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news-imageFebruary 28, 2024

Worldcoin Rival Humanity Protocol Nets Funding from Polygon, Animoca Founders

Palm-scanning ID project Humanity Protocol's fundraise included investments from Polygon's Sandeep Nailwal and Animoca's Yat Siu.
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April 23, 2025

Polygon and Pyse Electrify Dubai, Eye India's EV Boom

TL;DR Polygon and Pyse launch a model that tokenizes electric delivery motorcycles and monetizes their environmental and urban data on blockchain. The system rewards users with tokens based on the value of the data generated, which is later commercialized for logistics and insurance.

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cover-imageThe Cryptonomist
April 23, 2025

Polygon surpasses Ethereum: the new era of NFTs linked to real-world assets

In recent months, the world of NFTs has witnessed a significant evolution. If in the past the focus was mainly on digital art, today the focus is shifting towards tangible assets, and at the forefront of this transformation is Polygon, which has recently surpassed Ethereum in terms of weekly sales. According to the data from CryptoSlam updated as of April 22, NFTs on Polygon generated 22.1 million dollars in weekly sales, recording an increase of 17.64% compared to the previous week. In comparison, Ethereum stopped at 21.8 million, while Mythos Chain and Bitcoin totaled 14.3 million and 14.1 million respectively. This jump led Polygon to hold 24% of the global NFT transaction volume, out of a weekly total of 92.9 million dollars.

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April 22, 2025

Polygon NFTs Overtake Ethereum with $22M Weekly Sales as Real World Asset Demand Surges

Polygon NFTs have generated $22.1 m in weekly volume, passing Ethereum and Bitcoin and attracting nearly 59 % more buyers. Courtyard's tokenized Pokémon and baseball cards illustrate how insured vault custody and burn‑to‑redeem options have strengthened confidence in hybrid real‑world‑asset models. The post Polygon NFTs Overtake Ethereum with $22M Weekly Sales as Real World Asset Demand Surges appeared first on Cryptonews.

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April 17, 2025

Polygon's Nailwal: Jio partnership to drive real-world Web3 adoption for 450M users

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 owned by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, to find ways to infuse blockchain technology into its existing services. The duo is currently adding blockchain-based capabilities to the JioSphere web browser, which would have been expensive, cumbersome and time-consuming via traditional methods.

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April 15, 2025

Polygon Labs' Marc Boiron on Unifying Blockchains

Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, speaks with a practiced clarity that reflects his background as a lawyer. Over the course of our conversation, he outlines Polygon's strategy to position itself as the connective tissue in an increasingly crowded blockchain ecosystem.

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April 10, 2025

What's changed since Worldcoin rebranded to World Network?

Tiago Sada, chief product officer at Tools for Humanity, a key contributor to World, sits down with CNBC Crypto World to discuss Worldcoin's rebranding to the World Network. He also addresses privacy concerns tied to Worldcoin's controversial iris-scanning devices called Orbs.

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April 8, 2025

Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base

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 93.5% in favor of a proposal to “Make Aavegotchi Based Again” by deprecating the protocol's smart contracts on Polygon and re-deploying on Base, according to Aavegochti's governance page.

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April 2, 2025

Is Worldcoin the Next AI Megatrend? ChatGPT Surge Triggers 4% Bounce

Worldcoin briefly surged 4% following the release of ChatGPT's new image-generation tool, thanks to their shared link via Sam Altman. However, with bearish indicators and ongoing regulatory scrutiny, WORLD risks hitting a new all-time low. The post Is Worldcoin the Next AI Megatrend? ChatGPT Surge Triggers 4% Bounce appeared first on Cryptonews.

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March 28, 2025

Crypto market cycle permanently shifted — Polygon founder

The four-year crypto market cycle that traders and investors have become accustomed to is no longer as pronounced due to the maturation of crypto as an asset class and the participation of institutional investors, according to Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.During a recent episode of Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction, Nailwal said that Overall speculative activity is down due to high interest rates in the United States and low-liquidity conditions, but will rebound once rates are cut and the Trump administration settles into its new role. Although interest rates on 10-year Treasury bonds have come down significantly, rates still remain relatively high.

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March 27, 2025

World Network and the possible partnership with Visa: new features for self-custody crypto wallets

World Network, the project linked to Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity, is in negotiations with Visa to integrate new features into its self-custody crypto wallets. This collaboration could revolutionize access to digital payments on a global scale, leveraging Visa's network and the potential of blockchain technology. The former Worldcoin, now renamed World Network, is considering a collaboration with Visa to integrate payment functionalities based on stablecoin and cards into a new crypto wallet system. According to CoinDesk, which cites a source close to the negotiations, the goal is to create an accessible and secure financial ecosystem, with the possibility of using digital assets directly on Visa circuits.

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March 25, 2025

Tokenized real estate trading platform launches on Polygon

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform DigitShares is bringing tokenized real estate trading to Polygon with the launch of RealEstate.Exchange, also known as REX.According to a March 25 announcement, REX is designed to offer retail investors a compliant venue for fractional property investments in a secondary market, potentially addressing the industry's existing liquidity constraints. As Cointelegraph explained, secondary RWA trading platforms provide liquid off-ramps for investors looking to cash out of their holdings.

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March 24, 2025

Report Claims Visa and World Network in Talks to Merge Crypto Wallets With Card Payments​

Sam Altman's World Network is allegedly in discussions with Visa to integrate stablecoin payment capabilities into its self-custody crypto wallet, according to an unnamed source speaking with Coindesk's Ian Allison. This collaboration aims to incorporate Visa card functionality into World Network wallets, enabling users to conduct stablecoin transactions with merchants across Visa's global network.

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