Polkadot Breaks New Highs, Kusama Surges on Parachain Developments   Polkadot and Kusama have resumed their uptrends, helped by promising developments surrounding cross-chain interoperability. Key Takeaways Polkadot is getting closer to its first parachain auction on Nov. 11. Picasso has announced it is Kusama’s 12th auction winner. DOT and KSM look primed for higher highs. […]

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 […]

Crypto Weekly Roundup: Polkadot To Follow Kusama’s Path And Drop In Value Soon?   HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PARACHAINS AUCTIONS ALMOST HERE!Exactly 101 days after hitting the lowest price level since January 2021 Polkadot (DOT/USDT) finds itself in a position of the 8th largest blockchain with market capitalization of $46.05B (+61% compared to days ago) according to […]

Kusama (KSM) council announces early start for next batch of parachain auctions   High-speed “layer-0” blockchain Kusama has made a recent change in its schedule regarding the impending parachain auctions. One of the community council members has suggested a new proposal inviting votes from other members seeking one auction per week for the next seven […]

Is Kusama (KSM) about to shed its “canary network” label? Polkadot whale and notable community member @DonnieBigBags tweeted that the Polkadot to Kusama bridge will be rolled out at the end of this year. He added that, by formally connecting both chains, Kusama is “more important than ever.” “Importantly it was announced today that the […]

What is Kusama? Polkadot’s Canary Network Explained This guide explains everything you need to know about Kusama – Polkadot’s Canary Network. What is it, what is it used for, KSM – its native token, and more. Polkadot has undoubtedly become one of the more popular projects in the cryptocurrency field.  However, one of the most […]

Polkadot reaching ‘escape velocity’ has this impact on Kusama Altcoins have rallied pretty well in response to Bitcoin’s recovery, several times in a row this season. At the time of writing, for instance, as Bitcoin stood above $51.8K, most alts were trading in the green on their one-day price charts. On the other hand, some […]

While Ethereum is slowly transitioning to ETH 2.0, other blockchain networks such as Polkadot have been attracting developers and users into their ecosystems. Polkadot’s low-latency, high throughput network uses sharding mechanisms to facilitate faster and cheaper transactions, overcoming the issues that plague Ethereum. Polkadot’s “canary network” Kusama is all set to start the second batch […]

Kusama and Polkadot are jointly two of the most successful Blockchain partnerships, judging by the effort both teams have put to drive a massive adoption for the Blockchain. Following the success of the first Parachain auction, Polkadot will commence the next phase of the Parachain auction on Kusama. The auction, which is open to all […]

Bitcoin’s monopoly over the market is undisputed; even though alts form an indispensable part of the market, a lot of altcoins tend to follow Bitcoin’s footsteps. However, looking at the recent performance of some major altcoins, some alts rallied independently and showed a lower correlation with Bitcoin and Ethereum’s price. On the other hand, some potentially pump-worthy coins […]