Polkadot price soars 37% after Coinbase Pro DOT listing, first parachain auction
Polkadot (DOT) witnessed massive upside moves in the previous daily sessions as traders assessed the cryptocurrency’s entry into the United States-based digital assets trading platform, Coinbase Pro, and the upcoming auctioning of parachain slots atop Polkadot network’s testbed version, Kusama, this Tuesday. The DOT/USD exchange rate reached $26.44 during the Monday session, following a roughly […]
Polkadot creator Gavin Wood proposes June 15 for first Kusama parachain auction
Polkadot and Kusama creator Gavin Wood has published a tentative schedule for the much-anticipated Kusama parachain slot auctions. According to a blog post posted on Tuesday, the first parachain auction slot will open on June 15 at 12:00 pm Central European Summer Time. The tentative schedule, subject to the approval of the Kusama Council and […]
Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM) skyrocket in price after attracting $30M in funding
Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM) rose in tandem on June 3 as traders assessed a venture capital firm’s major investment into their blockchain ecosystems. Dubbed as Master Ventures, an Asian blockchain incubator and venture capitalist announced that it had launched a $30 million venture capital fund called Master Ventures Polkadot VC Fund. In a press release […]
Polkadot’s roadmap for full launch fuels rally to all-time highs
The Polkadot (DOT) project released a detailed roadmap on Monday for the highly-anticipated rollout of parachains and slot auctions, which should mark the full launch of the protocol. The roadmap is divided into three main stages. The current phase is the Rococo testnet environment, where developers can test mechanisms to communicate between various Polkadot parachains, its […]