Polygon’s Price Is Doing the Cha-Cha While Network Activity Sprouts Like Wild Mushrooms 🍄

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In a plot twist nobody saw coming (mostly because they were too busy checking their phones), Polygon has decided to throw a party with bullish signals, 90% more transactions, and active addresses increasing by 30%. All thanks to irresistible partnerships that probably paid in magic beans.

Polygon’s token is wobbling around at 0.1030-roughly 85% less glamorous than its November 2024 spotlight, but don’t let that fool you; the network stats are all dressed up and raring to go.

According to some data nerds over at Nansen, Polygon is now the second-speediest blockchain in town – zooming past Arbitrum (79 million transactions) and Ethereum (just 47.2 million). Who knew speed could be a thing in blockchain, right?

Meanwhile, the number of active addresses climbed 30% to 14.2 million, making Ethereum and its friends look like they’re stuck in slow motion, or maybe just really introverted.

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Stripe’s Partnership Turns Polygon Into the Payment Party of the Century

Polygon’s success story now includes a cast of major players. Think Polymarket, Stripe, Shift4, and Revolut-essentially the superhero squad of network partnerships, all aiming to turn Polygon into the blockchain equivalent of a bustling mall at Christmas.

According to the 0xPolygon X meme-conomist (or whatever they call themselves), Stripe’s stablecoin payments have already crossed a whopping $70 million in lifetime volume. That’s a lot of zeroes for a chain that used to be just a Bitcoin gossip.

0xPolygon X chirped that Stripe’s stablecoin payments are now making it rain over $70 million-proof positive that merchants are finally realizing Polygon isn’t just a pretty face but also a reliable payment layer.

Polygon is basically stealing the spotlight as Stripe’s go-to stablecoin payment pal.

With over $70 million flowing, it’s like a blockchain birthday party that never ends.

All signs point to Polygon becoming the cool kid on the payments block.

– Polygon | POL (@0xPolygon)

Source: Polygon (or as we call it, the blockchain equivalent of a caffeinated squirrel)

DeFi’s own overachievement: DEX protocols processed an eye-popping 210 million in volume over just 24 hours. Monthly DEX transactions? A staggering 5.72 billion-on the same Polygon, naturally. No big deal.

Technical Setup Looks Like a Plot for a Hollywood Reversal

The POL token took a nostalgic trip back to November 2024-dropping down to 0.766, like a teenager reliving their awkward phase. September, however, brought it back to life at a resistance level of $0.2970, perhaps with a bit of divine intervention.

It’s got that classic head-and-shoulders pattern-nothing says ‘buy signals’ like a good old-fashioned chart cliché. The 50- and 200-day moving averages are snoozing above the current price, probably dreaming of a bullish future.

Now, a falling-wedge pattern is making the charts look like they’re about to do a dramatic leap off the ledge. Converging trendlines suggest that the breakout could happen soon-cue the fireworks.

The momentum indicators are doing a sort of ‘opposite day’ act, showing bullish divergence. The RSI and PPO are like the trolley problem’s red and green lights: one’s going up while the price drops.

If the price manages to soar past 0.1520, it will be a formal ‘uh-oh, reversed’ moment, which could lead to a nice little party further North, assuming the technical setup holds. No guarantees, but hey, who doesn’t love a good chart story?

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2025-12-28 09:08