Cardano live benchmarks
Ouroboros Proof of Stake, deterministic protocol fees set by governance, EUTXO accounting model. Below, every OpenChainBench measurement that touches Cardano, grouped by category, with a direct link to the chain scoped bench page when one exists.
Live KPIs
TVL
$68.59M
DEX volume 24h
$1.15M
Stablecoins
$49.06M
ADA price
$0.1882
ADA market cap
$6.96B
Cardano TVL · last 30D
$68.59M -20.5%
Sources: TVL, DEX volume and stablecoin market cap from DefiLlama (refresh 15 min). Native token price and market cap from Mobula (live refresh every 2 s). Aggregated third-party metrics, not measurements produced by OpenChainBench; OCB-measured benchmarks for this chain are listed below.
Blockchains
- Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chainsCardano: 4.95% p50 (Net yield)
- Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chainsCardano: $0.0311 p50 (Native transfer fee USD)
- Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chainsCardano: $0.2190 p50 (Token deployment cost USD)
Every metric is reproducible from the methodology and the open harness source. Numbers refresh within 60 seconds of each measurement.