Balancer earmarks $10M for near-zero fees on Ethereum-compatible trades
The Balancer and Polygon partnership aims to lower gas fees for traders on the Ethereum blockchain. The adoption rate of a cryptocurrency is heavily dependent on its use cases in the real world. Balancer Protocol’s latest effort in this regard is the launch of support on the Layer-2 solution Polygon to reduce Ethereum gas costs. With this partnership, Balancer joins the team of major DeFi projects lik Aave, Curve and SushiSwap, which have recently witnessed strong user adoption.With Polygon (formerly MATIC) offering near-zero fees for trades, Balancer’s position as “the ultimate flexible....
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