BIG Shipping Announcement!
This is a pivotal moment in the history of Polygon.
The Rio upgrade, a payments-focused network rehaul, is live on Polygon PoS mainnet.
- Near instant finality
- Eliminates Reorgs from Polygon POS, single biggest devX and UX complaint is now resolved
- This enables POS chains to go to 5000 tps which we will gradually unleash in the network
- Optimises POS chain for payments-focused roadmap
- - lightweight nodes that lower the barrier of entry for network participant
How it works: Rio redesigns core architecture to make life easier for payments solution providers. By overhauling how blocks are created and verified, the upgrade sets the stage for Polygon PoS to reach ~5,000 transactions per second. It brings better reliability and near-instant finality, while also lowering costs to run nodes.
For validators, Rio deepens participation with a new block production model makes roles clearer and rewards fairer.
I’m excited to see the Rio upgrade live.
Kudos to the Polygon engineers for shipping - each step of Gigagas roadmap strengthens the rails for global payments.
A dedicated Polygon Hub is coming to @Immutable Play to supercharge web3 gaming on Polygon.
Day one: five new AAA titles, platform-wide quests + leaderboards, and a $100K reward pool.
Soon: native Agglayer integration for Immutable zkEVM bringing interop for crosschain gaming.
MY PREDICTION FOR TODAY'S FOMC
- If the FED cuts rates by 25 bps, markets will dump after the event because 25 is already priced in. (The market will pump hard if we get a 50 bps cut because that’s the bullish surprise everyone wants. )
- This becomes “sell the news” and US stocks dump from here, taking crypto with it.
- We see the market dumping towards the end of September, everyone gets bearish, BTC dumps close to $100k, and ETH to $3800.
- Market makers liquidate all the longs.
- As soon as everyone becomes bearish, the market bounces back in early October.
- Bitcoin hits new ATH $150k+ in Oct-Nov, and ETH follows it to $7500-$10,000.
- Then BTC dominance drops, money starts flowing into alts, and we see 2-3 months of MEGA ALTSEASON where alts pump 10x-50x.
- We get the Q4 parabolic pump like 2017 and 2021.
- Markets explode with back-to-back rate cuts until Q1 2026.
- We retire our entire bloodline.
Hit like and repost if I should do more predictions like this.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL BEGIN POSTING REAL GDP DATA ON POLYGON 🇺🇸
Turning economic data into an immutable global public good.
https://t.co/4KKsepzgLh
First US state stablecoin is live — FRNT by Wyoming.
And yes, Polygon is one of first chains where it's getting launched
History is literally being written onchain
@0xPolygon & stablecoins🚀
🇺🇸 Wyoming has launched the Frontier Stable Token on Polygon, becoming the first U.S. state to issue its own fully reserved stablecoin.
FRNT signals a new era, for government-grade digital assets to move on open, permissionless rails like Polygon.
Grayscale is doubling down on the Sui ecosystem 🧱
Now launching:
🦭 Walrus Trust - @WalrusProtocol, the data layer for Web3.
📘 DeepBook Trust - @DeepBookonSui, Sui’s native CLOB liquidity for DeFi
Two core parts of the Sui stack.
One fullstack, institutional-grade platform.
We're starting the rollout of DEX trading in the U.S. (excluding NY). Our goal is to make Coinbase the simplest way to access onchain markets.
You'll be able to trade millions of @base assets in the Coinbase app.
Support for @solana is coming soon too.
It's simple. We're focused on building a global payment infrastructure around Polygon PoS to better serve the people building and transacting every day.
Polygon Labs CEO, @0xMarcB, explains to @jacqmelinek of @tokenrelations:
I'm truly so excited about the changes we're making for Polygon and I hope others feel it too.
We've been razor-focused on shaping Polygon PoS to be the defacto home of payments and RWAs, with recent upgrades creating better UX for users and developers (increasing TPS + faster finality + updating core infra)
+ continuing to develop Polygon's Agglayer ecosystem and incubate high-value projects through the Agglayer Breakout program (which includes airdrops to POL stakers)
We're making improvements across the entire network to strengthen the entire Polygon ecosystem and deliver greater value to POL stakers.
The shipping spree has just started, and it won't end anytime soon.
Next up, we'll be shipping one more way to give back to the community who has been long-time supporters of Polygon on socials 🔜🚢
I'm not going to lie--it's been a day. But even as we celebrate GENIUS, before I crash I gotta call out one critical provision of CLARITY Act that hasn’t received the attention it is due: staking-as-a-service is confirmed as a non-security and rulemaking is ordered. 1/3
Heading to the @WhiteHouse to see the GENIUS Act become law, the official start of the financial revolution in the US.
Thanks to all who helped us take this huge step for the crypto economy!
People don’t necessarily want faster banks. They want something that works without high fees and annoying bureaucracy. That’s why payments are shifting to Polygon.
Let’s be real. I spoke out against a big insurance company and now I’m being punished for it. But I’m not giving up. It’s not in my blood. I heard you asking, and if you would like to help, I’ve started a gofundme (linked below) where you can read the details and consider contributing. Just showing up and following means the world to me. I’ll keep it transparent so we can all see what medicine in the US is like in 2025 and hopefully build something better for all of us.
https://t.co/ka7EHgYFHe