Polkadot is getting closer to launching parachains, also known as side chains, on its network, leading prices of DOT to reach a new all-time high of over $50. In response to the rise, one prominent crypto trading expert Michaël van de Poppe has indicated: In his analysis of the token, Poppe added: Currently, Polkadot is now trading at $48.71, up 10.66% in the last 24 hours and up 11.10% over the previous seven days, with a total of over $48.2 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.com.
Parachain auctions referendum
It’s worth noting that the uptrend correlated with the announcement on November 1 that the motion to allow parachain registration and crowd loans had passed council and was now going to a public referendum. Earlier, Polkadot had announced on October 13 that it would finally be able to begin auctioning parachains for the first time, with the first auction slated to take place on November 11. Finally, competing projects may use the crowd loan method to obtain funding in DOT tokens to kickstart their parachain auctions. Moonbeam, an Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible platform that enables developers to move their code from Ethereum to Polkadot with minimum effort, is one of the initiatives fighting for the first slot on the parachain. [coinbase]
