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To Watch This Week
AIRDROPS + ALPHANov 8, 2023
Markets
SUI Gains 12% While Chainlink and Polygon Keep Alt Rally Rolling
Bitcoin has gained 1.3% over the past 24 hours, but the biggest winner is Sui (SUI), which is up nearly 12% since yesterday. Launched last year by ex-Meta engineers, SUI, was priced at the time of writing at $0.57. It has also risen over 31% in the past week, according to CoinGecko. It's rally is down to its integration with Space and Time, a Microsoft-backed data platform working to process data for businesses. Sui Foundation Announces Ecosystem Fund Worth Over $50M Last month, the Sui Foundati...
Jan 13, 2023
Coins
Polygon Proposes Hard Fork to Reduce Reorgs, Gas Spikes
After a heated community debate last month, Polygon Labs appears to be moving forward with plans to hard fork the network early next week, according to a blog post published on Polygon’s website Thursday. In the post, Polygon Labs claims the hard fork—proposed to occur January 17—will help prevent network gas fee spikes and address chain reorganizations, also known as reorgs. Unlike soft forks, hard forks are not backwards-compatible and require all node operators on the network to update to the...
Mar 4, 2020
Coins
Matic, WRX prices soar after India lifts crypto ban
Following news that India has lifted its crypto ban, two digital tokens listed by the Singapore-based Delta derivatives exchange have experienced huge jumps in trading activity among Indian users. WRX, the native token of the India-based WazirX crypto exchange recently acquired by Binance, is currently up a whopping 60 percent. Meanwhile, MATIC is up around 20 percent, trading at its highest price point since December. "There has been good interest in WRX and MATIC over the past few days. The v...
Dec 6, 2019
Coins
Matic price explodes as crypto racing platform gets into gear
The price of Matic Networks’ token MATIC is steadily racing toward a new all-time high after blockchain-based game Battle Racers launched its crypto-collectible crates sale. Crates are available in Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Wood varieties, each at a different cost and with a varying chance to find legendary items within. According to Coinmarketcap, MATIC is up around 10% on the day at press time, trading at roughly $0.037. This price surge coincides with Battle Racers’ developer Altitude Games...