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Is 2022 the Year of Ethereum?

Global Innovation Leader at Ernst & Young Paul Brody discusses his CoinDesk article titled “2022 Is the Year of Ethereum,” offering insights into why Ethereum will become the dominant blockchain ecosystem. Brody explains how layer 2 solutions like Polygon resolve the issue of Ethereum’s gas fees and gives his perspective on competing projects like Solana and Cosmos.

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Tech

Polygon Under Accidental Attack From Swarm of Sunflower Farmers

A popular new blockchain game is congesting Polygon, sending gas prices soaring.

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CoinDesk Releases Annual Report Highlighting Key Trends in Crypto

CoinDesk Research Associate George Kaloudis joins the “First Mover” panel to discuss the 2021 CoinDesk Annual Report. Topics include the decline of bitcoin dominance, Ethereum gas fees triggering the rise of scaling-focused altcoins like Polygon and Solana, and how El Salvador’s legalization of bitcoin impacted the crypto market. Plus, a look into the future of bitcoin mining as Kazakhstan, the country that became second only to the US in bitcoin mining hashrate, is suffering the worst protests in 30 years and internet blackouts.

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Finance

JPMorgan Says Ethereum’s DeFi Dominance at Risk Due to ‘Sharding’ Delays

Analysts from the bank said that the scaling of the network might arrive too late.

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What Is Polygon? Understanding Polygon and How It Works

The Polygon network has seen rapid growth and adoption from major players in crypto as well as big brands including Starbucks.

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Markets

Volatility Ruled Crypto Markets in 2021, From $69K Bitcoin to Elon Musk’s ‘Dogecoin to the Moooonn’

NFTs exploded, Coinbase stock went public, El Salvador bought the dip and China cracked down on bitcoin miners, while Solana’s SOL tokens and Polygon’s MATIC shot up by multiples of 90 or more. Here’s how crypto traders played it.

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Tech

Polygon Discloses Patched Exploit That Put 9B MATIC at Risk

“There is a natural tension between security and transparency,” Polygon’s team said in a Wednesday blog post.

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Markets

Uniswap Launches on Polygon, Driving MATIC to All-Time Highs

The popular decentralized exchange has deployed on Polygon in a bid to attract more retail traders.

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Finance

Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Initiative With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media

Polygon will provide the infrastructure for the projects that the initiative backs.

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Videos

Ethereum Layer 2 Polygon Continues to Expand Scaling Technologies

Polygon’s MATIC token surged after 21Shares announced the launch of a crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) linked to MATIC's performance on Euronext exchanges. Polygon's Dean Thomas shares insights into the latest movements at the Polygon blockchain, which Thomas describes as "an index fund with Ethereum scaling solutions." Plus, what the Bitwise Polygon (MATIC) fund means for the Polygon ecosystem.

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