DeFi on Polkadot: An alt chain with interoperability on the horizon
Polkadot’s DeFi ecosystem is expanding, but will its interoperability prove to be the Ethereum-killer? The Polkadot blockchain platform only launched its mainnet in May, but it is already pushing to become a major competitive force in the sector. In late August, following a DOT token redenomination, Polkadot smashed into the top 10 cryptocurrencies, overtaking established altcoins such as EOS, Litecoin (LTC) and others. Kelvin Koh from Asian crypto fund Spartan Black previously said that Polkadot could rank in the top three blockchains. Elsewhere, Dan Morehead from Pantera Capital....
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PRESS RELEASE. IOST has announced it is now at the final development stage for building a cross-chain transfer bridge to the Polkadot Ecosystem. The move is part of IOST’s plans to promote its cross-chain interoperability, bringing tremendous value for IOST users & developers and drive bigger adoption scenarios for its blockchain, according to a blog post on 5 March 2021. IOST Joins Forces with Polkadot In a bid to make its decentralized solutions available across multiple blockchains, promote trust and data sovereignty for users, IOST, the Proof-of-Believability smart contract....
Synthetic assets are different DeFi platform tokens that digitally represent real-life derivatives like futures and options. They are created via smart contracts on a distributed and globally accessible blockchain network. Horizon Protocol Horizon Protocol is a DeFi platform for creating on-chain synthetic assets (zAssets) based on real-life financial assets. The protocol is a fork from the liquidity derivatives protocol, Synthetix. Therefore, instead of reinventing the wheel, Horizon improves the interoperability, scalability, speed, and affordability of on-chain derivatives trading. It....
Polkadot’s vision for a sharded parachain ecosystem is moving toward becoming a reality. The Polkadot ecosystem continues to progress, with DeFi platform Acala Network becoming the first to win a parachain slot on the Rococo testnet.Acala, the self-described decentralized finance hub for Polkadot, announced it had secured the slot on March 26.Acala has won the first parachain slot auction on @Polkadot testnet Rococo, and now Acala occupies the first public parachain slot on Rococo . Keep on building ️ pic.twitter.com/EscaM8dGqQ— Acala - DeFi Hub of Polkadot (@AcalaNetwork) March 26,....
Interlay is developing infrastructure for decentralized financial apps on multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Cosmos and Polkadot. DFG Capital has led a $6.5 million investment in the interoperability start-up Interlay, which is building infrastructure for decentralized finance applications across major blockchains such as Ethereum, Cosmos and Polkadot. As per the announcement, the new funds will be used by Interlay to scale its operations and bring more developers on board with its open-source platform. In a statement, James Wo, DFG founder and CEO, said Interlay's solution will....
DOT price could find reason to rally now that cross-chain messaging on Polkadot brings new interoperability, liquid staking and options to mint aUSD stablecoin. Development within the Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem has been slowly unfolding over the past year and a half, and the work put in by developers is finally starting to bear fruit as parachain auctions finish and the first chains launch on the mainnet. The next phase of interoperability within the ecosystem is set to kick off now that cross-chain functionality is about to go live. This next step will allow Polkadot-based parachains to....