{"id":7559,"date":"2021-05-27T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/?p=7559"},"modified":"2021-05-27T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:08:42","slug":"cryptocurrency-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/cryptocurrency-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban Invests in Indian Crypto startup MATIC (Polygon)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cryptocurrency Investment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor behind Shark Tank, has invested in Polygon<\/a>, an Indian cryptocurrency platform that intends to make Ethereum transactions faster and cheaper. Matic, Polygon’s native token, has surpassed a market worth of $10 billion and is now one among the top 20 crypto coins in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was created in 2017 by Jayanti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, and Anurag Arjun under the name Matic Network, with Serbian Mihalio Bjelic, subsequently joining as a co-founder. On May 25, Polygon<\/a> began to appear in Cuban’s portfolio of enterprises. In an email to BuyUcoin, he also confirmed the investment, saying, “I was a Polygon user and find myself utilizing it more and more.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making Ethereum more useful<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By employing Layer 2 sidechains, which are blockchains that operate alongside the Ethereum<\/a> main chain, it was established to deliver faster and cheaper transactions on the popular programmable blockchain Ethereum. With over 250 decentralized applications, 76 million transactions, and 790,000 unique users, its scaling solutions have been widely adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing from a matic network to a polygon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Matic<\/a> changed its name to Polygon in February of this year in order to broaden its appeal. It has evolved into a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, assisting with two types of solutions: secured chains (Layer 2) and stand-alone chains (Sidechains).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Layer2 scaling solutions rely on Ethereum<\/a> for security, Sidechains are completely self-contained. In a blog post, the startup stated, “Polygon transforms Ethereum into a full-fledged multi-chain system or an Internet of Blockchains.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Cuban is a crypto lover.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cuban, an American billionaire entrepreneur who owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and is one of the show’s main shark’s investors, has invested in over ten blockchain firms and is optimistic about the future of cryptocurrency investment. His crypto portfolio is made up of 60% Bitcoin, 30% Ethereum, and the balance is made up of other coins. Bitcoin, he believes, is a better alternative to gold as a store of value than a currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid19’s disaster relief efforts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vitalik Buterin, the developer of Ethereum<\/a>, recently gave over one billion Shiba Inu Coin to India’s COVID-Crypto Relief Fund, put up by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropic endeavors. \u201cI think we will eventually get around $50 million. If Elon Musk or some celebrity talks about it again, maybe $100 million but more than that is unlikely,\u201d Sandeep Nailwal, had told Moneycontrol on the actual money that would come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source : money control<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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