Tagged: polygon

April 7, 2026 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon is preparing to roll out a significant network upgrade known as the Giugliano hard fork, designed to deliver noticeably quicker transaction finality across its proof-of-stake chain. Scheduled to activate on April 8 at block height 85,268,500—approximately 2 p.m. UTC—this change represents the latest step… Read More

March 26, 2026 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon, originally launched in 2017 as a general-purpose Ethereum scaling solution, has repositioned itself as a specialized payments blockchain in 2026. CoinGecko’s new report details how the network has strengthened its infrastructure, forged strategic partnerships, and delivered impressive on-chain activity metrics despite a broader industry… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure firm Eco recently spotlighted compelling on-chain data from Dune Analytics, revealing explosive growth in USDC activity. Across 49 queried networks, monthly USDC transactions jumped from 31 million in July 2024 to 613 million by January 2026—a 20-fold increase in just 18 months for… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tenderly reports that it is now an official public RPC provider for Polygon, joining the network of infrastructure partners powering one of the “most widely adopted EVM-compatible chains.” Clients may now access Tenderly’s public Polygon RPC endpoint at tenderly.rpc.polygon.community. As an “official” Polygon public RPC… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, Europe’s neobank and reportedly one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech platforms, has integrated with Polygon for stablecoin transfers, payments, and trading. By November of this year, more than $690 million in volume was reportedly processed via Polygon in the Revolut app. With (reported) 65… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

R25, an RWA and stablecoin protocol, launched with Polygon as its first EVM blockchain partner to bring “institutional-grade” yield to token holders. This integration brings rcUSD+ to Polygon, a yield-bearing token supported by a portfolio of assets such as money market funds and stablecoin equivalents…. Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon has taken a step forward as the global payments chain in web3 with the Rio upgrade, which is being described as a product-focused network rehaul, now live on mainnet. As explained in the update, Rio now aims to make Polygon a lighter, more reliable,… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize has announced a “new chapter for institutional DeFi.” The tokenization platform has partnered with Gauntlet to enable a Real World Assets (RWA) strategy, powered by Morpho, deployed on the Polygon Network. Securitize states that the institutional-grade solution enables permissioned Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the year 2024 came to an end, the team at Polygon said it was clear that the past year was a mix of significant progress as well as challenges. The team at Polygon has provided a quick recap of the key developments from the… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO pointed out that the SEC recently referred to Solana and Polygon as securities. tZERO recently noted that it happens to be one of the only two licensees for a regulated special purpose broker-dealer digital asset security custodian and specializes in compliant digital securities. The… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Recently Xalts announced a deeper collaboration to bring its enterprise-grade real-world asset tokenization platform, RWA Cloud, to the Polygon blockchain network. RWA Cloud provides solutions to enable financial services, governments, and other enterprise developers looking to build digital asset platforms for implementing blockchain, tokenization, and… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the platform for tokenizing real world assets, and global private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), announced that qualified investors now have exclusive access to Hamilton Lane’s recently closed Secondary Fund VI through the Securitize platform. Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund VI has… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Spiko, co-founded in 2023 by Paul-Adrien Hyppolite and Antoine Michon, has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding. Spiko is a tokenization platform that claims to be the first provider in the world to offer fully tokenized Money Market Funds (MMFs). The digital assets leverage both… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Laser Digital, Nomura’s digital asset subsidiary, is launching a new venture in collaboration with blockchain protocol TruFin, a WebN incubated company. This initiative leverages Polygon’s Aggregation Layer (AggLayer) to introduce the Laser Digital Polygon Adoption Fund. The Fund will expose investors to Polygon-MATIC, the native gas… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 3:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group; Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), a global private markets investment management firm; and financial services firm Apex Group are expanding access to global private markets via new DLT-registered shares on the Polygon blockchain. Sygnum Bank, Hamilton Lane, and Apex… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 9:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, WebN and Laser Digital launched Libre, a new institutional Web3 infrastructure powered by Polygon for distributing alternative asset funds. Alternative investment management firm Brevan Howard and private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane plan to be the first issuers to strategically partner with… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a Web3 technology company, announced that QuickSwap, a DEX and automated market maker built on Polygon, Polygon zkEVM and Dogechain, now supports the testnet version of X1. X1 is OKX’s new zkEVM Layer 2 network, “developed using the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK).” With… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xapo Bank, a fully licensed bank that combines traditional banking with access to Bitcoin, stablecoins, and altcoins, recently announced it is launching three more cryptocurrencies that members can buy, sell, and hold on the Xapo Bank app — Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Polygon (MATIC)…. Read More

November 19, 2023 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Polygon Labs announced MoonRealm Express Accelerator, a strategic collaboration to support Web3 builders around the world and accelerate the development of Web3 products and solutions through Animoca Brands’ flagship project Mocaverse. MoonRealm Express Accelerator is “an accelerator program… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss crypto-finance technology pioneer, announced the integration of MATIC, the primary token of the Polygon ecosystem, into its custodial staking services. Bitcoin Suisse’s expanded Polygon offerings now encompass custodial staking, trading, and custody solutions for MATIC. Staking entries are accessible with “a… Read More