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Polkadot
Inside the $3B DeFi Exploit of Acala's Crypto Platform
The exploit of one of Acala's liquidity pools demonstrates how easily billions of dollars can be siphoned from DeFi platforms, potentially wreaking havoc on an entire industry in a matter of minutes.
DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Plunges After Hackers Exploit Bug
Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala’s native stablecoin, aUSD, depegged on Sunday, plummeting 99% after hackers exploited a bug in a newly deployed liquidity pool to mint 1.28 billion tokens. "The Hash" team discusses the implications for the state of stablecoins, open finance, and regulation.
BlackRock Offering Direct Bitcoin Exposure; Polkadot Has Decentralized Version of 'Wrapped' Bitcoin
"All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee covers some of the top stories in crypto, including BlackRock's spot bitcoin private trust for U.S.-based institutional investors, U.S. regulators considering asking large hedge funds to disclose their crypto exposure, and Polkadot's decentralized version of "wrapped" bitcoin.
Polkadot Now Has a Decentralized Version of 'Wrapped' Bitcoin
Interlay introduces a decentralized and trustless wrapped bitcoin bridge for DeFi users on Polkadot who are wary of third-party custodians and merchants.
Alchemy Integrates Astar Network to Support Web3 Developers in Polkadot Ecosystem
The dapp-staking feature will encourage developers to build on the chain to earn rewards in its native token.
Three Arrows Owes Polkadot Developer Moonbeam Foundation Over $27M, Court Documents Show
The hedge fund was also engaged as a “consultant" for Moonbeam-based glimmer and Moonriver-based river tokens.
Polkadot Builder Parity Technologies Adds 3 Executives
The new executives are Chief Operating Officer Eran Barak, Chief Marketing Officer Peter Ruchatz and Chief Financial Officer Fahmi Syed.
Meet ‘Frequency,’ Polkadot’s New Decentralized Social Media Parachain
The team behind Project Liberty’s Decentralized Social Network Protocol unveiled the newly named parachain at Polkadot Decoded.
Polkadot Chief Gavin Wood Announces Blockchain Governance Upgrade
The platform's “Gov2” is set to launch on Kusama “imminently,” following a final professional audit of its code, he said.
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Polkadot
Dan Reecer (Acala), Marvin Tong (Phala Network), 0xbrainjar (Composable Finance), Charu Sethi (Unique Network) and Rodrigo Gallegos Anda (Litentry) introduce the features of their applications based on Polkadot. Plus, Moonbeam Founder Derek Yoo discusses highlights of Polkadot network and how Moonbeam integrated the technologies, followed by a Q&A with Anais Rachel (Bitwise Asset Management).
