Polygon (Matic Network)

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron has voiced his discontent with layer-3 (L3) networks, saying their existence is taking away Ethereum’s value. His statement comes amid growing excitement around L3 networks such as Degen Chain, which are built on top of L2s to facilitate application-specific dApps that offer solutions such as scaling, costs, and interoperability. How...Read More

Mark Cuban recently took to X on Monday afternoon for a spontaneous Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with his 8.8 million followers, where he touched on various topics, including crypto-related ones. When asked about his preferred cryptocurrency ventures beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, Mark Cuban highlighted Polygon and Injective, declaring, “I’ve invested in both (DYOR).” Dallas...Read More

Polygon Labs has discontinued contributions to its Edge platform which is designed to build custom Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. This decision reflects the company’s plans to prioritize the expansion of the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), the open-source development toolkit for building ZK-powered Layer 2 chains on Ethereum for both Web3 projects and Web2 enterprises. Polygon...Read More

The crypto market anticipates a bullish trend in the next few months, with the upcoming Bitcoin halving. During this period, several altcoins went on solid rallies. One such is MATIC, a Layer-2 Ethereum scaling token, which has observed a noteworthy increase in its price, surpassing the $0.80 threshold for the first time since July 2023....Read More

Polygon Labs has announced that the POL token upgrade is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. The upgrade to POL has been initiated on the Ethereum mainnet following several months of development, community consultation, and a successful testnet launch. POL Token Upgrade Goes Live Even though POL has been deployed on the mainnet, this does...Read More

Polygon Labs has suggested that the Celo blockchain community consider utilizing its Chain Development Kit (CDK) to streamline the intended layer-2 migration on the Ethereum network. The proposal comes after cLabs, the primary development team behind Celo, unveiled an alternative strategy in July to transition its layer-1 into an Ethereum-compatible layer-2 solution by utilizing Optimism’s...Read More

Polygon has doubled down its efforts to create an interconnected layer-2 Ethereum ecosystem powered by zero-knowledge technology for its recently unveiled Polygon 2.0’s roadmap. As such, Polygon Labs – the organization behind the scaling solution – has released three PIPs. The implementation will, however, begin as early as Q4 of this year if the community...Read More

Prominent Ethereum scaling solution – Polygon – has unveiled a new proposal that seeks to switch the network’s MATIC token with POL. The transition is part of its recently released Polygon 2.0 roadmap. According to the official announcement, a group of founders and researchers of the Polygon ecosystem has published a white paper proposing POL,...Read More

Tom Dunleavy – Senior Research Analyst at Messari – thinks there is a bright future for the blockchain platform Polygon. It has shown significant growth over the past few years, increasing the number of its developers and attracting some major institutions.  Dunleavy took it to Twitter to lay out the most notable recent achievements of...Read More

As part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Project Guardian pilot, JPMorgan completed the first live cross-border transaction using Polygon on November 2. MAS’ Project Guardian initiative aims to explore ways traditional financial institutions can leverage tokenized assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to execute financial transactions, among other use cases. Milestone for JPMorgan...Read More

Ethereum pulled off a stunning technical upgrade that saw the popular blockchain transition to the proof-of-stake consensus model for processing transactions after six years of work. However, post-merge activity on layer-2 has dropped. According to the latest stats by Dapp Radar, the already descending unique active wallets and transactions have further dropped by 35% from...Read More

Polygon Network has shown solid resilience in the difficult period of crypto assets plunging in value. According to its Q2 report, the Ethereum scaling platform witnessed steady growth in the number of network addresses and transaction volume despite the broader market selloff during the same period. Steady Growth in the Winter Known as a sidechain...Read More

A plethora of NFT projects, devs, and their ecosystems were left stranded in the Terra wreckage. Two months later, almost 50 crypto projects and their coders based on the fallen network have now found a new home in Polygon. The projects include P2E metaverse,  Lunaverse, the A.I. generated NFT universe, DystopAI,  and Terra’s more successful...Read More

Polygon has announced a partnership with Nothing, the creator of Phone (1). The Ethereum scaling protocol’s tech will be integrated into Nothing’s first smartphone. While Polygon won’t be manufacturing its own smartphone, the partnership aims to bring crypto and NFTs to a larger audience by enabling access to Web3 functionality to such users. Polygon-Nothing The...Read More

Polygon USDC, a bridged version of the USDC hosted on Ethereum, will now be available for making remittances and withdrawals on Circle platforms. The latter is a peer-to-peer payments tech company and also the issuer of the stablecoin. Polygon, on the other hand, is Ethereum’s leading layer-two network. Last month’s statistics show it supports over...Read More