The Polkadot ($DOT) network says it ended 2022 on a high, reporting multiple key developments that took place in the fourth quarter as well as strong developer momentum. 

The implementation of nomination pools was one of a number of headlines made by the Polkadot ecosystem during the final three months of the year. In other news, the Polkadot smart contract platform Astar Network announced in October it had entered into a key partnership with the Japanese mobile network provider NTT Docomo. Astar said it will henceforth be working with NTT Docomo on a number of initiatives that aim to boost adoption of Web3.

That same month also saw a major milestone for Polkadot, as its parachain KILT Protocol pulled off what was the first full migration from Kusama to Polkadot’s main relay chain. Kusama is a “canary network” that serves as a kind of testbed for both Polkadot, and the numerous parachains that are one day aiming to launch on Polkadot’s relay chain. 

There were good news for DOT investors too, who may have been satisfied to learn that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision no longer sees the token as a “security”, but rather a “non-security”.