IOTAIOTA

A Berlin-foundation-led layer-1 that relaunched in May 2025 as a Move-based proof-of-stake chain.

Rank #172Since July 2016

Price on 31 Oct 2026

C$0.0559 +22.6% since 31 Jul 2026 · 99.2% below its all-time high

The short version

IOTA began in 2015-16 as a fee-less 'Tangle' network and was rebuilt as a delegated proof-of-stake chain with Move smart contracts on 5 May 2025 (the Rebased upgrade), run by the IOTA Foundation in Berlin. 4.6 billion IOTA migrated; 767,000 new IOTA are minted each daily epoch and transaction fees are burned. Locked tokens unlock every two weeks until 29 Sep 2027. On 31 Oct 2026 one IOTA cost C$0.0559. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +22.6% in Canadian dollars, and it was 99.2% below its all-time high of C$6.76 set on 18 Dec 2017.^[1]

Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 10 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026

Price, past year

Past year: high C$0.2092 (11 Nov 2025) · low C$0.0441 (17 Aug 2026) · -72.0%^[1]

Month-end prices (table)

Date	C$	US$
31 Oct 2026	C$0.0558	US$0.0400
30 Sep 2026	C$0.0744	US$0.0522
31 Aug 2026	C$0.0545	US$0.0393
31 Jul 2026	C$0.0455	US$0.0324
30 Jun 2026	C$0.0498	US$0.0350
31 May 2026	C$0.0858	US$0.0622
30 Apr 2026	C$0.0752	US$0.0552
31 Mar 2026	C$0.0762	US$0.0547
28 Feb 2026	C$0.0918	US$0.0673
31 Jan 2026	C$0.1058	US$0.0780
31 Dec 2025	C$0.1150	US$0.0839
30 Nov 2025	C$0.1575	US$0.1127

Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.

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Key facts

Price, 31 Oct 2026: C$0.0559^[1]
3-month change: +22.6% in C$ (31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)^[1]
From its high: 99.2% below its high of C$6.76 (18 Dec 2017)^[1]
Market rank: #172, market value about C$263.7M^[1]
Kind: Native coin · IOTA (its own network; Move-based proof of stake since the May 2025 Rebased upgrade)
Started: July 2016

Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin

Facts, not a rating

Can an admin key create new coins?NoOnly the fixed protocol subsidy of 767,000 IOTA per epoch creates coins^[2]

Can anyone freeze or take coins from holders?NoNo freeze or blacklist function; delegated proof of stake since May 2025^[2]

Can the token's contract code be changed?Not applicableRuns on its own blockchain; its rules change only through network upgrades

Is the supply capped?NoNo maximum; 767,000 IOTA minted per epoch, partly offset by fee burns^[2]

Any scheduled unlocks in the next 12 months?YesAbout 321M IOTA (6.8% of circulating) unlock in biweekly tranches to 29 Sep 2027^{[2, 3]}

Does a team or foundation hold over 10% of supply?Not disclosedAbout 854M IOTA were locked at the May 2025 relaunch; the whitepaper does not name the holders^[2]

Do network fees reach coin holders?YesTransaction fees are burned; stakers also receive user tips^[2]

Main network hacked or halted in the past 2 years?NoNo halt or exploit of the IOTA network since Nov 2024; the Virtue loss hit an app^{[4, 5]}

Is a regulator or court case targeting the coin itself?NoNo regulator or court action naming IOTA or the foundation found^[5]

Each answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.

Who controls it

Run by: IOTA Foundation (Berlin, chartered 2018); founded in 2015 by David Sønstebø, Dominik Schiener, Sergey Ivancheglo and Serguei Popov^{[6, 7]}
Validators: Committee of 80 validators since 14 Aug 2025; holders delegate stake and share the minted subsidy^{[5, 2]}
Admin key: None; parameters such as the 767,000 subsidy change through network upgrades^[2]

Supply

In circulation: 4.72B IOTA of 5.02B in total (94.1%)^[1]
Maximum supply: None set^[1]
Fully diluted value: 1.06 times its current market value^[1]
Issuance: 767,000 IOTA per 24-hour epoch (up to 279,955,000 a year, about 6% at launch); transaction fees are burned^[2]
Maximum: None^[2]
Unlocks: 12,370,411 IOTA every two weeks until 29 Sep 2027; about 321M (6.8% of circulating) over the next 12 months^{[2, 3]}
Locked at relaunch: 3.746B of 4.6B circulated on 5 May 2025; about 854M were locked for scheduled release^[2]

Use and fees

Main use: Gas, staking and governance; digital trade and supply-chain projects with governments and institutions^[8]
Staking: Delegators earn a share of the minted subsidy plus user tips, minus validator commission^[2]
Oracles: Switchboard ended its IOTA oracle support on 25 Sep 2026; projects were urged to move to Pyth^[5]

Trading

Daily trading: About C$13.8M a day on average, 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026^[1]
Daily turnover: Typically 3.86% of its market value changes hands each day^[1]
20-week average: 4.6% below its 20-week average price^[1]
1-year change: -72.3% in C$^[1]^[9]

History

Not a forecast

Coins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins

39% were higher a year later^[10]

Typical result: Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
Lost half or more: 38% within a year
Against Bitcoin: 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year

History, not a forecast.

Red flags and things to watch

No red flags found

A Virtue protocol exploit on IOTA (US$894,500, 28 Aug 2026) was an oracle misconfiguration in a third-party app, not the network.^{[4, 5]}
Switchboard deprecated its oracles on IOTA, with support ending 25 Sep 2026.^[5]
The Starfish consensus upgrade went live on mainnet in April 2026.^[5]

Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.

Sources and dates

Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.