- Community figure Lucid predicts Cardano could reach $10 trillion market cap by 2026.
- Hydra and Leios upgrades expected to deliver light-speed transactions, instant finality.
- ADA would trade at $279 per token if network achieves $10 trillion valuation alone.
A Cardano community analyst has issued an ambitious forecast predicting the network could achieve a $10 trillion market capitalization. The projection comes from community figure Lucid, who shared the outlook in a November 3 social media post.
Lucid’s timeline for this valuation stands at 2026, suggesting a rapid appreciation from current levels. The analyst bases the projection on Cardano’s ability to improve transaction speeds to exceed Visa’s processing capabilities.
Scaling solutions form foundation of thesis
The community member pointed to Hydra and Leios as key technologies that will enable Cardano to achieve this performance level. According to Lucid, these upgrades will bring “light speed transactions” and “instant finality” that will drive the blockchain’s growth.
Hydra achieved 1 million transactions per second during a Doom game test last year. The Hydra 1.0.0 launch is expected to boost Cardano’s scalability capabilities. Leios represents another upgrade designed to make Cardano faster than Solana through a three-tier block structure that increases throughput and scalability.
These technical improvements would make Cardano more attractive to institutional users, driving adoption according to Lucid’s analysis. This forms the basis for the $10 trillion market cap prediction by 2026.
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization currently stands at $3.46 trillion, down 4% over the past 24 hours. The decline follows Bitcoin’s correction to $104,400, with BTC’s market cap at $2 trillion.
Price implications of $10T valuation
Current valuations indicate the total crypto market would need to grow 2.89 times to reach $10 trillion. Bitcoin would require a 5x increase to achieve this valuation individually.
If Cardano alone reaches $10 trillion market capitalization, the price impact would be substantial. ADA currently trades at $0.54 with a market cap of $19.5 billion and circulating supply of 35.86 billion tokens.
Reaching $10 trillion would represent a 27,786% increase from current levels. With the circulating supply of 35.86 billion tokens, ADA would trade at $279 per coin under this scenario.
The 2026 timeframe appears highly ambitious given the magnitude of appreciation required and the short timeline. Changelly’s price forecast suggests Cardano could reach this price level by May 2040, approximately 15 years from now, providing a more conservative timeline perspective.
Source: https://thenewscrypto.com/cardano-to-outpace-visa-analyst-predicts-10t-valuation-ada-price-forecast-inside/
