According to @alice_und_bob, Polkadot 2.0 has delivered elastic scaling for parachains, allowing them to scale compute and data availability up or down on demand, which is a direct capacity upgrade relevant to throughput-sensitive trading strategies, source: @alice_und_bob on X and Parity Technologies on X. The announcement specifies 500ms block times, megabytes of data throughput, and seconds of compute per block are now possible, pointing to materially lower latency and higher block payloads that can influence on-chain activity and fee dynamics on Polkadot parachains, source: @alice_und_bob on X and Parity Technologies on X.

According to @alice_und_bob, Polkadot's July 2025 roadmap outlines several key developments with direct trading implications. The upcoming release of Polkadot 2.0 with elastic scaling in August and the launch of Polkadot Pay, a mobile app, are positioned as major catalysts for network usage and DOT price action. Additionally, the roadmap highlights the potential for a 10x performance boost with NOMT, expected in 2026, and the unveiling of the Polkadot Hub platform in October, which aims to drive developer and user onboarding. Key trading events include the Polkadot 2.0 launch party in September, the anticipated decision on DOT ETFs in November, and a comprehensive DOT Tokenomics 2.0 update. These milestones are likely to affect DOT liquidity, volatility, and institutional interest, making DOT a coin to watch in the coming months (source: @alice_und_bob).