Polkadot (DOT) Price & Crypto Analysis (Updated Oct 17, 2026, 8:45 AM ET)Polkadot (DOT) down 3.7% vs yesterday's close, 98% below its record
Updated Oct 17, 2026, 8:45 AM ETPolkadot (DOT) is -3.65% over 24 hours with a market cap of $1.95 billion (rank #50).
Polkadot is a platform that allows diverse blockchains to transfer messages, including value, in a trust-free fashion; sharing their unique features while pooling their security. In brief, Polkadot is a scalable heterogeneous multi-chain technology. Polkadot is heterogeneous because it is entirely flexible and makes no assumption about the nature or structure of the chains in the network. Even non-blockchain systems or data structures can become parachains if they fulfill a set of criteria. Polkadot may be considered equivalent to a set of independent chains (e.g. a set containing Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Namecoin and Bitcoin) except with important additions: pooled security and trust-free interchain transactability. Many of the native parachains of Polkadot will be written using a Polkadot Runtime Environment SDK (e.g. Parity Technologies' Substrate).
Project description as published by the project (via CoinGecko). Not written or verified by BuyMeWhiskey and not a prediction or recommendation.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Category | Smart Contract Platform, Polkadot Ecosystem, Proof of Stake (PoS), Layer 0 (L0) |
| Official website | polkadot.com |
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $1.14 |
| 24h change | -3.65% |
| 24h high / low | $1.21 / $1.14 |
| 24h trading volume | $169.14 million |
| Market cap | $1.95 billion |
| Market cap rank | #50 |
| Fully diluted valuation | $1.95 billion |
| Circulating supply | 1,707,771,711 DOT |
| Total supply | 1,707,777,033 DOT |
| Max supply | 2,100,000,000 DOT |
| 7d / 30d / 1y change | -8.12% / +12.38% / -59.63% |
| All-time high | $54.98 on 2021-11-04 (-97.93% from ATH) |
| All-time low | $0.7270 on 2026-08-18 (+56.74% from ATL) |
Daily closes, 2025-10-18 to 2026-10-17: low $0.7520, high $3.27.
| Date (UTC day) | Close | Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 (live) | $1.14 | -3.72% | $169.14 million |
| 2026-10-16 | $1.18 | +2.96% | — |
| 2026-10-15 | $1.15 | +0.26% | — |
| 2026-10-14 | $1.15 | -1.12% | — |
| 2026-10-13 | $1.16 | -0.77% | — |
| 2026-10-12 | $1.17 | -6.93% | — |
| 2026-10-11 | $1.26 | -0.24% | — |
| 2026-10-10 | $1.26 | +1.86% | — |
| 2026-10-09 | $1.24 | +13.39% | — |
| 2026-10-08 | $1.09 | -2.42% | — |
| 2026-10-07 | $1.12 | -7.07% | — |
| 2026-10-06 | $1.20 | -2.28% | — |
| 2026-10-05 | $1.23 | +2.07% | — |
| 2026-10-04 | $1.21 | +1.69% | — |
| 2026-10-03 | $1.19 | +2.60% | — |
| 2026-10-02 | $1.16 | -1.79% | — |
| 2026-10-01 | $1.18 | -3.84% | — |
| 2026-09-30 | $1.22 | +2.51% | — |
| 2026-09-29 | $1.19 | +0.93% | — |
| 2026-09-28 | $1.18 | -6.78% | — |
| 2026-09-27 | $1.27 | +2.01% | — |
| 2026-09-26 | $1.24 | +2.47% | — |
| 2026-09-25 | $1.21 | +4.93% | — |
| 2026-09-24 | $1.16 | +4.90% | — |
| 2026-09-23 | $1.10 | -9.60% | — |
| 2026-09-22 | $1.22 | +0.99% | — |
| 2026-09-21 | $1.21 | +6.34% | — |
| 2026-09-20 | $1.14 | +0.98% | — |
| 2026-09-19 | $1.12 | -0.88% | — |
| 2026-09-18 | $1.13 | +5.10% | — |
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Polkadot is trading at $1.14 as of Oct 17, 2026, 8:45 AM ET, -3.65% over 24 hours (CoinGecko).
$1.95 billion, ranked #50 by market cap.
$54.98, set on 2021-11-04. It is -97.93% from that level now.
1,707,771,711 DOT circulating out of a max supply of 2,100,000,000.
Information only. Not financial or investment advice and not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any asset. No price predictions. Data: CoinGecko; may be delayed or inaccurate.