Tag Archives: Polygon (Matic Network)

Ethereum and its Layer 2 scaling solution, Polygon, attracted the most new users by far in the first quarter of 2024. The latest report by Flipside revealed that these two blockchain platforms have garnered the most cumulative new users among observed EVM chains since the beginning of the year. Polygon boasted 12.3 million new users, and Ethereum had 13.4 million – roughly 70% of new users this year across all observed chains as of March 27. Next up was Arbitrum, recording...

Polygon Labs – the main development team behind the Ethereum scaling network Polygon (MATIC) – has laid off 19% of its workforce in an attempt to create a more “efficient surgical team.” Though 60 employees were laid off in the process, the remaining workers have been granted a minimum 15% salary raise, effective as of January 1. Polygon Labs Streamlines Operations In a Thursday statement, Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron said that reducing headcount would allow team members to...

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 Mavericks Still Accepts Dogecoin One of the questions touched on Cuban’s support for Dogecoin, with the...

Polygon, a layer-2 scaling network, nearly matched Ethereum’s user base in 2023, as reported by blockchain analytics firm Flipside. Polygon acquired 15.24 million users that year, coming close to Ethereum’s 15.4 million, with a difference of around 160,000 wallets. Polygon Topped User Acquisition in First Half of 2023 Flipside defines an “acquired” user as someone who engaged in at least two transactions on a specific blockchain, with at least one occurring in 2023. During...

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 CDK Set to Take Center Stage In the official announcement, Polygon Labs – the...

Chainlink has announced that its price feeds are now live on the zero-knowledge (ZK) scaling solution, Polygon zkEVM. The latest development essentially aims to allow developers to build advanced DeFi applications. Chainlink Data Feeds’s functionality allows DeFi developers to tap external price data to develop and launch highly effective liquidity protocols and advanced decentralized exchanges, among other things. Polygon zkEVM Welcomes Chainlink Price Feeds According to the...

Ethereum scaling network Polygon’s native crypto (MATIC) has been leading altcoin gains. Over the past week, MATIC surged by approximately 20%, briefly hitting a 5-month high of $0.86. This increase is fueled by a growing level of trade activity and a more positive overall sentiment in the broader crypto market. The upcoming developments, particularly Polygon 2.0, could potentially drive the rally further. Polygon: Key Metrics Q3 According to Nansen’s latest quarterly report...

On-chain data shows that the Solana network has surpassed the layer-2 Ethereum-based scalability blockchain Polygon in daily decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume. According to charts on the digital assets data platform Artemis XYZ, Solana currently has a daily DEX trading volume of $240.47 million, while Polygon sits at $137.49 million. Solana Flips Polygon In Daily DEX Volume Last week, Polygon had a whopping $247.45 million in daily DEX trading volume, compared to...

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 not imply that the token will automatically replace MATIC. Such a transition requires approval through governance processes and will be...

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 OP Stack. OP Stack is a similar customizable toolkit that leverages Optimism’s...