Polygon Business Development and Layer 2 Scaling Solutions Win 2022

Blue Collar Blockchain #4

Polygon showed the most impressive business development in all of crypto throughout 2022.

-Meta-Instagram NFTs powered by Polygon

-Starbucks loyalty app NFTs on Polygon

-Reddit “digital collectibles” a.k.a. NFTs on Polygon

-Robinhood Defi wallet beta powered by Polygon

-200 million+ unique wallet addresses

-960 million+ successful transactions

-778k smart contracts deployed

-234k contract creators

Polygon - MATIC 💜 @0xPolygon

THE YEAR OF… 📢 Announcements 🛠 Building 🌐 Developers 🤝🏿 Community 🚀 DeFi WHEN BUILDING DELIVERS. 2022 #onPolygon

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Unstoppable Domains pushes the boundaries of Digital Identities.

edward @eddiee_nft

1 - We pushed out some great updates to our iOS app to make it easier to manage your digital identity on the go. 📱✨ We’re also introducing the Unstoppable Android app – so Android’s 2.7 billion users can keep their digital identity in their pockets. 🧵👇

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The growth of zkEVM Rollup technology is a trending prediction for 2023.

Polygon DeFi @0xPolygonDeFi

2023 year of DeFi - powered by zkEVM https://t.co/H69suEprGN

Revelo Intel @ReveloIntel

How Can zkEVM Help Scale $ETH and $MATIC? In this @0xPolygon pod, @pashakun is joined by @0xPolygonID cofounder @davidsrz & @0xPolygonZero cofounder @_bfarmer to discuss zkEVM, scaling blockchains, what's to come in 2023, & more. Read our notes below 👇 https://t.co/uhFf6WeVx6

Revelo Intel @ReveloIntel

How Can zkEVM Help Scale $ETH and $MATIC? In this @0xPolygon pod, @pashakun is joined by @0xPolygonID cofounder @davidsrz & @0xPolygonZero cofounder @_bfarmer to discuss zkEVM, scaling blockchains, what's to come in 2023, & more. Read our notes below 👇 revelointel.substack.com/p/how-can-zkev…

revelointel.substack.comHow Can zkEVM Help Scale ETH and Polygon?Read in 5 mins

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The Fantom Foundation’s focus points for 2023:

Main goal - Empower all relevant and new business verticals through scalable, secure and speedy smart-contract processing on-chain.

FVM - The Fantom Virtual Machine continues to be the main focus of the Fantom Foundation technical teams. The FVM will empower faster, more scalable and more secure smart-contract processing than the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Gas monetization - allows for revenue share for dapps based on gas used

Gas subsidies - allows for dapp interactions without a wallet needing to pay the transaction fees itself, therefore users can use Fantom powered dapps without having or knowing about the ftm token.

Marketing and Biz Dev - expanding efforts in early 2023

Andre Cronje @AndreCronjeTech

Letter to Fantom Foundation team

link.medium.comLetter to Fantom Foundation teamA few days ago we shared a letter with Fantom Foundation team, as a distributed foundation it can sometimes be difficult to align everyone…

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Dapps generate more revenue than the entire Ethereum chain.

The DeFi Investor🦇🔊 @TheDeFinvestor

1. Revenge of the dApps Three Ethereum-based apps are now generating more monthly fees on a combined basis than the Ethereum L1: •Uniswap •Lido •OpenSea Meanwhile, Ethereum's flagship dApps are quickly conquering competing chains.

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Mobile native blockchain-based apps should become a strong narrative.

CJ @CJCJCJCJ_

6/ 1️⃣ Blockchain on Mobile due to accessibility → using light clients to run nodes for decentralization and privacy → mentions Helios (Rust-based Ethereum light client), Kevlar (light client utilizing Light Sync and Optimistic Sync) and Nimbus light client.

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GMX grew in users and revenue during a terrible market.

Satoshi Club @esatoshiclub

The Top 5 Crypto Winners of 2022 #GMX, #TWT, #LEO, #OKB, #TON

GMX 🫐 @GMX_IO

Weekly Rewards Info 🔹 $1,321,966.67 collected in the past 7 days $1,230,466.99 (ARB), $90,735.89 (AVAX), $763.79 (GMX-ETH) To buy and stake $GMX / $GLP: gmx.io/earn

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A fun visual of relative GMX performance:

Waggle Insights @waggleinsights

Crypto market 2022 in a nutshell 🥹

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The Arbitrum network added 2 million+ unique wallet addresses in 2022.

Jan 1. —> Dec 31

330,588—>2,368,350

Image from arbiscan.io

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Arbitrum leads Layer 2’s in Total Value Locked.

Image from defillama.com

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The Arbitrum Ecosystem is buzzing.

Arbitrum Space (💙,🧡) @Arbitrum_Space

🔥 Let's find out which native projects on the @arbitrum ecosystem with the 7D highest New Users 👇 🥇 @GMX_IO 🥈 @dopex_io 🥉 @RDNTCapital @vestafinance @SperaxUSD @TroveByTreasure @ShellProtocol @DAOJonesOptions @CapDotFinance @SwapFishFi #Arbitrum

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The anticipated Thena Fi launches next week.

Disclaimer brag: I’m getting an airdrop. See my qualifying staked token below.

Thena @ThenaFi_

THENA is launching on Jan 5, 2023, pushing the original date by a week due to a minor bug found during the bounty hunt 🐛 Huge thanks to @immunefi and the relevant parties who helped us perfect the contracts 💜 THE emissions go live on Jan 12 - get your LPs ready!

1500+ xLQDR stakers qualify for Thena airdrop.

LiquidDriver @LiquidDriver

The launch of @ThenaFi_, a new Solidly inspired DEX on @BNBCHAIN, is almost here. $LQDR receives a 1.2% of veTHE at launch & 1,500+ pirates join $THE airdrop with us 💧 liveTHE wrapper + farms on LiquidDriver are on their way & xLQDR holders will reap the benefits 🌊

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MicroStrategy continues to purchase Bitcoin.

Michael Saylor⚡️ @saylor

MicroStrategy has increased its #Bitcoin Holdings by ~2,500 #BTC. As of 12/27/22 @MicroStrategy holds ~132,500 bitcoin acquired for ~$4.03 billion at an average price of ~$30,397 per bitcoin. $MSTR

microstrategy.comMicroStrategy Increases Bitcoin Holdings by 2,500 and Now Holds 132,500 BTCDecember 28, 2022

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