Thomas Daniels
Polygon’s price experienced its first decline in ten days, dropping to $0.53 from a high of $0.582 last week. Despite this downturn, Polygon remains 60% above its lowest point this month, as the network prepares for MATIC’s transition to POL on September 4.
The price decline follows Polygon developers regaining control of its social media account after a recent hacking incident. However, third-party data suggests that Polygon’s overall ecosystem is performing well. According to CryptoSlam, weekly NFT sales on Polygon soared by 111% to over $12.7 million. The number of buyers increased by 35% to 88,000, while the number of sellers reached 25,000.
Polygon handled 356,700 transactions over the past week, with wash trading volume decreasing by 12% to $9.2 million. This performance makes Polygon the fourth-largest player in the NFT market, following Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin.
In the decentralized exchange (DEX) market, Polygon has also shown robust performance. DEX trading volume on the network rose by 7.32% to $770 million, positioning it as the seventh-largest DEX player. Prominent DEX networks within Polygon’s ecosystem include Uniswap, Quickswap, Woofi, Dodo, and Retro.
Additionally, Polygon’s total value locked (TVL) in its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has increased by over 10% in the last seven days, reaching $951 million. Despite this growth, Polygon faces significant competition in the layer-2 scaling solutions market from networks like Arbitrum and Base, which hold over $2.82 billion and $1.6 billion in assets, respectively. Arbitrum has notably emerged as a major DEX player, handling over $3.7 billion in trading volume over the past week.
Looking ahead, the upcoming transition from MATIC to POL is expected to bring new capabilities to the Polygon network, including enhanced services across all chains within the Polygon ecosystem and serving as the native gas and staking token for its proof-of-stake network. This transition could introduce further price volatility as the launch date approaches.
