Polygon Labs and Cypher Capital Expand Institutional Access to POL Across the Middle East

Polygon Labs, the core development team behind the Polygon ecosystem, has launched a new initiative with Cypher Capital, a global investment firm specializing in digital assets and Web3 innovation, to launch a new initiative designed to expand institutional access to POL, the native token powering Polygon’s ecosystem. Cypher Capital, which recently acquired a significant amount of POL, will collaborate with Polygon Labs to provide structured strategies that enable institutional investors to gain exposure to POL while generating yield and strengthening the growth and security of the network.

As part of this initiative, Cypher Capital and Polygon Labs will host a series of institutional roundtable discussions and exclusive events aimed at raising awareness of POL among leading financial institutions and family offices worldwide.

As digital assets mature into investable categories with measurable economic output, POL offers institutional investors an opportunity to participate directly in the growth of a network that underpins a wide range of applications across Web3. This initiative marks a step forward in aligning long-term capital with long-term protocol value.

POL is increasingly viewed as a foundational asset in blockchain infrastructure. This initiative aims to translate that value into institutional-grade opportunities, offering a path for allocators to earn real yield by engaging directly with the economic engine of the Polygon ecosystem.

Cypher Capital will help channel institutional capital into POL-focused strategies, improve liquidity across major trading venues, and make it easier for limited partners and asset managers to gain exposure to the token. The approach emphasizes capital efficiency, operational simplicity, and long-term alignment with protocol development.

Aishwary Gupta, Global Head – Payments, Exchanges & RWA at Polygon Labs said, “We are seeing sustained demand from institutional investors for yield-generating digital assets backed by real network activity. Cypher Capital understands how to navigate both the traditional and decentralized finance landscapes, and their role will be instrumental in expanding institutional participation in POL.”

Harsh Agarwal, Investment Director at Cypher Capital, said, “Polygon continues to be one of the most important and scalable blockchain networks in the market. This initiative reflects our belief that infrastructure-level assets like POL are becoming increasingly relevant to institutional portfolios.”

The initiative supports Polygon Labs’ broader strategy to make the protocol more accessible to professional capital. Improvements to core technologies such as Polygon PoS and Agglayer are enabling new use cases for stablecoins, real-world assets, and cross-chain execution. Upcoming infrastructure enhancements, including the gigagas upgrade, are expected to deliver transaction finality in under five seconds and scale throughput well beyond current levels.