AMPE is the utility token that powers Amplitude Chain — AMPE is the native token of Pendulum’s sister project, Amplitude. The entire supply will be minted in the genesis block at launch. In order to ensure Amplitude is a community-first project, the Pendulum team decided to take no allocation of AMPE tokens for themselves or advisors and held no token…

5 easy steps to setting up your first Polkadot & Kusama Talisman wallet — What is a Talisman wallet? A Talisman wallet is making the DotSamaverse much more accessible through their intuitive UI/UX. It has established itself as the leader in the Kusama & Polkadot wallet space with excellent user benefits including self-custody, EVM compatibility and Ledger support. Why use Talisman? Keep all your…

Acala’s aUSD is set to become a major stablecoin on Pendulum when it obtains its Polkadot parachain slot. aUSD will be exchanged on Pendulum with other 15+ stablecoins, utilized as a stabilizing mechanism and act as a gateway to the Dotsama ecosystem for fintech companies. — Pendulum aims to become the missing link between fiat and DeFi. A base layer blockchain that fintech companies can develop financial services dApps on top of. To achieve this goal, Pendulum will integrate a wide range of stablecoins from across the crypto ecosystem. Acala is widely considered one of the…

Explore what we have learnt after the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin UST and what more stable alternatives exist. — The recent crash of Terra’s Luna and algorithmic UST stablecoin sent seismic shocks through the crypto community, leaving many to question which stablecoins they can use to safely and reliably store value with. Even USDT depegged for a short period during the UST saga. Stablecoins come in different varieties, some…

The Pendulum Grants Program will provide funding to support initiatives that aim to help establish the missing link between fiat and DeFi — On our mission to build the fiat DeFi future, the release of the Pendulum Grants Program will offer support for projects building out the internet of fiat ecosystem and infrastructure. Opportunity Pendulum is an open-source blockchain that aims to connect fiat and DeFi ecosystems through a fiat-optimized smart contract blockchain. Pendulum…

Overview Amplitude is launching as Pendulum’s sister project on Kusama! The crowdloan will begin on or around June 29th. The waitlist is now live and all you early adopters can sign up now! Simply click below to claim your spot or read on to learn more: Amplitude - Pendulum on Kusama Our crowdloan for the Pendulum Kusama project, Amplitude, is scheduled to go live on June 29th. Now is your chance to…pendulumchain.org

We are thrilled to announce that Pendulum has received a grant from the Web3 Foundation for developing Spacewalk, the first bridge between Stellar and Substrate-based parachains. Accepted as part of Wave 13 of the Web3 Foundation grants program, Pendulum has developed a bridge based on XCLAIM and interBTC. Pendulum has…

In Part 1 we compared the performance of different smart contract technologies. For simplicity we restricted ourselves to the idealized case of smart contracts that are computation heavy and do not access any storage. …

Understanding the different yield farming opportunities on Polkadot parachains — Introduction There are many opportunities (and risks) that DeFi yield farming presents. With the recent UST saga being a good reminder of how important research is before jumping into any liquidity pools. So how is Polkadot different from the rest when it comes to yield farming? Since the launch of…