Efinity becomes the winner of Polkadot’s sixth parachain auction–Acala, Moonbeam, Astar, Parallel Finance, and finally, Clover Finance. In order to win the auction, contributors and investors vote by staking Polkadot’s …
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Five parachains officially launch on the Polkadot (DOT) network
The long-in-the-making process of bringing multiple blockchains to the Polkadot network culminated this weekend with the official kick-off of five parachains. The five parachains that went live this weekend — …
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Polkadot (DOT) parachains are coming in the middle of December
Polkadot’s much-awaited parachains are set to go live on the network later this year, its developers said in a post on Wednesday. The community can expect ‘Auctions’ from the proposed date …
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Pontem to use Polkadot (DOT) to connect Diem blockchain and DeFi
Pontem, an experimental network for Facebook’s Diem project, has teamed up with Polkadot-based node infrastructure provider PinkNode. Pontem has partnered with PinkNode, an infrastructure-as-a-service provider on Polkadot. The partnership will …
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Charles Hoskinson explains advantages of Cardano over Polkadot
Recently, Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of IOHK, explained the key differences between Cardano ($ADA) and competing smart contract platform Polkadot ($DOT). Hoskinson’s comments about Dogecoin were delivered during a conversation …
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XPOP to announce the first entertainment NFT marketplace on Polkadot
The new XPOP entertainment NFT marketplace is based on the Polkadot blockchain. The marketplace will go live by the end of June. Its purpose is to provide access to a decentralized service …
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Huge milestone for DOT — the launch of the 1st functional parachain
Polkadot’s development team has announced the upcoming launch of its parachain slot auction on the Kusama network in a statement posted on Tuesday. While Polkadot’s native DOT currency has dipped …
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Polkadot ETP enters the Swedish stock market
The mainstream-finance world has taken notable strides to incorporate various crypto assets. A new exchange-traded product (ETP) for Polkadot (DOT) recently surfaced on a mainstream exchange in Sweden. The Nordic …
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Harmony Blockchain To Use Raze Network To Increase Its Privacy Protection
Harmony, a sharding protocol with a trustless Ethereum bridge, today announced a partnership with Raze Network to increase the privacy protection layer of the Harmony ecosystem. Raze Network is a …
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Tether to Launch New Version of USDT on Polkadot and Kusama
On Tuesday (April 6), Tether Operations Limited (“Tether”), the company that issues the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, announced that it is planning to launch Tether tokens (“USDt”) on the …
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