Polygon's ecosystem has achieved significant milestones in 2025, with the network recording its highest daily payment app volume of the year at $72 million in transactions, as announced by co-founder and CEO Sandeep Nailwal on X. This surge was notably driven by growth in Latin America, where the payments app Avenia.io alone facilitated $25 million in volume in a single day. Nailwal emphasized the region's potential, stating, "Reached 2025’s highest daily payment app volume last week at $72M! More and more growth is happening in Latin America, with Avenia.io driving $25M in volume in a single day."
Simultaneously, Polygon's ecosystem has surpassed $1 billion in tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs), attributed to strategic leadership and key technical upgrades like the Rio, Bhilai, and Heimdall v2 implementations. These enhancements have enabled near-instant settlement and up to 5,000 transactions per second for on-chain payments, positioning Polygon as a leader in crypto payments and asset tokenization. The Rio Upgrade, in particular, reduces transaction costs to a fraction of a cent, often under $0.01, making it ideal for low-income users and microtransactions in regions like Africa and Latin America.
Brian Seong, a developer at Polygon, contextualized this growth within global financial shifts, noting that economies facing monetary instability are increasingly turning to decentralized systems. He explained, "Polygon really owns the distribution in all these emerging countries that deeply need such permissionless infra for them to have control over their hard-earned values." The network's Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility allows seamless integration with Ethereum's liquidity, enabling stablecoins like USDC and USDT to circulate easily and facilitating the deployment of tokenized assets with minimal friction.
Validator participation has surged due to improved incentives and reduced operational costs, reflecting robust institutional interest. Financial impacts include upward momentum in the POL token price, with forecasts suggesting a range of $0.17 to $0.89. Partnerships, such as the multi-year collaboration with Flutterwave, are expanding Polygon's reach across over 30 African nations, addressing delays and high fees in the $2 trillion global remittance market. Nailwal summarized, "Polygon is now positioned to serve as the value layer of the internet, delivering fast, secure, and affordable infrastructure for payments and real-world asset tokenization."
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