Listed as a warning/alert project on UPBIT exchange.

Released an official statement regarding an exploit.

Exploited Hyperbridge gateway on April 13, 2026, via an admin control bug allowing forged consensus state proofs, minting 1 billion bridged DOT on Ethereum. Attacker dumped tokens for 108 ETH (~$237K), crashing bridged DOT price from $1.22 to near zero, and drained ~240,000 ETH from liquidity pools, prompting Upbit/Bithumb to suspend DOT deposits/withdrawals while native chain and DOT supply remained unaffected.

Bybit blocked coordinated fake deposit attacks targeting DOT across multiple blockchains, preventing over $1 billion in potential losses with no user funds affected.

Acurast, built on Polkadot, operates a decentralized compute infrastructure network with 146,000 devices and has processed 489 million transactions.

Distributes $250,000 in DOT rewards through Crypto.com's Airdrop Arena event running from 2026-04-01 to 2026-05-01, where participants allocate CRO to join and can boost points by purchasing and transferring at least 1,500 CRO.

Moonwell, a lending protocol on Polkadot's Moonbeam parachain with $85 million TVL, faces a governance attack where an exploiter spent $1,808 to create a proposal attempting to gain total control over the protocol's seven markets and core smart contract.

Enabled transaction fees to be paid in any approved asset (e.g. USDT, USDC), which are swapped for DOT behind the scenes.

Focuses on proof-of-personhood to avoid bots and Sybil attacks.

Reports ADOT pool on Hydration DEX has TVL of $3.16M with 16.19% APR (30-day average 16.90%).

Achieved 24-hour trading volume of $415 million on March 16, 2026.

integrates with Lava Network's node infrastructure, scheduled to go live on 2026-04-17 as part of Phase 2 of Lava's multi-chain expansion

Included in T. Rowe Price's SEC filing for an actively managed crypto ETF covering 15 assets.

Spent $37 million on marketing in 2024, targeting new users, developers, and businesses, with $4.8 million allocated to influencer campaigns.

Recognized QF Network on its official site.

Manta Network's parachain slot expires on 2026-08-01, after which Manta Atlantic will be deprecated and transition to Manta Pacific.

Bifrost's VDOT liquid staking pool on Polkadot has reached $24.18M TVL with a current APY of 10.74%.

Stablecoin supply on AssetHub increased by approximately 25% over the six months ending March 2026.

Encrypted mempool technology by Shutter Network is in discussion or development for Polkadot.

Experienced a price increase of 25% to reach a fully diluted valuation of $2.6 billion.

Experienced 23% price increase on February 25, 2026, increasing 22% in 24 hours to $1.60, ranking as 9th top gainer over a weekly period.

Crypto.com is offering a promotional staking program with 14% annual percentage rate and 14-day lockup period, limited to 388,200 DOT total allocations, running from 2026-02-26 to 2026-03-12.

Implements 2.1 billion DOT maximum supply cap on March 14, 2026, cutting annual issuance by 54% to 55 million DOT with additional halvings every two years. Rolls out Dynamic Allocation Pool (DAP), reduces unbonding period to 1-2 days, and eliminates nominator slashing risk in April 2026.

OpenZeppelin Contracts Wizard now supports Solidity development on Polkadot, enabling generation of production-ready code for standard token contracts (ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1155), governance, access control, and built-in security patterns.

Partnered with The Tie for InnovateDenver conference as a blockchain partner, increasing visibility alongside other blockchain projects and institutions.

21Shares listed first U.S. Spot DOT ETF (TDOT) on Nasdaq March 6, 2026, with a 30 bps fee and $11M seeded; VanEck and Bitwise also have ETF filings awaiting approval in 2026.

Faced criticism for $87M in opaque H1 2024 spend according to comparison with other projects' treasury governance practices.

OpenZeppelin UI Builder added support for Polkadot chains, enabling auto-generation of interfaces for contracts deployed on Polkadot Hub, Moonbeam, Moonriver, and testnets.

Integrated with Ankr's rollup-as-a-service platform, enabling builders to deploy rollups using the Polkadot stack with no-code instant deployment.

Upgraded Runtime 2000, incorporating Polkadot SDK improvements, enhancing cross-chain messaging, runtime efficiency, developer tooling, and smart contract execution across multi-VM architecture supporting EVM and WASM contracts.

Listed on Robinhood for trading.

