Polkadot rose 16.7% on the day and 42.5% on the week, with Cosmos Hub, Decred and Ethereum Classic all up more than 8%, while bitcoin ended the first U.S. session since Labor Day down 0.83% at $78,539. Polymarket traders raised the odds of a quarter-point Federal Reserve increase next week to 54.5%, a third consecutive session of widening. Brent crude settled at $99.31, its highest close since July 23.

Polkadot governance has approved a proposal to implement a 10,000 DOT validator self-stake minimum, making nominators unslashable and reducing unbonding periods from 28 days to as little as 24 hours.

Former Polkadot insiders report lack of direction and support from leadership, treasury overspending, and even failure to pay contributors for their work.

The attacker exploited a vulnerability in Polkadot interoperability protocol Hyperbridge, minting over ~$2 billion in DOT and other tokens, but was only successfully able to cash out about $237K.

21Shares has launched the first U.S. spot DOT ETF just a week after it launched one of the first spot ETFs for SUI.

DOT rises as investors look toward a coming supply cut, though analysts say the move may be driven by market sentiment.

Lower spending and more conservative treasury management helped Polkadot record a profit in Q4, according to a new report.

HOLLAR is a USD-pegged, over-collateralized stablecoin backed by DOT, ETH, and BTC.

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