AMINA Bank Becomes First Regulated Bank Globally to Offer Institutional Staking Access to POL, Polygon’s Native Token

ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 9, 2025--

AMINA Bank AG ("AMINA"), a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today becomes the first regulated bank worldwide to offer staking services for POL, the native token securing the Polygon ecosystem. AMINA also becomes the first bank globally to offer boosted rewards to clients staking POL, providing up to 15% in rewards through a partnership with the Polygon Foundation. Expanding on the bank's POL custody and trading access, POL staking gives AMINA's institutional clients a regulated way to secure one of the most adopted networks in Web3 chosen by leading financial institutions like BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton for their expansions into tokenisation and onchain finance.

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The announcement comes as Polygon strengthens its position as a leading institutional blockchain infrastructure, now supporting nearly $3 billion in stablecoin market cap. Polygon leads the market for micro and small USDC payments and is integrated with Stripe, offering sub-$0.01 transaction fees and settlement times under five seconds. The Polygon Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain recently surpassed $1 billion in tokenised real-world assets and hosts major institutional deployments, including BlackRock's BUIDL Fund, a tokenised money-market fund.

Myles Harrison, Chief Product Officer of AMINA Bank, said: "As institutional adoption of blockchain infrastructure accelerates, AMINA continues to bridge traditional finance with the networks that matter. Our expansion of POL services provides institutional clients with regulated access to the blockchain, enabling our clients to be rewarded for providing stability and security to a blockchain network used by some of the biggest financial institutions and brands in the world. Through our partnership with the Polygon Foundation, we're proud to offer the most competitive rewards structure in the market for institutional POL staking."

The Polygon network has demonstrated institutional-scale performance, serving as the infrastructure backbone for major enterprise partnerships including Nike's .SWOOSH platform and Stripe's global payment processing.

"This marks a turning point," said Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs. "Institutions aren't just buying tokens anymore, they want to participate in the networks that matter. POL is engineered to scale the internet's value layer, and this initiative gives real capital a regulated, bank-grade entry point to secure it."

AMINA's POL staking offering provides institutional-grade custody and risk management, enabling qualified institutional participants including UHNWIs, asset managers, family offices, pension funds, and corporate treasuries to meet regulatory standards while participating in blockchain network security. Through its partnership with the Polygon Foundation, AMINA clients receive up to 15% in staking rewards, comprising AMINA's standard staking rewards of 4-5% plus an additional boost from the Polygon Foundation.

Risk Factors and Investor Eligibility:

AMINA's comprehensive risk disclosure framework addresses regulatory uncertainty, lockup periods, market risks, and slashing risks through institutional-grade operational oversight.

The initiative is now available to qualified institutional participants meeting AMINA's KYC and compliance requirements. Certain products and services may not be available to all clients based on legal and regulatory considerations.

About AMINA – Crypto. Banking. Simplified.

Founded in April 2018 and established in Zug (Switzerland), AMINA Bank AG is a pioneer in the crypto banking industry. In August 2019, AMINA Bank AG received the Swiss Banking and Securities Dealer License from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”). In February 2022, AMINA Bank AG, Abu Dhabi Global Markets (“ADGM”) Branch received Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (“FSRA”) of ADGM. In November 2023, AMINA (Hong Kong) Limited received its Type 1, Type 4 and Type 9 licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”).

To learn more about AMINA, visit www.aminagroup.com

About Polygon Labs:

Polygon Labs is a Web3 software company developing Polygon Proof-of-Stake network, the premiere blockchain for payments and RWAs, and Agglayer, a protocol to connect any blockchain or app for a unified cross-chain experience. Polygon PoS is known as the low-cost, high velocity network, with billions secured in stablecoins, supporting a robust payments ecosystem to help grow Agglayer use cases in an interoperable Web3. Research from Polygon Labs has contributed to the development of widely-adopted zero-knowledge technology, with successful independent projects incubated through the Agglayer Breakout Program, such as Katana, Miden, PrivadoID, ZisK and more.

AMINA offers staking for POL.

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Getting ready for the holiday season has never been stressful for Christel Dauwe — after all, her holiday period lasts all year long in her Christmas ornament shop in the Belgian city of Antwerp.

Her collecting began in her teenage years, and she now has more than 64,000 ornaments in her personal collection and another 18,000 displayed in her shop, the Christel Dauwe Collection.

“My personal wish is to have a Christmas museum, where ornaments and the idea of Christmas can be on permanent display,” she told The Associated Press. But until that day comes, her small shop uses every corner to display its vast inventory.

Its wares include birds of every feather, fruit arrangements, cars, angels, snowmen and other figurines, ranging from a few euros for a wood laser-cut Cathedral of Antwerp to more than 500 euros ($580) for a special ornament of Alexander the Great on horseback.

The store began 35 years ago as an antiques shop, selling a few ornaments on the side, but Dauwe wanted to try selling more.

On the suggestion of a Polish au pair, Dauwe and her husband traveled to Poland and found a factory that could produce exactly the ornaments she wanted. The only catch was that 200 pieces of each design had to be ordered at a time.

They returned home deflated.

“After second thoughts though, we decided to order 20 shapes of 200 each, and one day they arrived -- all 4,000 of them. We gave some away and the rest we put in the shop and, well … That’s the story from there,” she said.

The original Polish factory still supplies many of the shop’s ornaments, in addition to 32 other European companies.

“There is an ornament here for everyone. We’ve had people come in who say they have a new pet or even a new car and we try to match an ornament to them. In the end the goal is not to have some kind of posh tree decorated all with the same colors and Christmas balls. The goal of ornaments is to make you smile,″ she said.

Some ornaments are more personal. And one year there was an ornament of Christel herself, designed by her husband as a surprise.

She’s been asked to provide ornaments for weddings and other events as well.

As far as having Christmas all year round, Dauwe says she is never bored with it. Twice a year she goes around the shop and dusts each ornament individually. She has met people from all over the world, and entertains die-hard locals who stop into the store just for a morning chat.

“There are two ways to go with Christmas. It’s either the nostalgia of the past or the hope for the future,″ she said. ″Hope is what is the most important to me. It’s what keeps you going.”

Owner of the Christel Dauwe Collection ornaments shop, Christel Dauwe, shows an ornament of the Horse Bayard, a folkloric Belgian event, at her shop in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Owner of the Christel Dauwe Collection ornaments shop, Christel Dauwe, takes a holiday ornament out of a display case at her shop in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A holiday ornament of a British phone cabin hangs on a shelf in the Christel Dauwe Collection ornaments shop in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Holiday ornaments are seen through the window of the Christel Dauwe Collection ornaments shop in Antwerp, Belgium, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Owner of the Christel Dauwe Collection ornaments shop, Christel Dauwe, wraps boxes of holiday ornaments at her shop in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)