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Finance

Polygon Labs pushes deeper into stablecoin payments with $250 million deal

The move comes as crypto projects increasingly position themselves as offering payment platforms that resemble traditional digital banks, but operate on blockchain rails.

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (Polygon Labs)

Finance

Ethereum scaling network Polygon close to buying bitcoin kiosk firm Coinme, sources say

Polygon is paying $100 million to $125 million for the bitcoin ATM provider, according to one of the sources.

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Finance

Polygon Labs unveils ‘Open Money Stack’ to power borderless stablecoin payments

The system will bring together various elements of the payment stack, including liquidity, orchestration, and regulatory controls.

Founder of Polygon and CEO Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon Labs)

Markets

India's Debt-Backed ARC Token Eyes Tentative Q1 2026 Debut, Sources Say

The ARC will operate within a two-tier framework, complementing the RBI's Central Bank Digital Currency.

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Finance

Flutterwave, Africa's $31B Payment Provider, Taps Polygon for Cross-Border Payments

The deal will roll out faster, low-cost payments for global firms such as Uber in more than 30 countries in Africa.

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Finance

Crypto-Focused AMINA Bank of Switzerland Offers Regulated Staking of Polygon Token

The bank claims to be the first to offer regulated staking for Polygon’s native token (POL), with rewards of up to 15%.

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Markets

Polygon PoS Sees Transaction Finality Lag, Patch in Progress

A bug affecting Bor/Erigon nodes forced validators to resync, slowing confirmation times even as block production continued at a normal pace.

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Markets

Polygon Leads Crypto Gains With 16% Weekend Surge as CoinDesk 20 Index Holds Steady

Technical models flag bullish momentum, with support emerging around $0.277–$0.278.

CoinDesk 20 Index constituents (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Polygon's POL Falls 6% As Inflation Shock Triggers Heavy Selling

The token’s rejection at $0.26 came amid a broad crypto pullback, with the CoinDesk 20 Index sliding 4% and rate-cut hopes fading.

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Markets

Polygon Holds 3% Advance, Outperforming Broader Market

POL surged in early U.S. trading amid above-average volume, but selling pressure capped gains.

Polygon rose 9% in early U.S. morning trading hours from $0.206 to $0.225 before selling emerged in the afternoon, CoinDesk Analytics data shows.