Revolut and Mastercard integrate Polygon for payments, bringing instant global transfers to millions
Polygon Weekly Overview - November 21, 2025
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By The Numbers
Polygon daily active addresses: 1.2M (+26.13%)
Polygon daily txns: 5.5M (+5.77%)
Polygon Total Volume Locked (TVL): $1.16B (-7.31%)
Daily DEX Trading Volume: $285.4M (-11.26%)
USDT: $309M (-10.17%)
USDC: $442M (-27.42%)
DAI: $160M (+15.11)
NFT weekly sales volume: $4.32M (+13.65%)
Top 3 NFT collections by sales volume:
Courtyard: $3.34M (+48.51%)
Momo: $98K (-75.98%)
Voxies: $73.65K (-14.04%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 7-day timeframe, unless noted otherwise.
Polygon Spotlight
🟪 What happened: Revolut, one of Europe’s largest neobanks, is now using Polygon for stablecoin transfers, payments and trading. Meanwhile, Mastercard chose Polygon as the first blockchain to support the expansion of its Crypto Credential feature to support self-custody wallets in partnership with Mercuryo.
🟪 Why does it matter: These integrations bring blockchain rails directly into banking and payment flows. Through Revolut’s app, users can send USDC and USDT stablecoins internationally, bypassing traditional wire transfer delays and fees. The platform connects 14 million crypto users to Polygon’s infrastructure without requiring external wallets or exchange accounts.
Over the last 30 days, Revolut processed over $82 million in payments on Polygon, and total transactions on the network have exceeded $690 million since the integration.
Revolut embeds four core functions into its existing interface, letting users transfer stablecoins using Polygon rails, make everyday purchases through crypto cards, stake POL tokens for rewards, and convert to fiat instantly. This creates complete crypto functionality within familiar banking workflows.
Mastercard’s Crypto Credential takes a different approach to simplification. Through Mercuryo’s verification system, users link self-custody wallets to username aliases instead of sharing long, 42-character hex addresses. Users can also mint soulbound credentials on Polygon, creating portable verification status across the Crypto Credential network. This makes self-custody practical for users who find traditional wallet addresses unwieldy.
🟪 The big picture: These partnerships position Polygon as a go-to infrastructure for institutional payments. Mercuryo extends this reach into Latin American remittance corridors, creating comprehensive coverage for blockchain-based money movement.
With over $3.18 billion in stablecoin supply and billions in monthly volume, Polygon’s infrastructure can handle institutional scale.
As these financial giants embed the blockchain into everyday banking and payment flows, users can access the technology without knowing it exists. Blockchain’s evolution from a standalone infrastructure to an invisible rail indicates how global payments can operate through familiar interfaces while running on decentralized networks.
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