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Swiss Asset Manager Valour Launches Cardano and Polkadot ETPs

Fully backed by ADA and DOT, the products are listing on the Nordic Growth Market.

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Markets

Market Wrap: It's 'Doge Day Afternoon' as Memecoin Jumps 47%; Ether and Bitcoin Rise

Not all industry participants are amused by dogecoin’s tricks.

CoinDesk Dogecoin Index

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls for Second Straight Day After Tesla Action; Ether Follows

“What saddens me is the way the weak hands and recent buyers see Elon Musk as a prophet, powerhouse and decisive figure in bitcoin,” said one trader.

CoinDesk XBX Index

Finance

Polkadot-Based Derivatives Exchange Raises $6.4M at $50M Valuation

Su Zhu’s Three Arrows co-led the funding round for dTrade. The project looks to decentralize crypto derivatives trading.

dTrade co-founders Niko Grzesiak, Rabeel Jawaid and Zabi Mohebzada

Markets

Market Wrap: DeFi Tokens Aave and Uniswap Climb While ETH and BTC Dump

“The crypto market is primarily focused on Ethereum and the catapulting DeFi sector right now,” said one analyst.

CoinDesk Ether Index

Videos

How the Cosmos Network Unites Blockchains and Compares to Polkadot

The Cosmos network aims to enable blockchains to work together, but how is it different from the Polkadot chain, and what does Cosmos mean for traders? Cosmos Network Core Developer Jack Zampolin breaks it down.

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Markets

Market Wrap: 'Ethereum Killers' Pop as ING Report Highlights Ethereum Over Bitcoin

Atcoins are rising, ether hits another all-time high and bitcoin’s correlation to gold drops to zero.

CoinDesk Ether Index

Videos

Ethereum Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio: ‘I Don’t See Things Stopping for Ether’

Ether is booming, setting new all-time highs almost daily, but what’s behind the cryptocurrency’s recent success? Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio joins “First Mover” to discuss the bull market driving Ether’s rise, Canadian ETFs, and the NFT craze. Plus, his thoughts on “Ethereum killer” projects like Polkdadot and Cardano.

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Finance

DeFi Conglomerate Equilibrium Raises $8.5M to Win a Place on Polkadot

Phase one for the project reached its 250,000 DOT token hard cap. Phase two is looking to net the remaining 750,000 DOT required to land a parachain.

Members of the Equilibrium team

Finance

Valkyrie, Osprey Beat Grayscale to Market With Polkadot DOT Trust

Valkyrie is charging a 2% management fee on the fund, just under Osprey’s 2.5%. Are DOT funds the new BTC funds for buttoned-up investors?

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