MATIC’s growth has been community and developer-driven. Trading at the $1.13 level and registering 27% gain in price in the past 24 hours, MATIC’s rally is an extended one, leading the altcoin season 2.0. However, there is something different this time around, MATIC is currently rallying alongside ETH, more as an ally, than a competitor. With ETH’s price above the $3700 level, and MATIC’s rally, the alt season has offered several opportunities, consolidating alts and rallies following closely after.
MATIC network || Source: Twitter
Since the release of the latest transparency report on Polygon Multisigs, Polygon has become more relevant and there is increased demand for the altcoin across exchanges. Multisigs are used by top projects that have the feature of updating smart contracts. This is not the case for Ethereum, since smart contracts on Ethereum are immutable by design ie. they can not be changed once deployed.
However, this feature also means that if there is an inherent error or potential exploit in the code, there is no way to fix it. Upgradeable contracts are needed and that’s where Polygon’s narrative fits in, making it a much-needed scaling solution and an upgrade on ETH.
The current network statistics for MATIC are looking bullish since there are over 65.8 Million total transactions in over half a million wallet addresses and at $10.4 Billion market capitalization. The trade volume has increased consistently since the beginning of 2021 and more buyers are lining up across spot and derivative exchanges.
The demand for MATIC and the number of transactions have increased and are expected to increase to the level of Ethereum before the end of the alt season. The increase in wallet addresses and unique users is a direct measure of MATIC’s demand as an L2 scaling solution for the #1 altcoin in the crypto market.
The competition with ETH is no longer as intense, considering the fact that ETH’s increasing popularity contributes to the network growth and inflow of investment to MATIC. MATIC’s transaction volume largely depends on ETH’s network and the fact that ETH needs a scaling solution despite the launch of L2, has led to a symbiotic relationship between the two altcoins.
