Tech

Polkadot Gets DeFi Building Block as DEX Aggregator Dot Finance Migrates From BSC

The project will first launch on Moonriver, Moonbeam’s canary network on Kusama, before jumping to Moonbeam proper.

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

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Genesis Volatility CEO: 2022 Market Insights

Greg Magadini, CEO of crypto options analytics platform Genesis Volatility, starts off the new year with a discussion about inflation's effect on crypto markets and compares gold and bitcoin as inflation hedges. Plus, his insights on how BTC returns weigh up to the S&P 500 and the potential of Polkadot as a competitor to Ethereum and Solana.

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Markets

Polkadot Leads Altcoin Losses After Bitcoin Is Rejected at $52K

Markets saw a pullback on Tuesday after a relatively flat weekend.

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Markets

Cardano, Polkadot Jump as Bitcoin Holds Above $50K

Major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ether regained price levels from Friday after seeing a slight dip over an otherwise quiet Christmas weekend.

Price chart for Cardano's ADA token over past month. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Polkadot è l'ultimo esperimento Cripto di Deutsche Telekom

Secondo Andreas Dittrich, leader della blockchain, T-Systems di Deutsche Telekom ha acquistato una quantità "significativa" di token DOT "per mettere i soldi dove dice".

It's a DOT thing. (Kirsten Neumann/Getty Images)

Finance

Polkadot es el último experimento Cripto de Deutsche Telekom

T-Systems de Deutsche Telekom compró una cantidad "significativa" de tokens DOT "para poner su dinero donde está su boca", según el líder de blockchain, Andreas Dittrich.

It's a DOT thing. (Kirsten Neumann/Getty Images)

Finance

Polkadot Is Deutsche Telekom’s Latest Crypto Experiment

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems purchased a “significant” amount of DOT tokens “to put its money where its mouth is,” according to blockchain lead Andreas Dittrich.

It's a DOT thing. (Kirsten Neumann/Getty Images)

Finance

Polkadot é o mais recente experimento Cripto da Deutsche Telekom

A T-Systems da Deutsche Telekom comprou uma quantidade “significativa” de tokens DOT “para colocar seu dinheiro onde está”, de acordo com o líder do blockchain, Andreas Dittrich.

It's a DOT thing. (Kirsten Neumann/Getty Images)

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Polkadot Parachains Go Live, Capping Yearslong Tech Build for Ambitious Blockchain Project

After several years in development, Polkadot, an underlying framework for connecting various blockchains, now has five live parachains, or “parallelized chains”: Acala, Moonbeam, Parallel Finance, Astar, and Clover. Polkadot will ultimately offer 100 parachain slots. “The Hash” team discusses where this update puts Polkadot in the layer 1 blockchain conversation as it competes with Ethereum.

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Gear Technologies Raises $12M to Boost Smart-Contract Development on Polkadot

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood and Three Arrows Capital were among those investing.

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