Polkadot news today

Updated April 13, 2026 · 3:30 PM UTC

Polkadot updates on parachains, governance, interoperability, and network ecosystem expansion.

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DFG allocates 500,000 DOT to Acala ahead of Polkadot parachain auctions

Projects can ‘bid’ for slots on the Polkadot platform using DOT and by winning the support of the broader community, the first of which goes live later this month.

4 years ago

Price Watch

Polkadot (DOT) sets a new all time-high ahead of parachain auctions

The latest development comes before the network's much-anticipated parachain auctioning which is scheduled to go live on November 11.

4 years ago

Technology

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

Wood broke down Parity’s way for achieving software upgradability and sustainability in the blockchain decentralized system.

4 years ago

DeFi

The Graph expands into Polkadot, Kusama ecosystems with Moonriver support

The protocol’s native GRT cryptocurrency is used for all the key network operations and settling query fees.

4 years ago

DeFi

Polkadot (DOT) founder announces $774 million development fund for DeFi

Wood invited DOT holders to put forward their suggestions for furthering the network’s growth, offering Polkadot’s treasury funds as an incentive.

4 years ago

DeFi

Is Kusama (KSM) about to shed its “canary network” label?

Kusama is increasingly drawing support as being more than just a testnet for Polkadot.

5 years ago

Technology

This DeFi protocol is launching ‘Liquid DOT’ so crowdloan participants can access DOT liquidity

The derivative product enables Polkadot crowdloan participants to stay liquid while contributing to the Acala Crowdloan.

5 years ago

Technology

(DOT) Polkadot parachains are coming in mid-December. Here’s what you need to know

A much-awaited milestone of the layer-0 blockchain goes live next month after nearly five years of research and development.

5 years ago

DeFi

Kusama parachain Moonriver exceeds expectations with 2 million transactions

Moonbeam's sister platform has seen huge success less than a month after it launched on Kusama.

5 years ago

Kusama (KSM) sees its first sold-out parachain auction

DeFi 5 years ago

Power of community: Moonriver receives over 200,000 KSM ahead of Kusama launch

Tokenization 5 years ago

A deep dive into Polkadot’s tokenomics

Technology 5 years ago

Grayscale Investments consider new crypto trusts, including Polygon and Solana

Investments 5 years ago

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Polkadot news today

DFG allocates 500,000 DOT to Acala ahead of Polkadot parachain auctions

Polkadot (DOT) sets a new all time-high ahead of parachain auctions

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

The Graph expands into Polkadot, Kusama ecosystems with Moonriver support

Polkadot (DOT) founder announces $774 million development fund for DeFi

Is Kusama (KSM) about to shed its “canary network” label?

This DeFi protocol is launching ‘Liquid DOT’ so crowdloan participants can access DOT liquidity

(DOT) Polkadot parachains are coming in mid-December. Here’s what you need to know

Kusama parachain Moonriver exceeds expectations with 2 million transactions

Kusama (KSM) sees its first sold-out parachain auction

Power of community: Moonriver receives over 200,000 KSM ahead of Kusama launch

A deep dive into Polkadot’s tokenomics

Grayscale Investments consider new crypto trusts, including Polygon and Solana

Parity Technologies

Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum

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