Hosts a discussion on decentralized networks and institutional adoption on 2026-01-13.

Schedules Revive (native smart contracts) enactment for January 20, 2026; Parity Technologies released RevX (beta), an AI smart contract deployment tool.

Experienced an issue with an off-chain election tool in Era #2035 that temporarily reduced the nominator set from approximately 22,000 to just 3,000, which has since been resolved and the nominator set returned to normal levels.

Conducted slot auctions starting in 2020 that generated market attention for approximately one year before demand subsided.

Implemented ERC-7984 standard through OpenZeppelin's runtime templates to enable confidential asset transfers and private, interoperable transfers across the ecosystem.

Described by Hivemind Capital in a research paper analyzing decentralization and governance trade-offs as having the best governance design among listed cryptocurrency projects.

Reached over 650,000 gamers using on-chain rewards through Unique Network's infrastructure on Polkadot, powering TapNation Games' mobile game.

Hosted an AMA focused on the Mubert DApp launch in collaboration with Talisman.

Launched a new website.

Binance removes DOT/FDUSD from both cross-margin and isolated margin trading pairs effective December 23, 2025 at 09:00 UTC.

USDC sends and receives on Polkadot are now available in Coinbase iOS and Android mobile apps.

Coinbase Derivatives launches US Perpetual-Style Futures trading for DOT, available 24/7 to retail and institutional traders via approved FCM partners.

Joint livestream with Cardano scheduled for 12:00 PM UTC to discuss sustainable ecosystem treasury management.

DOT ranks among top 10 gainers in token mindshare over 7-day period according to DeFi social tracking metrics.

Reduced annual emissions from 120 million DOT to 55 million DOT (a 53% reduction) on March 14, 2026, with treasury inflows declining 50%.

DOT ranks 7th in bullish sentiment at 86.4% according to CoinMarketCap data.

GoTyme bank launches crypto services with DOT included, providing access to 6.5+ million users.

Listed as a digital commodity by SEC and CFTC on 2026-03-17, and included in Bitwise's 10 Crypto Index Fund on NYSE Arca.

Tether's USDT receives official recognition from Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for regulated use on Polkadot and other chains including TON, TRON, and Near.

Concluded Polkadot Builder Party, distributing $40,000 in prizes to 50 projects. Organized Solidity Hackathon with OpenGuild and Web3 Foundation; winners announced 2026-03-31, including DOT Pixel, CoreDEX, and Hyperway.

Polkadot now operates with 500ms blocks.

Sig Network CEO presents at Sub0 event a cross-chain solution on Polkadot that gives each smart contract its own private key for native interaction with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and other blockchains without wrappers or bridges.

Polkadot launches a rewards app in partnership with Inter Miami CF soccer team.

Coinbase Derivatives launches 24/7 trading for DOT monthly futures contracts, with altcoin US Perpetual-Style Futures scheduled to go live on December 15.

A whale maintains a looped position of 1 million DOT on Hydration Network with a health factor of 1.01, creating extreme liquidation risk.

Vanguard lists the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund $BITW offering exposure to $DOT alongside $BTC, $ETH, $ADA, $LINK, $LTC, $SOL, $SUI, and $XRP.

HoudiniSwap adds support for private payments using USDC, USDT, and DOT on Polkadot.

Gained 14% on February 26, 2026, alongside PEPE and TAO in a memecoin-led rally.

Mandala expands to Polkadot Hub infrastructure and confirms a neighboring Southeast Asian nation-state has allocated budget for adoption, alongside partnerships with Bitlayer for Bitcoin minting, Ink Finance for RWA funds, and ZkMe for identity upgrades.

All presentations from the Polkadot sub0 developer conference are now publicly available, covering protocol design and execution topics.

Parity Technologies presents Polkadot Hub at Staking Summit, a feature that unifies staking, assets, and high-compute smart contracts for advanced yield strategies.

Cointelegraph launches CTDG Dev Hub with Polkadot support, allowing developers and validators to propose and develop cross-ecosystem governance upgrades.

Coinbase Derivatives adds perpetual-style futures and 24/7 trading for $DOT alongside 10 other cryptocurrencies.

21Shares lists Polkadot ETP on Nasdaq Stockholm as part of six new crypto products responding to sustained demand for regulated exposure in Nordic markets, bringing total offerings on the exchange to 16.

Nova Shots launches as the first Web3 prediction game for esports, built by Nova Wallet on Polkadot.

