Aztec Amaya on Driving Polygon’s Growth and Launching Litecoin zk-Omnichain LitVM
Aztec Amaya, Chief Strategy Officer at Lunar Digital Assets, has played a pivotal role in incubating and marketing major crypto projects. He helped Polygon rebrand from Matic and raised $400 million, co-founded QuickSwap—the largest DEX on Polygon—and launched the DeFi Summer movement. At Lunar Digital Assets, Amaya leads strategy, talent recruitment, and hosts “The Aggregated” X-space show, attracting up to 100 000 weekly listeners. His latest initiative, LitVM, is a zk Omnichain built on Litecoin to bring DeFi, advanced payments, and real-world assets to the hard-money community. With a testnet on the horizon, Amaya urges traders and developers to join the LitVM X account for updates. This interview underscores Amaya’s impact on Polygon and Litecoin ecosystems and highlights his vision for hard money web3.
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This interview highlights substantial ecosystem advancements—Aztec Amaya’s role in Polygon’s rebrand, QuickSwap, and the upcoming LitVM testnet on Litecoin. Such strategic developments often drive renewed investor interest and trading volume. Historically, successful network upgrades and zk-rollup launches (e.g., Ethereum’s zk initiatives) have led to price upticks in associated tokens. The positive momentum around LitVM, combined with growing DeFi usage on Litecoin, is likely to boost short-term trading activity and support long-term network valuation.