It's all green for the Polygon ecosystem, but MATIC sees red

Polygon’s GameFi and NFT ecosystem recorded remarkable growth
However, the stats did not look favorable for MATIC’s price action

Polygons [MATIC] The GameFi ecosystem posted another achievement on Dec. 11 when the blockchain partnered with Earn Alliance. The primary goal of this new association was “to bring 100 million gamers to Web3.”

$MATIC JUST IN: Polygon and earn alliance partners to bring the next 100 million gamers to Web3 👀🔥#Polygon #Top 3 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Ny3sUGY5Gj

— WEB3 Market Insight 🇦🇺 (@iftikharpost) December 11, 2022

Through this partnership, Earn Alliance will take advantage of the low gas rates, fast translation times and minimal carbon footprint of the Polygon network to produce more immersive blockchain gaming experiences.

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Polygon NFTs are also growing

Not only did Polygon grow in the GameFi space, but also in its NFT ecosystem. In a December 10 tweet, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, revealed that the company’s NFT buyers were “growing exponentially.”

NFT buyers @0xPolygon grow exponentially. An NFT supercycle brews on Polygon.

Source : @nansen_ai

PS: noticed some HUGE differences @cryptoslamio data because they don’t index many Polygon apps. We escalated to them again. Posting a new bigquery based dashboard soon pic.twitter.com/Y9ZaoggWm

— Sandeep | Polygon 💜🔝3️⃣ (@sandeepnailwal) December 10, 2022

Santiment’s chart revealed that PolygonThe total number of NFT transactions increased last week. Total NFT trading volume followed a similar path, rising on December 6. However, the figure has fallen in recent days.

Source: Sentiment

In addition, Polygon’s users followed a similar trend each week and registered a small increase the past months. This was another optimistic update for the blockchain.

Is the crypto winter to blame?

Despite the above developments MATICweekly growth was negative. According to CoinMarketCap, MATIC was down 5% over the past week. At the time of writing, it was trading at $0.8858 with a market cap of $7,736,492,248.

The blockchain’s on-chain stats also shed some light on the current scenario. MATIC’s market value to realized value (MVRV) ratio has fallen significantly over the past week. This was a huge bearish indicator. Blockchain network growth also plummeted on December 12.

Source: Sentiment

However, CryptoQuant’s data gave some relief to the investors as it announced a price increase. MATICThe foreign exchange reserve decreased, which was a bullish signal as it indicated less selling pressure.

Furthermore, the number of active addresses and the transfer volume also registered a peak. Interestingly, despite the negative price action, MATIC remained popular in the crypto space. The altcoin managed to top the list of cryptocurrencies in terms of social activity on December 11.

⚡️ TOP @0xPolygon Ecosystem coins through social activity
December 11, 2022$MATIC $BRT $MANA $FUND $TEL #POLYDOGE $NAKA $TVK $ANKR $KASTA pic.twitter.com/mQtya00ufg

— 🇺🇦 CryptoDep #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@Crypto_Dep) December 11, 2022