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<p class="p2">Like many other crypto projects, the native token of the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/altcoins-watchlist-market-expert-spotlights-eth-blur-matic-and-more-for-explosive-gains/">Polygon network</a>, MATIC, was launched with some portion of the supply vested for the team over a period of time. In the case of Polygon, the vesting was for five years, and since 2019, there have been periodic token unlocks. However, the unlocks, which have often been a deterrent for investors, are now over, as the last batch was just released to the team.</p> 
<h2 class="p2" id="polygon-last-unlock-goes-to-team">Polygon Last Unlock Goes To Team</h2> 
<p class="p2">On Wednesday, February 21, the Polygon Foundation <a href="https://etherscan.io/token/0x7d1afa7b718fb893db30a3abc0cfc608aacfebb0?a=0xcbfe11b78c2e6cb25c6eda2c6ff46cd4755c8fca" rel="nofollow">received</a> the very last portion of their vested tokens from the vesting contract. In total, 273,304,816 million MATIC tokens valued at $260 million were released to the Foundation’s wallet.</p> 
<p class="p2">This unlock marks the very last unlock that the Foundation will receive, meaning that almost all of the available supply of MATIC is now in circulation. The latest unclog brings the circulating supply of the cryptocurrency to 9,618,318,574 out of its 10,000,000,000 maximum supply. As a result of this, the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/matic/zk-end-game-polygon-matic-3/">market cap of Polygon</a> is sitting just above $9.14 billion with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of approximately $5 billion.</p> 
<p class="p2">The entirety of the MATIC supply has been unlocked, which means that there will be no more tokens being brought into circulation. This is a huge milestone for the project, whose investors have waited years for the vested tokens to finally run out.</p> 
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium" src="https://www.tradingview.com/x/n4H7XKRv/" alt="MATIC price chart from Tradingview.com (Polygon)" width="3286" height="1530"></p> 
<h2 class="p2" id="how-will-this-affect-the-matic-price">How Will This Affect The MATIC Price?</h2> 
<p class="p2">The fact that the entirety of the MATIC supply is now in circulation is bullish for the digital asset, especially in the long term. Inflation is a factor that tends to drive investors away and keep them from holding their coins due to the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/crypto/crypto-ftx-celsius-matic-eth-wbtc/">fear of more tokens coming into circulation</a>, causing supply to exceed demand.</p> 
<p class="p2">Now that the entirety of the supply is now in circulation, it gives the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/matic-analysis/matic-price-prediction-polygon-rallies-to/">MATIC price</a> a chance to enter into price discovery. However, there is still some concern about when the Polygon Foundation might start selling their coins as the entirety of the unlocked tokens still sit in the Foundation’s <a href="https://etherscan.io/token/0x7d1afa7b718fb893db30a3abc0cfc608aacfebb0?a=0xb316fa9fa91700d7084d377bfdc81eb9f232f5ff" rel="nofollow">wallet</a>.</p> 
<p class="p2">If they do decide to sell, though, it is likely that the foundation would do so through OTC (over-the-counter) deals to minimize the impact of such a sale on the token price. As a result, the MATIC price might not suffer much.</p> 
<p class="p2">At the time of writing, the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/matic-analysis/matic-price-prediction-polygon-rallies-to/">MATIC token</a> is trading at $0.95 with a 24-hour increase of 1.11%. Although its performance has been far from encouraging, the token is sitting only 67% below its 2021 all-time high of $2.92.</p>

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