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Polygon faces ‘Big L’ as co-founder Mihailo Bjelic steps down
24.5.2025
Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Polygon, has stepped down from his role at Polygon but suggests he will stay active in the crypto industry in some capacity.His resignation drew reactions across Polygon and the wider crypto community, with several seeing it as...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Drops 5.7% as Index Trades Lower From Wednesday
15.5.2025
Polygon (POL) joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as an underperformer, falling 5.6%
Xbox Consoles And Games Get A Price Hike, Borderlands 4 Gets A Showcase, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
3.5.2025
This week saw gaming website Polygon sold to Valnet, the company that owns Screen Rant and Game Rant among other sites, and many of its staffers laid off. Meanwhile publication at another gaming site, Giant Bomb, is currently on hold as owner Fandom engages in what it calls a “strategic reset...
Crypto to accelerate AI adoption — LONGITUDE panel
1.5.2025
Cryptocurrency can accelerate artificial intelligence adoption by helping AI startups onboard users, according to Polygon's co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. “You can use crypto incentives and disincentives to onboard users to onboard the ecosystem players,” Nailwal said during a panel...
Crypto to accelerate AI adoption — LONGITUDE panel
1.5.2025
Cryptocurrency can accelerate artificial intelligence adoption by helping AI startups onboard users, according to Polygon's co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. “You can use crypto incentives and disincentives to onboard users to onboard the ecosystem players,” Nailwal said during a panel...
Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs
1.5.2025
The video game website Polygon has been sold to Valnet and much of its staff has been laid off, Kotaku as learned. Founded in 2012 under Vox Media, the site quickly established itself as one of the premier outlets for original reviews, reporting, and cultural analysis in the world of gaming.Read...
Polygon Spin-Off Miden Secures $25M to Bring Speed, Privacy to Institutional Giants
29.4.2025
The funding round was led by a16z crypto, 1kx and Hack VC
A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project
29.4.2025
A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs.Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with participation from Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, P2 Ventures, Delta Fund,...
A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project
29.4.2025
A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs.Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with participation from Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, P2 Ventures, Delta Fund,...
Polygon CEO: DeFi must ditch hype for sustainable liquidity
25.4.2025
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron called for a fundamental shift in how decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols manage liquidity, labeling the sector’s ongoing liquidity crisis as “self-inflicted.” In an exclusive interview, Boiron outlined Polygon’s vision for sustainable DeFi...
Polygon Starts Aggregator Program, Successful Projects Will Airdrop Up to 15% Native Token to POL Stakers
24.4.2025
Successful “graduates” will send up to 15% of native token supply to POL stakers and connect to the Agglayer network
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SUI and POL Rise 7.5%, Leading Index Higher
22.4.2025
The CoinDesk 20 index gained 2.1% from Monday, led by Sui and Polygon
Polygon NFTs overtake Ethereum collectibles in 7-day sales
22.4.2025
Polygon-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) took the top spot in digital collectible sales after surging 20% in the last seven days. On April 22, NFT data tracker CryptoSlam showed that Polygon NFTs overtook Ethereum, reaching a $22.3 million volume in the past week. This represented 24% of last...
Polygon NFTs overtake Ethereum collectibles in 7-day sales
22.4.2025
Polygon-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) took the top spot in digital collectible sales after surging 20% in the last seven days. On April 22, NFT data tracker CryptoSlam showed that Polygon NFTs overtook Ethereum, reaching a $22.3 million volume in the past week. This represented 24% of last...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Filecoin (FIL) Gains 3.7% as Index Trades Higher
18.4.2025
Polygon (POL) joined Filecoin (FIL) as a top performer, also rising 3.7% from Thursday
Polygon’s Nailwal: Jio partnership to drive real-world Web3 adoption for 450M users
17.4.2025
As Polygon lays the groundwork for mainstream Web3 adoption in India by bringing blockchain access to over 450 million Reliance Jio users, it remains focused on balancing speed, scalability and affordability, without compromising on decentralization.Polygon is working with Jio, a telecom giant...
Polygon Labs’ Marc Boiron on Unifying Blockchains
15.4.2025
Polygon’s new product, AggLayer, aims to fix the fragmentation that has slowed growth in assets. Afra Wang meets the man making it happen
Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base
8.4.2025
Aavegotchi, a non-fungible token (NFT) protocol focused on Web3 gaming, has opted to abandon blockchain network Polygon and “go all-in” on Base, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling chain, according to the results of an onchain vote. On April 8, Aavegotchi’s community members voted...
DeFi Game Aavegotchi to Abandon Polygon, Migrate to Coinbase’s Base
8.4.2025
The move follows sharp drops in user activity and total value locked on Polygon as Base’s usage climbs
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Filecoin (FIL) Gains 2.3% as Index Trades Flat
4.4.2025
Polygon (POL) was also a top performer, gaining 1.4% from Thursday