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A “Yes” vote in the referendum can look very eye-catching, but in the short term the price action first has its follow-up lines crushed—don’t just weld “the governance narrative is still hot” directly into “the price won’t give back.”

Crypto Times (2026-09-09) covered OpenGov Referendum #1944 (native stablecoin dotUSD): the decision period hasn’t ended yet. The “Yes” share is about 97.6%, with the Aye side at roughly 2.39 million DOT (31 votes) versus Nay at about 59.9k DOT; support is around 60.1%, with a threshold of about 48.1%. On the same day, nearby headlines were also saying DOT could rise by ~10%, and the order book was brushing 1.18–1.24. That’s “governance heat + a daily pulse”; what we’re tracking on Binance over 1 hour is a different book.

Look at the main chart closely. $DOT current price is about 1.1018, down about −11.76% over 24 hours, with contract volume around 154 million USDT. SAR is about 1.126, with price roughly 0.024 below it—plain words: the short-term “follow-through / stop-loss parabola” has been cracked, not just grinding along the line. Momentum J is about 9.30 (K12.45 / D14.03). Compared with when it was at the backdrop around 05:35, J was approximately 2.97—momentum has slightly warmed up, but the current price is lower and the daily drop is deeper. Lifting J from near freezing doesn’t mean the price has been repaired. 24h high 1.2634, low 1.0915; open interest notional about 0.45 billion; funding rate about +0.01%. “Yes” in the referendum, breaking the line, and a red day stack together: the structural clues are there, but the directional instruction isn’t.

For the supporting classmate L1. $SUI around 0.7691, daily about −5.25%, volume about 364 million (more lively than DOT); SAR about 0.811 broke the line; J about 6.27, colder than DOT. Breaking the line in the same direction doesn’t mean the acceleration is on the same level: DOT’s daily drop is steeper, while SUI has thicker turnover but a shallower decline. “Lively trading” doesn’t equal “stronger structure.”

In one sentence: the factual layer that the referendum “Yes” vote holds is true; the inference that “governance heat = the short term won’t break SAR / won’t give back on the daily” is not true.

Damn, contract $DOT managed to do about +12.7% in a single day.

On Binance, the DOTUSDT perpetual is trading around 1.21, opening around 1.07.
The high is about 1.28, the low about 1.05.
Volume is about 247 million USDT, with over 2.27 million trades.
Open interest is about 42.46 million DOT.

The fuse is just one thing: OpenGov #1944 — the native stablecoin dotUSD.
On the forum tally: about 97.5% Aye; Aye is about 2.36 million DOT, Nay about 59,900.
The proposal specifies the treasury seed: 2.5 million USDT + 2.5 million DOT.
Status is still in Deciding. The futures side has already pumped the emotions first.

⚖️ The Polkadot community ($DOT ) is voting to deploy dotUSD, a stablecoin that is overcollateralized with DOT tokens.

Referendum #1944 on the OpenGov system is currently receiving 97.5% yes votes (~2.31 million DOT), with only 59,900 no votes. If approved, the project will need an initial $5 million in liquidity, including $2.5 million USDT to mint the stablecoin and 2.5 million DOT for the liquidity pool on the Asset Hub.

Why is it notable?
dotUSD helps reduce counterparty risk from centralized issuers such as Tether or Circle, while also aiming to address liquidity fragmentation across parachains.

Simply put:
Polkadot is about to have its own "dollar," governed by the community, reducing dependence on external centralized stablecoins.

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🔗 Source: Crypto Briefing
⚠️ Information is for reference only and is not investment advice. Do your own research before deciding (DYOR).