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  • Monad price moved within the $0.020 and $0.23 range on Tuesday.<\/li>\n
  • The layer 1 project eyes traction as $100 million in private credit becomes verifiable on-chain.<\/li>\n
  • MON price could retest resistance at $0.030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Monad\u2019s native token, MON, was trading near $0.021 after falling about 7% over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

    Data from CoinMarketCap showed the decline followed renewed profit-taking after prices revisited the $0.025 level.<\/p>\n

    Continued weakness in Bitcoin and other major altcoins could add further pressure on MON in the near term.<\/p>\n

    However, some analysts see potential for a rebound as Monad positions itself as a platform for institutional-grade decentralised finance.<\/p>\n

    Recent developments include a network milestone that enables $100 million in private credit to be fully verifiable on-chain, as well as leadership changes at the Monad Foundation, which have renewed interest in the project\u2019s longer-term prospects.<\/p>\n

    Monad\u2019s growth amid Valos $100 million private credit launch<\/h2>\n

    Monad\u2019s public mainnet went live in November 2025, with the team unveiling a token sale on Coinbase.<\/p>\n

    In the few months since, the L1 project has seen nearly $480 million in stablecoin market cap, and DeFiLlama shows total value locked (TVL) currently sits at over $250 million.<\/p>\n

    Growth along these metrics suggests the native MON token could benefit as adoption ramps up.<\/p>\n

    On Tuesday, Valos announced the launch of a $100 million private\u2011credit vault on Accountable\u2019s Yield App.<\/p>\n

    Notably, the private credit is now fully verifiable on\u2011chain via Monad. On-chain private credit effectively bridges traditional finance and DeFi, adding to adoption potential.<\/p>\n

    In parallel, the Monad Foundation has strengthened its institutional\u2011facing leadership by appointing three senior executives.<\/p>\n

    Urvit Goel joins from the Optimism Foundation as VP of go-to market, Joanita Titan assumes the role of head of institutional growth from FalconX, and Sagar Sarbhai, formerly of BVNK, is the new head of institutions for Asia\u2011Pacific.<\/p>\n

    The hires target institutional investors of the L1, which in turn could support higher demand for MON within an expanding ecosystem.<\/p>\n

    Monad price forecast<\/h2>\n

    At the time of writing, MON trades in the $0.020-$0.023 range, with daily trading volume down 30% to suggest seller dominance is waning.<\/p>\n

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    From a short\u2011term perspective, protocol adoption and shifts in macro conditions could help bulls hold $0.020 as they target a breakout to $0.030.<\/p>\n

    This outlook has been helped by the bounce from all-time lows of $0.016 in early February.<\/p>\n

    If momentum flips bullish, the all-time high near $0.05 will be a fresh short-term target.<\/p>\n

    On the downside, negative sentiment around new layer 1 tokens could scuttle bulls\u2019 ambitions.<\/p>\n

    That outlook has hindered ZetaChain, Berachain, and Aster in recent weeks. Monad\u2019s token could thus revisit lows of $0.016-$0.010 as support levels.<\/p>\n

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    Monad price moved within the $0.020 and $0.23 range on Tuesday. The layer 1 project eyes traction as $100 million in private credit becomes verifiable on-chain. MON price could retest resistance at $0.030. Monad\u2019s native token, MON, was trading near $0.021 after falling about 7% over the past 24 hours. 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