Over the past year Ethereum did better: ₹10,000 became ₹6,327 in ETH versus ₹3,003 in ADA. Cardano swings about 1.4× as much on a typical day, and they usually move together (correlation 0.83).
ET ETH | AD ADA | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹255,983 | ₹23.24 |
| Rank | #2 | #17 |
| Market cap | ₹31.24T | ₹873.32B |
| 24h volume | ₹1.43T | ₹56.08B |
| Circulating supply | 122.09M | 37.54B |
| Max supply | No cap | 45.00B |
| Below all-time high | -46% | -92% |
| 24h | 0.89% | 4.42% |
| 7 days | 2.52% | 1.30% |
| ₹10,000 invested | ETH | ADA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | ₹11,035 10.35% | ₹12,564 25.64% |
| 3 months ago | ₹16,966 69.66% | ₹16,766 67.66% |
| 6 months ago | ₹12,667 26.67% | ₹10,012 0.12% |
| 1 year ago | ₹6,327 36.73% | ₹3,003 69.97% |
| 2 years ago | ₹10,035 0.35% | ₹6,091 39.09% |
| ₹1,000/month SIP, 12 months | ₹13,422 | ₹10,949 |
| Typical daily move | ±1.6% | ±2.4% |
| Deepest fall (1y) | -67% | -83% |
| Worst day (1y) | -14.96% | -22.07% |
Green marks the better figure in each row: more money, smaller swings or a shallower fall.
Over the last 12 months ETH returned -36.73% and ADA -69.97%. Over just the last month the picture is reversed: ETH +10.35%, ADA +25.64%. Short periods can tell a very different story from long ones, which is why picking a coin from last month's chart rarely works.
Cardano moves about ±2.4% on a typical day against ±1.6% for Ethereum. In the past year ETH fell as much as 67% from a peak and ADA 83%. Bigger swings mean bigger possible gains and bigger possible losses, size your position so a fall like that wouldn't force you to sell.
The correlation of their daily moves over the past year is 0.83 (1 = always together, 0 = unrelated): they usually move together. Owning both gives you less diversification than two separate coins might suggest, when one falls, the other usually does too.
Ethereum is the bigger network, with a market cap about 36× that of Cardano. A lower price per coin doesn't make a coin “cheaper”: what matters is market cap, and how many new coins will still be created (ETH: no fixed cap; ADA: capped at 45.00B).
Both trade on FIU-registered exchanges. Profit on either is taxed at 30% plus 4% cess, 1% TDS is deducted when you sell, and a loss on one can't be set off against a gain on the other. Guides: how to buy Ethereum · how to buy Cardano · best crypto apps in India.
Ethereum. ₹10,000 invested a year ago would be worth ₹6,327 in ETH today, against ₹3,003 in ADA (-36.73% vs -69.97%). Past returns do not predict future ones.
By day-to-day swings, Cardano: it moves about ±2.4% on a typical day against ±1.6% for Ethereum, and its deepest fall in the past year was 83% versus 67%.
Ethereum's market cap is about ₹31.24T, roughly 36× Cardano's ₹873.32B. A larger market cap usually means more liquidity, not necessarily higher returns.
We don't give buy or sell advice. The data shows how each has behaved, not what happens next. Many investors hold more than one coin rather than choosing; with a correlation of 0.83, they usually move together, so holding both spreads less risk than it might seem.
