Polygon Labs, the engineering team behind the popular Polygon PoS (Proof of Stake) chain, has proposed a major upgrade to the network. The upgrade would introduce a “first-of-its-kind” decentralized L2 (Layer 2) secured by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, making the Polygon ecosystem more secure, performant, and a core part of the upcoming Polygon 2.0 ecosystem. This…
The price of Polygon (MATIC) has shown great strength in the past few weeks against Tether as it maintained its bullish sentiment. Despite the retracement across the crypto market, Polygon has shown great strength holding above $0.75 compared to other crypto assets that have lost their key support. (Data from Binance) Polygon (MATIC) Price Analysis…
On Thursday, the Polygon Foundation announced the date for its upcoming MATIC to POL upgrade after reaching a community consensus. The long-awaited token migration will occur in less than two months and aims to kickstart Polygon’s native token expansion. MATIC saw a 7% drop following the news. Related Reading Save The Date: Polygon Token Upgrade…
Polygon’s native token, MATIC, has experienced a notable disparity compared to the broader cryptocurrency market. Unlike the top cryptocurrencies that have posted double-digit gains year-to-date, MATIC has failed to post positive performance across all time frames since the 2021 bull run. Adding to the concern, MATIC’s price has recorded losses amounting to 16.5% over the…
Celo, a blockchain platform, is exploring migrating from its standalone blockchain to an Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 (L2) network. Originally, Celo had planned to utilize Optimism’s OP Stack, a customizable toolkit similar to Polygon (MATIC) but based on Optimism’s technology. However, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon Labs, has proposed an alternative solution to the Celo community.…
MATIC’s price shows strength as price breaks bounced off from $0.76 with good volume with eyes set to reclaim $1. MATIC breaks out of a downtrend as the price resumes a bullish structure. The price of Polygon (MATIC) has remained strong despite the market uncertainties that have affected the price of many altcoins in recent…
Ethereum’s scalability solution Polygon will implement this network update in its fee model via EIP-1559. According to an official post, this upgrade will introduce a burning mechanism for MATIC and will improve its fee visibility. Related Reading | Polygon Expands Its Footprint As Evolving NFT And Gaming Ecosystems Seek Ethereum Alternatives Ethereum introduced EIP-1559 with…
MATIC, following a notable price pullback that briefly dipped to $0.53, has encountered a slowdown in its bullish momentum. Over the past 24 hours, the altcoin witnessed a decrease of around 1.5% in its value, with weekly losses amounting to 4.8%. Currently, MATIC is hovering around a critical support level. This indicates that bears might…
Like many other crypto projects, the native token of the Polygon network, MATIC, was launched with some portion of the supply vested for the team over a period of time. In the case of Polygon, the vesting was for five years, and since 2019, there have been periodic token unlocks. However, the unlocks, which have…
Matic Network, the Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, revealed the results of their Counter Stake testnet stress testing. Over an uninterrupted two month period, the team claims the network achieved speeds of up to 7,200 transactions per second (TPS). What’s more, this occurred under decentralized conditions. “During stress testing, 122 validators were active and…