DOT/USDT market overview
Polkadot price today
The price of Polkadot is 0.941 USDT as of Nov 2, 2026, 13:11 UTC. DOT is down 0.94% in the last 24 hours, trading between 0.932 USDT and 0.969 USDT, with 230.23K USDT in 24-hour trading volume. Over the past 7 days, Polkadot has fallen 7.11% against USDT.
Today
- Last price
- 0.941 USDT
- 24h high
- 0.969 USDT
- 24h low
- 0.932 USDT
- 24h volume (DOT)
- 242.34K DOT
- 24h volume (USDT)
- 230.23K USDT
Performance
- 24h change
- -0.94%
- 7-day change
- -7.11%
- 30-day change
- -20.72%
- 90-day change
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- 1-year change
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How to buy and sell DOT with USDT on OTCN
Easy trade converts one asset into another at the rate shown in the trade card above. To buy Polkadot, select Buy, enter the amount of USDT you want to spend and check how much DOT you will receive. To sell, switch to Sell and enter the amount of DOT you want to convert back to USDT.
The rate moves with the market, so always review the amount you will receive before you confirm. If you want to set your own price with limit orders, use the DOT/USDT spot market instead. Fees for every product are listed on the Fees page.
What is Polkadot (DOT)?
Polkadot is a network designed to link many specialized blockchains so they can share security and pass data to one another, and DOT is its native token. Gavin Wood, a co-founder of Ethereum, set out the design in a 2016 white paper and began the project alongside Robert Habermeier and Peter Czaban. With the Web3 Foundation leading the launch and Parity Technologies writing much of the core software, Polkadot's mainnet started in May 2020.
At the center sits the relay chain, which provides shared security, while connected chains called parachains run their own applications. Validators are chosen through nominated proof of stake: DOT holders lock tokens to back validators and may receive staking rewards. The token also covers transaction fees, carries voting power in on-chain governance and buys coretime, the processing time parachains use on the relay chain. A governance vote in September 2025 set a ceiling of 2.1 billion DOT on total supply, and issuance steps down every two years starting in March 2026.
What is Tether (USDT)?
Tether (USDT) is a stablecoin designed to hold a value of 1 US dollar. It launched in 2014 and is issued on several blockchains, including Ethereum and Tron. Because its price is meant to stay close to 1 USD, traders use USDT to price other crypto assets and to keep a dollar-denominated balance without leaving the crypto market.
Why trade Polkadot against USDT?
Polkadot gives DOT several jobs: backing validators through staking, paying transaction fees, buying coretime and casting votes in OpenGov. A user who needs DOT for one of these tasks can get it with USDT, and one who no longer needs it can convert back to a balance designed to track the US dollar. The DOT/USDT rate also gives a dollar reference for the token at any hour of any day.
Cryptocurrency prices are highly volatile and you can lose some or all of the money you convert. The information on this page is general market information, not investment advice, and past price movements are not a reliable indicator of future results. Read our
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