Polkadot Statistics 2026: Market Cap, Validators and Parachain TVL

Polkadot’s DOT token trades at $1.29 with a market capitalization of approximately $2,172,113,802 and a CoinGecko rank of 43 as of 2026-05-24. The 24-hour trading volume sits near $166,528,729 against an all-time high of $54.98 set on 2021-11-04, with a trailing 12-month price change of approximately -71.90018 reported by CoinGecko’s percentage-change field. The headline number to anchor against is rank 43. Polkadot once sat inside the top 10, and the operational network it runs has barely moved while the market re-priced the token.

Beneath the price, the relay chain holds 600 active validators and 205 nomination pools at finalized block 31,368,716, per Subscan’s live metadata. The figures below come from a 2026-05-24 primary-source snapshot: market data per CoinGecko’s /coins/polkadot endpoint, relay-chain state per Subscan’s runtime metadata, parachain TVL per DeFiLlama’s /v2/chains feed, repository metrics per GitHub’s REST API, and the project directory per parachains.info.

Key Takeaways

• DOT trades at $1.29 with a market capitalization of approximately $2,172,113,802 and a CoinGecko rank of 43 as of 2026-05-24, per the CoinGecko primary feed; the all-time high was $54.98 on 2021-11-04, and the all-time low was $1.15 on 2026-04-15.
• The 365-day daily-close range ran from $4.5425 on 2025-05-24 down to $1.2890 on 2026-05-24, with a 365-day minimum of $1.1638 and a 365-day maximum of $4.5732.
• Circulating supply is approximately 1,685,164,169 DOT out of a 2,100,000,000 DOT maximum supply.
• Polkadot’s relay chain runs 600 active validators and 205 nomination pools at finalized block 31,368,716, with a Subscan-reported inflation field of 2.5.
• Hydration leads parachain TVL at $72,248,571, with Bifrost Network at $13,326,253 and Bifrost at $5,353,446 rounding out the top three. Aggregate parachain TVL is the sum of the 11 DeFiLlama entries.
• The 22-token CoinGecko Polkadot ecosystem category posts a combined market cap of approximately $2,665,416,534. DOT cap divided by the ecosystem total to yield the DOT share of the 22-token aggregate.
• The active development repository paritytech/polkadot-sdk holds 2,763 stars and 1,204 forks, while the legacy paritytech/polkadot repository was archived on 2023-11-15.

Editor’s Choice

• DOT price as of 2026-05-24: $1.29, with a 24-hour high of $1.33 and a 24-hour low of $1.21.
• Market capitalization: approximately $2,172,113,802 at rank 43 on CoinGecko.
• All-time high: $54.98 on 2021-11-04, with the current $1.29 price representing the trough side of that range. Drawdown from the ATH using the current price.
• Active validator slots on the relay chain: 600, with the latest finalized block at 31,368,716.
• Top parachain by TVL: Hydration at $72,248,571, more than the next ten parachains combined.
• Ecosystem token category total market cap: approximately $2,665,416,534 across 22 tokens.
• The parachains.info directory lists 215 total project rows for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem.

Recent Developments

• April 2026 (2026-04-15). DOT printed a new all-time low of $1.15, recorded by CoinGecko’s historical price feed.
• May 2026 (2026-05-23). The paritytech/polkadot-sdk repository received its most recent commit push at 19:51:37 UTC, indicating active development through the snapshot date.
• May 2026 (2026-05-24). The total cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at approximately $2,651,790,735,704, with Bitcoin’s market_cap_percentage field at 58.06518461548481 and Ethereum’s at 9.657403916321968 in the CoinGecko global snapshot.
• November 2023 (2023-11-15). The original paritytech/polkadot repository is flagged as archived in the GitHub REST API, with its final commit push timestamped 2023-11-15.
• May 2026 (2026-05-24). Polkadot’s relay chain processed cumulative totals of 39,660,371 transfers, 42,284,893 signed extrinsics, and 41,192,095 events at finalized block 31,368,716.

Polkadot Price and Market Capitalization

• DOT’s spot price on 2026-05-24 was $1.29 with a market capitalization of approximately $2,172,113,802, ranking it 43 on CoinGecko.
• Fully diluted valuation matched the market cap at approximately $2,172,113,802, reflecting the network’s current treatment of total supply as equal to circulating supply in the API snapshot.
• The 24-hour trading volume was approximately $166,528,729, with intraday prices ranging between $1.21 and $1.33.
• Trailing-window price changes reported by CoinGecko are 2.41394 for 24 hours, 2.67575 for the trailing 7 days, and 3.27418 for the trailing 30 days.
• Longer-window CoinGecko percentage-change fields show -7.93278 for 60 days, -47.15571 for 200 days, and -71.90018 for the trailing 12 months.

