According to CryptoPotato, Polkadot has been announced as the Title sponsor of Coinfest Asia 2024, and one of its parachains has enabled Asynchronous Backing. Despite these developments, the price of Polkadot's native token, DOT, has dropped below $6. However, some analysts predict a potential recovery in the coming months.
In the past few days, Polkadot has announced several initiatives, continuing to make an impact in the cryptocurrency space. Less than a week ago, the community unanimously approved the Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) protocol via OpenGov. In support of this move, the Web3 Foundation, a blockchain-based organization dedicated to promoting new decentralized web software protocols and technologies, launched a 10 million DOT prize pool. This initiative aims to strengthen the Polkadot ecosystem and diversify JAM implementations. The unanimous support from the community indicates a readiness to embrace decentralized innovation while maintaining rigorous standards.
Earlier this year, Polkadot enabled Asynchronous Backing, an upgrade aimed at improving the network’s efficiency and scalability. Most recently, Ajuna Network, one of Polkadot’s parachains, also adopted this mechanism to reduce the block-processing time by half. Polkadot was also introduced as the Title sponsor of Coinfest Asia 2024, a two-day event focusing on crypto adoption and innovation, scheduled to take place in Bali, Indonesia this August.
Despite Polkadot’s advancements, its native token, DOT, remains in the red and is one of the worst performers in the past week, having recently plunged below $6, representing a 10% decline on a seven-day scale. However, multiple industry participants believe the correction will soon be replaced by an uptick. User Rekt Fencer claimed that DOT has entered the AI race, envisioning a price explosion to a new all-time high of over $60 in the following months. Analyst Crypto Tony outlined the $5.70 zone as a key support level, promising to invest should DOT stay above that mark for a few weeks.