#polygon $POL

Polygon (POL), the native token of the Polygon network, powers a leading Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution that dramatically reduces transaction costs and speeds while maintaining security through zero-knowledge rollups and the AggLayer interoperability framework. By 2026, Polygon is poised to dominate DeFi, gaming, and enterprise adoption as Ethereum’s gas fees remain prohibitive for mainstream users, with its Proof-of-Stake chain and zkEVM already processing millions of daily transactions across Aave, Uniswap, and QuickSwap. Institutional partnerships with brands like Starbucks, Adidas, and Stripe, combined with the Polygon 2.0 roadmap’s unified liquidity and cross-chain bridging, position it as the default infrastructure for Web3 consumer apps. Analysts project POL to trade between $2.50 and $5 by mid-2026 if Ethereum scales to 100,000 TPS via danksharding, with further upside if the SEC classifies POL as a non-security. Its deflationary emission schedule and staking yields above 6% APY make it one of the few Layer-2 tokens with both utility and scarcity-driven value accrual.