Week In Polygon News
A weekly newsletter covering key developments across the Ethereum and polygon ecosystem from 23rd July - 31st July 2021
📰 Trending News
Ethereum Celebrates 6th Year Annivesary ↗
Ethereum celebrates its 6th Year annivesary,it was formed on the 30th July 2015 .
Ethereum Validators now over 200 000 ↗
The ethereum validators surpass a 200 000 mark and the stakers on the Proof of Stake (PoS) network now holds 6,438,140 eth. The beacon chain was launched in December 2020.
Two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated about $1 billion in cryptocurrency to an India Covid relief fund, about $20 million has been paid out so far. Local regulations in India has limited the speed at which this donation can be converted from tokens into dollars.
The EIP-1559's release date is the 4th August 2021. Specifically, the update will occur at block 12,965,000, between 13:00 UTC and 17:00 UTC. The link above explains every detail that you need about the London Hard Fork
Ethereum Must Innovate Beyond DEFI↗
At the just ended Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, Ethereum Vitalik Buterin urged the Ethereum community to innovate beyond DEFI.He said non financial solutions should be developed, these include decentralised social media platforms,funding public goods pioneers,identification applications and attestations.
🛠Polygon Updates⚙
Okex Wallet Now Supports Polygon
The Graph to use Polygon for its billing system ↗
The Graph is expanding its use case on Polygon with the launch of its billing contract for Subgraph Studio on Polygon.Subgraph Studio allows developers to build, test and deploy subgraphs, and manage their API keys. Developers will be required to pay fees charged to API keys. Subgraph Studio fee invoices are generated weekly in the system.
Binance Completes Polygon (MATIC) Mainnet Token Wallet Integration
Binance has completed the wallet integration for the Polygon (MATIC) mainnet token and has also opened deposits and withdrawals for MATIC.In addition to supporting MATIC mainnet token deposits and withdrawals, Binance will continue to support deposits and withdrawals of ERC20, BEP2 and BEP20 MATIC tokens.
Aave Releases A Swap Feature on Polygon ↗
Polygon Daily Users Surpasse a 600K Mark↗
Wyre, Polygon Streamline DeFi Through New Partnership↗
Wyre has partnered with Polygon blockchain protocol to offer improved payments infrastructure and fiat-to-crypto onramps into its developer ecosystem. Polygon developers can integrate with Wyre’s Checkout and Card Processing API into their decentralized applications, enabling users to convert their fiat to the protocol’s USDC token in less than thirty seconds. This service reaches Polygon users around the world, including 43 US states.
Transak Has Partnered With Polygon And Will Be Available In US↗
📡 Ethereum and Polygon Bits
📜 Blog Posts
Polygon and Binance Smart Chain bring Ethereum scalability benefits to MEW wallet app on Android ↗
Tidal Finance Launches Mainnet For First Flexible DeFi Insurance Coverage Protocol ↗
Infrastructure Bill Looks to Raise $30B Through Crypto Taxes ↗
Forward Protocol and Polygon: The Sweeping Influx of Decentralized Education Users ↗
MeconCash is launching MCFinance on Polygon to expand DeFi into the South Korean market. ↗
Indexcoop & Polygon are running a proposal regarding the Polygon 10 Index (P10) ↗
✍ Education
Learn to Build a Multi-Chain Future with the Polygon Pathway ↗
The Polygon Learn Pathway is the fastest way for developers to learn how to build on Polygon. Gain knowledge, complete tutorials, and get rewarded for community contributions and application development. Learn more by reading above link.
Watch the new episode of Polygon Builder Series hosted by Captain Nemo↗
Polygon Builder Series is a video and blog series where Nemo talks with fellow builders on Polygon. Here he talks with Jerome from Cometh . Cometh is a blockchain game that lets users own yield-generating NFTs, integrating both DeFi and NFT features into a single, fun gaming experience
🌚NFTS and Metaverse World