More and more people are donating to the Ukrainian side of the conflict since Russia’s decision to invade the neighboring country. Most of these donations are funneled through traditional means of fundraising and donations, but significant amounts of funds are also coming in via crypto payments. As reported by CryptoSlate on Friday, while Ukraine’s Ministry…
Curve Finance launches on Moonbeam bringing over $16 billion in liquidity to Polkadot
Curve Finance, the largest DeFi protocol by total value locked (TVL), has officially launched on Moonbeam. Launched on @MoonbeamNetwork https://t.co/38uIaHaIPw! — Curve Finance (@CurveFinance) February 14, 2022 This is the first protocol of this scale and value to go live on Moonbeam, the EVM-compatible parachain launched on Polkadot earlier this year. Moonbeam and Curve are…
German telecom giant supports Polkadot, acquires DOT tokens
Polkadot, the “blockchain of blockchains” infrastructure developed by the Parity project, has entered a partnership with T-Systems MMS (MultiMedia Solutions), a subsidiary of the German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. As per the announcement, T-Systems MMS will “promote secure communication between blockchains.” T-Systems MMS will use its infrastructure to participate in the Polkadot public blockchain network…
Crypto investment firm DFG contributes 200,000 DOT to Efinity’s crowdloan on Polkadot
Digital Finance Group (DFG), a global crypto investment firm, has allocated 200,000 DOT to Efinity’s crowdloan. The allocation, worth over $7 million at press time, is the second time DFG invested in a project competing for a Polkadot parachain—earlier this month, the company contributed 500,000 DOT to Acala. DFG looking to invest in as many…
Metaverse ‘land sales’ come to Polkadot via PolkaStarter
Polkadot launchpad platform Polkastarter announced yesterday that will begin offering real estate land sales. According to the company’s announcement, the first NFT metaverse Land Sale will take place next week on Polkastarter, enabling users to snap up real estate from the best metaverse projects. Buying virtual land is now as easy as buying tokens Given…
Acala wins Polkadot’s first parachain slot with over 32 million DOT staked
DeFi protocol Acala has won the first-ever Polkadot parachain auction on Thursday. The platform raised a total of 32.5 million DOT from 81,000 contributors, worth over $1.3 billion at press time. With over 32M DOT contributed by over 81,000 community members, Acala has won the first parachain auction on @Polkadot! Thank you to everyone who…
MVP Workshop Partners with Moonbeam To Enable a Multi-Chain Future
Bitcoin Press Release: R&D studio MVP Workshop has announced a partnership with multi-chain smart contract platform Moonbeam. 8th February 2021, Belgrade, Serbia – MVP Workshop is an R&D studio dedicated to the exploration of new technologies. During the past year, there have been a plethora of developments within the blockchain ecosystem, including the rise of…