Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain Moonbeam is live on Polkadot

The day of the long-awaited launch has dawned, as Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain, went live on Polkadot. With the completed launch process, the winner of the second slot auction became the first fully operational parachain on Polkadot–ready to welcome the deployment of over 80 projects. Project deployment Moonbeam is expected “to light up…

Efinity becomes the winner of Polkadot’s sixth parachain auction

Efinity joins the league of Polkadot parachain slot auction winners–Acala, Moonbeam, Astar, Parallel Finance, and finally, Clover Finance. In order to win the auction, contributors and investors vote by staking Polkadot’s native cryptocurrency–DOT. The sixth parachain slot goes to Efinity According to Enjin’s Twitter announcement, Efinity won its slot with 7.7 million DOT contributed by…

Here’s why the demand for Moonriver (MOVR) could rise as Chainlink integration begins

Polkadot smart contract parachain Moonbeam recently announced the native integration of Chainlink Price Feeds on Moonriver, marking a pivotal moment for projects building in the Kusama ecosystem. Moonriver is a layer 1 Ethereum-compatible parachain connected to Kusama, and a permanently incentivized canary network of Moonbeam. Following the news that Chainlink Price Feeds officially went live…

Exploring Kusama Kings, Kusama’s majestic new NFT collection

In an exclusive interview with CryptoSlate, the creators of Kusama Kings talk about the issues with minting NFTs, utilizing Kusama’s potential, and the unusually strong community bond NFTs can facilitate. Kusama, Singular, and lowering the barrier for entry Polkadot’s more chaotic cousin Kusama has been a testing ground for many innovative dApps, but it wasn’t…

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood: Decentralization shouldn’t ‘cut corners’ in favor of scalability

In a keynote speech at this week’s Wanxiang Blockchain Global Summit in Shanghai, Polkadot (DOT) founder Gavin Wood broke down the four key advantages of the substrate parachain platform, as he predicted that non-decentralized applications will be facing increased regulatory pressure in the future.  The network’s heterogeneous multichain architecture approaches fruition, with Polkadot’s first parachain…

The Graph expands into Polkadot, Kusama ecosystems with Moonriver support

The Graph goes live on Moonriver (MOVR), as the powerful indexing protocol further expands into the Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM) ecosystems. The Graph (GRT) is a decentralized, open-source infrastructure protocol designed to collect, process, and store blockchain data, initially launched on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. The protocol enables storing of the collected and analyzed…

Altair Network wins 9th parachain auction on Kusama

Altair Network is now the winner of the 9th parachain auction on Kusama. According to parachain auction data, the network amassed over $61.7million worth of KSM tokens from over 11,200 contributors, securing first place in the competition to launch on Kusama. Welcome to the cₕₐₒₛ @altair_network! After winning the 9th parachain auction, Altair is now…

Kusama parachain Moonriver exceeds expectations with 1.75 million transactions

Kusama parachain Moonriver exceeds expectations with 1.75 million transactions | CryptoSlate Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Start Earning Interest Polkadot › DeFi Moonbeam’s sister platform has seen huge success less than a month after it launched on Kusama. Andjela Radmilac · September 29, 2021 at 5:00…