<b>Polygon solidifies its position in institutional blockchain adoption</b>

Polygon has been at the forefront of institutional blockchain adoption, with notable deployments from major brands and institutions. One such deployment is JP Morgan's live cross-currency DeFi transaction on Polygon PoS in November 2022. This was a significant milestone for both JP Morgan and Polygon, marking one of the first major bank-led blockchain trades involving real financial institutions.

Franklin Templeton has also utilized Polygon to expand its first US on-chain mutual fund, FOBXX, which remains one of the largest tokenized treasury products in the market. The fund continues to use public blockchains as an official system of record for ownership and transaction processing. As of April 2026, FOBXX reported approximately $825 million in fund assets.

Hamilton Lane has also brought its Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE) onchain through Securitize, using Polygon to tokenize access to a private credit strategy that had previously required a $2 million minimum investment. The launch reduced the entry point to $10,000 through a tokenized feeder fund, allowing investors to gain exposure to floating rate, senior secured loans.

Despite the discontinuation of consumer-focused initiatives like Nike's Web3 program and Reddit's Collectible Avatars, Polygon continues to evolve through upgrades and infrastructure development. The AggLayer, launched in early 2024, unifies liquidity across Polygon-based chains, allowing assets and transactions to flow across chains without requiring institutions to manually bridge between them.

The Gigagas roadmap, announced in June 2025, targets 100,000 TPS as a longer-term infrastructure milestone. As of May 8, 2026, the network's maximum theoretical throughput has been raised to approximately 3,800 transactions per second through rapid upgrades.