Finally got some time to compile these fairly recent developments of MATIC (or should I say POL):
MATIC
1. The Bank of Italy intends to collaborate with Polygon (cheap & fast transactions) and Fireblocks (enterprise-grade security & custody solutions) to launch a pilot program for institutional DeFi.
2. Tokenized Coinbase stocks are coming to Polygon, thanks to Backed Finance (a DeFi working in the tokenization sector)
3. Mirae Asset Securities, the largest investment banking and stock brokerage company in South Korea intends to collaborate with Polygon Labs to create a tokenized securities network!
4. Grab (the Singaporean version of Uber) aims to collaborate with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to distribute NFTs on its Web 3 Polygon wallet.
5. NuBank - a Brazilian bank - is offering its cashback rewards program on Polygon.
6. Japanese electronics company Casio intends to introduce Virtual G-Shock, a blockchain-based metaverse equivalent on Polygon. So, on September 23, we can expect 15,000 G-SHOCK CREATOR PASS NFTs to be distributed globally for free via Polygon.
7. On November 2nd 2022, JPMorgan went on board Project Guardian (launched by Singapore’s central bank), executing its first ever cross border DeFi transaction through Polygon and a modified version of AAVE. This transaction involved the trading of Singapore dollar and Japanese yen.
8. Polygon has collaborated with the Indian government to issue caste certificates to facilitate the verification of education and health data.
9. In order to boost pork production, three companies in Croatia have launched the GoAgro platform, in which Croatians can buy a Pig NFT on the Polygon blockchain for 250 euros and redeem it for 100+ kg of real pork 900 days later.
10. In September 2023, Google Cloud signed up as a validator with Polygon to verify transactions. It joins an existing army of over 100 validators.
11. Polygon 2.0 was released. This marked a transition from MATIC to POL. POL was designed to empower users to validate multiple ZK-based L2 chains and fulfill various roles on these chains.
