Polygon Labs is making a major play in the stablecoin payment space. The network just secured deals to acquire both Coinme and Sequence, with the total investment hitting over $250M. Here's what this means: Coinme brings the retail infrastructure—we're talking money transmitter licenses across 48 US states and 50,000+ retail locations ready to onboard users. Sequence adds the tech layer with its smart wallet solutions. Combined, they're assembling what Polygon calls the 'Open Money Stack'—basically a full-stack system designed to make stablecoin payments as accessible as traditional finance, but on-chain. The move signals how seriously Polygon (MATIC) is competing in the infrastructure arms race. Instead of building solo, they're consolidating complementary assets: regulatory compliance, retail distribution, and wallet technology. It's the kind of vertical integration play we're seeing more of in Web3 as projects race to bridge crypto and mainstream payment rails.