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    DraMATIC surge for Polygon this month? Why a new Robinhood partnership is exciting investors

    By Alara Jordan

    16:13, 3 October 2022

    Polygon digital tokens
    Polygon integrated as the first blockchain network to support the Robinhood Web3 wallet – Photo: Shutterstock

    The layer-2 network solution Polygon (MATIC) and the popular California-based trading platform Robinhood have announced a partnership that will see Polygon integrated as the first blockchain network to support the newly launched Robinhood Web3 wallet.

    The Robinhood wallet went live in beta mode for 10,000 iOS customers out of more than one million users who first signed up for the waitlist in May.

    Polygon’s native token MATIC rose 16% to a high of $0.93 on September 13, before falling towards the mid $0.70 mark.

    The cryptocurrency had been struggling for much of the earlier months of 2022, but now remains bullish, with investors curious about the cryptocurrency’s next price target.

    MATIC to USD

    Milestone

    Robinhood’s exclusive partnership with Polygon is a milestone for the blockchain, which offers users a network that claims to have significantly lower gas fees.

    BTC/USD

    90,505.10 Price
    -0.740% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
    Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
    Spread 106.00

    XRP/USD

    1.09 Price
    -5.390% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
    Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
    Spread 0.01168

    ADA/USD

    0.73 Price
    -3.670% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
    Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
    Spread 0.00646

    ETH/USD

    3,128.48 Price
    -1.090% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
    Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
    Spread 6.00

    There are more than 37,000 decentralised applications on Polygon’s platform, and the pair hope the partnership with Robinhood will help to build momentum around the network and its native token, as well as bring millions of customers to self-custody wallets via low gas infrastructures.

    Johann Kerbrat, chief technology officer at Robinhood Crypto, said that the partnership marks a “significant step” in the trading firm’s journey to make itelf the most trusted crypto platform for customers. 

    Robinhood said that it chose to work with the blockchain because of its scalability, speed and low network fees, in an attempt to provide the best trading experience for its customers. 

    At the time of writing on 3 October, Polygon was trading at $0.78, up 3.02% in the previous 24 hours. It currently has a market capitalisation of $6.8bn. 

    Markets in this article

    MATIC/USD
    POL/USD
    0.44452 USD
    -0.01545 -3.530%

    Related topics

    #Polygon (MATIC) #Cryptocurrency

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