Polygon active users grow by 75,000 as DeFi boom continues
Data from DappRadar shows rapid uptake of Polygon-based decentralized applications. The network now has 93 functioning dapps, up considerably over the past four weeks. Polygon, a leading platform for Ethereum (ETH) scaling and infrastructure development, has attracted 75,000 new users over the past seven days, highlighting growing demand for layer-2 decentralized applications. The data, courtesy of DappRadar, shows that the top 20 Polygon dapps were responsible for the increase. In this case, new users refer to active wallets interacting with Polygon dapps. The influx of new users brought....
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