Key takeaways
Kadena Group has ceased operations, citing present market situations because the catalyst.
Its token KDA has tanked 60% within the final 24 hours and will drop additional.
Kadena Group ceases operations
The group behind the Kadena blockchain introduced on Tuesday that it’s not capable of proceed enterprise operations and is now winding down.
In an X put up, the workforce said that they’re unable to proceed to advertise and help the adoption of this distinctive decentralized providing because of the present market situations.
Kadena is a proof-of-work blockchain, and the workforce added that it’ll stay in operation till miners and maintainers depart. Nevertheless, the workforce will stop all enterprise exercise and energetic upkeep instantly.
KADENA PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
We remorse to announce that the Kadena group is not capable of proceed enterprise operations and will probably be ceasing all enterprise exercise and energetic upkeep of the Kadena blockchain instantly.
We’re tremendously grateful to everyone who…
— Kadena (@kadena_io) October 21, 2025
There are roughly 566 million KDA tokens nonetheless to be distributed as mining rewards, and it’ll proceed till 2139. Kadena has been round since 2019 after it was launched by two U.S. Securities and Change Fee and JPMorgan alums, Stuart Popejoy and William Martino. The 2 had beforehand helped launch the predecessor to JPMorgan Chase’s Kinexys blockchain.
KDA dips by 60%, might endure additional losses
The KDA/USDT 4H chart is extraordinarily bearish, due to the token shedding 60% of its worth within the final 24 hours. It was buying and selling at $0.24 on Tuesday however fell sharply to $0.087 after the Kadena Group introduced its discontinuation.
The technical indicators are extraordinarily bearish, with sellers in management. The RSI off 35 reveals that KDA is at the moment bearish and will enter the oversold area quickly. The MACD traces are additionally throughout the unfavorable area, indicating a bearish pattern.
If the selloff continues, KDA might drop beneath the October 10 low of $0.057 over the following few hours. The token is down 99% from the all-time excessive of $28 recorded in November 2021. With no workforce in place, KDA might battle to document beneficial properties within the medium to long run.
