Bill Laboon, Director of Education at Web3 Foundation, on Polkadot’s 1000 Referendums, Centralized Points in Decentralized Polkadot, and Sprinkling Blockchain Dust | Ep. 369

Web3 Foundation’s Bill Laboon discusses everything Polkadot, its real competitors, reaching 1000 referendums, the need for more end-user-focused apps, and how the Foundation and Parity turned out to be centralized points in the decentralized project.
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Top Token Presale of 2024: Pepe Unchained Raises Over $13.1M

Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) is emerging as the top token presale of 2024 after recently reaching the $13.1 million milestone in funds raised. The new Ethereum Layer 2, which sports its own block explorer and even its own DEX, will be among the scaling solutions with full backing from Vitalik Buterin come 2025 because it removes […]
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U.S. Urges Nigeria To Release Tigran Gambaryan: NY Times

U.S. diplomats are pressuring the Nigerian government to release detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, a new report from The New York Times reveals. The demand for the crypto exchange employee’s release comes amid reports of Gambaryan’s worsening health.
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Kamala Harris Overtakes Donald Trump Once More In Polymarket Betting

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has overtaken Republican nominee Donald Trump in Polymarket’s 2024 U.S. presidential election forecast, data from a poll on the decentralized prediction market shows. The two candidates went head to head in a highly-publicized debate earlier this week on ABC News.
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Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXScreener – DOGE, DWOLF, DEV

While major cryptocurrencies are in a buoyant mood on Friday as risk appetite across financial market improves on the prospect of easier incoming financial conditions, the top crypto gainers today are all to be found in the on-chain DEX markets.
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ParaFi Taps Securitize to Tokenize Portion of $1 Billion Fund

ParaFi Capital has partnered with Securitize, a real-world asset tokenization platform, to tokenize a portion of its more than $1 billion in assets under management on the Avalanche blockchain.
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