What Is Polkadot? A Complete Guide to DOT
Polkadot is a multi-chain network designed for blockchains to share security and talk to each other. Here is how it works, what DOT does, and the risks worth knowing.
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Polkadot is a multi-chain network designed for blockchains to share security and talk to each other. Here is how it works, what DOT does, and the risks worth knowing.
TerraUST's $40 billion wipeout was a category failure, not a one-off. Every algorithmic stablecoin since has run the same death-spiral math, just with better branding.
Jupiter is the default DEX aggregator on Solana — it routes your swap across every venue on the chain. Here is how it works and what JUP does.
The attacker used Ostium's own Gelato-run price automation against it, forging future-dated oracle reads to extract an $18M USDC payout. It is the second major oracle hit in a week.
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Avalanche was the largest-cap name among CoinGecko’s upward movers as of 09:00 UTC on 13 Aug 2026, climbing from rank…