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DOT this week: +25% in seven days, positive funding on perps

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.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

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 leverage10x

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 We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.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 refresh every minute.

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Updated on Sep 8, 2026