Founder of @Polkadot_ERI Mentor @gryphsisacademy Contributing to the growth of Polkadot from business models, tokenomics , and strategies. $DOT
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The current issue is that as the total supply of $DOT becomes a fixed cap the stable income of the treasury will decrease significantly. As mentioned in our previously released strategic report the treasury needs to allocate a large portion of funds to launch parachain incentive programs after the @Polkadot Hub goes live to support the large-scale development of the Polkadot application ecosystem.
However the current amount of DOT in the treasury is very small with less than 20 million DOT available and the price of DOT is relatively low meaning the funds that can be allocated for incentives are limited. Compared to @Polygon which launched a 150 million US dollar incentive fund in 2021 including 40 million US dollars in liquidity mining incentives allocated to @aave this level of incentive is still too modest.
Therefore it is difficult for #Polkadot to have extra funds for other purposes. The top priority is to introduce buying pressure from traditional finance for Polkadot through the logic of ETFs and DATs to drive up the price of DOT thereby securing sufficient treasury funds for incentive programs.
Here’s how much marketing bounty spending has gone out so far in 2025 for @Polkadot based on data from Opengov.watch
Breakdown (YTD 2025):
Kaito Campaign $670K
KOL Agencies $498K
The Kusamarian $486K
Community Managers $204K
Curators & Ops $472K
💰 Total: ≈ $2.33 million spent in under 10 months.
Now the real question... is this marketing spend fueling real adoption?
forum.polkadot.network/t/mar…
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In 2023, we released a strategic report which mentioned in detail that @Polkadot needed to issue stablecoins based on $DOT . This approach could solve the problem of treasury sell - offs. Now in 2025, we're glad that such a thing is being advanced. #Polkadot
I’ve shared a proposal for a Dynamic Allocation Pool (DAP): an issuance buffer that sits between @Polkadot’s token issuance and its funding destinations. It comes with a set of complementary protocol changes designed to align Polkadot’s economics for what’s ahead.
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Grayscale Polkadot Trust ETF update.
🔹Staking added.
🔹More risk disclosures.
🔹Recent USA acts added to go with the easier ETF approval method.
Locked & ready for the USA government to end to shutdown. 🇺🇸
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⭕️One of the reasons for choosing @Polkadot is that if one desires more diverse performance and greater development potential, it is essential to select an infrastructure with an innovative design in its underlying architecture.
Compared to many projects that merely follow the mindset of Layer 1 public blockchains, #Polkadot was designed from the very beginning with the goal of breaking the traditional Layer 1 architecture. Therefore, despite having developed for many years, Polkadot’s technology can still undergo continuous iteration, and it has also introduced cutting-edge technologies like #JAM —something that other public blockchains do not possess.
This is analogous to the following scenario: if we are thinking about "traveling from Location A to Location B" but still adhere to the mindset of trains, only thinking about how to build a train with more powerful propulsion, this kind of thinking will never break free from the constraints of railway tracks, let alone come up with a solution like airplanes. $DOT
Why Builders Pick Polkadot:
Part 5: @Hyperbridge
Internet-scale interoperability has always been a hard problem. Most bridges today are either too slow, too fragile, or too dependent on trusted middlemen. That’s exactly why Hyperbridge turned to @Polkadot.
As co-founder @seunlanlege put it, Polkadot delivers what other ecosystems can’t:
• Fast finality: Parachains settle in around 30 seconds, allowing Hyperbridge to push ZK proofs across chains without waiting on sluggish relayers.
• Shared security at scale: Polkadot’s relay chain secures the entire network with billions in staked DOT, raising the cost of attacks to levels far beyond what any multisig bridge could claim.
• Developer-first flexibility: The Polkadot SDK and Substrate pallets powered the creation of ISMP (Interoperable State Machine Protocol), a framework that decouples consensus from proofs and enables zk coprocessors to compress millions of verifications into one.
• Scalability built-in: With async backing live, Hyperbridge now produces blocks every 6 seconds at 8x the throughput, driving real throughput for DeFi messaging.
• Future alignment: By syncing vToken prices through verifiable oracles, Hyperbridge is laying the groundwork for intent-based swaps and cross-chain liquidity without wrappers.
In a recent demo, he showcased zk consensus proofs being broadcast to six different chains simultaneously.
For Hyperbridge, Polkadot isn’t just infrastructure, it’s the settlement layer that makes trustless interoperability real.
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An extended thought: To transform more hackathon projects into official ecosystem projects (since many hackathon projects fail to operate sustainably), it is necessary to provide winning projects with more resource support beyond monetary rewards.
For instance, clearly stating what additional financial and resource support will be offered once these hackathon projects are actually deployed and operational as official projects on @Polkadot . #Polkadot $DOT
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Happy Monday, Builders 🙌
🚨 At @Web3summit, Gavin Wood/@gavofyork laid out a bold vision for the future of @Polkadot and Web3.
From JAM to tokenomics to proof of personhood → here are the 6 big takeaways you should know 🧵👇
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→ 3 tracks
→ 6 weeks
→ $40,000 in prizes
The Polkadot Builder Party features a global, online, six-week hackathon kicking off October 6th.
Web2 & Web3 devs are invited to submit "radically open, radically useful" apps, blockchains and proof-of-concepts for the Polkadot Cloud.
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Yes — since some folks DM’d us asking about Fast-Unstake, here’s a consolidated response: according to the latest from @paritytech, DOT’s Fast-Unstake feature is being retired!
Introduced in 2022, Fast-Unstake let inactive nominators/validators (no activity in the past 28 days) instantly unlock their stake without waiting the full 28-day period.
Parity now confirms: due to high computational cost, this feature cannot be implemented on Asset Hub and won’t be migrated there.
