Daily Cardano (ADA) trading volume history up until January 9, 2022
Cardano trading volume reached a peak on February 27, 2021, after weeks of build-up towards the integration of the Mary hard fork on the crypto's mainnet. Mary was a network update - which was in beta since early February 2021 but was rolled out on March 1, 2021 - that gave the Cardano blockchain smart contract functionality like Ethereum has. Simply put, the upgrade turned Cardano and its native ADA coin into a direct competitor to Ethereum - which made the platforms for those who were looking for an alternative to the Ether coin.