What AdEx is
AdEx (ADX) is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform, currently ranked 436th by market capitalization among the assets we track. AdEx is its own settlement layer. Smart contracts run on top of it, fees are paid in ADX, and the security model rests on validators bonding the token rather than burning energy to mine it.
Ambire AdEx (ADX) is a decentralized advertising platform that aims to improve the digital advertising ecosystem by enabling direct interactions between advertisers and publishers while ensuring transparency and efficiency. It utilizes blockchain technology to eliminate intermediaries and reduce costs associated with traditional advertising networks.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Validators propose and attest to blocks; honest behavior earns rewards, dishonest behavior burns the stake. That feedback loop is what lets AdEx finalize transactions without miners.
ADX is not mined; it is issued as a token rather than secured by its own mining or staking layer.
Background & fundamentals
AdEx first went live in 2016, giving it roughly 10 years of on-chain price history to draw on. AdEx operates under a centralized structure, which concentrates protocol decisions in an identifiable issuer or foundation. A documented core team of 18 contributors is listed publicly, a depth of disclosed staffing many long-tail tokens lack.
Its codebase is open-source, meaning the implementation can be audited rather than taken on trust. The project publishes a whitepaper documenting its original design, which is worth reading before sizing any position in ADX. CoinPaprika classifies the project's development status as "Prototype / MVP".
In sector terms it is most often filed under Binance Coin (BNB) Token (BEP-20), Commerce & Advertising, and Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20).
Where AdEx sits in the market
At $0.0635, AdEx carries a market capitalization of $9.14M. Around $3.97M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 43.38% of the float — unusually high, the kind of churn that accompanies major news or speculative spikes.
Almost the entire ADX supply is already in circulation (~150.0% of the 100M cap), so future dilution is effectively off the table. ADX remains -98% beneath its all-time high of $3.71, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close. Measured from its all-time low of $0.0527, ADX is up +20%.
What the price history shows
Across timeframes, ADX shows 24-hour +1.18%, 7-day +14.33%.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts AdEx in the High-volatility band — it has been actively trading, with daily moves that would be unusual in traditional equities.
How to evaluate AdEx
A grounded read on ADX comes down to three questions:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of ADX staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen AdEx over competing Layer-1s.
This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.