Yield
DOT on Uphold
Uphold pays 1.98 % APY on Polkadot (DOT) as a Earn rate. On YieldScope Uphold carries a safety grade of B, scored across five risk criteria. Below: where DOT earns more — and where it earns safer.
Bitget Earn A Yield source: Exchange Earn
Where else DOT earns
Uphold pays 1.98 % on DOT. Here's how other venues compare — by rate and by safety.
| Venue | APY | Terms | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uphold (this page) | 1.98 % | 🔒 Earn | B |
 WhiteBIT | 10.4 % | 🔒 30d lock | B |
 Nexo | 8.0 % | Flexible | C |
| Bitget Earn | 4.88 % | Earn | A |
 Bybit Earn | 3.05 % | Earn | C |
 Coinbase Earn | 1.99 % | Earn | A |
Uphold is graded B. If safety matters more than a few extra basis points, Bitget Earn earns DOT at a higher grade (A).
Why Uphold is graded B
Five binary safety criteria — each one passed or not. The more passed, the safer.
- ✓
Regulation
Registered with US FinCEN as an MSB, authorised by the UK FCA, and operating under EU registrations — a well-licensed money-services platform. Source →
- ✓
Proof-of-Reserves
A public real-time proof-of-reserves dashboard is refreshed roughly every 30 seconds, one of the most transparent setups in the industry. Source →
- ✓
Flexible withdrawal
Staking carries no platform lock-up; only the network unbonding period (about 4 days for ETH) applies. Source →
- ✗
Insurance Fund
No dedicated customer insurance fund is publicly disclosed. Source →
- ✓
Track record (2+ years incident-free)
Operating since 2014 with no major user-fund breach; only a minor NY AG settlement in its history. Source →
DOT rate history on Uphold
Over the 28 days we have recorded it, Uphold changed this DOT rate 3 times; the current one has held for 1 days.
Daily snapshots from YieldScope's rate sync. Hover to inspect any day.
How DOT yields moved across exchanges
from 2026-05-25 to 2026-08-29
Among the 13 venues we have DOT history for, Uphold currently sits at #6 by rate — with 28 days of our own daily snapshots behind that number.
Source: daily snapshots via exchange APIs
Your money, this pair
How much will you earn?
Method: monthly compounding (1 + APR/12)ⁿ, where APR is the exchange's stated rate. The realized 12-month return is slightly higher due to reinvestment. Rates may change. Not financial advice.
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How DOT earns on Uphold
When you deposit DOT into Uphold's earn product you receive 1.98 % APY as a Earn rate. The platform puts the asset to work and shares the yield — your balance grows without you doing anything.
This is a base rate, not a promotional teaser: it's what an ordinary deposit actually earns. Uphold carries a YieldScope safety grade of B, so weigh the yield against platform risk — a higher rate on a weaker grade is not automatically a better deal.
Rates on DOT move with lending demand and market conditions. We re-check them daily and keep a history, so you can see whether today's number is unusually high, unusually low, or steady.