This week, Polygon Foundation’s Founder and CEO announced a major step in that direction.
Polygon Labs is teaming up with Dubai-based Cypher Capital to open the doors for institutional investors in the Middle East. These investors will gain exposure to POL, the token powering Polygon’s growing global network.
Why Institutions Want Real Yield
For investors, “real yield” means returns generated from genuine economic activity rather than short-term token incentives. In traditional finance, this is the equivalent of interest paid on bonds or dividends from stocks. In crypto, the trend has gained steam over the past two years, with protocols like Lido and EigenLayer showing how staking and restaking can provide steady rewards tied to actual network usage.
Today, we’re announcing that we’re leading @eigenlayer‘s Series B.
It’s exceedingly rare to come across a founder with a vision and plan that has the potential to change everything. I have come to know @sreeramkannan to be not only brilliant, but also fundamentally motivated by… pic.twitter.com/wYZzXTf68o
— Ali Yahya (@alive_eth) February 22, 2024
Polygon sees POL as the heart of its ecosystem. It secures the chain, processes transactions, and fuels infrastructure used for payments, real-world asset tokenization, and decentralized applications. By connecting institutions with this token through Cypher Capital, Polygon hopes to transform POL from a network utility into a staple for professional portfolios.
Strategic announcement: Institutional Access to POL
(the first of several 🔜 )Institutional demand for real yield on crypto is already in high demand, and keeps growing.
That’s why I’m excited to announce Polygon Labs is launching an initiative with @cypher_capital to expand…
— Sandeep | CEO, Polygon Foundation (※,※) (@sandeepnailwal) September 12, 2025
So, the Middle East, already emerging as a crypto hub, offers fertile ground for such initiatives. A 2024 PwC report noted that 80% of Middle Eastern family offices are actively exploring digital assets, signaling that the appetite for blockchain exposure goes beyond speculation.
More About Polygon
The Polygon Foundation has put forward PIP-57, a proposal aimed at improving flexibility in the POL migration process. After a 10-day timelock, the new A migrateTo() function has been added to the POL migration contract.
PIP-57:
Following a 10-day timelock, migrateTo() has been added in the POL migration contract, allowing users to migrate POL directly to another recipient address.
More details in the Github: https://t.co/y7eKcHkkHr
— Polygon Foundation (@0xPolygonFdn) September 9, 2025
So, this upgrade allows users to move their POL directly to another recipient address instead of only migrating tokens to their own wallet first. Finally, by streamlining this step, Polygon makes it easier for users to manage their assets and opens the door to more efficient workflows for institutions and everyday investors alike.
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