As the price of bitcoin rises, token sales have become trendy once more. Here’s how Avalanche, Polkadot and NEAR have fared in 2020.
Polkadot Releases Rococo, Its Test Environment for Interoperable ‘Parachains’
Polkadot has released its first testnet, Rococo, for its parachain network. The testnet will commence with three parachains, Parity Technologies said.
Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than Ethereum
Terra is joining forces with Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana to roll out a DeFi product meant for a wider consumer audience. Meet Anchor.
Polkadot Raises $43M in 72-Hour Private Sale: Source
A second private sale of the Polkadot token (DOT) has netted some 3,982.07 BTC worth an estimated $43.3 million as of press time, according to sources.
Polkadot’s Inaugural Vote Could Expand DOT Supply by 1000x
The first vote on Polkadot will be to see whether the DOT supply should be redenominated by a “logical” 100x or even by 1000x.
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 19, 2020
With BTC miners HODLing, Reddit dreaming big and a crypto card issuer missing billions of dollars and drawing comparisons to Enron, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with another Bitcoin news roundup.
Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens
It’s only a proof-of-concept at this point, but there’s now a model for locking BTC on the Bitcoin blockchain and minting PolkaBTC on Polkadot.
Polkadot Goes Live as Web3 Foundation Pushes Prospective Mainnet
Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1).
Parity’s Gavin Wood Takes a Swipe at Ethereum
Gavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create at Consensus: Distributed.
‘Very Near Launch’: Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood Details Network Rollout
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation.
Coinbase Custody to Support Polkadot Staking With up to 20% Returns
Coinbase Custody is partnering with Bison Trails to add staking support for Polkadot’s native DOT tokens in anticipation of the network’s mainnet launch.
Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team Up for Virtual Developer Event
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.
Shyft Network to Build FATF-Compliant ‘Identity Layer’ for Polkadot
Shyft Network is adding yet another blockchain to its decentralized digital identification network.
IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot
IoT platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to a custom build on Parity Technologies’ Substrate network.
Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin
Web3 has awarded grants to more than 60 projects building on Polkadot.
Polkadot to Use Chainlink Oracles for Interoperability Network
Polkadot will be the first non-ethereum blockchain to integrate Chainlink.
‘One Network, Many Chains’ – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability
Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.
Web3 Plans to Integrate Kadena’s Smart Contract Language on Polkadot
The Web3 Foundation plans to adopt blockchain startup Kadena’s smart contract programming language for the Polkadot ecosystem.
Polychain, Web3 to Back Polkadot Projects With New Ecosystem Fund
“The investment committee is looking for projects that will add long-term value to the Polkadot ecosystem.”
Web3’s Gavin Wood Launches Kusama Network to Test Polkadot Protocol
The Web3 Foundation launched a live experimental version of the Polkadot network on Friday. Here’s what Kusama will be testing.