Polkadot

Polkadot

Some Asian Traders Are Using Polkadot to Predict Bitcoin’s Future

Muyao ShenJan 14, 2021

DOT reached its all-time high of $13.22 just six days after bitcoin’s price reached a new all-time high.

Staking

Fireblocks Rolls Out Staking Rewards for Eth 2.0, Polkadot and Tezos

Ian AllisonJan 14, 2021

The institution-focused crypto custodian is bringing staking services to its 165-plus customers.

Non-Fungible Tokens

K-Pop Stars to Mint Digital Collectibles on Polkadot

Muyao ShenJan 16, 2021

RBW's Japanese subsidiary will be selling its singers' digital products on the blockchain.

Kraken

Kraken Users Are Staking More Than $1B in Crypto

Muyao ShenJan 6, 2021

The value reflects the many long positions investors are trading in cryptocurrencies.

Polkadot

Polkadot Surges After Binance Home Page Listing, $10M Endorsement

Muyao ShenDec 29, 2020

DOT's recent ascent began on Dec. 23 when Binance announced a $10 million fund to support projects built on Polkadot.

Polkadot

Polkadot

Cere Network Raises $1.5M More to Bring Its ‘Decentralized Salesforce’ to Polkadot

William Foxley

Binance-backed Cere Network has raised another $1.5 million to become a decentralized version of Salesforce.

machine learning

Protocol Hosting Google reCAPTCHA Competitor Expands to Polkadot

Doreen Wang

Human Protocol, home of the anti-bot hCaptcha system, announced it is expanding beyond Ethereum to a future Polkadot parachain, Moonbeam.

China

China’s State-Sanctioned Blockchain Project BSN Adds Polkadot, Oasis, Bityuan to Network

David Pan

China’s state-sanctioned blockchain infrastructure provider BSN is adding cross-chain protocol Polkadot, decentralized cloud data startup Oasis and China-based project Bityuan to its network.

Ethereum

IDEX Plants a Flag for a Multichain Future, Beginning With Binance Chain and Polkadot

Brady Dale

Every holder of IDEX’s Ethereum tokens will get an equivalent number of exchange tokens for each of the new chains.

First Mover

First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $17K as Scaramucci Makes Entrée, Ethereum Meets Rival

Daniel CawreyOmkar GodboleBradley Keoun

Ethereum's success as dominant "smart contracts" blockchain attracts rivals, and some investors speculate Polkadot might have momentum.

Polkadot

As DeFi Grows, Investors Look to Polkadot to Be the Next Ethereum

Daniel Cawrey

In a cryptocurrency ecosystem where the programmable-money juggernaut has long been Ethereum, Polkadot, a project that has been quietly developing an alternative solution since 2016, is ready to take on the blockchain world.

Derivatives

BitMEX Delves Deeper Into DeFi With New Futures Listings

Sebastian Sinclair

BitMEX is soon to offer futures contracts for DeFi project yearn.finance (YFI), Polkadot (DOT) and Binance coin (BNB).