{"id":589914,"date":"2026-04-18T00:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=589914"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:05:18","slug":"polkadot-recovers-17-after-hyperbridge-exploit-will-dots-gains-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/polkadot-recovers-17-after-hyperbridge-exploit-will-dots-gains-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Polkadot recovers 17% after Hyperbridge exploit: Will DOT’s gains continue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hyperbridge exploit caused Polkadot [DOT] to lose a significant portion of its market cap, but it has since fully recovered.<\/p>\n

The altcoin’s price crashed after a hacker minted 1 billion DOT tokens on Ethereum [ETH] but only sold them for $237K due to lack of liquidity. The team clarified that the actual loss had ballooned to $2.5 million as the team made efforts to recover the funds.<\/p>\n

However, the assurance that Polkadot’s core network security remained intact<\/a> fueled a 17% price recovery.<\/p>\n

What drove DOT’s price recovery?<\/h2>\n

A statement released<\/a> by the team after the exploit assured users of security, as the core network had not been affected. It’s the bridged DOT tokens on Ethereum.<\/p>\n

As a result, the community sentiment returned to 82% bullish from 954.1K voters, as per CoinMarketCap. Consequently, the price of the altcoin rallied from $1.146 to $1.354.<\/p>\n

The relief brought about a rebound in network activity. As per Artemis data, the number of transactions increased by 1,400, from 10.5K to 11.9K, in just a day.<\/p>\n

Additionally, daily active users (DAU) increased by 1.67x even though the figures remained relatively low. DAU rose from 3,000 to 5,000, indicating users were gradually returning to the network.<\/p>\n

\"DOT\"<\/a>
Source: Artemis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Total Value Locked (TVL) also experienced a surge of about 11.29% in a day, while the stablecoin market cap grew to $77.83 million after the massive drop.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the altcoin commanded a significant amount of daily trading volume of about $403 million. However, the revenue of the network remained low as it attempted to get back on its feet.<\/p>\n

Can Polkadot break past key resistance levels?<\/h2>\n

On the charts, Polkadot price action had invalidated the breakdown below the sideways consolidation. Initially, before the exploit, DOT had been bouncing between $1.20 and $1.35 levels since late March.<\/p>\n

While the altcoin fully recovered and even surged to the range’s high, it failed to surpass the $1.35 zone. It briefly broke above the resistance due to a cool-off in buying activity after the price failed to stay above the sideways channel.<\/p>\n

Surpassing this resistance level would put DOT on course to $1.50, while failure may take the altcoin back to $1.20 or lower.<\/p>\n

The Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) confirmed this as it declined from a daily peak of 1.60 million DOT tokens to 60K when writing.<\/p>\n

\"DOT\"<\/a>
Source: DOT\/USDT on TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notably, the security compromise on bridged DOT on the ETH network made the altcoin lose its correlation to Ethereum. In fact, their correlation coefficient (CC) fell from a peak value of 0.86 to negative 0.55.<\/p>\n

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Final Summary\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Polkadot fully recovers after the Hyperbridge exploit, with network activity rebounding.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  • DOT is facing resistance at $1.35, which suggests the price may fall back to $1.20 or head to $1.50 if the level is breached.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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