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# DOT this week: +25% in seven days, positive funding on perps
- URL: https://zipmex.com/blog/dot-weekly-2026-09-08/
- Published: 2026-09-08T13:34:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T13:34:03.000Z
- Description: Polkadot closed the week at $1.07 (+24.7% in 7 days, +32.4% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.
- Author: ZIPMEX
- Tags: DOT, Cryptocurrency

Polkadot (DOT) trades at $1.07 on September 8, 2026: +3.0% over 24 hours, +24.7% over seven days and +32.4% over thirty. That leaves it 98% below the all-time high of $54.98 set on 2021-11-04\. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

## The numbers

| Price                   | $1.07   |
| ----------------------- | ------- |
| 24 hours                | +3.0%   |
| 7 days                  | +24.7%  |
| 30 days                 | +32.4%  |
| Market cap              | $1.8B   |
| 24h volume (all venues) | $361.0M |
| Market rank             | #49     |
| Perp open interest      | $8.2K   |
| Perp 24h volume         | $841.4K |
| Max leverage            | 10x     |

## Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the DOT/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0100% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0104%), $8.2K of open interest and $841.4K traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 10x.

## Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $1.1 on 2026-09-07 and the low $0.8393 on 2026-09-02, a 31% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 51.3x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

## Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:34 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the [DOT landing](https://zipmex.com/tokens/dot/) refresh every minute.

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