Polkadot
DOTLive. Checked by a person on 13 September 2026.
Polkadot describes itself as the technology and tools for a different, more user-controlled kind of internet. Of the 1 thing it promised, it delivered 0, 1 is still open (1 with no date); nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.9831, #53 of all coins by size, 98% below its highest ever price.
This week in the news: ETF or institution, upgrade or launch live.
A real job, real backing. Delivered 0 of 1, none late. Nothing dated ahead. Biggest of 6 layer 0 networks. Nothing to be careful of on the record.
Is it real?
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- ✓A real-world jobReal-world purpose: connecting chains
- ✓Real backingBacking: backed by Pantera Capital; in the GMCI 30 Index; trades on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken
- –Something aheadA dated step, deliveries on record, or demand showing up in the news.
- –Room to growWorth at least four times less than the biggest coin doing the same job, so the gap is real, not a guess.
Backed by Pantera Capital
- Origin4 November 2021about about 4 yearsTagged Made in USA on CoinGeckopolkadot.com, GitHub, Whitepaper, Wikipedia
- DevelopersGavin WoodFounders per WikidataCode activity not checked
- BackingPantera CapitalInvestor tags from CoinGeckoIndex: GMCI 30 Index, GMCI Index, Coinbase 50 IndexListed on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Bitstamp
- Standing on the record0 of 10 confirmed by outside news69 headlines last month, 12 about government635,839 people keep it on a CoinGecko watchlistNo corrections needed so far
Four tests, printed. Passing all four means a real job, real backing, something ahead, and a price far below the leader of its group. A filter on facts, never a verdict.
Every line has a source: the coin's own listing, CoinGecko's tags, the record, or the news feed. Reputation here is a count, never an opinion.
Does it deliver?
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Every line is quoted from the project's own pages, with the copy we stored and, where one exists, the article that reported it
0 of 1
promises delivered, by the project's own pages
0 of those confirmed by an outside news report
Promises by the year they were due
delivered open past due
The project gives no dates for these, so there is no line to draw. What its pages say, in plain words:
Still open, undated (1)
- Polkadot says a sign-in feature for its products is coming…
What is next, and when?
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Nothing dated
The project has not put a date on anything still open. That is a fact worth knowing.
How big is it next to its rivals?
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Only coins within a hundred times its worth; a coin a thousand times bigger is another world
Connecting chains
8 coins we checked say they are for connecting chains, worth $3.14B together. #1 of 8 by worth.
Layer 0 (L0): this coin against its direct competitors
- CoinWorth, as a barWorthAgainst this coinToday, and the gapSupplyPromises
Polkadot$1.67Bthis coin−3.7%81% out0 of 1 delivered
Cosmos Hub$844.25M2.0× smaller, −$830.03M−0.9%, gap +2.8no maxnone dated
Metal Blockchain$66.48M25.2× smaller, −$1.61B−0.6%, gap +3.276% outno record
Constellation$26.31M63.6× smaller, −$1.65B+1.4%, gap +5.1no maxno record
NaoX Protocol$22.69M73.8× smaller, −$1.65B+1.3%, gap +5.115% outno record
AtomOne$16.77M99.8× smaller, −$1.66B+3.9%, gap +7.7no maxno record
Layer 0 (L0): this coin next to Cosmos Hub, the biggest rival within reach. People go to the bigger coin unless the smaller one does something it does not.
- Polkadot says
- Polkadot describes itself as the technology and tools for a different, more user-controlled kind of internet.
- Cosmos Hub says
- Cosmos makes blockchain technology and services that let banks and governments issue and move digital assets and connect them across different networks.
Two claims, side by side, in their own words. Whether the difference is real is for the record to show over time, and for you to judge.
Polkadot describes itself as the technology and tools for a different, more user-controlled kind of internet.
Its listing puts it this way: 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.
Problem it says it solves: connecting chains. 25 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $24,850,209,563.
Where it trades: Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Bitstamp, Binance
Each bar is a coin's worth today (price × coins out), longest first. The lit bar is this coin; grey bars are the others doing the same job.
Bars are market cap. Order is size, nothing else. Differences are measured from the coin you are looking at.
What should make me careful?
Nothing printed today
None of the six tests fails. A missed promise counts only on a record a person has checked.
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The tests: nothing to hold it for, more missed than delivered, priced ahead of its record, half the supply still to come, rivals ship while it does not, a big release of coins soon.
The homework: the coin itself, the news, the record
The coin itself
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The last 7 days
Where today sits against its highest ever price
Highest ever: $54.98 on 4 November 2021. Today is 2% of that.
81%
of all DOT that will ever exist is already out in public hands: 1.7B coins.
19% (397.18M coins) is not yet created or held by the project. That is a small share. Those coins can be sold later, which can push the price down.
out held back. Each dot is 1%.
Pays for every use of its network
Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it. That is the built-in reason anyone needs it.
- Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it
- Can be staked to earn a share of network rewards
- A vote on how the project is run
That is all a market cap is: today's price times the coins in public hands. It moves every time the price does. It says what buyers are paying, not what the coin is worth.
- of the maximum supply is in circulation: 1.7B of 2.1B.
