Polygon Shakes Up Governance: Stablecoin Payments & AggLayer Take Center Stage

Polygon''s protocol overhaul puts DeFi on notice—stablecoins and cross-chain infrastructure are now priority zero.

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Polygon’s new focus

Following his appointment, Nailwal announced sweeping updates to Polygon’s technical roadmap, which includes sunsetting Polygon zkEVM in 2025 and redirecting all development efforts toward two Core pillars: Polygon PoS and Agglayer.

Polygon PoS will narrow its focus to real-world assets and stablecoin transactions, while Agglayer aims to unify blockchain networks into a seamless, trustless environment.

As part of this shift, Agglayer v0.3 will launch during the final week of June, with interoperability features expected to arrive by the end of Q3.

The Foundation has deployed the first milestone in its PoS upgrade plan, dubbed the Gigagas roadmap. This phase brings the network to over 1,000 transactions per second on testnet. Upcoming upgrades aim for sub-second finality and performance exceeding 5,000 TPS, with long-term scaling plans targeting over 100,000 TPS.

Nailwal also confirmed that the Agglayer Breakout initiative will continue, spinning out research teams and delivering POL airdrops to stakers. The next spinout, Polygon ZisK, will be led by Jordi Baylina and focus on applied ZK technology.