What Ardor is
Ardor (ARDR) is a proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain, currently ranked 394th by market capitalization among the assets we track. As a proof-of-stake Layer-1, Ardor hosts applications, settles their transactions, and lets ARDR holders earn yield by helping validate. Capital at stake — not electricity — is what keeps the chain honest.
Ardor (ARDR) is a multi-chain platform that enables users to create and manage their own customized blockchain applications. It aims to improve scalability and reduce blockchain congestion by utilizing a unique parent-child chain architecture.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Staking ties the token's value to network security: more ARDR bonded means a costlier attack, and stakers are paid for taking that role. Unstaking queues and slashing parameters shape how liquid that capital really is.
Under the hood, ARDR secures its ledger with Proof of Stake, built on the NXT PoS algorithm.
Background & fundamentals
Ardor first went live in 2016, giving it roughly 10 years of on-chain price history to draw on. Ardor operates under a semi-centralized structure, which concentrates protocol decisions in an identifiable issuer or foundation. Ardor lists a documented core team of 4, so the people behind the project are at least named on the record.
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 ARDR. CoinPaprika classifies the project's development status as "Working product".
In sector terms it is most often filed under Platform, Smart Contracts, and Token Issuance.
Where Ardor sits in the market
With ARDR near $0.0230, Ardor carries a market capitalization of $22.99M. Around $5.26M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 22.89% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.
Almost the entire ARDR supply is already in circulation (~99.9% of the 999M cap), so future dilution is effectively off the table. ARDR remains -99% beneath its all-time high of $2.55, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
Recent moves read 24-hour -0.92%, 7-day -11.05%, 30-day -25.96%, 1-year -67.97%. Within its stored 365-day daily history, ARDR mounted a low-to-high run of roughly 53% at its strongest stretch.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Ardor in the Moderate-volatility band — it shows the kind of price movement common in mid-cap crypto assets — meaningful but not unusual. Over the last 30 days the move totals -25.96%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate Ardor
For an asset of this type, three lenses matter most:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of ARDR staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen Ardor 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.
