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Bitcoin
First Mover: Anything-Goes Token Market Repudiates Rich-Only Venture Capital Club
Venture capital is no longer just for the rich, as crypto markets let traders bet on early-stage digital-asset startups, risks included.
Cryptocurrency markets could make the clubby world of venture-capital investing more democratic. (Damonrand/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Aug 24, 2020 at 12:59 p.m. UTC
Aug 24, 2020
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Finance
Ethereum
Token Sales Are Back in 2020
As the price of bitcoin rises, token sales have become trendy once more. Here's how Avalanche, Polkadot and NEAR have fared in 2020.
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By Leigh Cuen
Aug 12, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2020
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Tech
Parity technologies
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.
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By William Foxley
Aug 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Aug 6, 2020
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Terra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
Finance
Stablecoins
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.
Terra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
By Brady Dale
Jul 28, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2020
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Markets
Parity technologies
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.
(BitInfoCharts Block Explorer/CoinDesk Research)
By William Foxley
Jul 27, 2020 at 9:44 p.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2020
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Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
Markets
Polkadot
Polkadot's Inaugural Vote Could Expand DOT Supply by 1,000x
The first vote on Polkadot will be to see whether the DOT supply should be redenominated by a "logical" 100x or even by 1,000x.
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
By Paddy Baker
Jul 13, 2020 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
Jul 13, 2020
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Markets
Reddit
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 anoth...
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By Adam B. LevineJohn BiggsLyllah Ledesma
Jun 19, 2020 at 2:20 p.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2020
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The polkadot-themed artwork of Yayoi Kusama.
Tech
Bitcoin
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.
The polkadot-themed artwork of Yayoi Kusama.
By Brady Dale
Jun 18, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 18, 2020
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Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
Technology
Interoperability
Polkadot Goes Live as Web3 Foundation Pushes Prospective Mainnet
Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1).
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
By William Foxley
May 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
May 26, 2020
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Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on the Growth of Polkadot
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Cryptocurrency
Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov on the Growth of Polkadot
Sergey Nazarov sits down with Will Foxley to talk about Polkadot at ETHDenver
Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on the Growth of Polkadot
By CoinDesk Staff
May 11, 2020 at 9:23 p.m. UTC
May 11, 2020
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