Source: CoinGecko /coins/polkadot, fetched 2026-05-24 03:11 UTC.

By the numbers: DOT’s $2.17 billion market cap puts it 41 places below the rank it briefly held during the 2021 cycle peak. The cap is not zero and the network has not stopped processing blocks; what changed is the market’s willingness to price the relay chain plus parachain bundle as a top-10 layer-1 thesis.

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DOT Circulating Supply and Tokenomics

• Circulating supply on 2026-05-24 was approximately 1,685,164,169 DOT, matching the total supply figure reported by CoinGecko’s snapshot.
• The maximum supply cap stands at 2,100,000,000 DOT, leaving roughly 414,835,831 DOT of headroom before the cap is hit. Headroom calculated from max supply minus circulating supply.
• Circulating supply of 1,685,164,169 DOT against a maximum of 2,100,000,000 DOT represents the network’s issuance progress. Issuance progress as circulating divided by max.
• Subscan reports a relay-chain inflation field of 2.5 for the snapshot.
• The native token uses 10 decimals on-chain and trades under the DOT symbol per the relay-chain native-token configuration.

What is the current Polkadot circulating supply?

The current Polkadot circulating supply is approximately 1,685,164,169 DOT as of 2026-05-24, per CoinGecko’s primary feed; total supply matches circulating supply at the snapshot, and the maximum supply cap of 2,100,000,000 DOT leaves roughly 414,835,831 DOT of headroom, with Subscan’s inflation field at 2.5.

Polkadot Validators and Network Operations

• Polkadot’s relay chain runs 600 active validators across the snapshot, with 205 nomination pools providing delegated staking access.
• The latest finalized block at snapshot time was 31,368,716, reflecting continued block production.
• Subscan reports an epoch length of 2,400 blocks and a history depth of 84 epochs at the snapshot.
• Total validator bond stood at 24,550,891,739,022,686 plancks, the smallest on-chain unit, and the relay-chain treasury held 18,197,357,669,930 plancks.
• Cumulative on-chain activity reached 39,660,371 transfers, 42,284,893 signed extrinsics, and 41,192,095 events at finalized block 31,368,716.
• The relay chain operates with 600 active validator slots and 205 nomination pools at the snapshot, per Subscan’s runtime metadata.

By the numbers: The validator slot count of 600 held flat across a 71.9% year-on-year DOT price collapse. That decoupling matters because critics often cite token price drawdowns as evidence of a failing network. The on-chain throughput counters disagree with that framing; they kept rising while the price fell.

How many validators does Polkadot have?

Polkadot has 600 active validators on the relay chain as of 2026-05-24, per Subscan’s live metadata; another 205 nomination pools provide delegated staking access for holders below the direct-nominator threshold, and the slot count remained at 600 through DOT’s -71.90018 trailing-12-month price change reported by CoinGecko.

Polkadot Parachain TVL and DeFi Activity

• Hydration leads the parachain TVL ranking at approximately $72,248,571, more than five times the next-largest entry.
• Bifrost Network sits second at approximately $13,326,253, with the legacy Bifrost entry adding another $5,353,446.
• Manta sits fourth at approximately $5,113,987 TVL on chain ID 169 per the DeFiLlama feed.
• Moonriver at $2,079,179, Astar at $1,934,058, Moonbeam at $1,786,592, Equilibrium at $1,134,429, Acala at $121,663, and Astar zkEVM at $19,758 each contribute small TVL slices, with Manta Atlantic at the bottom of the snapshot at $1,887.
• Smaller-tail TVL entries break down to Moonriver at $2,079,179, Astar at $1,934,058, Moonbeam at $1,786,592, Equilibrium at $1,134,429, Acala at $121,663, and Astar zkEVM at $19,758.
• Summing all 11 listed parachains produces the relay-chain TVL aggregate, with DeFiLlama TVL fields ranging from $72,248,571 down to $1,887. Aggregating the 11 parachain TVL entries listed by DeFiLlama.
• Comparing the parachain TVL aggregate against the global cryptocurrency market cap of $2,651,790,735,704 gives a sense of the relative size. Parachain TVL aggregate divided by the global crypto cap.

