Jaynti Kanani, cofounder and CEO of Polygon, discusses why the layer 2 solution has seen so much success during a down crypto market. Show highlights:
- what factors have led to Polygon’s and MATIC’s impressive performance YTD
- how Polygon is scaling Ethereum
- what types of projects are taking off on Polygon
- how Polygon is attempting to address the issue of layer 2 composability
- how Polygon plans to use its latest funding
- why Jaynti is confident Polygon will still be necessary after ETH 2.0 launches
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Episode Links
Jaynti Kanani
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jdkanani
Polygon
Website: https://polygon.technology/
Overview:
- https://www.theblockresearch.com/polygon-a-technical-overview-105799
- https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-polygons-ecosystem-105540
Popularity:
- https://www.coindesk.com/defi-projects-continue-flocking-to-layer-2-solution-polygon
- https://www.coindesk.com/institutional-investors-have-arrived-on-polygon-amid-rising-ethereum-layer-2-demand-blockchain-data
- https://www.coindesk.com/polygons-matic-token-ended-may-up-120-despite-bitcoins-price-crash
Investments:
- https://www.coindesk.com/au21-capital-opens-polygon-fund
- https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon
Miscellaneous:
- https://www.coindesk.com/okcoin-integrates-polygon-reduce-users-ethereum-gas-fees
- https://polygon.technology/lightpaper-polygon.pdf
- https://www.coindesk.com/kyber-network-announces-polygon-integration-and-liquidity-mining-program
- https://defiwatch.net/second-letter-to-polygon/
- https://www.coindesk.com/google-cloud-now-provides-blockchain-insights-for-polygon-network
- https://www.coindesk.com/decentralized-exchange-aggregator-1inch-network-expands-to-polygon