November 13, 2024
The Foundation’s 2023 Financial Insights Report reveals it invested $19.22 million in education, operational resilience, and adoption. Of this, $12.92 million was allocated to adoption, aiming to drive institutionalization and facilitate business integrations for utility.
As part of its adoption effort, the foundation released Alken, an open-source programming language to simplify smart contract development on the blockchain.
Other initiatives include optimizing rewards for SPOs and working with the United Nations and Switzerland for the ‘Global Climate Challenge’.
Year Ends with Nearly $500 Million in Assets
The 2023 Financial Insights Report from the Cardano Foundation shows key investments in leading industries, educating with a financial commitment of $4.18 million. These investments further support research and programs that have been instrumental in educating the stakeholders about blockchain technology.
The foundation invested $2.12 million in operational resilience, strengthening the blockchain infrastructure for institutional-grade use. These investments ensured the network operated without interruption for over five years. The University of Zurich tested the decentralized governance mechanism. Additionally, the Valentine hard fork enhanced interoperability.
The foundation also allocated $4.55 million to central operational expenses, expanding its capacity to support key initiatives. Despite significant spending, the foundation closed the year with $478.24 million in assets. Of these, 82.5% ($394.54 million) was in ADA, 10.1% ($48.3 million) in Bitcoin, and 7.4% ($35.38 million) in USD liquidity.
Planning, the foundation projects to publish its Activity Report for 2024 at the end of the first quarter of next year.
ADA Price Explodes, Eyes $1 Target
The project has been developing gradually and organically over the past couple of years; its native token, ADA, has been performing excellently in the ongoing bull run. Over the weekend, ADA was an outperformer, almost doubling in price. The Cardano price has surged by 71% in the last week, breaking several key hurdles and forcing analysts to revise the token’s target at $1.
The rally is fueled by a spike in ADA whale activity. This indicates large investors are loading up on the asset. With such building momentum, market watchers are now looking will ADA break $1 this month, especially after its founder Charles Hoskinson hinted at a potential collaboration with Ripple, sparking excitement across the crypto community.
At the time of writing ADA price was up by 5.89% to $0.59.
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Crypto analyst Behdark has predicted that the XRP price can reach $28. This prediction follows his Elliot Wave theory analysis, which also showed when the crypto will reach this double-digit price target.
When XRP Price Will Reach Double Digits
In a TradingView post, Behdark’s Elliot Wave theory analysis showed that the XRP price can reach double digits by 2026. The analyst’s accompanying chart showed that the first double digits target for XRP will be $15, after which the crypto could eventually rally to $28. Behdark also provided more insights into XRP’s current price action and why this rally could happen.
First, the analyst mentioned that the XRP price looks to be currently within a running triangle. In line with this, Behdark remarked that wave D might complete its movement by hunting the all-time high (ATH) at $3.84. He mentioned that there could be a price correction for wave E afterward.
Once that XRP price correction happens, Behdrak predicts the next move will be the post-pattern movement targeting a level above $15. This is where the price target of $28 comes into the picture, as the analyst’s accompanying chart shows it is a feasible target for the crypto, although it might not happen in this market cycle.
An XRP price rally to $28 would mean that the crypto would have a market cap of $2.8 trillion. However, Behdrak suggested that this was still feasible. He noted that his focus was on chart analysis and not fundamentals, even though fundamentals are reflected in the chart itself.
Meanwhile, the analyst told market participants that if a clear and identifiable pattern emerges when the XRP price reaches wave E of the triangle, they could position themselves for the main move to double digits.
A Confirmation Of This Double Digit Target
Crypto analyst Dark Defender also recently shared an Elliot Wave theory analysis, which showed that the XRP price could indeed reach double digits. Specifically, the analyst’s accompanying chart showed that XRP could rally as high as $18 when the wave 5 impulsive move occurs.
Interestingly, unlike Behdark’s chart, which showed that the rally to double digits would happen in 2026, Dark Defender’s chart showed that the rally to $18 could happen as early as mid-2025. Meanwhile, the analyst said that the XRP price is currently in the third wave, with the crypto expected to rally to $5 when this next impulsive move occurs.
Afterward, the XRP price is expected to witness a corrective move that will cause it to drop to as low as $4. The next impulsive move after this could send XRP to the $18 target.
At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.55, up over 10% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
A crypto trader made a $2.5M profit today by turning 13 SOL into 9,718 SOL through trading 76.46M FATHA tokens. The trader bought the tokens on Pump.fun, capitalizing on a rapid increase in FATHA’s market cap, which surged to over $60M. The trader sold the tokens at the peak, realizing a 750x return.
