Red flags in our research on dYdX: 2. Read them before anything else.

dYdX price prediction

$0.1331 -9.3% 24h DYDX PRO Pro Listed on: Binance · OKX · WEEX +6

dYdX price chart

Actual price Our forecast 85% range

Pro forecast

Unlock every dYdX year.

Unlock all predictions

Our model projects dYdX at $0.0251 in 2030 and $0.0445 by 2036 — -66.6% against today's $0.1331 in the base case. The 2030 range runs from $0.00206891 in the bear case to $0.4539 in the bull case.

Why below today's price? Most altcoins lose ground to Bitcoin over a full cycle — between the 2021 and 2025 peaks, only 3.5% of those we measured gained on it — and the model starts dYdX from that base rate. Why Most Altcoins Lose to Bitcoin, Cycle After Cycle

Forecasts are algorithmic estimates, not financial advice. Crypto assets are volatile — never invest more than you can afford to lose.

Forecast updated · Model: alt-ratio 1.9.0

dYdX price prediction year by year

Year-end central forecast and the band around it. Select a year for the model's reasoning. In 2026, a quarter that has already begun and has no forecast of its own shows the observed closing price instead: “close” once the quarter is over, “latest close” while it is still under way.

dYdX price prediction year by year
Year Forecast × ROI Y/Y Range Low High Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Conf. Details

dYdX: the case for and against

What our documented research establishes about the project itself, with its sources. It is an assessment of the project, not the reason behind the number: the price model reads price series only.

dYdX is an established decentralized perpetual exchange operating as a custom Cosmos appchain with an open core team, thorough audits from Informal Systems, and extensive tier-1 liquidities. However, its security posture was impacted by a January 2026 NPM/PyPI developer package compromise and an October 2025 network halt. Market share erosion to competitors like Hyperliquid and token supply inflation present ongoing headwind pressures.

Strengths
The dYdX Chain codebase was audited by Informal Systems across multiple phases and maintains an active bug bounty program offering up to $5 million. dydx.exchange ↗
Established crypto derivatives protocol backed by transparent entity leadership, offering native order book execution and Tier-1 exchange support. coinmarketcap.com ↗
Active feature development including Telegram trading integrations, spot market expansions, and DAO treasury management. coinmarketcap.com ↗
Risks
Developers' official software packages (NPM and PyPI) were compromised in January 2026, injecting malware designed to copy wallet access keys. forklog.com ↗
Lost market share leadership in the decentralized perpetual futures market to newer entrants like Hyperliquid, contributing to severe token price drawdown. github.com ↗
Experienced a protocol chain halt in October 2025 triggered by oracle and liquidation edge cases during high market volatility. dydx.forum ↗
Red flags
Supply chain security compromise of official dYdX NPM and PyPI client libraries in January 2026
Chain halt during extreme volatility due to liquidation/oracle edge cases in October 2025

Research: trust review · gemini-3.6-flash · 2026-08-22

Methodology
What the model reads

Bitcoin's trajectory multiplied by today's DYDX/BTC ratio and a drift measured across the whole altcoin universe. Nothing is fitted to DYDX alone — every per-coin parameter that was tested lost to the shared drift.

How the models work · Why Most Altcoins Lose to Bitcoin, Cycle After Cycle

Model confidence
Model confidence for DYDX in 2030

The band is built to hold the price 82% of the time. The published confidence, 6.8/10, sits lower: it starts from what our documented research establishes about the project itself, and nothing raises it back. It eases to 6.5/10 by 2036 so that long-range bands stay readable.

Only the nearest horizons rest on a backtest. Later years carry a declared level — the band’s design level, capped by our research score — that no backtest can confirm yet; where one found the band holding the price less often, we publish that lower figure.

What model confidence means

Exchanges
Where it trades
Binancetrust 10/10
OKXtrust 10/10
WEEXtrust 8/10
KuCointrust 9/10
Gatetrust 9/10
Before you start

Frequently asked questions

What will dYdX be worth in 2030?
The base case puts DYDX at $0.0251 in 2030, between $0.00206891 and $0.4539. The band is built to hold the price 82% of the time; the published confidence, 6.8/10, sits lower — it starts from what our documented research establishes about the project itself, and nothing raises it back.
What is the dYdX price prediction for 2027?
For 2027, the base case puts DYDX at $0.0810, between $0.0181 and $0.4784. The band is built to hold the price 85% of the time; the published confidence, 6.8/10, sits lower — it starts from what our documented research establishes about the project itself, and nothing raises it back.
How high can dYdX go by 2036?
The top of the model’s 2036 uncertainty band is $1.79. The base case remains $0.0445 — read the range, not the single number.
What will dYdX be worth in 10 years?
Our furthest horizon is 2036, about ten years out: the base case puts DYDX at $0.0445, between $0.0033366 and $1.79. Model confidence 6.5/10 means the range is built to hold the price 65% of the time.
Is dYdX a good long-term investment?
Our base case for dYdX in 2036 is -66.6% against today’s price — below where it trades now — inside a band from $0.0033366 to $1.79. That is not financial advice, and not a recommendation either way.