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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.

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Finance

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.

Alchemy co-founder and CEO Nikil Viswanathan (Pantera Capital)

Finance

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.

Moon (Ralph Mayhew/Unsplash)

Finance

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.

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

Tech

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.

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Tech

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.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)

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)