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Markets

Polygon's MATIC Token Ended May Up 120% Despite Bitcoin's Price Crash

MATIC's monthly gain proves that a cryptocurrency backed by growing usage can weather broader market sell-off.

The Polygon team

Tech

Okcoin Integrates With Polygon to Reduce Users’ Ethereum Gas Fees

The move lets users skip depositing to an ETH wallet, saving the associated fees.

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Finance

AU21 Capital Opens $21M Polygon Ecosystem Fund

Fund manager Alexi Nedeltchev said he expects at least a 10-fold return.

The Polygon team

Tech

Google Cloud Now Provides Blockchain Insights for Polygon Network

The support by Google's BigQuery platform is said to simplify analysis of the network's blockchain data.

Google

Videos

Polygon Co-Founder on Cuban’s Investment: Mark Is a Yield Farmer

Polygon, a “Layer 2” blockchain that scales the Ethereum network, has attracted some big-name investors, including billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Polygon is growing exponentially with the price of MATIC, Polygon’s native token, going up over 10,000 percent since last year, and third-party adoption booming.

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Markets

Mark Cuban Invests in Ethereum Layer 2 Polygon

"I was a Polygon user and find myself using it more and more," Cuban said in an email.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

Tech

Augur Adds Sports Betting With Launch of Polygon-Based 'Augur Turbo'

The six-year-old prediction platform is chasing the surging sports betting market by building with Chainlink and Polygon.

Sports betting is growing rapidly in the U.S.

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Dive While Some Alternative Cryptocurrencies Hit Record Highs

The balance of bitcoin held on major exchanges is on the rise in what some analysts say is a bearish sign.

Ether's price on CoinDesk 20.

Markets

Decentralized Exchange Aggregator 1inch Network Expands to Polygon

The move will provide 1inch users access to liquidity sources on Polygon, like SushiSwap and Aave.

Left to right: 1inch co-founder Anton Bukov, co-founder Sergej Kunz and smart contract developer Mikhail Melnik.

Finance

Slingshot Picks Ethereum Layer 2 Polygon for Full Launch

Trading on Ethereum will be added further down the line, said CEO Clinton Bembry. But for now, “insane transaction fees” were effectively pricing people out of DeFi.

Slingshot