Matic has officially become an algorithmic stablecoin as price is set to $1 USD.
The Polygon Twitter team just announced on Twitter that Polygon would become an algorithmic stablecoin pegged to $1 USD and the price will be backed through an ETH swap.
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/fdnvoj5nw0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=0c4b9251a64bbe3c78e2b64e31a0945ae65c1648" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/fdnvoj5nw0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=0c4b9251a64bbe3c78e2b64e31a0945ae65c1648</a>
The swap feature hasn't gone live yet but Matic promptly shot to $1 in anticipation of being able to trade 1 Matic for $1 USD in ETH.
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/j74s2f1ov0ea1.png?width=545&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=946c1c0ab777388a8368c22448e8bf7c49682026" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/j74s2f1ov0ea1.png?width=545&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=946c1c0ab777388a8368c22448e8bf7c49682026</a>
Both Do Kwon and Justin Sun immediately responded allbeit differently when they heard Matic would be supported via an algorithmic Peg to ETH.
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/d2ytvpy3y0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=9f66344e9956c39f59bbaaef201514871f0818f5" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/d2ytvpy3y0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=9f66344e9956c39f59bbaaef201514871f0818f5</a>
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/sbfh7xvsy0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=a8604e0ba50f844fdb8ef174e9fbf1c6d9841f00" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/sbfh7xvsy0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=a8604e0ba50f844fdb8ef174e9fbf1c6d9841f00</a>
What's going to happen next for Polygon isn't entirely clear but tons of investors are angry about their losses after buying above $1.
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/c0xe5espz0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=19c35d985dd3dfd847d5420dc00631120972c6b1" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/c0xe5espz0ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=19c35d985dd3dfd847d5420dc00631120972c6b1</a>
# Edit: The Polygon team just responded to Do Kwon
<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://preview.redd.it/32emrcay31ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=059c813ee403a9f5b83d2373c38335681eb03cf7" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/32emrcay31ea1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=059c813ee403a9f5b83d2373c38335681eb03cf7</a>
Stay tuned to the official Polygon Twitter Account <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEbc51kgLo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEbc51kgLo</a> for more information on when the Eth to Matic, swap is live.