Polkadot (DOT) price today: analysis and whale activity
Updated: 2026-10-08 10:40 UTC
Polkadot (DOT) trades at 1.11 USD, down 0.31% in 24 hours and -8.69% over 7 days. This page explains why Polkadot moved today, what Polkadot whales are doing right now (who is long, who is short, at what entry and with how much profit or loss), where the buying volume came from across exchanges, and which news mattered. Everything below is computed live from public data and refreshes every few minutes.
Why did Polkadot move today? What the data shows
- Polkadot is down 0.31% in 24 hours, -8.69% over 7 days and -11.0% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 1.01–1.25 and the price is now 41% of the way from the low to the high.
- Bitcoin moved -1.12% over the same 24 hours, so most of Polkadot's move looks market-wide: it followed Bitcoin rather than leading it.
- Trading volume is 2.4× the average of the previous days (24h volume $4.96M): unusually heavy activity, which usually means news or large buyers.
- RSI is 45: neutral, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Futures funding is positive (0.0013% per hour, about 11% a year): longs pay shorts, so traders are crowding into long positions. Open interest is $5.65M.
- Across 13 exchange markets we track, 0 show spot buying inflow and 0 show outflow; 0 futures markets show new longs opening with the price and 0 show new shorts.
Key numbers
Polkadot candlestick chart (7 days, 1-hour candles) with volume and RSI
Green = price rose in that hour, red = it fell. Bars at the bottom of the price panel are volume; the lower line is RSI (above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold).
Polkadot market data: rank, market cap and supply
DOT to USD: what Polkadot is worth
| Amount | Value (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 DOT | 1.11 |
| 5 DOT | 5.55 |
| 10 DOT | 11.09 |
| 50 DOT | 55.46 |
| 100 DOT | 110.93 |
| 500 DOT | 554.65 |
| 1000 DOT | 1,109 |
Polkadot whales: who is long, who is short
None of the whales we track currently hold a large open Polkadot position, so there is no whale signal for it today. Check the whale ranking for what the big traders are doing in other coins.
Where Polkadot is traded: exchange volume, open interest and funding
| Exchange | Market | Price | 24h volume | Open interest | Funding | Flow signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEXC | Futures | 1.11 | $23.04M | $24.94M | 0.0100% | flat |
| OKX | Futures | 1.11 | $18.31M | $9.23M | - | flat |
| BYBIT | Futures | 1.11 | $17.01M | $23.45M | 0.0100% | flat |
| GATE | Futures | 1.11 | $8.80M | $38.28M | 0.0100% | flat |
| BITGET | Futures | 1.11 | $8.18M | $20.06M | 0.0100% | flat |
| HYPERLIQUID | Futures | 1.11 | $4.96M | $5.65M | 0.0013% | flat |
| BINANCE | Futures | 1.11 | $0 | $37.60M | 0.0032% | flat |
| OKX | Spot | 1.11 | $7.07M | - | - | flat |
| MEXC | Spot | 1.11 | $3.10M | - | - | flat |
| COINBASE | Spot | 1.11 | $2.64M | - | - | flat |
| GATE | Spot | 1.11 | $1.91M | - | - | flat |
| BYBIT | Spot | 1.11 | $1.22M | - | - | flat |
| BITGET | Spot | 1.11 | $872.1K | - | - | flat |
Latest Polkadot news
No recent headline names Polkadot directly; here are the latest crypto headlines:
- Bitcoin slips below $83,000 as Ethereum researcher's 'bunker mode' call divides crypto CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Bitcoin monthly ‘new money’ inflows near $5B as BTC price rally stalls Cointelegraph · 2026-10-08
- ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to exit non-compliant stablecoins Cointelegraph · 2026-10-08
- Standard Chartered to expand institutional crypto and RWA custody to Singapore CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Greece prepares to levy 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Samsung Wallet Taps Solana for USDC Transfers on 82M US Galaxy Devices Decrypt · 2026-10-08
Headlines come from Google News and are shown as published; we do not verify them.
Questions about Polkadot
Polkadot is down 0.31% in 24 hours, -8.69% over 7 days and -11.0% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 1.01–1.25 and the price is now 41% of the way from the low to the high. Bitcoin moved -1.12% over the same 24 hours, so most of Polkadot's move looks market-wide: it followed Bitcoin rather than leading it. Trading volume is 2.4× the average of the previous days (24h volume $4.96M): unusually heavy activity, which usually means news or large buyers.
None of the whales we track hold a large Polkadot position right now.
The hourly RSI(14) is 45: neutral.
On MarketRadar Whale you can see the whale ranking, each whale's open positions and a daily "what did whales buy today" page, free and without sign-up.
Polkadot has a market cap of $1.90B, rank #54 by CoinGecko, with 1,706,373,103 DOT in circulation.
Polkadot reached 54.98 USD on 2021-11-04; today's price is -98.0% from that high.
At today's price of 1.11 USD, 10 DOT are worth 11.09 USD and 100 DOT are worth 110.93 USD.
Polkadot price history: the last 14 days
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.11 | -0.76% |
| 2026-10-07 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.09 | 1.12 | -6.92% |
| 2026-10-06 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.20 | -2.45% |
| 2026-10-05 | 1.20 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.23 | +2.20% |
| 2026-10-04 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.17 | 1.20 | +1.71% |
| 2026-10-03 | 1.15 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.19 | +2.71% |
| 2026-10-02 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.13 | 1.15 | -1.82% |
| 2026-10-01 | 1.22 | 1.26 | 1.16 | 1.18 | -3.90% |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.19 | 1.26 | 1.19 | 1.22 | +2.57% |
| 2026-09-29 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.14 | 1.19 | +0.94% |
| 2026-09-28 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.15 | 1.18 | -6.78% |
| 2026-09-27 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.27 | +2.21% |
| 2026-09-26 | 1.21 | 1.31 | 1.20 | 1.24 | +2.39% |
| 2026-09-25 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.13 | 1.21 | +4.93% |
How to read the Polkadot numbers
- RSI
- Relative Strength Index, from 0 to 100. Above 70 the price rose fast and may be stretched (overbought); below 30 it fell fast and may be washed out (oversold). It is a clue about momentum, not a forecast.
- Funding rate
- A small payment between long and short traders on perpetual futures. Positive funding means longs pay shorts (many people are betting on a rise); negative means shorts pay longs.
- Open interest
- The total value of open futures positions. Rising open interest with a rising price means new money is entering; rising open interest with a falling price means new shorts are being opened.
- Long and short
- A long wins if the price rises and a short wins if it falls. Whales often hold both to hedge, so one dominant side is a clue, not proof.
- Liquidation
- When a leveraged position loses so much that the exchange closes it by force. A cluster of liquidations can push the price further in the same direction.
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