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# 5.6 - Native Token ($POLA) & Economic Model

`$POLA` functions as a utility, security, and coordination asset rather than a speculative instrument. The economic model prioritizes predictable settlement costs, long-term network sustainability, and institutional alignment.**Core Utilities:**

* **Transaction Settlement:** Pays deterministic fees for payments, RWA transfers, and compliance processing.
* **Validator Staking:** Bonds economic security to the consensus layer, weighting voting power and reward eligibility.
* **Governance Participation:** Enables validator and delegated stake voting on protocol upgrades, parameter adjustments, and treasury allocations.
* **Ecosystem Coordination:** Funds compliance infrastructure, post-quantum research, institutional onboarding, and regulator node maintenance.


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