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Mastercard, Polygon Labs, and Mercuryo today announced the expansion of Mastercard Crypto Credential to self-custody wallets, introducing verified, username-style aliases that replace long wallet addresses. Mastercard has selected Polygon as the first blockchain network to power this rollout, citing its speed, reliability, and payments-ready architecture. Mercuryo will serve as the initial issuer, onboarding verified users and enabling the creation of Mastercard Crypto Credential aliases.

Billions Network, the first universal human and AI verification platform, today announces its integration as the official identity layer for Agglayer, the cross-chain interoperability framework co-developed by Polygon Labs to connect leading blockchain ecosystems.

Polygon Labs today announces that Polygon PoS, the premiere blockchain for payments and Real World Assets (RWA), has been selected by Flutterwave, Africa’s largest payments infrastructure that has processed over $40bn in transaction volume to date, to serve as the default blockchain network to power its new cross-border payments product. The partnership positions Polygon's infrastructure as foundational to payment flows globally, and marks a watershed moment for real-world stablecoin adoption in emerging markets.

AMINA Bank AG ("AMINA"), a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today becomes the first regulated bank worldwide to offer staking services for POL, the native token securing the Polygon ecosystem. AMINA also becomes the first bank globally to offer boosted rewards to clients staking POL, providing up to 15% in rewards through a partnership with the Polygon Foundation. Expanding on the bank's POL custody and trading access, POL staking gives AMINA's institutional clients a regulated way to secure one of the most adopted networks in Web3 chosen by leading financial institutions like BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton for their expansions into tokenisation and onchain finance.

Polygon Labs, developer of Polygon PoS, the premiere blockchain for payments and RWAs, today announced the appointment of John Egan as its inaugural Chief Product Officer. Egan joins from Stripe, where he served as Head of Crypto, overseeing the payments giant's cryptocurrency enablement and product solutions. Previously he was the founder of multiple startups and a product leader at Facebook/Meta.

After multiple years of decisions at Polygon Foundation being made by consensus, Sandeep Nailwal has taken unilateral control of Polygon Foundation and been named its Chief Executive Officer.