Messari recently released its research report on Polygon for the third quarter of this year. The report shows that the number of daily active addresses on Polygon has increased by 1.6%, from 359,000 addresses at the end of the second quarter to 364,000 addresses at the end of the third quarter. The retention rate of the Polygon network has also improved. The average daily return address has increased by 4.8%, from over 273,400 addresses to over 286,000 addresses. The amount of MATIC token staking has also increased. Data shows that 36.3% of the current total supply of MATIC is staked, an increase of 0.9% from the previous quarter. In the third quarter of last year, only 32.6% of the total supply of MATIC was staked, an increase of nearly 4 percentage points. (thecryptobasic)

OpenSea Pro has announced the launch on Polygon, allowing users to set blockchain chain preferences in custom mode, switch between various chains, or browse collections on two chains simultaneously.

On October 27th, according to an official announcement, 0VIX of Polygon PoS has successfully restored all functions, including repayment and withdrawal. Recently, 0VIX will be integrated with the new Keom Protocol to complete its transition to Keom. Keom plans to launch a series of AI-enhanced trading products, fully utilizing advanced zero-knowledge technology, and proactively integrating the latest user protection standards prescribed by regulations.

The non-custodial liquidity collateral agreement Ether.Fi announced its support for native collateral on Polygon zkEVM.

Polygon announced on X platform that its native token POL has been launched on the Ethereum mainnet. Polygon further stated that POL is the next generation token that can provide power to the large ecosystem of ZK-based L2 chains. It achieves this through a native re-collateralization protocol that allows POL holders to verify multiple chains and perform multiple roles on each chain, turning POL into an efficient token.

Dunamu, the operator of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, announced that it will add Polygon to its staking service "Upbit Stake". As a result, the number of staking options supported by Upbit has increased to five (Ethereum, Cosmos, Ada, Solana, and Polygon).

According to an official announcement on October 23, Binance will support the native USD Coin (USDC) issued by Circle on the Polygon network. Deposits and withdrawals of the token on the network will be available soon. Binance already supports the cross-chain version of USD Coin (PoS) (USDC.e) and will use MATICUSDCE as the code.

Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, shared data on social media showing that the total locked value of Polygon's zkEVM has exceeded $58 million, an increase of over 40% in the past 30 days, reaching a new all-time high. According to the latest data from L2beat, at the time of writing this article, the total locked value of Polygon's zkEVM has reached $58.55 million.

Polygon released a proposal on Thursday to create a "Polygon Protocol Council" to promote more decentralized governance, and appointed 13 initial members, including officials from Coinbase and the Ethereum Foundation. Polygon stated in a press release that the proposal, called PIP29, will "be responsible for making narrow, time-bound changes to the system smart contracts that implement the existing and future Polygon protocols on Ethereum." According to the announcement, the Council will "execute community-led processes to initiate future upgrades, including those proposed in the forefront stages of Polygon 2.0."

Data monitored by Arkham shows that about 2 hours ago, the Alameda clearing party allegedly staked nearly $7 million worth of MATIC through the Polygon PoS staking contract.