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Will it be a Hot DOT Summer? ☀️ Hydration, GIGADOT, FIFA Rivals, Truth Network, Polimec & More News!

Join this week’s Polkadot News Pump - Hydration DeFi rollup stack introduces LINK and SKY trading, with TVL up 30% from last week to over $130M.

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Indonesia's Web3 Acceleration IN ACTION ⚡️ Polkadot’s Mandala Chain - GIGADOT, DOT Gaming & More!

Explore how Mandala Chain is driving Indonesia’s Web3 transformation with Polkadot! As the fourth largest country by population adopts blockchain, Mandala’s flagship projects—West Java’s federated blockchain, Djoin for regional banks, Kraflab IP certification, and ID Chain for 100 million .id users—are set to revolutionize governance, finance, and digital identity. The Niskala testnet is live, with the Madya mainnet launching in Q2 2025.

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Polkadot: a 35,000 Foot View! ✈️ gigaDOT Launch, Hyperbridge, Memecoins & Gaming Explosion!

Dive into this week’s crypto whirlwind! Polkadot’s gigaDOT launch is days away, with Hydration DeFi rollup upgrades, native ETH on Polkadot, & Hyperbridge shaking up the blockchain scene.

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Polkadot Usage UP as Market Bleeds 🩸 Hydration TVL, TikTok on DOT, Polimec, Gaming & MORE Web3 News!

Get ready for a mind-blowing Friday news pump! Polkadot’s leading DeFi rollup Hydration is shattering records with native ETH, wrapped staked ETH, and March all-time highs in transfers, transactions, and users—pushing TVL to an epic $80M!

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gigaDOT Slams 👑 Golden Opportunities in Polkadot DeFi - TVVIN, DOT ETFs, On-chain Gaming & More!

Buckle up for a crypto revolution! Polkadot is on fire with massive updates: the TVVIN gold-backed utility token launch news this weekend, GigaDOT drops in just 2 weeks, and a 21Shares DOT ETF filing has the SEC buzzing.

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BIG Polkadot Liquidity News 💦 HOLLAR Stablecoin, GigaDOT, ETF, Pudgy Penguins, Polimec AND MORE!

Dive into the latest Polkadot crypto news! HOLLAR, an over-collateralized stablecoin with atomic swaps, is coming soon to Hydration’s DeFi stack, alongside GigaDOT wrapping DOT yield from FOUR Sources.

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Space Monkeys Podcast

Big Brains blasting off on Blockchain tech, regulation & adoption on this weekly podcast!

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PEER3: Peer-to-Peer Meets Blockchain 🎰 Low-Latency Poker w/ Web3 Guarantees - Space Monkeys 189

Blasting Off with Luka Stanisic, founder of PEER3, a Web3 project that snagged a $600K USDT + 30,000 DOT grant from the Polkadot Treasury.

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From Coding at 8 to Polkadot’s JAM 🧑‍🚀 Daniel Cukier: Man of the Future - Space Monkeys 188

Today we Blast Off with Daniel Cookier, a core developer of the Jamixer project, as he shares his inspiring journey from coding at age 8 in Brazil to becoming a passionate advocate for Polkadot’s Web3 vision.

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Inside the Polkadot Blockchain Academy 🎓 Bootcamp Breakdown with Next-gen Devs! - Space Monkeys 187

Dive into an explosive episode of Space Monkeys with Polkadot Blockchain Academy students in Lucerne, Switzerland! Join Sam Wakefield, Sree Sanakkayala, and Bhargav Sagiraju as they unpack their intense 2.5-week journey mastering Polkadot’s cutting-edge tech.

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Cardano Midnight Exposed 🌑 The Privacy Chain on Substrate - Must-Know Secrets! - Space Monkeys 186

Dive into the groundbreaking world of Cardano’s Midnight project with developer Justin Frevert on Space Monkeys!

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TVVIN: From Smugglers' Caves to Polkadot! Tokenizing Gold, Silver with Yield - Space Monkeys 185

Join Space Monkeys as we blast off with Lise Wessel and Thomas Tallis, CMO and CEO of TVVIN, a groundbreaking real-world asset tokenization project!

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Dapps ARE NOT Decentralized! SQD Fixes that with Web3's Only Indexing Juggernaut - Space Monkeys 184

Dive into the future of Web3 with SQD (formerly SubSquid) co-founders Marcel and Dimitri on Space Monkeys!

Attempts at Governance (AAG)

The twice-weekly live public forum where treasury & software proposals are put in the hot seat!

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AAG #227 - No Show 👻

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AAG #226 - Metaproposal 🫨

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AAG #225 - Kusama Hub ☕️

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AAG #224 - Too Quiet 🤫

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AAG #223 - $PARITY 🐦‍⬛

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AAG #222 - Guestlist 🎵

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Web3 Thinkers

Behind the code of Web3. Dive into underlying technologies and concepts of the decentralized web in interesting conversations with the people building it.

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Gavin Wood: The Gray Paper Interview - JAM & the Future of Polkadot - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Key Pictures presents: The Gray Paper Interview with Dr. Gavin Wood. Captured as part of the Behind the Code II interviews - Proudly presented by The Kusamarian.

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Digital Feudalism & the Advent of a Free Internet w/ Frank McCourt - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Frank discusses Feudal History, humanity's move to freedom, the modern enslavement from the design of the internet, Blockchain solutions, Project Liberty, and Our Biggest Fight!

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Ingø Rübe: ID Dangers on the Internet & the Decentralized Solution - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Ingø discusses the nature of real world identification, the dangers of how ID developed on the internet & the data problem, a decentralized solution in web3.0, keeping AI accountable, and the Polkadot DAO social experiment.

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Joshua Cheong: Building where the Action is - The Global Web3 - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Joshua discusses the geographic decentralization of Web3 Contributors, the unique solutions it provides, the PolkadotDAO, & the Network State.

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Dakota Barnett: Subverting Systems of Power - Web3 Tools for Change - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Dakota discusses entrenched systems of power in free society, the empowerment of everyone & cascading change with Web3 Tools.

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Gavin Wood: A Difficult Balance & the DOT JAM Mission - Polkadot - Behind the Code: Web3 Thinkers

Gavin discusses crypto regulation, neutralizing the venom of centralized AI, the technical solution in Agile Coretime, JAM, and how they fit into the greater mission of Web3