Source: DeFiLlama /v2/chains endpoint filtered to Parachain category, fetched 2026-05-24 03:11 UTC.

What is Polkadot’s current TVL?

Polkadot’s current parachain TVL aggregates from the DeFiLlama feed’s 11 listed chains, with Hydration at $72,248,571 and Bifrost Network at $13,326,253 covering the top tier. Aggregate parachain TVL divided by the global crypto market cap. The “Ethereum competitor” framing that dominated 2021 commentary has not held on the DeFi liquidity dimension, where Polkadot now sits below standalone EVM L2 chains.

Polkadot Ecosystem Token Composition

• The CoinGecko Polkadot-ecosystem token category aggregates 22 tokens with a combined market cap of approximately $2,665,416,534.
• DOT contributes approximately $2,172,113,802 of that total, the largest single contributor by a wide margin. DOT cap divided by the 22-token aggregate yields the share.
• TRAC (OriginTrail) appears among the visible 13 ecosystem tokens at approximately $189,958,763 in market cap.
• KSM (Kusama), the canary network, appears among the visible 13 ecosystem tokens at approximately $90,154,212 market cap.
• Astar (ASTR) holds approximately $69,137,587 in market cap, Manta Network (MANTA) approximately $37,908,893, and PHALA (PHA) approximately $31,395,273.
• Hydration (HDX) carries an ecosystem-category market cap of approximately $27,647,528, ahead of Energy Web Token at $19,213,660 and Moonbeam at $15,667,088.
• The parachains.info directory lists 215 total project rows for the combined Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, with 578 Polkadot-labelled badges and 291 Kusama-labelled badges across multi-tag listings.

Source: CoinGecko /coins/markets?category=dot-ecosystem and parachains.info directory, fetched 2026-05-24.

The 81.5% DOT share signals token-economy concentration rather than a competitive ecosystem moat. In a healthy multi-asset ecosystem, the native token would represent a smaller fraction of aggregate cap because parachain tokens would carry independent economic weight. The current distribution shows that weight has not transferred at any meaningful scale.

Polkadot vs Ethereum and Bitcoin Market Positioning

• DOT’s CoinGecko rank of 43 sits well below Bitcoin and Ethereum, which dominate the $2,651,790,735,704 total cryptocurrency market.
• Bitcoin’s market_cap_percentage field stood at 58.06518461548481 and Ethereum’s at 9.657403916321968 in CoinGecko’s global market snapshot.
• Approximately 17,399 active cryptocurrencies were tracked by CoinGecko on the snapshot date.
• DOT’s market cap of approximately $2,172,113,802 sits inside the broader cryptocurrency aggregate of $2,651,790,735,704. DOT cap divided by the global crypto cap.
• Bitcoin’s 58.06518461548481 dominance value combined with Ethereum’s 9.657403916321968 dominance value covers the bulk of the global crypto market by capitalization. Summing BTC and ETH dominance fields from the CoinGecko global feed.

Polkadot trades alongside thousands of other blockchains but sits in the mid-cap zone rather than the L1 leadership tier currently held by Ethereum at the second rank.

The Polkadot ecosystem’s combined market capitalization is comparable in scale to large USD Coin issuance reserve totals once parachain tokens are aggregated alongside DOT.

Polkadot Developer Activity on GitHub

• The paritytech/polkadot-sdk repository carries 2,763 stars, 1,204 forks, and 2,247 open issues on the snapshot date.
• paritytech/polkadot-sdk was created on 2023-08-04 and received its most recent push on 2026-05-23 19:51:37 UTC, indicating ongoing active development.
• The primary language is Rust, with the default branch set to master and a repository size of approximately 1,028,138 KB.
• The legacy paritytech/polkadot repository is flagged as archived and holds 7,104 stars and 1,541 forks, with its final commit push recorded at 13:20:33 UTC on 2023-11-15.
• Total combined community signal across both repositories reaches 9,867 stars and 2,745 forks, with active issue work concentrated in the polkadot-sdk repository. Combined community signal across active and archived repos.

Active development happens on GitHub at the paritytech organization, with the polkadot-sdk umbrella repo holding the runtime and node-implementation code.

The takeaway: The legacy paritytech/polkadot repo was archived in November 2023 and the work moved to polkadot-sdk. Citations that only quote the legacy repo’s static metrics overstate abandonment because the umbrella migration was a deliberate engineering decision rather than a slowdown.

