Heavy trading · Cryptocurrencies
Kusama (KSM) volume jumps to 5.3 times its average
The price rose 6.9% on the day, to $5.17.
- Close
- $5.17
- On the day
- +6.9%
- Volume
- 5.3× average
- vs 52-week high
- −65.0%
Kusama closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 30 September 2026. The live chart is on the KSM page.
What happened
Kusama (KSM) closed at $5.17 on 30 September 2026, up 6.9% from $4.84 the day before.
It was the second higher close in a row. Over 5 days the price is up 8.6%, and over 20 days it is up 40.1%.
The close is 65.0% below the highest close of the past year ($14.76 on 9 Oct 2025) and 80.4% above the lowest ($2.87 on 17 Aug 2026).
Trading was heavy: volume was 5.3 times its average of the days before.
Across the 190 cryptocurrencies we track, 118 closed higher and 68 closed lower that day, with a median change of +0.54%. KSM's change was +6.9%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | $4.84 |
|---|---|
| Close | $5.17 |
| Change on the day | +6.87% |
| Change over 5 days | +8.62% |
| Change over 20 days | +40.06% |
| Volume | 28.74 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 days before | 5.45 Million |
| Volume against that average | 5.3 times |
| Highest close in the past year | $14.76 (9 Oct 2025) |
| Lowest close in the past year | $2.87 (17 Aug 2026) |
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