Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance
Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.
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Mar 12, 2021 at 3:46 p.m. UTC
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Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% 'Flash Crash' in Polkadot Futures
A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.
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Mar 5, 2021 at 1:53 p.m. UTC
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Clover Finance Raises $3M From Polychain, Others to Bridge Ethereum and Polkadot
The Substrate-based chain is also working on a proof-of-concept “non-custodial” bridge for EVM chains to connect with the Bitcoin network.
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Feb 18, 2021 at 6:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2021
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Blockchain Data Indexer 'The Graph' to Support Polkadot, Solana, NEAR and Celo
The project’s custom API “subgraphs” provide data to some of Ethereum’s top DeFi apps.
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Feb 18, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, UBS Are Trading an ETP Tied to Polkadot’s Crypto
The purchases suggest institutional investors’ appetite for crypto exposure in the bull market goes far beyond bitcoin, or even ether.
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Feb 17, 2021 at 5:40 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2021
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DeFi's Curve Finance Is Branching Out to Polkadot
It costs a lot to swap assets on Ethereum. That's why Equilibrium is building a cross-chain version of Curve Finance on Polkadot.
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Feb 9, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 9, 2021
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Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum
The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs.
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Feb 8, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2021
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First Mover: Ethereum, DOGE on Own Journeys as Inflation Bets Fuel Bitcoin
Altcoins like Chainlink get big boost from DeFi growth on Ethereum, while inflation bets boost bitcoin and dogecoin gets (Elon Musk) moonshot.
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Feb 4, 2021 at 2:58 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2021
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Ether Soars to Another All-Time High, Carrying DeFi and Rival Coins With It
Investor excitement ahead of the CME's planned ether futures contract is one reason for the price push.
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Feb 3, 2021 at 7:31 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2021
21Shares Launching First Polkadot ETP on SIX Exchange
The Polkadot ETP (PDOT) will list on the Swiss SIX Exchange on Thursday.
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Feb 2, 2021 at 8:24 a.m. UTC
Feb 2, 2021