Polygon (POL) Price Analysis: POL (Formerly MATIC) Crashes by 38% Year-to-Date, Aave (AAVE) Founder Proposes Removing Polygon From Its Lending Services

Polygon (POL, formerly MATIC) price is crashing by 38% year-to-date, suffering a high-time frame hit with the rebranding.

Polygon (POL, formerly MATIC) price continues to suffer a high-time frame hit with the rebranding, down 38% year-to-date. Recent developments related to Polygon’s and Aave’s (AAVE) governance proposals brought more turmoil to POL price this week.

Specifically, Allez Labs, Morpho Labs, and YearnFi joined forces to make a governance proposal for Polygon’s bridged stablecoins. As stated in the pre-PIP, these DeFi protocols aim to activate the $1.3 billion in stablecoin reserves of the PoS bridge.

However, this proposal was met with fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) from the community regarding the safety of users’ assets. Comments on the Polygon Foundation’s related post included statements like “not a good idea” and “the worst idea ever.” Chain Security auditor Torgin also remarked on the matter.

“Sorry, this is actually not a good idea because the people who hold stablecoins on the Polygon PoS bridge have decided not to take risks with it. By putting it inside a vault, we’re forcing them to take risks and not rewarding them for it.”

Aave proposes removing Polygon from its lending services

Apart from the immediate community backlash, other decentralized finance protocols have already begun to take action against Polygon's bridge proposal. AaveDAO founder Marc “Billy” Zeller made an Aave governance proposal as a direct response four days later.

Zeller stated that “Polygon is 1.5% of Aave DAO revenue,” ultimately deciding that the billion-dollar-worth bad debt risk is not worth it. The discussion was highlighted in a post by Ignas, explaining that it would result in a massive loss for Polygon.

“If @lemiscate [(Marc “Billy” Zeller)] proposal passes, LTV will [be] set to 0% (basically shutting operations), freeze multiple asset reserves on Aave V3 Polygon, and even migrate governance from Polygon. Such [an] L for Polygon.”

Polygon (POL) price analysis

Interestingly, Polygon's native token trades at $0.594, down 38.65% year-to-date, even though crypto is in a bull market. Moreover, since late September, POL (formerly MATIC) has seen a significant volume drop, indicating a lack of interest from investors.

On the other hand, AAVE has surged by nearly 120% in the last 30 days, as reported by Finbold, with bullish potential for the year-end.

Meanwhile, traders and investors speculate on the consequences of Polygon's proposal to use its bridge's reserves for DeFi yield farming. Aave's response could also drastically influence the demand and utility of POL, ultimately affecting its market price.

This comes at a crucial time for the project, as analysts anticipate Q1 2025 to herald “the mother of all bull markets,” potentially leaving Polygon behind in the highly anticipated crypto bull run.