DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Polygon
Studios, a new NFT-centric gaming and metaverse hub designed to
facilitate web 3.0 integration, today welcomes venture capitalist,
and prominent metaverse thought leader Matthew Ball to Polygon Studio's advisory
team.
Ball will also be joined by Jonathan
Glick, a former SVP of Product & Technology at The
New York Times and chief of product,
services and operations at GLG, who also serves on the council of
the Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF — a product providing investors
with exposure to the rapidly-growing market of the
Metaverse.
In recent months, Polygon has become the leading go-to platform
for NFT projects; including Dolce & Gabbana, OpenSea, NFT
artist Beeple, DraftKings, Tom
Brady's Autograph, and Mark
Cuban's Lazy.com.
Through the launch of Polygon Studios earlier this summer, the
Polygon brand has further expanded into the blockchain gaming and
NFT space. Polygon's infrastructure supports over 100,000
blockchain gamers along with top Web 3.0 games and metaverses that
all contribute to high-quality gaming experiences.
Matthew Ball is currently CEO of
EpyllionCo, Co-Founder of the NYSE-listed Roundhill Ball Metaverse
ETF, the first Metaverse-focused exchange traded fund,which has
nearly $150MM in assets under management after three months, and a
Venture Partner at Makers Fund. Ball is widely attributed with the
popularization and definition of the metaverse - a "quasi-successor
state to the mobile internet" that marries hardware with content,
finance, community, and other technologies within a virtual space.
His essays on the topic have been touted by Mark Zuckerberg and Tim
Sweeney, as well as outlets including The Financial Times,
New York Times, BBC, The Economist, and
The New Yorker. Ball will help Polygon Studios' create a truly open
metaverse where users and developers thrive.
Jonathan Glick is also joining
Ball as an advisor to Polygon Studios. Bringing over two decades of
expertise to Polygon, Glick spearheaded the launch of the NY Times
first website in 1996, including the implementation of the first
commercial CMS, targeted ad server and decentralized media protocol
(RSS). As well as leading the product design, development, account
management and operations of Gerson Lehrman Group, the first and
largest expert network, Glick went onto launch Sulia, a
subject-based social expertise platform. More recently, Glick
co-launched Darkstar DAO, a research collective focused on the
intersection of Web3 and the media.
Joining Polygon Studios Advisory, both Ball & Glick will
help to further position Polygon Studios as the leading innovation
hub for NFTs and gaming projects wishing to launch their own custom
blockchain, NFT and metaverse models.
Over 60% of today's NFT and blockchain-based web 3.0 games,
including Decentraland, Sandbox, and Decentral Games already
leverage Polygon's PoS chain as the preferred scaling solution.
Polygon Studios extends plug-and-play Software Development Kits
(SDKs) for web 2.0 game developers such as Ubisoft, Electronic
Arts, Atari, allowing non-blockchain games to take on blockchain
attributes.
Shreyansh Singh, Head of Polygon Studios, said: "We believe
having Matthew and Jonathan on our advisory team will cement
Polygon Studios' position as the leading solution for creators,
developers, and brands looking to embrace blockchain and NFT
technology to extend their scope. Matthew's thoughtful and
progressive work and his proven track record for implementing
successful digital strategies make him an invaluable addition to
our team."
Matthew Ball commented: "I'm
thrilled to work with Polygon Studios during such a pivotal time.
There has never before been so much enthusiasm for the Metaverse
and Web3, but more importantly, there's an unprecedented
opportunity for independent developers and individual users to
define the future. I believe Polygon Studios will lead the way for
creators to develop more immersive ways to engage and enrich their
relationship with audiences around the globe."
Jonathan Glick added: "We are
entering the age of living online, with a growing number of us
embracing the concept of 'owning' online things. NFTs is a logical
extension of this, and I'm excited to be working with Polygon
Studios to help developers and brands build an open, diverse and
prosperous Metaverse."
About Polygon Studios
Polygon Studios is the Gaming and NFT arm of Polygon focused on
growing the global Blockchain Gaming and NFT Industry and bridging
the gap between Web 2 and Web 3 gaming through investment,
marketing and developer support. The Polygon Studios ecosystem
comprises highly loved games and NFT Dapps like OpenSea, Upshot,
Aavegotchi, Zed Run, Skyweaver by Horizon Games, Decentraland,
Megacryptopolis, Neon District, Cometh and Decentral.Games.
If you're a game developer, builder or NFT creator looking to
join the Polygon Studios ecosystem, get started here.
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About Polygon
Polygon is the leading platform for
Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its growing suite
of products offers developers easy access to all major scaling and
infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic
Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise
chains, data availability solutions, and more. Polygon's scaling
solutions have seen widespread adoption with 1000+ applications
hosted, ~600M total transactions processed, ~60M unique user
addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured.
If you're an Ethereum Developer, you're already a Polygon
developer! Leverage Polygon's fast and secure txns for your Dapp,
get started here.
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