Polkadot
Kraken Now Lets Users Back Contender Projects on Polkadot's Kusama Platform
Kraken is adding support for Kusama parachain auctions, allowing users to effectively vote for their favorite projects.
Polkadot’s Kusama Network to Start Parachain Auctions Next Week
The start date was heralded by the upgrade to Kusama’s Statemine parachain, Polkadot founder Gavin Wood said Tuesday.
Master Ventures Launches $30M Polkadot Fund
This first-of-its-kind fund will invest in projects bidding for parachain slots on Polkadot and canary network Kusama.
Polkadot’s Wood Acknowledges Legacy EVM Design’s Role But Ties Future to Upgrades
Speaking at Consensus 2021, Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood discussed changes to Polkadot, using WebAssembly as a smart contract and how legacy blockchains are not fit for modern day use, though he acknowledged the Ethereum Virtual Machine’s (EVM) pole position in blockchain development today.
Market Wrap: Ether Trading Volume Up, Closing In on Bitcoin; Crypto Market Struggles
Action in the ether market might take the spotlight from bitcoin over time due to very different mechanics between the two assets.
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood: WebAssembly Is the Future of Smart Contracts, but ‘Legacy’ EVM Is Right Now
“It's super important to support these legacy protocols, these legacy languages, and that's what we're doing,” says the former Ethereum developer.
Polkadot Weighs Multichain Tech Challenges Ahead of DOT 'Parachain' Auctions
Polkadot’s interconnected web of blockchains will require “a totally different application programming paradigm,” said Web3 Foundation tech lead Joe Petrowski.
Market Wrap: China Breaks Crypto as Bitcoin Falls to $36K, ETH Drops $300 in Two Hours
Within two hours of the State Council statement, BTC fell 11%, based on CoinDesk 20 data.
Banking App Current Picks Polkadot for its DeFi Debut
Fintech firm Current announced that it will become more active in the Polkadot space. Current will serve as a validator on the Polkadot network and plans to integrate Acala, a Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, into its banking app.
Banking App Current Picks Polkadot for Its DeFi Debut
The banking app with 3 million users will serve as a Polkadot validator as it plans deeper crypto moves.
