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Polkadot's founder announces steps toward full decentralization with new governance model
29.6.2022
Gavin Wood said that he seeks to transform the Polkadot blockchain into a full technocracy
Ukraine Crypto Donations: Government Now Accepts Over 70 Crypto Assets
6.3.2022
Crypto payment processor Coingate and International Business Settlement (IBS) have started an arrangement with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) that enables well-wishers to send donations to Ukraine via more than 70 different crypto assets. Calls for Widening List of Accepted Crypto Donations...
Data shows Polkadot crashes after reaching $1B open interest — Will it happen again?
3.11.2021
DOT price crashed both times after its futures open interest clipped $1 billion. Should traders expect a correction now that OI is over this figure?
Polkadot unveils $770M development fund ahead of parachain auctions
19.10.2021
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood has announced a more than $770 million development fund just weeks before the network’s parachain auctions are set to go live
Polkadot to debut parachain auctions after governance vote
13.10.2021
The first series of auctions will begin on Nov 11 and run until Dec. 9
Polkadot – Vitalik’s Nightmare or a Blockchain Dream Come True?
30.7.2021
Although it’s possible to draw comparisons between almost any two blockchain development platforms, comparing Ethereum with Polkadot is almost an inevitability. Not only on the technical level – they use a comparable architecture and proof-of-stake consensus to achieve scalability...
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to Give Lecture Series as Part of UC Berkeley Blockchain Curriculum
5.3.2021
University of California, Berkeley and Parity Technologies are joining forces on several blockchain fronts, including educational development and awareness, by leveraging Parity’s expert team and the Substrate framework as knowledge-building resources. UC Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator...
Blockchain Innovation Done the Polkadot Way According to Gavin Wood
5.2.2021
In a recent Realvision interview, the developer Gavin Wood explains how Polkadot reimagines the innovation ecosystem from the ground up. Wood also discusses how the Polkadot protocol is both similar but also different than Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset by market valuation. Polkadot:...
Crypto Firm to Launch Polkadot ETP on Swiss Exchange SIX
3.2.2021
21Shares AG, a Zurich-based investment provider, is launching what is being dubbed as the world’s first Polkadot exchange-traded product, or ETP. The DOT ETP will be listed on the Swiss exchange SIX on Thursday, February 4, said the company in a statement on Tuesday. DOT is the native token...
Polkadot's founder looks back on the year, teases Substrate 3.0 in early 2021
31.12.2020
Polkadot has recounted its gains in 2020, identifying its dominance of the crypto staking scene among other notable milestones for the year
A Deep Dive Into Polkadot and How DOT Became a Top Ten Crypto Contender
24.9.2020
Just recently a new project called Polkadot joined the top ten crypto coin list almost immediately after the project officially launched. Today, the Polkadot network is the sixth-largest blockchain in terms of market capitalization. The blockchain is considered an Ethereum competitor by a...
Polkadot Raises $43M in 72-Hour Private Sale: Source
27.7.2020
A second private sale of the Polkadot token (DOT) has netted some 3,982.07 BTC worth an estimated $43.3 million as of press time, according to sources
Polkadot Goes Live as Web3 Foundation Pushes Prospective Mainnet
26.5.2020
Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1)
‘Very Near Launch’: Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood Details Network Rollout
6.5.2020
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation
Polkadot Will Finally Launch This Year – But Is the Multi-Chain Network too Late to Catch Ethereum?
23.1.2020
Remember Polkadot? It’s the multi-chain network that raised $145 million in 2017 and hasn’t been seen since. But unlike many of the blockchain projects from that era, Polkadot hasn’t taken the money and run. Its team, led by Ethereum founder Gavin Wood, has been beavering away...
‘Power to the People’: Privacy Was the Rallying Cry of Berlin’s Web3 Summit
22.8.2019
It may seem trivial in some cases, but digital anonymity is no joking matter to American whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden
‘Expect Chaos’: Polkadot to Launch Experimental Kusama Network This Summer
16.7.2019
Polkadot will be launching an experimental "canary network" called Kusama for early application testing and development
Ethereum Co-Founder’s Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claiming $1.2 Billion Valuation
27.6.2019
Polkadot has closed on a private token sale that it says values the blockchain interoperability project as a tech unicorn
Former Ethereum Co-Founder’s New Blockchain Polkadot Might Fall Short Of The $1 Billion Evaluation
6.6.2019
Polkadot has been a long time in the making and was expected to be valued at $1 billion before the launch of its mainnet. However, the target seems to elude Gavin Wood’s brainchild. The blockchain’s managing non-profit company, Web3 Foundation, is trying to raise $60 million since...