{"id":616981,"date":"2026-07-17T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=616981"},"modified":"2026-07-17T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:02:49","slug":"polygons-payments-push-sparks-pol-backlash-holders-have-no-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/polygons-payments-push-sparks-pol-backlash-holders-have-no-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon\u2019s payments push sparks POL backlash \u2013 \u2018Holders have no equity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The community of Polygon holders is now pressing for clarity on whether the recent Polygon Labs profitability push will trickle down to them.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the token holders, Just Hopmans, said,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polygon Labs is becoming a for-profit payments company, while POL is roughly 98% below its ATH. Holders have no equity in Polygon Labs and no claim on its future profits.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further posed,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will the success of this company create measurable value for POL and the Polygon network?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_616985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616985\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-114417.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616985\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-114417.png\" alt=\"Polygon POL\" width=\"597\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-114417.png 597w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-114417-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-616985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will POL holders benefit?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">POL, the native governance token in the Polygon ecosystem, was rebranded from MATIC in late 2024. During its debut, it surged to $1 before a massive crash to $0.06, or about a 93% drop in 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the losses, POL holders have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/polygon-adds-107k-holders-in-a-month-whats-holding-pol-price-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 78% to over 245K in the past month. For Hopmans, clarity on how these holders will benefit from future Polygon payment profits would be worthwhile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also sought details on how the community treasury, under the Polygon Foundation, will be handled after the transition. Hopmans claimed that Polygon Foundation, which oversees governance, moved over 50M POL in H1 2026 without clear communication to the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/polygon-labs-announces-second-round-of-2026-layoffs-as-it-targets-profitability-in-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a blockchain payment firm would ensure its profitability in 2027.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of writing, the project has yet to respond to Hopmans\u2019 call for transparency and accountability to the community. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, Polygon\u2019s move was not surprising given its resilience in the competitive payments segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Will Polygon increase its stablecoin market share?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ethereum L2 hit a record $106B in annual stablecoin transfer volume in 2025. So far in 2026, the volume is clocking $70B. This has been a growing trend since 2023, making it a key settlement layer for stablecoins, just like Ethereum, Tron, and Arbitrum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_616986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616986\" style=\"width: 1344px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616986\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508.png\" alt=\"Polygon POL\" width=\"1344\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508.png 1344w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-110508-1200x622.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-616986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Visa\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in terms of market share, Polygon\u2019s rising stablecoin volumes didn\u2019t translate to increasing dominance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, since 2023, its market share of the stablecoin settlement market has dropped from 1.54% to 0.72% in 2026. In other words, it has lost about half of its market share in an increasingly competitive segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the same period, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/coins\/solana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solana [SOL]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Base have increased their market share from zero to 22% and 16%, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_616987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616987\" style=\"width: 1185px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616987\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620.png\" alt=\"Polygon POL \" width=\"1185\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620.png 1185w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620-1024x426.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-111620-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1185px) 100vw, 1185px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-616987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Visa\/Allium\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It remains to be seen how the aggressive shifts to payments will bolster Polygon\u2019s standings in the stablecoin settlement sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Final Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community sought to know whether POL tokenholders will benefit from Polygon\u2019s future profitability in payments\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polygon\u2019s stablecoin volumes have increased from $62B to a record $106B, but market share dropped by half<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Polygon payment profits boost POL&#8217;s value? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":617024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,6382,4,5825,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-news","category-polygon-news","category-social","category-stablecoins","category-trading-view"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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