- 397.18Mcoins still to be released, 19% of the maximum. Releases can add selling pressure.
- of its all-time high of $54.98 on 4 November 2021. That is −98.2% from the top.
- #53by market cap, $1,674,272,312.
- Not checkedwho holds the most coins, and how much has been burned. Those need on-chain data this site does not read yet.
Supply and value figures from CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
What the news says
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Headlines per day, last 30 days
69 headlines named this coin in the last month.
What they were about
- Price21
- ETF11
- Hack4
- Stablecoin4
- Upgrade3
- SEC1
- Treasury1
- Partnership1
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- Polkadot To Rally To $6.50 Despite RSI Suggesting A Short-Term Decline
- CYBRO To Dominate As Polkadot Expected To Gain 300%
- 21Shares Lists First US Spot Polkadot ETF As DOT Drops On Launch DayGovernment
- CYBRO To Dominate As Polkadot Expected To Gain 300%
- Polkadot Moves To End Slashing Fear For Everyday DOT Holders
- Polkadot Bridge Exploit Lets Attacker Mint 1B DOT Tokens On Ethereum
- Polkadot Volatility Explained: 3.07% Swing Amid Macro Choppiness
- Polkadot’s 35% rally meets a 9% flush – Rebound or leverage reset?
- Polkadot To Rally To $6.50 Despite RSI Suggesting A Short-Term Decline
- Polkadot To Rally To $6.50 Despite RSI Suggesting A Short-Term Decline
- 21Shares Lists First US Spot Polkadot ETF As DOT Drops On Launch DayGovernment
- Polkadot Moves To End Slashing Fear For Everyday DOT Holders
- Polkadot ETF Filing Submitted by Nasdaq to SECGovernment
- Polkadot Bridge Exploit Lets Attacker Mint 1B DOT Tokens On Ethereum
- Polkadot, Chainlink, or Pepeto: Best Crypto to Buy Now as DOT Jumps 42% and Analysts Project 300x?
- Polkadot (DOT) Retraces 7% After Governance-Driven Rally
- DOT Underperforms Market With Key Support Level At $1.83 Under Pressure
- Polkadot Crypto Rolls Out Major Product Devnet, Here’s DOT Price Reaction
- Polkadot Crypto Rolls Out Major Product Devnet, Here’s DOT Price Reaction
- Polkadot (DOT) price drops 10.63% amid profit-t...
- Best Crypto To Invest In: AlphaPepe Targets the Next 100x Run as Polkadot Explodes 17%
- Polkadot Surges Past $1.24 as Legacy Altcoin Rotation and Tokenomics Overhaul Fuel Rally
- Polkadot jumps 11.35% as dotUSD proposal advances – But DOT sellers emergeUpcoming
- Polkadot Tries Again: Why dotUSD Is a Second Chance, Not a New Idea
- Polkadot (DOT) Surges 10%+ on Stablecoin Vote, TokenomicsUpcoming
- Polkadot Native Stablecoin dotUSD Wins 97.5% Support in Governance VoteUpcoming
- Polkadot community votes on DOT backed native stablecoin dotUSD
- Polkadot Stablecoin Proposal Sparks 42.5% Weekly Token RallyUpcoming
- Polkadot leads market rotation into legacy layer-1 tokens as Fed rate hike bets growGovernment
- Polkadot Leads A Rotation Into Old Layer-1s As Hike Odds Widen
- Polkadot Price Surges Back Above $1: Is a Bigger Breakout Now Taking Shape?
- DOT jumps 14% as Polkadot transactions surge – THESE 2 metrics hint at…
- Polkadot (DOT) Surges 10.7% on Network Activity, Short Squeeze
- Polkadot Bridge Exploit Lets Attacker Mint 1B DOT Tokens On Ethereum
- Cosmos-based Canto and Leading Polkadot Chain Astar Moves to Ethereum as Layer-2s
- Polkadot price surges 19% in a week – THIS urges caution for swing traders
- Polkadot (DOT) Gains 3.3% Amid Improved Fundamentals and Rotation
- Polkadot Pioneer Gavin Wood Declares: Decentralized Identity is the Key to Crypto’s Future
- Polkadot (DOT) Rises 3% Amid Technical Breakout, Narrative Shift
69 headlines in the last month.
Headlines are the publishers' own. News is never placed next to price.
The record itself
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Six facts, the project's own replies, its peers, contract facts, references and every stored copy
Polkadot describes itself as the technology and tools for a different, more user-controlled kind of internet.
“Polkadot is the social tooling to make it work.”source · snapshot · captured 2026-09-10
Live. The record does not yet cite when this stage began.
0 of 1 promise delivered. 1 open.
Others in interoperability networks: Internet Computer 20 of 23, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance 7 of 43, Algorand 2 of 7, Zilliqa 2 of 26, and 9 more.Others in smart-contract platforms: Internet Computer 20 of 23, Ethereum 15 of 20, Ozone Chain 13 of 30, Starknet 10 of 24, and 28 more.
No public code repository is listed in this record.
The project's homepage page last changed on 10 September 2026.
Nothing further to flag from the record as it stands.
Every entry on this page has been checked by a person against its snapshot.