Trader Makes $2.5M Profit Trading FATHA Token
The crypto trader turned 13 SOL (around $3.3K) into 9,718.5 SOL, making a $2.5M profit by trading 76.46M Slopfather (FATHA) tokens. On November 23, the trader purchased the tokens on Pump.fun, and within 40 minutes, FATHA’s market cap surged to over $60M. After holding the tokens, the trader sold them at the highest point, securing a 750x return.
The trader capitalized on the rapid market shift and seized the opportunity to make a significant profit. As per solscan, 9,500 SOL was swapped for USDC and bridged to Ethereum, demonstrating how quickly substantial profits can be made in the volatile meme coin market. The trade reflects the growing influence of meme coins on the Solana blockchain.
On-chain data indicates that the wallet involved in this trade may belong to BT (@cooksassistant), who has traded 60 tokens over the past three days. With a win rate of 42.37%, BT has generated $2.7M in total profit.
What a lucky trader!!!
6 hours ago, this trader sniped 76.46M $FATHA for just 2.93 $SOL ($765).
Currently, these $FATHA are worth $2.7M. The sniper has made x3483.https://t.co/MVgcAnWR1R pic.twitter.com/seXfdgAq6r
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) November 23, 2024
FATHA Token Surge and Solana’s Meme Coin Boom
Slopfather (FATHA) token has surged to $0.03841, with a market cap of $38 million, allowing the crypto trader to book a massive profit. Its 24-hour trading volume is $156 million, reflecting a 4000% increase in the last 24 hours. This dramatic rise shows the growing demand for meme coins in the crypto market.
Solana’s blockchain is becoming a top platform for meme coin launches. Projects like PNUT, WIF, GOAT, and BONK are leading the way. Additionally, Arthur Hayes’ endorsement of the Solana-based FLOWER coin boosted interest, driving the growth of meme coins on Solana.
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Dogecoin Price Forms Extremely Rare And Bullish High Tight Flag Pattern, What To Expect Next
The Dogecoin price, which has been on a consolidation trend since November 12, has given rise to a rare and bullish chart pattern known as the high tight flag. This pattern, which is like the bull flag, is setting up the Dogecoin price for a significant upward movement.
Analyst Highlights Bullish High Tight Flag Pattern For Dogecoin
Trader Tardigrade, known for his insightful technical analyses, pointed out that the Dogecoin price is currently forming a high tight flag pattern on the daily candlectick timeframe, which is a rarity in technical charting that often precedes explosive price movements. According to his post on social media platform X, the significance of this pattern lies in its implications of a “highly possible significant upward price movement.”
In his words: “#Dogecoin is forming High Tight Flag Pattern 🔥 ‘High Tight Flag Pattern’ stands out as a rare, BUT Extremely Bullish signal that indicates a highly possible significant upward price movement.”
First off, the emergence of this high tight flag pattern means the $1 level is inevitable for the Dogecoin price. The analyst further speculates that the combination of strong price momentum, growing market enthusiasm, and FOMO (fear of missing out) among retail investors is ultimately going to push the Dogecoin price to targets of $5 to $10.
Understanding The High Tight Flag Pattern
The high tight flag is a special bullish case of the bull flag pattern. Both patterns are characterized by a flagpole and a flag/handle. Unlike the bull flag, the formation of a high tight flag follows stringent criteria, which makes it somewhat rate. This criteria is characterized by a sharp price increase of at least 100% over a short period with a maximum of eight weeks. This rapid ascent forms the ‘flagpole’ of the price pattern. In the case of the Dogecoin price, the flagpole was formed over nine days from November 3 to November 12, where it registered a gain of about 180%.
Following this surge, the price enters a consolidation phase, moving sideways or slightly downward, creating the ‘flag/handle’. This consolidation usually retraces no more than 10% of the initial rise and lasts at least five days to a maximum of three weeks.
In the case of Dogecoin, the flag has been in play for the past ten days, with a handle depth of 10%. The pattern is considered complete when the price breaks out above the consolidation range, often leading to further gains.
At the time of writing, Dogecoin is trading at $0.3926, with a 1.88% gain in the past 24 hours. A run towards the first price target at $1 would translate to a 155% gain. Other price targets at $5 and $10 represent returns of 1,170% and 2,440%, respectively, from the current price.
Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
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