Polygon spent eight years perfecting speed. Zero-knowledge rollups1. Plasma chains. Proof-of-Stake2 optimisations. Then on January 13, 2026, it abandoned that playbook entirely.
The company announced a $250M acquisition of Coinme (a compliance-first, cash-to-crypto network in 50,000 U.S. retail locations) and Sequence (a smart wallet and payments company).…
