🚀 Polygon Announces Major Revolut and Mastercard Integrations at Money Rails Event
🚀 Polygon Announces Major Revolut and Mastercard Integrations at Money Rails Event
🏦 Revolut Goes Polygon
Polygon Labs hosted Money Rails at Devconnect Buenos Aires, drawing over 1,000 attendees to discuss payments infrastructure and institutional adoption.
Major announcements included:
- New Revolut integration enabling 14M+ users across 38 countries to send/receive USDC, USDT, and POL with zero fees
- Mastercard partnership on Polygon rails
- Real-time, borderless money movement capabilities
The event featured discussions on:
- Institutional adoption trends
- Privacy in payments
- Emerging market opportunities
- New integration alpha
Event highlights:
- Live commentary by Boys Club World
- Networking with ecosystem builders
- Tokenized Messi football giveaway via FSL Web3
- POAP collection activities
The Revolut integration represents the first phase of a larger collaboration, positioning Polygon as infrastructure for mainstream finance adoption.
Thanks for everyone who came out to Money Rails this week! Over a thousand people joined us to talk payments rails, institutional adoption, privacy, emerging markets, and alpha on our new integrations 🇦🇷🧵
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