Inter Miami CF x Polkadot Rewards app launches with IMCF rewards now live for users.

ChainSafe launches new infrastructure and staking services platform with support for Polkadot and Kusama among other networks.

Acurast secures $11M to develop a decentralized cloud on Polkadot, utilizing idle mobile compute without traditional data centers.

Polkadot Builder Party Hackathon enters final registration period with $40,000 in total prizes available. DevNTell event scheduled for November 21st, 2025 features Parity Technology's Director of Runtime Engineering discussing core protocol engineering.

Bybit adds DOT to its On-Chain Earn staking platform, enabling users to stake DOT directly on-chain through the exchange.

DOT faces major linear token unlocks exceeding $1 million per day over the next seven days, according to Tokenomist data.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood backs Acurast, a phone-based compute network with an active airdrop and November 2025 TGE.

Polkadot ran a migration that changed substrate balance query methods, causing third-party applications like rotki to display zero balances for DOT and KSM tokens.

Global Head of OTC identifies DOT's price movement as unquestionably spot-led (unusual given negative funding), potentially tied to exchange repurchasing spot to make whole Oct. 10 liquidation victims.

Sub0 Symbiosis conference begins Nov 14, accompanied by Road to Sub0 Builder Parties in Guayaquil, Udaipur, Lima, and Toronto on Nov 10, and DKG Global Hackathon running until Nov 21.

DOT price increases +21.44% during a day when the broader crypto market trades in the red, with the token bouncing alongside other established altcoins.

Revolut launches zero-fee staking for DOT and KSM tokens, enabling users to buy, sell, exchange, and stake within the app alongside banking services.

Founder Dr. Gavin Wood reveals "Project Individuality," a feature enabling human verification on-chain without identity disclosure or KYC requirements.

Nova Wallet App onboards 21,000 esports fans on-chain through Nova Shots feature.

USDC supply on AssetHub reaches $245 million, up +259.4% in the past month.

Media coverage announced for flagship Polkadot conference in Buenos Aires.

Galaxy Research reports DOT fell sharply and remains over 50% below all-time highs, underperforming compared to BTC, ETH, and BNB which posted smaller losses.

Over $200 million USDC now exists on Polkadot Asset Hub ahead of smart contract deployment.

$200M+ USDC liquidity accumulates on Asset Hub in preparation for smart contract functionality going live for payments, DeFi and dapps.

Hub Asset migration concludes and DOT deposits and withdrawals via Polkadot Asset Hub resume operations.

The DeFi Builders Program by Velocity Labs received over 75 applications and accepted only 5 teams into its first cohort.

Coinbase has restored Polkadot send, receive and staking support after a service interruption, with all services now operational.

The Builder Party Hackathon attracts nearly 2,000 participants with a $40K prize pool and November 17 submission deadline for apps, blockchains, and proof-of-concepts for Polkadot Cloud.

Polkadot reports great turnout at Hong Kong FinTech Week conference.

DeFi Builders Program announces first cohort with a live introduction session scheduled for Thursday to present the participating projects.

AssetHub migration successfully completed with XCM transfers on Moonbeam dApp re-enabled following testing.

Market cap has declined by over $2 billion since October 10 with continued downward price movement and no rally in more than 20 days.

Frontend swaps and quoting temporarily disabled due to issues from the recent Asset Hub 2.0 upgrade.

Asset Hub 2.0 upgrade causes technical issues requiring temporary shutdown of swaps and quoting features while team investigates.

Asset Hub migration processes 1.6B DOT (~$4.5B), reduces existential deposit from 1 to 0.01 DOT, cuts fees by 10X with payment in any token, and includes native Ethereum bridging. The migration clears the path for JAM protocol upgrade.

1.6B DOT (~$4.5B) migrates from Relay Chain to Asset Hub tomorrow, consolidating balances, staking, and governance with automatic fund migration, fees decreasing by 10x, existential deposit dropping from 1 to 0.01 DOT, multi-token fee payments enabled, and native Ethereum bridging included.

Network migration to Asset Hub scheduled for November 4 as part of Polkadot Hub Consolidation. Bybit confirms support for the network migration.

The SEC must decide on Grayscale's DOT spot ETF application by November 8.

PEAQ connects Polkadot to Cosmos and Fetch AI ecosystems through bridging technology for multi-chain Machine IDs and cross-chain transactions.