MATIC’s mediocre performance may turn to a relief rally thanks to these updates

Recent record sales of the Reddit NFT, which ran on Polygon’s platform, have brought attention to this Layer 2 that coexists with the Ethereum network. Millions of NFT transactions and sales took place on the platform due to the hype, yet its TVL remained unchanged.

Polygon’s native token MATIC also experienced some difficulty crossing the $1 threshold. Some metrics, though, continued to be positive. Could this aid the price to break through its present barrier?____________________________________________________________________________________

Here’s AMBCrypto’s Price Prediction for Polygon [MATIC] for 2022-2023

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Polygon’s TVL goes flat

At press time, Polygon had a TVL of $1.28 billion, according to data from DeFiLlama. Additionally, it was noted that over the previous 24 hours, its value had increased by 0.94%.

Source: DeFiLlama

According to data from Messari, Polygon’s TVL remained constant through 2022, with 1.9 billion TVL at the end of Q3 2022 and 2.2 billion TVL at the end of 2021. Furthermore, 70% ($1.1 billion) of the TVL on the Polygon Network was from just 10 applications.

Despite the downturn market and the lack of strong mining incentives, Polygon’s TVL generally remained stable. The consistency pointed to organic, sticky DeFi activity despite the lack of incentives and greater competition.

Source: Messari

Active Addresses and NFT Metrics Ticks Up

Despite the fact that the TVL was flat, a glance at the 30-day active addresses measure revealed some encouraging trends. Over 5 million active addresses were visible at the time of this writing, according to the chart from Santiment. The chart also revealed that the number of active addresses had been on an uptrend in recent weeks.

Source: Santiment

A review of the entire volume of NFT trades revealed that Polygon had been experiencing a respectable level of activity. The total volume of NFT transactions that were visible as of November 1 exceeded $1.7 million.

Source: Santiment

The introduction of Reddit’s NFT marketplace on Polygon was what caused the surge in interest. Initially restricted to invite-only users of the r/CollectibleAvatars subreddit, the NFTs were subsequently made available to everyone.

Additionally, Polygon signed new collaborations with Disney, Robinhood, and Starbucks to add to its already extensive list of notable NFT partners. The network saw a spike in NFTs minted, as evidenced by the Messari NFT activity chart.

Source: Messari

Short-term profit but…

Holders of MATIC were holding in profit, according to the 30-day Market Value to Realized Value ratio (MVRV) from Santiment. The MVRV was recorded at 1.59%, but it was also clear that the chart was heading down.

The declining trend suggested a decline in profit margin, and the persistent pattern suggested a decline into the negative territory. However, the 365-day MVRV was 37.62%, showing that MATIC holders at the time were holding at a loss.

Source: Santiment

Furthermore, MATIC’s had not been very strong. Although it had not trended to the support level that could be seen, it was evident that the asset had started a downturn.

Around $0.78 and $0.69 was where the support level was observed. Additionally, the asset had a difficult time breaking through the $0.9–$1 resistance zone.

Source: TradingView

Reddit’s NFT debut was a success, which suggested that the chain’s minting activity would rise. This implied that the MATIC token’s utility had just been increased and would now serve extra purposes for any additional chain initiatives.

This would increase the value of MATIC, and token owners might gradually see the value of their tokens increase.