Polkadot (DOT) Shoots 40% Above $11.50 to Become the Fifth-Largest Crypto Leaving Behind Litecoin (LTC)
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In a massive rally, Polkadot(DOT) has gone into the ranks of top-ten cryptocurrencies by market cap leaving veteran giants like Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). At press time, the DOT price is up 40% above $11.50 with its market cap rising past $10.2 billion.
Over the last month, the Polkadot bulls have actually really taken up the rally on a charge with the DOT cost doubling in simply 30 days. The huge part of the Polkadot price rally comes just during the Christmas season of December 2020. As we can see from the chart below, the DOT cost has been carefully following the BTC rally over the last two weeks since December 28.

$ DOT is having a field day, with a shocking +24% 24-hour increase on its method to a new #AllTimeHigh $10.56 a couple hours ago. #Github development activity is showing signs of increasing once again after a holiday break, and volume is maintaining really high levels. https://t.co/kJX8THCUHx pic.twitter.com/t01mKnXsIR
—– Santiment (@santimentfeed) January 13, 2021
Over the in 2015, Polkadot has actually gained much appeal as an Ethereum-competitor although it is presently miles apart. The platform acquired appeal by bring in advancement projects like Moonbeam that supports scalable wise contracts. It likewise hosts other diverse jobs like KILT that use digital identity.
Polkadot to Soon Gets Its First-Ever Parachain
The Polkadot blockchain network scales by spreading its deals on several parallel blockchain fragments dubbed Parachains. It looks like the platform is soon to get its first-ever Parachain. On Wednesday, January 13, the Plasm Network announced that it has actually handled to successfully get in touch with Polkadot testnet Rococo V1.
Polkadot’s Rococo-V1 testnet brings the latest variation of the Parachain agreement. Throughout the most recent statement, the Plasm Network discussed:
“2021 is an exciting year for our community. Our highest top priority in 2021 is to end up being a Polkadot parachain and develop a dApps center on Polkadot”.
Quickly later on, cross-chain DEX protocol Zenlink likewise announced its collaboration with Plasm Network.
What a fantastic news! We have actually entered into a tactical partnership with @Plasm_Network and strategy to prioritize the combination of Zenlink DEX Module into Plasm Network for cross-chain tradings screening in between parachains in the Rococo V1 environment. #Polkadot https://t.co/ijiZPhMUTL
—– Zenlink (@ZenlinkPro) January 13, 2021
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