MUMBAI: What’s in a name? For Polygon, everything. India’s homegrown blockchain giant has officially retired MATIC and ushered in POL, its biggest upgrade yet, one designed not just for a single chain, but to fuel an entire Web3 universe.
POL isn’t a cosmetic makeover, it’s the gas, the security and the governance token of Polygon’s rapidly expanding ecosystem. It powers every transaction, secures the network through staking rewards, and drives Agglayer, Polygon’s cross-chain settlement layer that makes liquidity move seamlessly between blockchains. For millions of users from tokenised asset traders to stablecoin enthusiasts POL becomes the invisible fuel behind the future of decentralised finance.
The ambition is staggering. Polygon’s Gigagas roadmap aims for 100,000 transactions per second, eclipsing even today’s fastest financial networks. Early upgrades such as Heimdall v2 have already cut settlement times to just five seconds, making stablecoin payments feel almost instant. “MATIC put India on the global blockchain map. POL is the next step built to power not just one chain, but an entire ecosystem for the next decade of growth,” said Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.
For India’s young investors, POL isn’t just a token, it’s a ticket into a financial future being shaped in their backyard but adopted worldwide. Fortune 500s, global payment players and Web3 startups already run on Polygon, but with POL, the network promises even more scalability, security and cost efficiency. For brands and enterprises eyeing Web3 adoption, the message is clear: the future rails of global finance may well be running on Indian code.
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