LIDO DAO (lido.fi)
Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama
The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.
LIDO DAO (lido.fi)

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First Decentralized Exchange Launches on Polkadot and Kusama Ecosystem
Karura Swap opened for trading with $3.4 million in total value locked.
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DeFi Network Karura Wins First Auction Slot on Kusama
More than 15,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Karura being added.
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Coins
Blockchain Privacy Firm Integritee Raises $2M Ahead of Kusama Parachain Auction
The seed round was led by investment firm LD Capital, and included AU21, DFG, FBG and OKEx Blockdream Ventures.
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Lending Startup Parallel Finance Raises $2M to Bring More DeFi to Polkadot, Kusama
Pantera and Polychain are backing the project.
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Stake Technologies Raises $10M Ahead of Polkadot and Kusama Auctions
With auctions to win a place building on the Polkadot blockchain ecosystem beginning soon, projects are coming out with strategies to secure one of the coveted slots.
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chains
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.
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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.
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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.
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Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
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.
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood