In August 2024, Web3.0 projects completed a total of 117 financing rounds, raising approximately $777 million, which is lower than the monthly average over the past year (around $867 million, shown by the blue line in the chart below). The market experienced significant fluctuations in August, and the capital market was also affected. However, the situation is still better compared to the same period last year.
On August 22, Polygon announced that it will upgrade its mainnet on September 4 and migrant its native token Matic to POL. Subsequently, several major exchanges announced their support for this upgrade, delisting Matic and listing POL. As a result, Polygon has once again come into the public eye. Over the past year, BTC rose from over $20,000 to over $70,000 at its peak, while Matic increased from over $0.50 to $1.20 but has recently fallen below $0.50. As an Ethereum Layer 2 solution dedicated to addressing scalability issues, Polygon’s past achievements are undeniable. Even during the bear market of 2022 and 2023, it saw the second-largest increase in developer numbers just after Ethereum.
So, let’s take this opportunity to study Polygon once again.
Continue reading Popular Project Analysis: PolygonIn July 2024, Web3 related projects secured a total of 113 funding rounds, with the total amount raised exceeding $1.1 billion USD, almost equals to the monthly average of the first half of the year. However, compared to July of the previous year, both the funding amount and the number of rounds has significantly increased. In fact, since last November, the overall fundraising environment for the Web3.0 market has notably improved, maintaining a relatively stable state this year.
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