Cardano fell 1.64% over 24 hours to $0.20 after continued selling triggered a sharp imbalance in leveraged-position liquidations. CoinGlass data showed $2.06 million in liquidations, including $1.89 million from long positions and $174,080 from shorts, producing a 1,085% long-to-short imbalance. The broader selloff followed growing expectations that the Fed might raise interest rates and renewed inflation concerns. Cardano declined for four straight days from September 7 to 10, 2026, reaching $0.20 early Friday before rebounding. August inflation data was broadly in line with expectations, with the Consumer Price Index rising 0.4% and wholesale prices also increasing 0.4%. The data was the final major inflation indicator available to the Fed before its policy meeting the following week. Separately, Cardano's Dijkstra upgrade preparations are advancing, with Node 11.2 integration underway and Node 11.1.1 nearing mainnet readiness. The upgrade work includes predictable, Mithril-compatible ledger snapshots, early Dijkstra testing through DijkstraNet, and dependency preparation involving Dolos and Pallas. Hydra 2.4.1, the DevX Cardano-init open beta, the first stable Plu-ts release and a substantially improved Leios prototype were also released or advanced this week.