- Cardano crashed from $0.80 to $0.33 as whales dumped over 440M ADA, but analyst CheekyCrypto says the fundamentals remain unchanged.
- He stays bullish due to long-term development, Cardano’s research-first roadmap, and growing ecosystem upgrades.
- Despite volatility, he emphasizes self-custody, education, and diversification, urging investors to focus on conviction over panic.
Cardano just went through one of those gut-punch drops that force the whole market to stop and stare. ADA fell off a cliff — from $0.80 straight down to $0.33 in a single day. And the fallout kept rolling. Whales dumped almost 100 million ADA in the next 72 hours, roughly $65 million worth, pushing fear into every corner of social media. By the middle of November, total whale selling had hit around 440 million ADA. It was messy, loud, and honestly, painful to watch.
But somehow, even with all that chaos buzzing around, analyst CheekyCrypto didn’t flinch. He said he’s still fully invested in Cardano — no trimming, no exit, no hesitation. To him, none of this changed the big picture. ADA’s fundamentals didn’t vanish just because the market freaked out for a few days. Price, he says, is simply not telling the real story right now.
Why He’s Still Confident in ADA
For him, it all comes back to conviction. Not blind faith, not stubbornness — conviction built over years of research. He acknowledges the volatility, he doesn’t pretend it’s fun, but he refuses to make decisions from panic. He keeps pointing at the same pillars that originally pulled him toward Cardano: the research-first culture, the slow-but-steady development cycle, and the idea of building something that actually lasts.
A huge part of that confidence is tied to Charles Hoskinson’s long-term plan. He’s betting on Hoskinson’s vision — a global decentralized system built carefully, not rushed together. He studies the roadmap for 2026, Midnight’s privacy architecture, Laos for scaling, deeper DeFi tooling, and sees progress everywhere. Not perfection, sure, but real movement.
Sometimes he jokes that Cardano is like a small rowboat chasing a battleship — yeah, it’s behind, but with consistent work and better designs, the gap starts shrinking. One dramatic crash doesn’t erase years of building.
How He Handles the Volatility
He’s not naive about the swings either. He prepares for them. He runs a Cardano stake pool to earn passive ADA and support the network. He spreads his holdings across exchanges so he doesn’t get locked out when things break, which they do, and he stresses self-custody — hardware wallets, security hygiene, no buying from shady vendors.
His rule is almost painfully simple: never invest more than you’re okay losing. And he keeps reminding people that he could be wrong about Cardano. His confidence is tied to fundamentals, not hype cycles or Twitter moods.
Community, Education, and New Passive Income Experiments
He spends a lot of time focusing on education too. His Cheeky Crypto School aims to keep newcomers from spiraling during rough patches like this recent crash. And he says he was genuinely impressed that the community didn’t turn on itself — they helped each other, stayed level-headed, stayed human.
He’s also experimenting with new income streams like Unity Nodes — a telecom-plus-blockchain system tied to World Mobile and Minutes Network. He threw $5,000 into a node license, connected 10 smartphones, and now earns a mix of BTC, ETH, ADA, and XRP. Testing, learning, building… that’s his style.
His Final Message to Cardano Investors
He wraps it all with one idea: conviction over panic. Crashes are part of early-stage innovation, like it or not. Cardano still has one of the strongest communities in the space, continuous upgrades, and a founder who communicates more than most CEOs in tech.
For him, that’s enough to stay all in — even while whales are dumping.
