Polygon burned over 12.5 million POL tokens this year, mainly driven by Polymarket’s increased transaction fees

Polygon has burned over 12.5 million POL tokens in 2026 and generated transaction fees of over 1.7 million USD, largely due to Polymarket. Daily revenue from its prediction markets exceeds 100,000 USD, and the Dandeli hard fork has improved throughput to 20 mgas/s.