Last updated: 27 October 2026
IOTA was priced at about $0.042 on 27 October 2026, per CoinGecko, valuing it near $199 million (rank 178). This IOTA price prediction focuses on the variable most forecasts skip: supply. Since the Rebased upgrade, new IOTA is minted every day for stakers, and foundation allocations are still unlocking every two weeks, so circulating supply grew by roughly 600 million tokens in the year to October 2026. Against that, IOTA has real-world deployments in trade and public services. Below are the price history, the 2026 developments and our scenario ranges for late 2026, 2027 and 2030.
Key takeaways
- IOTA’s all-time high was $5.25 on 18 December 2017 (CoinGecko). Its all-time low, about $0.031, came on 31 July 2026.
- About 4.70 billion IOTA circulate today, so $1 billion of market cap equals roughly $0.213 per token.
- The protocol mints 767,000 IOTA per daily epoch (about 280 million a year), and biweekly releases of roughly 12.4 million continue until around September 2027.
- Rebased replaced the old network on 5 May 2025; the Starfish consensus upgrade followed on 23 April 2026.
- Our end-2026 base case is $0.037–$0.058, with a bull case up to $0.094.
IOTA price history
IOTA’s 2016 token sale raised only about $434,000, and the token listed in mid-2017. In the ICO boom it reached $5.25 on 18 December 2017, with fewer than 2.8 billion tokens in existence, which put its market cap above $14 billion. It never revisited that level. A 2020 wallet exploit forced the IOTA Foundation to pause its central Coordinator for weeks, and the 2021 bull market took the price only to a fraction of the 2017 peak.
The past year has been one of the weakest in the token’s history. IOTA traded near $0.15 in late October 2025, began 2026 at about $0.081 and set its 2026 high of roughly $0.112 on 7 January. Then the decline resumed: about $0.066 in early March, $0.055 in April and May, $0.038 by early July, and a record low near $0.031 on 31 July. It spent August near $0.032–$0.046, recovered to about $0.059 on 5 October during a wider altcoin bounce, and has since slipped to $0.042, down roughly 72% over twelve months.
What changed: Rebased, Starfish and real deployments
On 5 May 2025 the old Stardust network was shut down and IOTA Rebased launched with the full ledger carried over. The network now runs on delegated proof of stake with a validator set, uses the Move language for smart contracts, and pays stakers from new issuance plus fees. Starfish, a new consensus protocol meant to keep finality fast when some validators are slow, went live on mainnet on 23 April 2026, and account abstraction followed. Our IOTA explainer covers how the network works today.
The adoption story has shifted from consumer IoT to trade and identity. The TWIN programme digitises trade documents, with Kenya the most advanced deployment; in May 2026 Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco were named the first countries for ADAPT, an African trade-infrastructure pilot developed with the AfCFTA Secretariat, the Tony Blair Institute and the World Economic Forum. In June 2026 Argentina’s national transplant agency, INCUCAI, began anchoring document hashes and digital identities on IOTA mainnet through a system built by Extrimian. These are genuine institutional uses, but they consume very little IOTA, so their price impact is indirect.
Bullish factors
- Government and trade users: Few small-cap chains can point to a national health agency or customs bodies running live systems.
- Unlocks have an end date: The biweekly foundation releases are expected to finish around September 2027, after which only the staking mint adds supply.
- Falling inflation rate: The 767,000-per-epoch mint is fixed, so as supply grows the percentage rate falls below its initial ~6%.
- Cheap, fast network: Low fees and quick finality suit high-volume document and payment flows, which ADAPT would test at scale.
Bearish factors and risks
- Heavy dilution now: Mint plus unlocks added nearly 15% to circulating supply in the year to October 2026. Non-stakers lose share every day.
- Usage does not equal demand: Hashing a document on-chain costs a fraction of a cent. Real-world adoption may not translate into buying pressure for the token.
- Pilot risk: ADAPT and parts of TWIN remain pilots; government programmes move slowly and can be paused.
- Competition: Hedera, VeChain and Algorand chase the same enterprise and public-sector customers.
- Reputation drag: Years of delayed roadmaps and the 2020 incident still shape how investors view the project.
