Polygon

A collaboration with DPT Pay is expanding to bring stablecoin-powered payments across Africa, focusing on making cross-border remittances more accessible. **Key Features:** - Low transaction fees for affordable transfers - Instant settlement for quick money movement - Targeted support for families and local businesses This builds on DPT Pay's recent launch on Polygon in May 2026, which introduced stablecoin-powered card payments. The expansion aims to address the high costs and delays typically associated with traditional remittance services in African markets. The partnership leverages blockchain infrastructure to enable efficient money transfers, potentially reducing barriers for individuals and small businesses conducting cross-border transactions.

Polygon has partnered with Cubewire to publish a white paper addressing institutional banking needs for blockchain adoption. The report proposes a solution using **bespoke, private blockchains** that allow banks to keep data local while maintaining access to global liquidity. This follows Polygon's work with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance on privacy requirements, which identified that **privacy is a precondition** for institutions moving onchain. The white paper aims to provide a practical framework for banks seeking to modernize their infrastructure beyond traditional systems. The solution addresses two key institutional demands: - Data sovereignty and privacy controls - Access to onchain liquidity and interoperability Read the full report: [The Future of Banking Infrastructure](https://info.polygon.technology/the-future-of-banking-infrastructure-report)

**Mastercard partners with Polygon** to launch Agent Pay for Machines, enabling autonomous machine payments. **Key developments this week:** - Spiko Finance reaches $174M+ in tokenized T-bills on Polygon - Toku launches stablecoin payroll for global teams - Kosh Money introduces USD accounts for Asia creators - Levr Bet hits $250K in Polygon Trails volume **Infrastructure updates:** - QuickNode offers 1M free RPC requests monthly via x402 - Hexens opens audit slots for Polygon builders - AiFinPay launches autonomous AI payments Polygon earned a spot on [Fortune Magazine's top 100 crypto companies list](https://fortune.com).

Polygon has launched its **Open Money Stack** for technical preview, offering developers a unified solution for stablecoin payments. **Key Features:** - Accept deposits and move stablecoins seamlessly - Off-ramp to bank accounts or cash - Single integration replacing multiple vendor solutions - Built on infrastructure that has processed $2.3T in transactions **What It Solves:** Traditionally, stablecoin payment systems require stitching together five different vendors - a setup that becomes problematic as volume scales. Open Money Stack consolidates fiat connections, wallets, routing, and settlement into one platform. **Availability:** Early access is currently limited. Developers can explore the technical documentation and apply for access through Polygon's website. The stack aims to enable global money movement in seconds through a single, open integration point. [Learn more](https://polygon.technology/blog/polygon-open-money-stack-enters-technical-preview) | [Get early access](https://info.polygon.technology/get-early-access)

Polygon has completed a six-month infrastructure upgrade to handle an anticipated surge in prediction market activity during a major sporting event. **Key preparations:** - Network optimizations designed to support billions of fans over five weeks - Infrastructure scaled to handle peak prediction market loads - Previous integration with Polymarket demonstrated during Super Bowl 2026, featuring over 40 decentralized markets **Technical context:** The upgrades focus on ensuring network stability and performance as prediction markets become increasingly popular for major sporting events. Polygon's Layer 2 solution aims to provide the scalability needed for high-volume, time-sensitive betting activity. The timing suggests preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which would represent one of the largest stress tests for blockchain-based prediction markets to date. [Read the full technical details](https://polygon.technology/blog/a-billion-fans-five-weeks-one-network-we-spent-six-months-preparing-polygon-chain-for-the-summers-biggest-sporting-event)

**Polygon Trails**, the cross-chain orchestration layer of the Open Money Stack, has processed over **$250,000 in volume** through its infrastructure. **Levr Bet** is utilizing this technology to enable users to fund betting plays from any blockchain in a single click, streamlining the user experience ahead of major summer sporting events. This builds on Polygon's broader payments infrastructure, which processed 5M+ daily transactions in 2025 and reached $3B+ in stablecoin supply, establishing itself as a significant global payments rail.

Polygon has been recognized on Fortune Magazine's Crypto 100 list, highlighting its role in facilitating onchain money movement. The platform positions itself as infrastructure built to handle the growing shift of financial transactions to blockchain networks. This recognition follows Polygon's selection for Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program earlier this year, which connects its onchain infrastructure to global payment systems.

Polygon has partnered with Mastercard's **Agent Pay for Machines** program to enable AI agents to conduct autonomous transactions. **Key Details:** - The initiative establishes common standards for agent-to-agent payment use cases - Polygon will power always-on settlement infrastructure for agentic commerce - Agent Pay for Machines allows AI to purchase services and settle transactions using cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins - The collaboration aims to create payment rails that operate at machine speed This partnership represents a step toward enabling autonomous AI agents to participate in commerce with standardized payment protocols.

**Polygon's Open Money Stack now supports recurring payments with a single wallet approval.** Traditional crypto payments require a signature for every transaction, creating friction that drives customers away during subscriptions, payouts, and checkouts. **Smart sessions solve this problem:** - Users approve once - Subsequent payments process automatically - Works on non-custodial wallets This builds on Polygon's intent-based payment routing, which already handles cross-chain transactions invisibly. Users tap pay, see one confirmation, and the system manages all underlying blockchain complexity. [Learn more about smart sessions]( https://polygon.technology/blog/run-recurring-subscriptions-payouts-and-checkouts-on-a-non-custodial-wallet-with-one-customer-approval-via-the-open-money-stack)

A new aggregation platform is launching on Polygon to consolidate prediction markets into a single feed. The service aims to simplify discovery across multiple prediction market platforms. **Key Details:** - Aggregates prediction markets from various sources - Built on Polygon network - Waitlist currently open for early access This follows Polymarket's recent partnership with UFC as their official prediction market, also powered by Polygon. The move signals growing infrastructure development in the onchain prediction market space.