Polkadot


Videos

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).

Foundations at Consensus 2022

Tech

Chainlink Price Feeds Are Live on Polkadot-Based Moonbeam

Oracle application Chainlink now supports the most active decentralized application (dApp) ecosystem on Polkadot.

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Finance

Arrington Capital Launches $100M Growth Fund for Moonbeam Ecosystem

The fund, in partnership with the Moonbeam Foundation, will back new projects and protocols on the EVM-compatible Polkadot parachain.

Michael Arrington, founder of the TechCrunch blog.

Finance

Investors View Polkadot as an Alternative Layer 1, Coinbase Says

The market cap of Polkadot’s DOT token relative to ether has been falling since November, according to the report.

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

Finance

Polkadot’s Moonbeam Adds Liquid Staking Giant Lido

The integration was facilitated by staking specialist MixBytes.

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

Finance

Social-Media Disruptor Project Liberty to Run on Polkadot’s Blockchain Network

The partnership follows on from former L.A. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt earmarking $100 million last year to disrupt incumbent-dominated social media.

An installation in Berlin, Germany, by the polkadot-inspired artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom the Polkadot blockchain's canary network is named. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Funds Suffer Fourth Straight Week of Outflows as Bitcoin Stalls

Some $120 million flowed out of digital-asset funds in the week through April 29, according to CoinShares.

Digital-asset funds had $120 million in net outflows in the seven days through April 29. (CoinShares)

Finance

Gate Ventures on Track to Close $200M Crypto Fund by Q3

The VC arm of Gate.io will invest in layer 1 and layer 2 protocols that can help build an open internet.

Money (Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptos Rise as Bitcoin Returns Above $40K

BTC rose by 4% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 12% rise in RUNE.

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Tech

Terra's Anchor Protocol to Launch on Polkadot DeFi Hub Acala

A month after launching on Avalanche, Anchor continues its expansion onto new base layers.

An installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom Polkadot's canary network is named. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)