🔗 forum.polkadot.network/t/ass…
📌 Note from PolkaWorld: While Fast-Unstake won’t survive the migration, W3F researchers have suggested a potential future proposal to remove the unbonding period entirely — allowing nominators to exit anytime, boosting liquidity. jonasw3f.github.io/economics…
Stay tuned as we track this closely!
👋 @Polkadot is about to make unstaking way smoother 🎉
No more fixed 28 days — instead, a dynamic 2–28 day window:
✨ As fast as ~2 days when demand is low
🛑 Up to 28 days if everyone rushes out
The code’s ready. Next stop → runtime upgrade! 🔥
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🥳10 Years of Parity celebrations start today!
✨From ETHCore to Parity✨
What began as a small team of engineers with a big vision became a movement still shaping the future of Web3.
🚀 Better tech. Better internet.
This Friday (our 10th birthday), we’ll share the full story of how Parity came to life.
🍿Stay tuned for more teasers all week. @gavofyork
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Polkadot ⭕ ~ Launches Institutional Arm to Bridge Wall Street and Web3 🚀
Polkadot has officially launched Polkadot Capital Group, an institutional arm led by David Sedacca, Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, with a background spanning BlackRock, Kayak, and Casper. This is a full push to bridge Wall Street with Web3 through real infrastructure, not hype.
What's on the table?
📈 RWA Tokenization → Bringing real-world assets on-chain
🔗 Staking & DeFi → Institutional-grade yield and liquidity
🏦 CEX + DEX infrastructure → Market access at every level
📊 Data-driven education & insights → Clear, credible, actionable resources for brokers, asset managers, and allocators
Sedacca added that Polkadot Capital is actively building strategic partnerships with brokers, asset managers, and capital allocators to deliver “clear, credible, and actionable resources."
The new arm is aimed at bringing asset managers, banks, OTC desks, exchanges, and venture capital firms into the Polkadot ecosystem, a network built to power interoperable blockchains and decentralized applications.
The article is well worth the read, but this line stood out the most:
“We’re not reinventing finance — we’re evolving market infrastructure. That’s where Polkadot is superior, and Polkadot Capital Group is here to educate and amplify its value proposition.”
Link :coindesk.com/business/2025/0…
#Polkadot #institutions
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Big news from the Web3 Foundation!
Bill Laboon has assumed the new role of Vice President of Ecosystem.
Previously focused on education and governance, Bill's new role now encompasses all aspects of ecosystem growth, including grants, investments, and business development.
This move aims to bring:
→ more strategic oversight and coordination to the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems.
The goal isn't to centralize control but
→ providing a clear "North Star" for the community
→ ensuring that everyone works towards shared goals for a decentralized internet.
→ fostering greater unity and direction for Polkadot's future.
In the end, Decentralization doesn't mean a lack of coordination.
Congratulations and Best wishes for continued successes @BillLaboon and Polkadot!
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Web3 Show Spotlight✨
With the rise of #RWA and #stablecoins and traditional finance scrambling to enter Web3 what opportunities will @Polkadot seize?
Speaker: @Zou_Block (Founder of @Polkadot_ERI)
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As RWAs and stablecoins rise, and traditional finance rushes to enter Web3, what opportunities will Polkadot seize? teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1dRKZYMWo…
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The PDP just crushed another DevX barrier for @Polkadot
The PDP Coretime Auto-renewal guide is now LIVE!
Oh and every rollup on Polkadot can use it
🔗deploypolkadot.xyz/coretime-…
Simply paste in your RPC URL to get started👇
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Web3 Show Spotlight✨
What is the appropriate inflation rate for $DOT to be adjusted to?
Guest Speaker: @xupanweb3
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🧐 Is NFT Dead? Unique Network Answers with their Millions of Mintings Function
🔹Opening speech
Dear friends, welcome to "Web3 Insights", our interview program dedicated to the cutting - edge trends in the blockchain world. I'm your host,@Zou_Block. In the evolving landscape of #Web3, NFTs, as a unique form of digital assets, have brought forth numerous remarkable achievements and astonishing business models over the past few years.
@Polkadot, technically, not only integrates @Ethereum's technologies but also pioneers new technologies that the entire industry may need, such as PolkaVM, JAM, and more. With the support of these new technologies, asset forms like NFTs are poised to unlock new growth opportunities.
Today, we are honored to welcome @AleksandaMitro1, CEO and Co-Founder of @Unique_NFTchain, to our show. Unique Network has been continuously exploring the broader possibilities of NFTs, and perhaps today we can gain insights from our guest about new development opportunities in the #NFT space.
Now, let's officially kick off today's interview and delve into the wonderful world of Unique Network together.
🧵
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what is happening?
Some anarchist hackers took the new PVM smart contract chain planned for Polkadot and secretly deployed it to the Kusama innovation network
A leaked manifesto shows they want to build a Lunarpunk underground movement on the chain 😵
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📢Chinese Live Stream Alert for this Wednesday!⭕️
Join us for the launch of @Polkadot_ERI's "Web3 Show" live stream series on Wednesday, July 2nd at 20:00 UTC+8 (Beijing Time)!
Hosted by @Zou_Block and featuring guest @xupanweb3 , we’ll gather for an engaging discussion over a "fireside chat" to dive into Polkadot’s economy and development:
🔹Topic of the episode:
How to adjust the $DOT inflation rate?
We’ll also tackle plenty of hot topics, exploring Polkadot’s latest progress and recent industry shifts.
Follow @Polkadot_ERI to catch every opportunity amid @Polkadot growth. #Polkadot
See you at Web3 Show. Don’t miss out!