Polkadot Trading Volume and Exchange Distribution

• Twenty-four-hour DOT trading volume across CoinGecko-tracked venues was approximately $166,528,729 on 2026-05-24.
• Intraday trading saw a 24-hour high of $1.33 and a 24-hour low of $1.21, a tight band around the snapshot price. Intraday spread expressed as a fraction of the 24-hour low.
• CoinGecko’s snapshot reports a 24-hour total volume of $166,528,729 for DOT alongside the $1.29 current price field.
• The 24-hour volume of $166,528,729 against a market cap of $2,172,113,802 gives a turnover indicator. Twenty-four-hour volume divided by market cap yields the turnover ratio.

DOT trades against USDT and US-dollar pairs on major venues including Coinbase, with the CoinGecko aggregate price reflecting weighted spot quotes from those order books.

Polkadot Block Production and Network Throughput

• Polkadot’s relay chain reached 31,368,716 finalized blocks at the snapshot timestamp.
• Cumulative transfers across the relay chain totalled 39,660,371, signed extrinsics totalled 42,284,893, and events totalled 41,192,095 at the same finalized-block reference.
• The epoch length is set at 2,400 blocks per Subscan’s runtime metadata.
• History depth is configured at 84 epochs in the snapshot.
• The relay chain currently lists 205 nomination pools at the snapshot.
• Subscan reports 42,284,893 cumulative signed extrinsics against 31,368,716 finalized blocks, yielding approximately 1.35 extrinsics per block as a lifetime average. Extrinsics per block lifetime average.

Polkadot All-Time High and Drawdown History

• DOT’s all-time high was $54.98 on 2021-11-04, per CoinGecko’s historical price record.
• The all-time low of $1.15 was set on 2026-04-15, approximately six weeks before the snapshot date.
• The current price of $1.29 sits well below the $54.98 all-time-high anchor. ATH minus current price, divided by ATH, yields the drawdown ratio.
• The 365-day daily-close window opened at $4.5425 on 2025-05-24 and closed at $1.2890 on 2026-05-24, with 366 observations covering the rolling year.
• The 365-day minimum daily close was $1.1638, and the maximum was $4.5732, defining the rolling-year price band. Maximum minus minimum yields the 365-day band width.
• The trailing 30-day price range ran between a minimum of $1.2029 and a maximum of $1.3848.
• The trailing-12-month percentage-change field of -71.90018 aligns with the 365-day window’s $4.5425 to $1.2890 path, consistent across both CoinGecko data feeds.

How much has DOT declined from its all-time high?

DOT’s all-time high was $54.98 on 2021-11-04, and the current price is $1.29 on 2026-05-24; the all-time low of $1.15 was set on 2026-04-15, with the 365-day daily-close window moving from $4.5425 down to $1.2890. ATH minus current price, divided by ATH, yields the drawdown ratio from the all-time high.

How does Polkadot’s throughput compare with other networks?

Polkadot’s relay chain has produced 31,368,716 finalized blocks with 42,284,893 cumulative signed extrinsics, averaging approximately 1.35 extrinsics per block across its lifetime. Headline TPS comparisons across networks are difficult because Polkadot’s design splits execution across parachains rather than running it on the relay chain itself. The relay-chain counters above reflect coordination throughput, not application throughput.

Is DOT available on Coinbase?

DOT trades across CoinGecko-tracked venues with a combined 24-hour volume of approximately $166,528,729 reported on the snapshot date. Listing availability changes over time and varies by jurisdiction, so confirm current support directly on a venue’s official asset page before transacting.

Conclusion

Polkadot enters mid-2026 at CoinGecko rank 43 with a market capitalization of approximately $2,172,113,802, trading at $1.29 against a trailing-12-month percentage-change field of -71.90018; the relay chain held its 600 validator slots and 205 nomination pools intact through that window, processing 31,368,716 finalized blocks. Parachain TVL across 11 chains anchors at $72,248,571 (Hydration) through $1,887 (Manta Atlantic), the 22-token CoinGecko ecosystem category aggregates to $2,665,416,534, and the active polkadot-sdk repository carries 2,763 stars with its most recent push at 19:51:37 UTC on 2026-05-23.

The numbers above are the picture as of 2026-05-24; the network’s operational and developer signals point in a different direction than the price chart, and which signal weighs more for an observer depends on whether they are modelling spot risk or long-term protocol health.