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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.

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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.

Markets

Polygon’s Token Gains 3% After Seeing ‘Exceptional’ Trading Volume

The token was trading at $0.1891 at press time, up 2.8% over the last 24 hours.

MATIC rose nearly 3% over the past 24 hours, outperforming the broader market, after establishing multiple support zones, according to CoinDesk Indices data.

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Tech

The Protocol: Polygon, Once a Scaling Leader, Eyes a Revamp

Also: EF Treasury Policy, Increase of OP_CAT Data Limit, and Plume Genesis Goes Live.

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Tech

Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal Takes Over as Foundation CEO Amid Strategic Shakeup

Nailwal will steer the Polygon Foundation as it shuts down zkEVM, doubles down on PoS, and plots a return to Ethereum scaling dominance.

Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)