LGL said the Polygon blockchain has developed an assortment of fin-tech solutions for traditional finance as well as cryptocurrency and the blockchain
Looking Glass Labs Ltd (LGL) announced that its flagship studio House of Kibaa (HoK) has entered into a collaborative arrangement with Polygon Studios, the non-fungible token (NFT), gaming, and metaverse arm of Polygon (MATIC).
LGL said the Polygon blockchain has developed an assortment of fin-tech solutions for traditional finance as well as cryptocurrency and the blockchain.
Polygon has become highly respected in the blockchain ecosystem for its scaling and infrastructure solutions that have been adopted by more than 1,200 applications, with over 600 million total transactions processed, 60 million unique user addresses, and over US$5 billion in assets secured.
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Recently, Polygon raised US$450 million in a round of financing that was led by Sequoia Capital India, bringing its total market capitalization to approximately US$12 billion as it seeks to ambitiously broaden its portfolio of Ethereum scaling solutions.
Under the collaboration, LGL said HoK will benefit from technical and business support for all of its strategic pillars including HoK, the GenZeroes NFT collection, the GenZeroes live-action series as well as HoK’s Project Origin metaverse set to launch in 2022. Polygon Studios will also provide cross-promotional support for HoK and its projects by identifying opportunities for other collaborations with Polygon Studios’ clients and collaborators.
Furthermore, Polygon Studios has agreed to amplify HoK’s content by re-posting it on its social media channels including the main Polygon Twitter account that has over 1.2 million followers.
Ethereum blockchain
Polygon is an important scaling solution that works on top of the Ethereum blockchain, which has become slow and expensive to use due to its popularity. Currently, the Ethereum blockchain can process about 14 transactions per second with each transaction costing approximately US$25 or much higher at peak times.
However, Polygon makes things cheaper and faster by processing some transactions on its proprietary proof-of-stake blockchain, otherwise known as a ‘Layer 2’ solution given that the Ethereum blockchain is described as ‘Layer 1’.
By comparison, Polygon can process up to 65,000 transactions per second with fees costing less than a fraction of a cent, plus network fees. Polygon boasts investors that include Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, and many other high-profile investors.
LGL said that thanks to Polygon’s scalable nature, lower fees, and faster transaction times, it has developed into the ideal ecosystem for metaverse and gaming projects.
Polygon recently launched Polygon Studios as an initiative dedicated to growing blockchain-based gaming with NFT integrations on a global scale to bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3 ecosystems through investment, marketing, and developer support. In January 2022, video gaming and esports icon Ryan Wyatt resigned from his position as Head of Gaming at YouTube to become CEO of Polygon Studios.
Expanding opportunities for House of Kibaa
Through relationships with collaborators like Atari, OpenSea, and Decentraland, LGL said Polygon Studios is strategically building its presence in the modern digital media world, which is expected by LGL’s management to provide multiple advantages and opportunities for HoK and the company’s other assets.
“Establishing a formal collaboration with Polygon is expected to create a number of exciting opportunities for our company as digital media continues its rapid shift towards NFTs and the metaverse in 2022,” said LGL CEO Dorian Banks in a statement.
In the late 2010s, scalability issues plagued many cryptocurrency and blockchain projects, which is a problem that Polygon sought to solve with its product suite for efficiently scaling Ethereum applications. This is something that we intend to leverage when we launch HoK’s Project Origin metaverse this year, in addition to other offerings.”
Banks added: “Further, we believe there is considerable value to be had from potential arrangements with Polygon’s well-known collaborators in other industries such as technology, entertainment, sports and video gaming. We look forward to working with Polygon as our newest strategically in the blockchain space, with several noteworthy HoK launches set to take place in the coming months.”
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