Odaily Planet Daily reports that Polygon’s official account on X stated that February’s POL burn amount reached a new all-time high, with a total of 28.2 million POL burned.
Previously, it was also reported that February’s trading volume for Polymarket, the most important application in the Polygon ecosystem and a prediction market, also hit a historic high.
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