Polkadot (DOT) Daily Market Analysis 13 March 2026

Polkadot's major economic upgrade and ETF launch – here's the latest: • Activated major upgrade on 12 March 2024, hard-capping total DOT supply at 2.1 billion tokens • First-ever halving on 14 March cut annual token issuance by ~53%, reducing inflation to ~3.11% • 21Shares launched first US DOT ETF (TDOT) on Nasdaq on 6 March 2024, signaling institutional adoption • Price surged ~22% in the week before the event, with futures open interest hitting over $200 million • Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) protocol upgrade planned for 2026 to significantly boost network throughput