IOTA price prediction 2026 and 2027
Price equals market cap divided by circulating supply, and IOTA’s supply is moving quickly. Today’s 4.70 billion tokens mean $1 billion of market cap equals about $0.213 per IOTA. We assume around 4.8 billion by the end of 2026 (about $0.208 per $1 billion) and roughly 5.35 billion by the end of 2027, once unlocks finish and the mint continues (about $0.187 per $1 billion).
| Scenario | Assumptions | Market cap | Implied IOTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear, end of 2026 | Altcoins weaken again; price retests the July low as supply keeps rising | $120M–$180M | $0.025–$0.037 |
| Base, end of 2026 | Market cap stays near its recent range | $180M–$280M | $0.037–$0.058 |
| Bull, end of 2026 | October’s rebound resumes and ADAPT milestones attract attention | $280M–$450M | $0.058–$0.094 |
| Bear, end of 2027 | Pilots stall; dilution outpaces demand | $100M–$180M | $0.019–$0.034 |
| Base, end of 2027 | Unlocks end; modest growth in trade and identity use | $180M–$400M | $0.034–$0.075 |
| Bull, end of 2027 | ADAPT scales across several countries; a broad altcoin cycle | $400M–$1B | $0.075–$0.187 |
Note how supply growth works against holders: a market cap that stays flat at $200 million would mean about $0.042 today but about $0.037 at the end of 2027. The 2027 bull case only returns IOTA to roughly where it traded in late 2025.
IOTA price prediction 2030
With the mint continuing and burns small, supply could reach about 6.2 billion by 2030, where each $1 billion equals roughly $0.16 per IOTA.
- Bear (under $0.02): Market cap below $120 million. Trade pilots do not become permanent systems and IOTA becomes a minor chain.
- Base ($0.04–$0.13): $250–$800 million. IOTA keeps a niche in trade documentation and identity, with steady staking participation.
- Bull ($0.32–$0.65): $2–$4 billion, still well below a third of the 2017 market cap. This would need several national trade systems in production and transactions that require meaningful IOTA balances, plus a strong market.
These 2030 bands are deliberately wide. Government adoption timelines, IOTA’s issuance parameters and the next crypto cycle are all uncertain, and the project has overhauled its core protocol several times since 2021.
What analysts and forecasters say
We found no IOTA price target from a bank, asset manager or established research firm as of 27 October 2026. Exchange-run blogs and automated prediction sites publish IOTA ranges, but these are either trend extrapolations or written by firms that sell trading products, so we do not treat them as independent analysis. The IOTA Foundation’s quarterly progress updates are the best primary source for what is actually being deployed.
What to watch
- Circulating supply: compare it monthly on CoinGecko; growth should slow sharply after unlocks end in 2027.
- Staking ratio and APY on IOTA explorers; a high staked share reduces liquid supply.
- ADAPT and TWIN milestones: moves from pilot to production, and any design in which participants must hold IOTA.
- On-chain activity: daily transactions and fees burned.
- Peers: our VeChain price prediction covers a rival enterprise chain, and our Helium price prediction follows a token tied to physical device networks.
How to buy IOTA
IOTA is listed on exchanges such as Binance, Bitfinex and Bitget; availability varies by country. After Rebased, native IOTA is held in the official IOTA wallet or other Rebased-compatible wallets, where you can also stake to a validator. Make sure any exchange withdrawal uses the IOTA Rebased network. Our guide to buying IOTA explains the steps. To see how IOTA’s outlook compares with other coins, visit the crypto price predictions hub.
FAQ
Can IOTA reach $1?
At today’s 4.70 billion tokens, $1 implies a market cap of $4.7 billion, about 24 times the current $199 million. By 2030, with roughly 6.2 billion tokens, it would take about $6.2 billion. That is above our 2030 bull case and would need IOTA to regain a large share of its 2017 valuation.
Will IOTA go up?
Nobody can say. IOTA rose about 85% from its August low to early October and then fell back, which shows how sentiment-driven it is. Ongoing dilution is a headwind until unlocks end in 2027. Our end-2026 base case is $0.037–$0.058, which brackets the current price.
What is the IOTA forecast for 2030?
Our 2030 base case is $0.04–$0.13, assuming about 6.2 billion tokens and a $250–$800 million valuation. The bull case of $0.32–$0.65 needs a $2–$4 billion valuation driven by large-scale trade adoption. The bear case is under $0.02.
How much new IOTA is created each year?
The protocol mints 767,000 IOTA per daily epoch, about 280 million a year, paid to stakers. Biweekly foundation unlocks of about 12.4 million add roughly 320 million more until around September 2027. Fee burns offset only a small part.
How can I check an IOTA price target myself?
Multiply the target by the circulating supply you expect at that date to get the implied market cap, then compare it with IOTA’s past valuations. Our crypto calculators make that quick.
Crypto is volatile and risky; this is education, not financial advice. Do your own research.
