Crypto retail payment landscape undergoes transformation as AEON and Polygon team up for innovation
AEON, a leading player in the blockchain industry, has announced a significant partnership with Polygon to expand blockchain-based payment capabilities across over 20 million retail outlets worldwide. This development follows AEON's earlier partnership with TRON, which laid the groundwork for digital payments across Southeast Asia.
The new collaboration aims to make crypto transactions more accessible in everyday settings such as restaurants, lifestyle stores, and retail chains. With this partnership, customers in regions spanning Southeast Asia to Latin America can now make payments using Polygon's native token, $POL, and Polygon-based USDC tokens directly from their crypto wallets.
The partnership leverages Polygon's advanced blockchain tools, including zkEVM, CDK, and AggLayer interoperability framework, to ensure seamless, secure, and scalable cross-chain payment experiences. AEON's software development kit (SDK), a modular, chain-agnostic framework for implementing cross-chain payment functionality, plays a crucial role in this endeavour.
Merchants using AEON's SDK gain access to tools for analytics and fiat off-ramps via established payment networks. The SDK supports a broad range of chains, including EVM-compatible ones like Ethereum, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain, and non-EVM ones like Solana, Sui, and TON.
Notable international franchises such as Starbucks, UNIQLO, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's are among the retailers that will now accept payments via the AEON-Polygon partnership. AEON Pay, integrated with Polygon's suite of tools, supports both online and offline retail, including its Telegram Mini App and compatible crypto wallets like Bitget Wallet.
The SDK includes modules for invoicing, Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance, token conversions, and refund mechanisms, further enhancing the user experience. The alliance aims to enable borderless, scalable, and merchant-ready crypto transactions for millions of users.
The AEON-Polygon partnership marks a shift from speculative crypto usage to practical applications in daily life. Through this partnership, AEON and Polygon are shaping a decentralized financial ecosystem grounded in accessibility, interoperability, and consumer relevance. AEON is also integrating with other chains, such as BNB Chain, Viction, Neo, and Conflux, demonstrating its commitment to fostering interoperability and universal wallet compatibility.
The partnership is deeply aligned with Polygon's AggLayer vision of building an Ethereum-secured multichain ecosystem. With this collaboration, AEON is poised to scale beyond its initial markets, targeting further adoption across Africa and Latin America. The union aims to unify fragmented blockchain networks and promote broader utility across digital finance infrastructures.
