{"id":538523,"date":"2026-01-07T12:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/?p=1274307"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:48:50","slug":"polygon-pos-hits-record-demand-as-3m-pol-burned-in-single-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/polygon-pos-hits-record-demand-as-3m-pol-burned-in-single-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon PoS Hits Record Demand as 3M POL Burned in Single Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eth-editorial-banner\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eth-editorial-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cnf2-scaled-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"Crypto News Flash\"> <span class=\"eth-editorial-text\">All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders.<\/span> <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Polygon PoS burned 3 million POL in a single day as daily network activity hit record levels.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The network raised gas limits and is preparing a hard fork to manage rising fees from persistent block saturation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><span>Polygon\u2019s PoS chain reached a new usage milestone earlier this month, recording its highest-ever daily fee burn of 3 million POL tokens. The surge in on-chain activity pushed the network into consistent block saturation, triggering higher gas costs for users due to the EIP-1559 base fee mechanism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The record burn represents 0.03% of POL\u2019s total supply and follows several consecutive days of elevated network demand. As shared by the Polygon Foundation, the network has now entered a new phase of sustained fee generation, described by its CEO as an \u201cS-curve moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday marked an all-time high for single-day fees generated and burned on the Polygon PoS chain.<\/p>\n<p>3 MILLION POL (0.03% of POL&#8217;s supply was burnt in a single day) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x038HlwQ0i\">pic.twitter.com\/x038HlwQ0i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandeep | CEO, Polygon Foundation (\u203b,\u203b) (@sandeepnailwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sandeepnailwal\/status\/2008543650188525701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>To manage increasing usage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/deciphering-polygon-a-deep-dive-into-the-multifaceted-world-of-matic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygon<\/a> has implemented changes aimed at improving capacity. The team increased the gas limit from 60 million to 65 million, expanding throughput by 8-10%. Additionally, developers are preparing a hard fork to raise the EIP-1559 utilization target above the current 50%, allowing blocks to carry more data before base fees rise further.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Polygon Staking Locks 3.6B POL<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span>The network\u2019s current structure has shown pressure from increased demand, leading to fee spikes for end users. Polygon\u2019s EIP-1559 model adjusts the base fee upward when blocks remain over 50% full, which has now become persistent due to sustained transaction activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>User <\/span><i><span>WEB3M<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_WEB3M_\/status\/2008659591266267567?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span>commented<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFee spikes from sustained block saturation mean demand isn\u2019t artificial anymore\u2026 If this works, Polygon ends up in a healthier place: fees that reflect real demand.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to the Polygon Foundation, 3.6 billion POL remain staked across the network. With more tokens locked and 1 million POL burned daily, the circulating supply continues to tighten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As a result, network usage has grown in tandem with ecosystem adoption. USDC transfers recently reached $1.08 billion across over 7 million wallets. This growing utility, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/polygon-ceo-highlights-2025-milestones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span>noted<\/span><\/a><span> by the CNF, contributes to the fee generation that powers the token burn. Applications like Revolut and Avenut are also supporting the growth in stablecoin settlement volume, which now stands at $780 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, the daily burn rate of POL now stands at 1 million tokens, which is more than twice the 1.5% annual issuance distributed as staking rewards. If sustained, this pace would eliminate roughly 3.5% of POL\u2019s supply by the end of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/crypto_vadim\/status\/2008427023946183159?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span>analysts<\/span><\/a><span>, Polygon\u2019s revenue on a single day exceeded Aptos\u2019s full-year earnings in 2025. On January 5, Polygon earned $380,000 in fees, compared to Aptos\u2019s $270,000 for the year. This increase in revenue coincides with the network\u2019s shift toward a deflationary token model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moreover, as we earlier <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/polygon-pol-supply-shrinks\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, CEO Sandeep Nailwal described 2026 as the year of Polygon\u2019s token \u201cresurrection,\u201d pointing to the deflationary shift and scaling roadmap. The current phase of growth also includes near-term goals to increase throughput to over 5,000 transactions per second, with medium-term scaling addressed through the ongoing \u201cGigagas\u201d roadmap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Polygon (POL) has been bullish in the last 24 hours, with the price swaying between <\/span><b>$0.126<\/b><span> and <\/span><b>$0.129<\/b><span>. At press time, bulls were still in control, with the POL price trading at <\/span><b>$0.1271<\/b><span>, a <\/span><span><b>1.03%<\/b><\/span><span> rise from the support level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Polygon PoS burned 3 million POL in a single day as daily network activity hit record levels. The network raised gas limits and is preparing a hard fork to manage rising fees from persistent block saturation. Polygon\u2019s PoS chain reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":538524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25,10919,1204],"class_list":{"0":"post-538523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-other","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-pol","10":"tag-polygon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}