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🟪What happened: Polygon set an all-time high for weekly stablecoin transfers, recording 48.2 million transfers last week. Monthly payment app volume hit $1.22 billion, marking the network's sixth consecutive month of breaking this record, while Polymarket contributed $1.86 billion to the network's $4.9 billion in DEX volume this past month. The network is ending the year with its highest monthly transaction count of 2025 at 154.4 million transactions and over 18.3 million active addresses.

🟪Why does it matter: The simultaneous records across stablecoin transfers, payment apps, and prediction market volume show Polygon’s activity across multiple real world use cases. The 48.2 million weekly transfers processed $1.74 billion in USDT, $3.56 billion in USDC, and $875 million in DAI, averaging nearly 7 million transfers daily. This volume positions Polygon as infrastructure for global money movement, handling cross-border settlements and payments at a scale comparable to traditional financial networks.

Polymarket's $1.8 billion in monthly volume pushed the prediction market to another all-time high, accounting for more than a third of Polygon's total DEX activity. The platform has shown how consumer-facing applications can scale to billions in transaction volume while still maintaining the speed and costs necessary for high-frequency trading activity on the network.

Payment volume reached $1.22 billion for the month, with Avenia leading at $540 million. The Latin American cross-border payment app has found strong product-market fit in remittance regions, where traditional banking infrastructure remains inefficient and expensive. Paxos processed $285.3 million through its stablecoin payments platform, while Revolut moved $119.1 million, showing consistent institutional adoption.

The sixth consecutive month of payment volume records demonstrates the network's growing utility as global money rails with payment apps, prediction markets, and stablecoin transfers all reaching new highs simultaneously.

🟪The big picture: The 154 million transactions this month show growing network activity heading into 2026. With payment apps processing over $1 billion monthly and Polymarket handling billions in prediction market volume, the network is operating as financial infrastructure for many applications across sectors.

The Madhugiri upgrade earlier this month increased capacity from 1,000 to 1,400 TPS and introduced adjustable blocktimes, creating headroom for record activity without requiring additional hardforks. As Polygon progresses toward its Gigagas goal of 100,000 TPS, the network continues to scale alongside institutional payments, tokenized assets, and high-frequency applications.

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