Uniswap Community Votes to Deploy v3 on Polygon, Contract Support Coming in a Few Days

One of the largest decentralized exchange (dex) platforms in terms of trade volume, Uniswap, has announced that the dex community has approved a governance proposal to support the Polygon blockchain. Uniswap to Support Polygon PoS Blockchain In terms of trade volume, statistics show that Uniswap version three (v3) commands the largest 24-hour trade volume with … Read more

Crypto Wealth Manager Vaneck Launches Polygon and Avalanche Investment Offerings

The wealth manager Vaneck has announced it has expanded its exchange-traded note (ETN) offerings to support the tokens polygon and avalanche. The two ETNs follow five previously launched funds in Europe that allow investors to gain exposure to leading digital assets. Vaneck Adds Polygon and Avalanche to Its List of Cryptocurrency ETNs Vaneck has announced … Read more

Polygon, Reddit Co-Founder’s VC Firm Launch $200 Million Social Media Web3 Fund

The team behind Polygon, the protocol dedicated to interconnected blockchain networks like Ethereum, and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six venture capital company have revealed a $200 million investment fund in blockchain-based social media projects. According to the announcement, the partner’s mission is to attempt to bridge blockchain, Web3 technology, and social media together. Polygon and … Read more

Value Locked in Defi Continues to Slide, ETH Defi Dominates by 65%, Solana Transactions Reign

The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance has slid 15.63% since the metric’s all-time high of $275 billion sixteen days ago on December 1. Since the end of the first week of December, the TVL is down 7.19% lower with a number of protocols seeing seven-day losses in terms of TVL. Defi Tokens YFI … Read more

Top 5 Most Popular Crypto Metaverse Games On Polygon

Metaverse games are all the hype right now, with titles like Decentraland and The Sandbox reaping multi-billion dollar valuations. This article looks at the top five most popular Metaverse games built on Polygon’s MATIC blockchain, ranked based on a 30-day user base, lowest to highest. 5. REVV Racing (25.16k) REVV Racing is a blockchain-based car … Read more

Ascendex Hacked — Exchange Loses $77 Million in ERC20, BSC, Polygon Tokens

Ascendex, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a security breach that allowed hackers to take control of some of the wallets of the exchange. The attack focused on hot wallets, where funds are kept as a buffer to tend to customers’ withdrawals. The company announced that it would reimburse these funds to any affected user. Peckshield, a … Read more

Polygon Acquires Mir Protocol in $400M Deal in Order to Bolster ‘Groundbreaking ZK Rollup Tech’

On December 9, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic announced that the project has acquired the Ethereum scaling startup Mir in a $400 million deal. The Mir team of cryptographers and engineers are joining Polygon in order to create a “highly-scalable, Ethereum-compatible ZK rollup” called Polygon Zero. Mihailo Bjelic: ‘Polygon Is Focused on Zero-Knowledge Cryptography as the … Read more