BTC $81,566 -2.6%ETH $2,383 -5.2%USDT $0.9991 0.0%BNB $722.72 -3.0%XRP $1.32 -3.7%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $103.88 -3.7%TRX $0.3308 0.0%FIGR_HELOC $1.04 +1.3%ZEC $1,116 -11.6%HYPE $79.98 -2.8%DOGE $0.0807 -5.2%XMR $547.16 -1.6%USDS $0.9997 0.0%WBT $79.74 -2.9%LINK $12.22 -6.1%ADA $0.2243 -5.2%LEO $9.03 +0.2%XLM $0.1807 -5.1%RAIN $0.008823 -10.5%NEAR $4.72 -7.1%BCH $265.89 -5.3%USDE $0.9993 0.0%LTC $58.54 -5.5%DAI $1.00 0.0%UNI $7.02 -6.0%CC $0.1094 -12.5%AVAX $9.68 -6.3%SUI $1.00 -5.3%USD1 $0.9991 0.0%GRAM $1.35 -1.9%HBAR $0.0824 -5.5%BTW $2.30 -9.7%XAUT $4,136 -0.6%USDG $1.00 0.0%TAO $265.56 -5.6%SHIB $0.000005 -4.1%PYUSD $0.9997 0.0%QNT $196.16 -8.5%CRO $0.0567 -5.7%ENA $0.1889 -10.8%OKB $118.08 -4.1%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%USYC $1.14 0.0%USDY $1.15 +0.1%AAVE $152.41 -6.0%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%ONDO $0.437 -7.0%PUMP $0.00442 -12.6%DOT $1.11 -4.7%

BTC $81,566 -2.6%ETH $2,383 -5.2%USDT $0.9991 0.0%BNB $722.72 -3.0%XRP $1.32 -3.7%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $103.88 -3.7%TRX $0.3308 0.0%FIGR_HELOC $1.04 +1.3%ZEC $1,116 -11.6%HYPE $79.98 -2.8%DOGE $0.0807 -5.2%XMR $547.16 -1.6%USDS $0.9997 0.0%WBT $79.74 -2.9%LINK $12.22 -6.1%ADA $0.2243 -5.2%LEO $9.03 +0.2%XLM $0.1807 -5.1%RAIN $0.008823 -10.5%NEAR $4.72 -7.1%BCH $265.89 -5.3%USDE $0.9993 0.0%LTC $58.54 -5.5%DAI $1.00 0.0%UNI $7.02 -6.0%CC $0.1094 -12.5%AVAX $9.68 -6.3%SUI $1.00 -5.3%USD1 $0.9991 0.0%GRAM $1.35 -1.9%HBAR $0.0824 -5.5%BTW $2.30 -9.7%XAUT $4,136 -0.6%USDG $1.00 0.0%TAO $265.56 -5.6%SHIB $0.000005 -4.1%PYUSD $0.9997 0.0%QNT $196.16 -8.5%CRO $0.0567 -5.7%ENA $0.1889 -10.8%OKB $118.08 -4.1%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%USYC $1.14 0.0%USDY $1.15 +0.1%AAVE $152.41 -6.0%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%ONDO $0.437 -7.0%PUMP $0.00442 -12.6%DOT $1.11 -4.7%

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Updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC

Why is Polkadot down today?

$1.11-4.7% 24h+0.3% 7d

Polkadot is down 1.5% to $1.15, a move that tracks the broader market rather than anything specific to the network. Bitcoin fell 2.1% to $81,690 after September CPI came in at 3.7%, above forecasts, pushing Treasury yields higher and putting a Fed hike back on the table. That macro shock dragged crypto lower alongside equities, and smaller-cap assets like DOT, with a $1.96B market cap and $161.66M in daily volume, moved with it.

Washington added to the uncertainty. Patrick Witt is leaving his role as the White House's top crypto adviser with the Clarity Act stalled in Congress, removing a key advocate for market-structure legislation. Separately, the OCC found debanking policies at nine major US banks that restricted digital-asset issuers and exchanges, with the regulator weighing further rules.

Not all the news was negative: Kraken parent Payward agreed to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank, securing an EU license for deposits and lending. DOT is still up 3.2% over the past week, outperforming Bitcoin's 1.9% seven-day decline.

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