{"id":503724,"date":"2022-09-26T19:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=503724"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:08:07","slug":"polkadot-what-a-drop-in-this-area-can-mean-for-dot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/polkadot-what-a-drop-in-this-area-can-mean-for-dot\/","title":{"rendered":"Polkadot Price Watch: What A Drop In This Key Area Can Mean For DOT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"save-timestamp hide-if-no-js button\" href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=503724&amp;action=edit#edit_timestamp\">OK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polkadot (DOT) &#8211; which is seen to be on a winning streak in terms of social media metrics and development activity\u00a0 &#8211; has been on a retreat recently.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DOT social media metrics nosedives\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polkadot\u2019s decline in developer activity could leave a bad taste in the mouth of investors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DOT\u2019s NFT volume off to as high as 1.64 million on September 24<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Is this sudden drop in both metrics just a temporary hiccup or could be a warning signal to investors?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judging by the chart below, DOT price was seen to have nosedived in terms of development activity in the past few days. It\u2019s surprising as Polkadot has been outpacing other cryptocurrencies over the past week but seems to be losing steam now.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/algorand\/algorand-up-nearly-30-in-last-7-days\/\"> Algorand: ALGO Price All Go With Nearly 30% Rally In Last 7 Days<\/a><\/div>\n<h2><b>DOT Social Volume Down, Bearish Movement Looms<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reduction in terms of development activity hints at the lack of developers working on Github. Evidently, this lack of development activity could leave a negative impression on investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DOT\u2019s social volume has capsized which could likely trigger an enhanced bearish movement. Notably, there is also a drop in DOT\u2019s social media engagement in the past few days. The social metrics of Polkadot are seen to have nosedived by 12.6% as seen in the past month. More so, its weighted sentiment has also dropped below 0. These on-chain metrics show the increasingly negative sentiment circling DOT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite DOT looking intensely bearish, the crypto has seen a massive improvement in terms of NFT. With that being said, DOT\u2019s NFT volume has grown a lot from $364,250 as spotted on August 26 to as high as $1.64 million on September 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/polkadot-new\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CoinMarketCap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DOT price has spiked by 4.17% or trading at $6.50 as of press time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-503732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/dut.png?resize=460%2C206\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"206\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">Chart: Santiment<\/pre>\n<h2><b>Polkadot Collaborates With Tether, Others<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polkadot is also ramping up in terms of collaborations such as with Tether. On September 23, Tether announced that they will be rolling out USDT right on Polkadot. These collaborations are in pursuit of the legalization of DOT\u2019s operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More so, Polkadot also recently adopted Chainlink allowing Polkadot projects to employ the data price feed of Chainlink. On the other hand, even if these collaborations are bound to fuel growth and scalability for DOT, still the price could go down in the short term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the brighter side, DOT\u2019s declining volume which has dropped by 82.34% in the past week signifies that DOT\u2019s price could be bound for immediate recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/litecoin-only-15-of-ltc-holders-are-in-profit\/\"> Litecoin Price Watch: Why Only 15% of LTC Holders Are Making Profit<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/zcdnYgW0\/\" width=\"1834\" height=\"875\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">DOT total market cap at $7.28 billion on the daily chart | Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/ajrdy9Lf\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView.com<\/a>\r\n\r\nFeatured image from Cryptopolitan, Chart: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/ajrdy9Lf\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK Polkadot (DOT) &#8211; which is seen to be on a winning streak in terms of social media metrics and development activity\u00a0 &#8211; has been on a retreat recently. DOT social media metrics nosedives\u00a0 Polkadot\u2019s decline in developer activity could leave a bad taste in the mouth of investors DOT\u2019s NFT volume off to as high as 1.64 million on September 24 \u00a0Is this sudden drop in both metrics just a temporary hiccup or could be a warning signal to investors? Judging by the chart below, DOT price was seen to have nosedived in terms of development activity in the past few days. It\u2019s surprising as Polkadot has been outpacing other cryptocurrencies over the past week but seems to be losing steam now. Related Reading: Algorand: ALGO Price All Go With Nearly 30% Rally In Last 7 Days DOT Social Volume Down, Bearish Movement Looms The reduction in terms of development activity hints at the lack of developers working on Github. Evidently, this lack of development activity could leave a negative impression on investors. DOT\u2019s social volume has capsized which could likely trigger an enhanced bearish movement. Notably, there is also a drop in DOT\u2019s social media engagement in the past few days. The social metrics of Polkadot are seen to have nosedived by 12.6% as seen in the past month. More so, its weighted sentiment has also dropped below 0. These on-chain metrics show the increasingly negative sentiment circling DOT. Despite DOT looking intensely bearish, the crypto has seen a massive improvement in terms of NFT. With that being said, DOT\u2019s NFT volume has grown a lot from $364,250 as spotted on August 26 to as high as $1.64 million on September 24. According to CoinMarketCap, DOT price has spiked by 4.17% or trading at $6.50 as of press time. Chart: Santiment Polkadot Collaborates With Tether, Others Polkadot is also ramping up in terms of collaborations such as with Tether. On September 23, Tether announced that they will be rolling out USDT right on Polkadot. These collaborations are in pursuit of the legalization of DOT\u2019s operations. More so, Polkadot also recently adopted Chainlink allowing Polkadot projects to employ the data price feed of Chainlink. On the other hand, even if these collaborations are bound to fuel growth and scalability for DOT, still the price could go down in the short term. On the brighter side, DOT\u2019s declining volume which has dropped by 82.34% in the past week signifies that DOT\u2019s price could be bound for immediate recovery. Related Reading: Litecoin Price Watch: Why Only 15% of LTC Holders Are Making Profit DOT total market cap at $7.28 billion on the daily chart | Source: TradingView.com Featured image from Cryptopolitan, Chart: TradingView.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":503728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1144,16295,83457,86493,65296,8686,9753,4100],"class_list":["post-503724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-btcusd","tag-chainlink","tag-dot","tag-dot-price","tag-ethbtc","tag-ethusd","tag-polkadot","tag-tether"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Polkadot Price Watch: What A Drop In This Key Area Can Mean For DOT?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OK Polkadot (DOT) - which is seen to be on a winning streak in terms of social media metrics and development activity\u00a0 - 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