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Beware: New ‘DeadLock’ Ransomware Weaponizes Polygon Smart Contracts to Stay Invisible

Group‑IB intelligence reveals the DeadLock ransomware family leverages Polygon smart contracts for dynamic proxy rotation, enabling the malware to evade detection and resist standard domain/IP‑based blocking.

, by Hassan Shittu
Blockchain News
Polygon Eyes Bitcoin ATM Provider Coinme Acquisition for $100M to $125M: Report

ETH scaling network Polygon is close to acquiring BTC ATM firm Coinme, with Architect Partners serving as its financial advisor.

, by Sujha Sundararajan
Blockchain News
Polygon Labs Launches Open Money Stack to Bridge Fiat and Onchain Settlement
Polygon Labs has unveiled the Open Money Stack, a set of rails for regulated stablecoin payments that links wallets, fiat access, routing, compliance and onchain settlement. Stablecoin supply on Polygon has reached a three-year high of $3.3B, as firms seek faster settlement on weekends and holidays.
, by Tanzeel Akhtar
Revolut Taps Polygon for Crypto Remittances, Processing $690M Since Integration
Polygon Labs, originally founded as Matic Network, and Revolut announced a new partnership on Tuesday, allowing for crypto payments and remittances across Europe. The initiative brings stablecoin-powered money transfers to Revolut’s 65 million users. Since the feature went live in December...
, by Tanzeel Akhtar
Mastercard Selects Polygon to Power Verified Username Transfers for Self-Custody Wallets
Global payment leader Mastercard, Polygon Labs and Mercuryo have announced Tuesday they are extending Mastercard Crypto Credential to self-custody wallets, adding username-style aliases intended to eliminate the need for long alphanumeric wallet addresses. Mastercard said it chose Polygon...
, by Tanzeel Akhtar
Fireblocks, Polygon, Solana, Stellar & TON Form $10T Consortium to Standardize Stablecoin Payments
Seven leading blockchain infrastructure providers—Fireblocks, Polygon Labs, Mysten Labs, the Monad Foundation, the Solana Foundation, the Stellar Development Foundation, and the TON Foundation—have announced the launch of the Blockchain Payments Consortium (BPC), an industry-wide initiative to...
, by Tanzeel Akhtar
Institutions Are Getting Louder While The Crypto Market Is Swaying: Polygon’s Aishwary Gupta On What Changed
Crypto markets have traded on nerves for days, yet the picture is not disorderly. The current total crypto market cap stands at around $3.81 trillion, with a 24-hour turnover of nearly $193 billion. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is hovering near $113,000, Ethereum is close to $4,000, XRP is trading around...
, by Hongji Feng
‘We Scaled Ethereum, Got Zero Help’ – Polygon and Sonic Labs Slam Ethereum Foundation
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal publicly questioned his loyalty to Ethereum after years of contributing to the ecosystem without receiving support from the Ethereum Foundation or community. His criticism came alongside revelations that former Geth lead developer Péter Szilágyi earned just...
, by Anas Hassan
AMINA Bank Launches Polygon POL Staking for Institutions – Compliance First, Yield Up to 15%
Swiss-regulated crypto bank AMINA Bank AG announced that it has become the first regulated financial institution globally to offer staking services for POL, the native token of the Polygon blockchain ecosystem. The Zug-based bank, supervised by Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory...
, by Tanzeel Akhtar
Latin American Devs Favor Building on Ethereum, Polygon Over New Blockchains
Developers across Latin America are increasingly choosing to build on well-established blockchains like Ethereum and Polygon.
, by Amin Ayan
Polygon Hard Fork Fixes Bug That Knocked Nodes Offline — Network Back Online
Polygon has restored full network stability after a software bug temporarily disrupted milestone finality and forced some nodes offline, according to an official incident report published on the project’s status page. The issue began early Wednesday when a bug affecting Bor, Polygon’s block...
, by Hassan Shittu
Polygon PoS Network Faces 10-15 Minute Transaction Delays Due to Node Bug
The Polygon PoS Network is experiencing a network finality delay caused by a node bug impacting Bor and Erigon nodes, with transactions taking 10–15 minutes to completion, according to an official incident report from the Polygon Foundation. The disruption, which started early Wednesday,...
, by Anas Hassan
Polygon Co-Founder Mihailo Bjelic Steps Down, Plans to Stay in Crypto Space
Mihailo Bjelic, one of the driving forces behind Polygon, has officially stepped down from his role at the Polygon Foundation.
, by Amin Ayan
Polygon Introduces the Agglayer Breakout Program, POL Jumps
The team behind the Polygon blockchain has announced the Agglayer Breakout Program to launch high-value chains that will contribute to Agglayer’s network effects. The aggregation layer, or AggLayer, is a cross-chain settlement layer developed by Polygon Labs and its collaborators, launched in...
, by Sead Fadilpašić
Mercado Bitcoin, Polygon Labs to Expand Tokenized Real-World Assets in Latin America
Mercado Bitcoin partners with Polygon to tokenize $200M+ in real-world assets, boosting liquidity in Latin America.
, by Veronika Rinecker
Rome Protocol Integrates With Polygon AggLayer to Unlock Ethereum-Solana Interoperability
Solana-powered interoperability and scalability layer Rome Protocol has integrated with the AggLayer co-developed by Polygon Labs. Per the press release shared with Cryptonews, this move enables seamless zero-knowledge (zk)-enhanced interoperability. This means that developers can build...
, by Sead Fadilpašić
Privado ID (ex-Polygon ID) Reveals ‘First’ Multi-Chain, Multi-Device Verification, Works with Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Privado ID, the privacy-focused digital identity platform formerly known as Polygon ID, launched a protocol that allows users to verify their identity across multiple blockchains and devices – just once and then reuse it. According to the announcement, this is the “industry-first — and...
, by Sead Fadilpašić
Privado ID Merges with Disco.xyz to Launch Unified Identity Across Multiple Blockchains
Digital identity platform Privado ID, formerly Polygon ID, has announced a merger with Disco, a multichain verifiable data and reputation management team. According to the press release shared with Cryptonews, Unified Identity is “essential for bringing the world on-chain in the age of...
, by Sead Fadilpašić
Polygon Recovers Discord Server After $145K Hack, Preps for POL Token Launch
Polygon's Discord server has been recovered after a three-hour hijack by hackers targeting the project's community channel.
, by Ruholamin Haqshanas
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