Polkadot (DOT)

Ethereum vs. the Competition: A Look at the Top Ethereum Killers in 2023

This is an up-to-date list of Ethereum's highest quality competitors that you should be keeping an eye on in 2023.

Polkadot's Gavin Wood Steps Down As CEO

Gavin Wood stepped down as CEO of Parity Technologies, the company that makes Polkadot (DOT). Wood will assume the role of Technical Architect.

DeFi

Acala’s Stablecoin Contract Hacked, aUSD Depegs Following $1.2B Mint

Acala's stablecoin aUSD suffered a contract hack which resulted in $1.2B of aUSD being minted, and a serious depegging.

Company Highlight

Grayscale Launched an Altcoin Investment Trust

Grayscale, the largest digital asset management firm in the world, launched a new smart contract alt coin fund.

Composable Finance Allegedly Run By Convicted Fraudster Omar Zaki

Polkadot (DOT)

Composable Finance Allegedly Run By Fraudster Omar Zaki

Composable Finance's head of product, 0xbrainjar, is alleged to be fraudster Omar Zaki. In 2019, the SEC accused Zaki of "misleading investors in financing an unregistered hedge fund."

ConsenSys Raises $200M at a $3.2B Valuation

Company Highlight

Crypto this week: from 🌋 BTC to Network ☠️

Crypto this week: from El Salvador's volcano mined BTC cities, to major Helium network outages.

Polkadot (DOT)

Acala Wins First Polkadot Parachain Slot Auction

Acala (ACA) has won the first action for a Polkadot (DOT) parachain slot lease, locking up over $1.3 billion in DOT for 96 months.

Adoption

This Morning On Chain

This week in Crypto: Identity tracking, SEC regulation, Bored Ape launching a token, DAOs, and Polkadot's Parachain Slot Auction

Polkadot (DOT)

Polkadot's Parachain Slot Auction is Coming Soon

Polkadot (DOT) announced it will begin to auction parachain slots soon.