Polkadot DOT
coin with its own chainRank 48 by market cap
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Key figures
- Market cap
- 1.96 B $supply as of 2026-09-18
- FDV
- 2.42 B $of the maximum supply
- 24h turnover
- 15.3 M $
- Turnover to market cap
- 0.78 %
- Circulating
- 1.70 B DOT
- Market cap rank
- 48
About the coin
Polkadot was designed as a network of networks: the central relay chain runs no application contracts of its own but provides agreement and block finality for the chains attached to it, the parachains. Each parachain serves its own purpose and sets its own rules while inheriting security instead of recruiting validators itself.
A messaging protocol lets the chains move assets and invoke each other's logic. Where a parachain slot was once won through long auctions in which participants locked up DOT, access to chain capacity is now sold more flexibly, in blocks of time. Governance runs on-chain: an approved proposal executes automatically, protocol upgrades included, without splitting the network.
DOT is the stake put up by nominators and validators under proof of stake, pays for chain capacity, and carries governance rights. A nominator shares the risk of the node it backs: misbehaviour costs part of the stake. The project was founded by Gavin Wood, a co-author of Ethereum, and is developed by Parity.
A parachain recruits no validators of its own but inherits security from the relay chain, and that is the central difference from independent networks.
A reference description of the project, not investment advice.
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Where it trades
Turnover is what the venue itself reports; we do not verify it, so the order in the table is not a reliability ranking.
| Venue | 24h turnover | Share |
|---|---|---|
| KuCoin | 15.0 M $ | 11.1 % |
| Aivora Exchange | 12.3 M $ | 9.0 % |
| Binance | 11.8 M $ | 43.9 % |
| BitDelta | 8.68 M $ | 6.4 % |
| BVOX | 7.13 M $ | 5.2 % |
Return by period
Periods from a week are calendar-based, from midnight UTC. The 24-hour figure is a rolling window from the current price — different bases, not a discrepancy.
| Period | DOT | BTC | ETH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 hoursrolling | +13.29 % | +1.89 % | +2.14 % |
| 7 days | −3.13 % | −0.64 % | −0.45 % |
| 30 days | +43.88 % | +17.97 % | +27.24 % |
| 90 days | +12.59 % | +20.17 % | +42.60 % |
| year to date | −39.52 % | −12.88 % | −17.88 % |
| 1 year | −75.43 % | −34.43 % | −46.84 % |
Supply and issuance
We compute market cap from circulating supply, so its date matters as much as the price.
- Circulating
- 1.70 B DOT
- Total issued
- 1.70 B DOT
- Maximum
- 2.10 B DOT
Risk and statistics
Computed by us from our own history. This section shows no buy/sell ratings — these are values, not verdicts.
- 30d volatility
- 97.24 %
- 90d volatility
- 68.62 %
- Maximum drawdown over a year
- −83.41 %
- Maximum drawdown all time
- −98.60 %
- Beta to bitcoin
- 0,93
- Correlation with bitcoin
- 0,48
- From the all-time high
- −97.99 %All-time high: 53.82 $, 2021-11-04
- From the all-time low
- +43.88 %All-time low: 0.7520 $, 2026-08-18
- 52-week range
- 0.7520 — 4.398 $
- History depth
- 2222 days
Technical indicators
- RSI (14)
- 63.2
- Distance from MA50
- +22.44 %
- Distance from MA200
- −0.48 %
- 24-hour range
- 1.010 — 1.158 $
- 24h turnover
- 15.3 M $
Converter
At the price as of 08:39 UTC — a moment's rate, not a live tick.
1 DOT = 1.15 $
Similar coins
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Coin sectors: Smart Contract Platform, Proof of Stake (PoS), Governance
Sources and coverage
- Price: Binance, pair DOTUSDT.
- History: 2222 days in our database
- Market cap and supply — Powered by CoinGecko
- Prices — Binance public market data