OpenSea's Polygon NFT Sales Top Ethereum for Second Straight Month
More individual NFTs were sold on Polygon than Ethereum via the leading overall marketplace OpenSea for the second consecutive month, according to public blockchain data curated via a Dune dashboard. In January, OpenSea handled over 1.5 million NFTs sales on Ethereum sidechain Polygon, while Ethereum’s own mainnet tallied a little over 1.1 million sales via the same marketplace. That continues the trend from December when 1.3 million NFTs were sold on Polygon through OpenSea compared to just under 1 million Ethereum NFTs. (Decrypt)
Hamilton Lane’s $2.1 Billion Fund Opens to Individual Investors On Polygon Via Securitize
Hamilton Lane’s $2.1 billion flagship fund is opening its doors to individual investors by leveraging Securitize’s tokenization platform on the Polygon network. Hamilton Lane, a leading global investment firm with $823.9 billion of assets under management and supervision, is making a portion of its Equity Opportunities Fund V accessible to individual investors via a new Securitize feeder fund. The feeder fund is offered by Securitize to qualified investors with at least $5 million in assets, of which there are nearly two million in the US alone.
Polygon on OpenSea Reaches a New Milestone in Terms of Volume
Polygon [MATIC] reached yet another new milestone on the NFT market place OpenSea. Data from Dune Analytics showed that the number of Polygon OpenSea users surpassed 1.6 million. Along with that, the weekly volume for Polygon marketplaces observed immense growth over the last few months as well.
After ChatGPT Comes CharacterGPT: Polygon Set To Bring AI to Web3
Polygon recently announced a partnership with Aleathea AI, the developers of the rapid AI-powered text-to-character platform, MycharacterAI, to bring the power of generative AI to web3. The partnership, which has been hailed by many as a progressive step ahead of the trending ChatGPT, will see Polygon become the foundational infrastructure for minting, trading, and collecting artificially intelligent digital twins generated on MycharacterAI.
Polygon (MATIC) Ancient Whale Drops His Holdings, Here's Why
An early MATIC whale makes an unexpected move by selling millions worth of tokens amid the massive rise of the asset on the market. In exchange for Polygon's token, the whale grabs some DAI. The first MATIC transaction on the whale's wallet occurred when the token was trading at $0.02.
Whales Are Pouncing on Litecoin, Polygon and Two Ethereum-Based Altcoins, Says Analytics Firm Santiment
New data from crypto analytics platform Santiment reveals that whale transactions are spiking for Litecoin (LTC), Polygon (MATIC) and two Ethereum (ETH)-based altcoins.
Polygon (MATIC) At $1.15 As Strong On-Chain Developments Continue
Polygon (MATIC) has continued its strong ascent after over a week-long of volatility. The token is now trading at $1.14 being up 45.3% in the monthly timeframe.
Web3 Infrastructure Firm Spatial Labs Raises $10 Million In a Seed Funding Round
Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm focused on improving metaverse and commerce, raised $10 million in a seed funding round.
Data Analytics Firm Arkham Intelligence Adding Support for Polygon in Q1
Arkham Intelligence announced it is adding support for Polygon, giving users the ability to track, monitor and identify wallets on its chain.
Twitch Co-Founder’s Gaming NFT Marketplace Expands to Polygon Network
Fractal, the platform for game-related non-fungible tokens (NFTs) developed by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, is expanding into the Polygon network to boost accessibility.
Solana Shoves Polygon Out After Another Strong Week
Solana (SOL) has been the most performing digital asset in the top 15 this year by market capitalization and no one saw it coming following a poor run and a disastrous end of 2022.
Polygon’s Hard Fork May Be Successful, But It Has Left A Centralized Debate Trail
Polygon has successfully launched the “Polygon Delhi Fork” as part of its plans to improve transaction speed while keeping gas prices low.
Rarible Launches Zero Fee Polygon NFT Marketplace Builder
Popular NFT marketplace and protocol Rarible launched its NFT marketplace builder for Polygon-based NFT collections on January 18. Any Polygon-based NFT collection will be able to use the new self-serve tool to build their own customized marketplaces for free to connect with their communities.
AI Avatars Launch on Polygon As CharacterGPT Brings NPCs to Life
Alethea AI and Polygon Labs are jumping on the AI hype with the launch of an AI-powered NFT project that allows users to create NFT avatars through text-based prompts similar to OpenAi’s Dall-E image generator.
Polygon Partners With BitGo After a Contentious Hardfork Upgrade
Polygon partnered with BitGo to provide staking capabilities for MATIC holders. While the governance facilitator addressed the recent controversy.
Polygon Insights for 2022
Last year was full of fruitful partnerships, mainstream adoption, and Web2 NFT advancement for the Polygon ecosystem. Some of the biggest brands took a dive into the world of digital collections, opening the door for millions of new users.
Primex Finance Launches New Update Beta 0.3.0, Deploys to Polygon Mumbai and Polygon zkEVM Testnets
Primex team has opened access to Beta 0.3.0 to the public. This allows users and the Primex community to launch the application and test the new release without restrictions.
DeFi Startup Davos Raises $500K Pre-Seed Round From Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon Ventures
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and Polygon Ventures have invested $500,000 in Davos - a new Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocol - in its pre-seed funding round.
Polygon PoS Network’s Hardfork Upgrade Is Now Live
On January 17, 2023, at 10:45 UTC, Polygon (MATIC), a layer-2 scaling protocol on Ethereum, finally launched its hardfork update and is currently operational on its network. This new version, V0.3.1, was created primarily to reduce gas spikes and address chain reorganization issues that have plagued the network. The successful upgrade was announced on Twitter by the Polygon official website.
Polygon-Backed Web3 Gaming Platform Intella X Raises $12 Million Ahead of Q1 Launch
Web3 gaming platform Intella X raised $12 million ahead of an upcoming launch on Polygon.
