Key Insights:
- In 2026, the price of Polygon has improved by more than 80%, after experiencing severe losses in the latter half of 2025 as the network reappears.
- The year has seen the increase of fee revenue and the growth of the token burn activity with the increase of the user engagement and the network demand.
- Trading volumes across Polygon-based DEXs and increased adoption in payments and prediction markets drive further network growth.
Polygon’s 2026 price surge continued strongly as the token posted daily gains since the start of the year. The POL token has increased by more than 80% from its lowest point in January, the highest since mid-November. This rally is after a strong 66% drop between September and December 2025.
The rebound comes as network activity on Polygon rises sharply. The burn rate of POL has significantly increased, with millions of tokens already burned this year. This is a sharp increase compared to the total tokens burned throughout 2025.
DEX and Stablecoin Volumes Fuel Growth
Trading volumes across decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Polygon have grown steadily. On Sunday alone, DEX volume reached $246 million, slightly higher than the previous day’s $245 million. So far this month, Polygon’s DEX volume has surpassed $2.28 billion, closing in on last month’s total of $5.89 billion.
The network fee collection has increased as well. The statistics on DeFi Llama show that Polygon earned two point seven million dollars in fees since the start of 2026. The growth in monthly fees has been stable, with the monthly fee increasing to $538,231 in October, to $928,35 in November, and to $691,091 in December.
Adoption empowers major sectors.
The application of polygons in the payments industry is still growing. Large players, such as Stripe, Revolut, and Shift4 Payments, have also adopted it. Polygon reinforces its relevance in a wide variety of Web3 ecosystems by driving Polymarket in the predictions market.
As indicated in the daily chart, the January 1 low of $0.098 was sharply recovered to a high of $0.18 recently. It has increased the price beyond the Fibonacci Retracement of 38.2% and the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages. The AVDI is above 50, and that indicates that the trend is gaining more impetus. The second important resistance point is close to $0.20. But a decline of less than $0.1500 may turn the tide.
