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Markets

Grayscale Files for Polkadot ETF, Adding to Portfolio of Offered Funds

This filing follows similar moves for XRP and Cardano ETFs after the SEC adopted a more crypto-friendly approach.

Grayscale advertisement on stairs (Grayscale)

Finance

Project Liberty Joins SOAR to Challenge Centralized Social Media Giants With AI, Decentralized Data

AI studio SOAR, created by Ancestry founder Paul Allen, brings Project Liberty data sharing and storage portals for families and communities focused on local government.

Project Liberty is at the construction stage of creating a fairer internet. (New York Public Library/Unsplash)

Videos

Many DeFi Protocols 'Flagrantly Disregard' Regulations: Gavin Wood

Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood shares insights on why superficial decentralization will not indefinitely suffice. Plus, how many DeFi protocols that ignore the rules will have regulators knocking on their door.

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Gavin Wood on the Problem With Layer 1s

Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood explains the lack of desire to build projects that are valuable in the long-term. Plus, why developers are seeing "huge amounts of money go behind L1s that...probably don't have much of a future."

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Polkadot Creator on Permissionless Code Deployment

Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood breaks down the development of JAM and its ability to deploy code beyond smart contract code. Plus, how JAM can provide an environment that can host financial, voting and governance applications.

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Are Crypto Communities 'Sticky'?

Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood takes a deep dive with Bullish CEO Tom Farley into the "stickiness" of crypto communities and why he thinks the flag carriers of the communities have limited value.

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Bitcoin Is a Cryptocurrency and 'Not a Blockchain Technology': Gavin Wood

Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood breaks down the nature of bitcoin.

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Tech

The Protocol: 'Private Jet Brandization' Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash

Crypto twitterati showed no mercy as Polkadot published a transparency report detailing spending on $87 million of DOT tokens – a lot of it on marketing. PLUS blockchain tech news and project highlights from the past week.

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Finance

Polkadot’s $245M Treasury Would Last 2 Years at Current Spending Rate

The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoiners, Solana Acolytes Crash Ethereum Conference in Denver – for a Reason

Last week's ETHDenver conference drew a significant presence from developers and reps of blockchain ecosystems beyond Ethereum, taken as a sign of just how influential the second-largest distributed network has become.

Yes, you saw that right: It's the Polkadot booth at the Ethereum-focused ETHDenver conference. (Sam Kessler)