🚀 The three core development drivers

1. Strong deflation and economic model upgrade: The EIP-1559 upgrade has burned over 12.5 million POL; the new proposal PIP-85 is seeking to reform the allocation of fees to enhance token value capture.
2. Focus on payments and RWA (Real World Assets): Spending $250 million to acquire Coinme to connect the “cash on-chain” channel; it has been adopted by industry giants including BlackRock ($500 million), Mastercard, and others, and has been selected for the Nasdaq stock tokenization pilot.
3. A leap in performance by index-level: Introducing AggLayer to achieve tens of thousands of TPS (target 100,000); improving the liquidity of staked assets through dPOL and other methods.

🎯 Price Outlook for 2026

Third-party prediction models believe that the price in 2026 may fluctuate in the range of $0.08 - $0.21, depending on how the transformation is implemented:

· Optimistic scenario (0.15-0.21 USD ): Explosive growth in payments and RWA businesses, accelerating deflation.
· Baseline scenario (0.12-0.15 USD ): Steady growth of the ecosystem, with no breakout applications.
· Pessimistic scenario (0.08-0.12 USD ): Unfavorable macro environment or intensified competition in the Layer 2 track (such as Base, Solana).
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