Polygon (POL) Defies Market Downtrend with 0.6% Surge as CoinDesk 20 Assets Tumble

While nearly every major cryptocurrency bled red across the board, Polygon (POL) staged a solitary stand—managing a 0.6% gain as the rest of the CoinDesk 20 crumbled.

A Lone Bright Spot

POL’s minor but notable climb contrasts sharply with broad-based declines, making it one of the few winners in a sea of red. No fancy narratives—just numbers that actually moved up.

Market Reality Check

Let’s be real—when one coin’s barely-there green candle counts as bullish news, you know sentiment’s scraping the bottom. Traders will take what they can get, even if it’s just crumbs of positivity.

Still, in crypto, even a 0.6% gain while everything else dives counts as a win—especially when traditional finance is still trying to figure out what a private key even is.

Leaders: POL (+0.6%) and XRP (-0.3%).

Laggards: UNI (-2.8%) and NEAR (-2.8%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.