Polkadot (DOT) Price Today

Rank #45

$1.17▲+0.05%

Price$1.17

Market Cap$1.96B

24h Change0.05%

24h Volume$214.49M

ATH$54.98

High 24h$1.18

Low 24h$1.15

Updated04/15, 20:35

Market Overview

Rank

#45

Dominance

0.08%

FDV

$1,962,442,909.00

ATH Date

2021-11-04

ATL

$1.15

ATL Date

2026-04-15

Change 7d

-10.65%

Change 30d

-26.60%

Token Supply

Circulating

1,679,319,954.945

Total Supply

1,679,319,954.945

Max Supply

2,100,000,000

Technical Information

Use Case

Interoperability, Parachains, Governance

Consensus

Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS)

Founder

Gavin Wood

Launch Year

2020

Block Time

6 seconds

TPS

1000+ tx/s

Resources

Website

About polkadot

Gavin Wood co-founded Ethereum, then built Polkadot to fix its limitations. The parachain model lets specialized blockchains connect and share security. It's complex tech with a steep learning curve, but projects that build here get serious infrastructure. The governance system is genuinely decentralized.

Recent news about polkadot

Polkadot Hyperbridge exploit: Attacker mints 1B+ fake DOT tokens, nets ~$237K

By Loic Dos Santos | April 13, 2026

Fake DOT tsunami hits Ethereum A vulnerability in Hyperbridge, a decentralized protocol connecting Polkadot and Ethereum, enabled an attacker to mint over one billion counterfeit DOT tokens on Ethereum.