Polygon Finality Cut to 5 Seconds: Will the Price React?
The post Polygon Finality Cut to 5 Seconds: Will the Price React? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Polygon’s Heimdall 2.0 upgrade redefines how the PoS chain functions under the hood. By replacing the aging Tendermint consensus and Cosmos SDK version 0.37 with CometBFT and Cosmos SDK version 0.50, Polygon is now positioned for institutional-grade scalability. That has real implications for transaction throughput, dApp performance, and more importantly, bridge security. The Heimdall 2.0 upgrade, a critical hard fork for the Polygon PoS chain, was successfully executed on July 10, 2025. This upgrade replaces core components built between 2018 and 2019 with a modernized consensus layer designed for today’s high-demand blockchain environment. It is not just a performance tweak it is a full reboot of how the network handles consensus, checkpoints, and security. This shift lays the groundwork for future innovations, greater modularity, and long-term scalability across the Polygon ecosystem. Bridge exploits have been a recurring pain point in DeFi. Heimdall 2.0 addresses this directly by introducing faster checkpointing and modular governance around cross-chain validation. From a market perspective, this lowers systemic risk, which is bullish for investor sentiment, especially in volatile environments. So Why Is Polygon (POL) Price Pulling Back? POL/USD Daily Chart- TradingView As of July 23, POL price is trading at 0.2437 dollars, down nearly 4 percent from the previous day. Polygon price ran up hard following the Heimdall upgrade but is now showing early signs of consolidation just below the 0.256 resistance level. This isn’t surprising. The market often front-runs major upgrades, and we’ve already seen a 30 percent move since early July. What’s important is that the correction isn’t panic driven. The drop is orderly and still sits above the key pivot level at 0.2334. Bollinger Bands show expanding volatility, but there’s no breakdown below the 20-day SMA at 0.2213. As long as POL price holds that line, the bullish structure remains intact. What…
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Polygon’s Heimdall 2.0 upgrade redefines how the PoS chain functions under the hood. By replacing the aging Tendermint consensus and Cosmos SDK version 0.37 with CometBFT and Cosmos SDK version 0.50, Polygon is now positioned for institutional-grade scalability. That has real implications for transaction throughput, dApp performance, and more importantly, bridge security. The Heimdall 2.0 upgrade, a critical hard fork for the Polygon PoS chain, was successfully executed on July 10, 2025. This upgrade replaces core components built between 2018 and 2019 with a modernized consensus layer designed for today’s high-demand blockchain environment. It is not just a performance tweak it is a full reboot of how the network handles consensus, checkpoints, and security. This shift lays the groundwork for future innovations, greater modularity, and long-term scalability across the Polygon ecosystem. Bridge exploits have been a recurring pain point in DeFi. Heimdall 2.0 addresses this directly by introducing faster checkpointing and modular governance around cross-chain validation. From a market perspective, this lowers systemic risk, which is bullish for investor sentiment, especially in volatile environments. So Why Is Polygon (POL) Price Pulling Back? POL/USD Daily Chart- TradingView As of July 23, POL price is trading at 0.2437 dollars, down nearly 4 percent from the previous day. Polygon price ran up hard following the Heimdall upgrade but is now showing early signs of consolidation just below the 0.256 resistance level. This isn’t surprising. The market often front-runs major upgrades, and we’ve already seen a 30 percent move since early July. What’s important is that the correction isn’t panic driven. The drop is orderly and still sits above the key pivot level at 0.2334. Bollinger Bands show expanding volatility, but there’s no breakdown below the 20-day SMA at 0.2213. As long as POL price holds that line, the bullish structure remains intact. What…
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