Cardano Node 11.2 advances Dijkstra testing as Cardano price stays below 0.20 USD

The Cardano price remained below 0.20 USD as the network moved closer to broader Dijkstra testing. The Investing.com Cardano page read for this report listed ADA at 0.1857 USD, with a market capitalization of 6.85 billion USD, 24-hour volume of 259.41 million USD and a displayed rank of 15. Because the page did not provide a verified UTC close for November 6, no UTC day-on-day percentage is stated here.

Dijkstra testing moves forward

Cardano Node 11.2 is available as a pre-release, according to a November 2 update published on the Cardano Forum. The version contains the planned Dijkstra hard fork features apart from Leios and is intended to move DijkstraNet into the Dijkstra era, allowing downstream teams to begin integration testing.

The same update says that Node 11.3 is expected to include Leios and is realistically three to four weeks away. Stake pool operators can already onboard to DijkstraNet, while older node-to-client versions than NodeToClientV_23 are no longer supported for that testnet. These details describe a development and testing stage, not a completed mainnet hard fork.

Market pressure remains the counterpoint

CryptoTicker reported on November 6 that ADA traded at 0.185 USD after falling 6.3 percent over 24 hours, citing CoinGecko data. The publication attributed the move to a broader equity and crypto-market sell-off, amplified by futures liquidations, rather than to a Cardano-specific negative announcement. That is a dated market assessment and should not be confused with the separate Investing.com price reading used above.

CryptoTicker also reported that 21.54 billion ADA, or 58.5 percent of 36.82 billion circulating coins, remained actively delegated to stake pools. Delegated ADA stays in the holder's wallet and can be sold or transferred, so the staking share is not a guaranteed price floor. It does, however, provide a current indicator of how much of the circulating supply remains delegated despite the market decline.

What investors should watch

For the Cardano price, the immediate distinction is between protocol progress and market repricing. Node 11.2 provides a concrete testing milestone, but the eventual investment relevance depends on integration results, later releases and any mainnet deployment. The recent price data shows that technical progress alone has not prevented elevated volatility.

Investors following ADA should therefore separate the pre-release status of Node 11.2 from a confirmed hard fork, and distinguish staking participation from an obligation to hold. The next relevant checks are DijkstraNet testing, the delivery of Node 11.3 with Leios, and whether market liquidity stabilizes.

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