April 16th, 2025
Polygon (POL) News - Page 17
Ethereum Average Transaction Fee at $2.043, Down 90% from One Year Ago
By Steve Muchoki
February 14th, 2022
The average transaction fee in the Ethereum ecosystem has proportionally dropped with the network activity and the market price historically.
Polygon Secures $450M in Funding from Sequoia-led Group, Plans for Web 3 Expansion
By Bhushan Akolkar
February 8th, 2022
Polygon seeks to use these funds in pushing the development of Web 3.0 applications as it seeks to become the Amazon Web Services of the Web 3 world.
Opera Announces Beta Version of Web3-Focused Crypto Browser
By Ibukun Ogundare
January 19th, 2022
The Opera crypto wallet is the core of the browser. With this, users will be able to switch between apps without having to sign into their wallets every new tab.
How Blockchain Is Disrupting Way We Identify Ourselves: from Pictures to Passports
By Andy Watson
January 10th, 2022
Your blockchain identity can’t just be about government-backed or biometric identity. It should also reflect the identity you’ve created for yourself in the digital world.
Cere Network Partners with Polygon to Launch NFT Delivery and Storage Protocol
By Bhushan Akolkar
January 3rd, 2022
Cere Freeport is a new platform for storing and delivering NFTs in an absolute decentralized manner. Besides, Cere Freeport also delivers these assets with the NFT to the purchasers in a trustless way using smart contracts.
DeFi Portfolio Tracker DeBank Closes $25M Equity Round at Valuation of $200M
By Darya Rudz
December 29th, 2021
Notably, the announcement coincides with the growth of decentralization and DeFi in China. As the authorities are introducing new restrictions on crypto, many Chinese crypto users are moving their crypto holdings to DEXes.
Uniswap Goes Live on Polygon Blockchain, MATIC Price Hits All-Time High
By Bhushan Akolkar
December 23rd, 2021
After strong community backing and votes, the Uniswap v3 smart contracts have finally gone live on the Ethereum Layer-2 scalability platform Polygon.
Opera to Integrate Polygon Blockchain into Its Web3-Ready Browser
By John K. Kumi
December 22nd, 2021
Opera is currently facing fierce competition from Brave, a browser seeking to leave a huge mark in the crypto industry as it also plans to support Solana.
Rarible NFT Marketplace Announces Integration with Tezos
By Tolu Ajiboye
December 16th, 2021
Rarible says it has integrated with open source PoS blockchain Tezos to provide more cross-chain possibilities for all users.
Polygon Acquires Ethereum Scaling Startup Mir Protocol for $400 Million
By John Caroline
December 10th, 2021
Polygon disclosed it has acquired Ethereum Scaling Startup Mir Protocol For $400 million, involving 190 million MATIC tokens and $100 million worth of USDC stablecoins.
IDEX to Launch v3 Hybrid Liquidity DEX on Polygon, MATIC Price Shoots 15%
By Bhushan Akolkar
December 2nd, 2021
The extremely low transaction fee and high scalability of the Polygon blockchain have encouraged IDEX to launch its hybrid liquidity DEX on the network.
21Shares to List Polygon ETP in Paris and Amsterdam
By Godfrey Benjamin
December 1st, 2021
The proposed listing follows the Polygon ETP’s unveiling on the SIX Swiss Exchange last month.
DeFi Hack: $31 Million Stolen from MonoX Platform on Polygon and Ethereum
By Bhushan Akolkar
December 1st, 2021
The hackers managed to artificially boost the price of MONO tokens and then buy out all other tokens from the liquidity pools by draining the smart contracts.
Polygon Unveils zk-STARK Miden Virtual Machine for DApps Development
By Bhushan Akolkar
November 17th, 2021
The zk-STARK implementation on Polygon is useful for complex DeFi application that involves identifying crucial information like user identity without actually coming in contact with personal data.
Polygon Briefly Surpasses Ethereum for Active Addresses after Riding 330% Surge
By Tolu Ajiboye
September 30th, 2021
The Polygon network pulled in a higher number of active addresses than Ethereum, with MATIC jumping more than 5% in the last 24 hours.