Mark Zuckerberg AI Predicts Cardano Could Have the Strangest Comeback of 2026

Cardano would need to more than triple from here just to get back to where it traded last autumn. A Meta AI price prediction says that round trip is on the table, and the model predicts $0.68 as its base case for the end of 2026. The wider range runs $0.55 to $0.85.

Everything depends on two overhangs clearing into real scaling delivery. The first is technical. Ouroboros Leios targets a 10 to 65 times lift in Layer 1 throughput, with mainnet block production aimed at November 2026. Final Phase 1 delivery is set for the end of 2026.

That would push Cardano toward 1,000 or more transactions per second and attack years of scalability discount head on. Source: Meta AI Cardano Price Prediction The second overhang is trust.

The mid-August IOG treasury audit release was promised to address $600 million in allegations, and early leaks show 99.2% voucher redemption. Funding is moving alongside it. August brought the launch of a 2.5 million ADA Catalyst Pilot Fund aimed squarely at scaling projects.