Public Dijkstra testnet opens October 21: What it means for the Cardano price

Published on 10/27/2026 at 13:05 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Epoch 660 processed 1.78 million transactions. The Cardano price is 0.2045 USD on October 27, 2026, up 0.35 percent.

Cardano testing enters next phase

Public testing for Dijkstra began on October 21, 2026, marking a new stage for Cardano development.
Epoch 660 processed 1.78 million transactions, while network fees reached 337,720 ADA.
The Cardano price stands at 0.2045 USD as of October 27, 2026, 0.35 percent above the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026.
Daily active addresses fell 41.36 percent from 27,248 to 15,977 in the cited period.
CIP-0113 went live on October 7, 2026, for issuer-defined controls on programmable tokens.

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Cardano (ADA) entered a new testing phase on October 21, 2026, when the public Dijkstra testnet opened. The Cardano price stands at 0.2045 USD as of October 27, 2026, up 0.35 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026, according to Investing.com.

Dijkstra testnet opens on October 21

Intersect reported on October 24, 2026, that the public Dijkstra testnet was available after a respin on October 21. The network was running protocol version 11, also called Conway, on node version 11.1.3.

According to Intersect, stake pool operators can begin onboarding through published configuration files. A hard fork initiation action is planned once the pre-release of node version 11.2 becomes available, while the update explains that Leios, a protocol design intended to increase transaction throughput, will roll out in stages after the new rules reach the network.

Epoch 660 reaches 1.78 million transactions

Cardano also recorded 1,780,896 transactions during Epoch 660, a five-day network period, between October 6 and October 11, 2026. Crypto.news reported that the epoch exceeded the prior record of 1,566,974 transactions and recorded network fees of 337,720 ADA.

The same report cited daily active addresses declining 41.36 percent, from 27,248 to 15,977. The two measures cover different activity: transaction totals count processed blockchain operations, while active addresses count participating wallets. On October 7, 2026, the Cardano Foundation also launched CIP-0113, a programmable token standard for regulated assets, according to Yahoo Finance.

ADA stands at 0.2045 USD

According to Investing.com, ADA stands at 0.2045 USD as of October 27, 2026, up 0.35 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 26, 2026. The daily high is 0.2080 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 0.2005 USD. Market capitalization is 7.52 billion USD, ranking Cardano 15th, while 24-hour volume is 249.98 million USD. Circulating supply is 36.81 billion ADA.