Polkadot price rises on censorship resistance upgrade
Polkadot (DOT)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
tradersunion.com reports that Polkadot (DOT) reached $1.251 on 30 September 2026, marking a 7.2% daily gain. Parity Technologies outlined an infrastructure update designed to increase censorship resistance across system parachains. The plan involves migrating balances, staking, and governance to dedicated parachains to make collator behavior more central to operations.
Additionally, multi-slot collation will be introduced to reduce the risk of transaction censorship. These protocol-level enhancements aim to reinforce the security and integrity of the blockchain. Technical indicators show DOT trading above its MA-20, MA-50, and MA-200 moving averages.
The Ichimoku Kijun level at $1.211 provides immediate support for the price structure. Analysts note a shift from cautious range-bound trading to sustained bullish momentum. The primary near-term risk remains a potential pullback if support at the Kijun level is breached.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for DOT, measured when this story was written up on 30 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows DOT trading at $1.19 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 44.2% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 46.2%. The 24-hour buy ratio stands at 46.9%, indicating that buying pressure is fading compared to the shorter timeframes. Volume delta readings are negative across all periods, with -$75,023 in the last hour and -$263,031 over four hours. This negative delta means that sell volume exceeded buy volume during these periods. Over the past 24 hours, the cumulative volume delta closed at -$438,040, confirming net selling pressure. Spot volume for the day was $12,735,964 across 96,398 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 47.0% sits at the 23rd percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 48.9% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for DOT, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
The 24-hour buy ratio of 46.9% is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 7-day average of 48.7%. This suggests that today's buying activity is slightly weaker than the recent weekly norm. Volume was 0.87 times the weekly average, indicating lighter trading activity than usual. Over the preceding eight days, the price changed by -2.1% with a total volume delta of -$3,627,744. Only three of the past seven days saw net buying, highlighting a generally mixed weekly trend.