{"id":204,"date":"2026-02-17T14:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:51:51","slug":"polygon-surpasses-ethereum-in-daily-transaction-fees-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Polygon Surpasses Ethereum in Daily Transaction Fees for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a historic shift for the Layer 2 ecosystem, <strong>Polygon<\/strong> has overtaken <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> in total daily transaction fees generated. According to data from <strong>Token Terminal<\/strong>, the network achieved this milestone in mid-February, signaling a massive surge in on-chain activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 14, Polygon recorded <strong>$407,100<\/strong> in transaction fees, nearly doubling Ethereum\u2019s <strong>$211,700<\/strong>. The trend continued into the following day, with Polygon maintaining its lead at <strong>$303,923<\/strong> compared to Ethereum\u2019s <strong>$285,480<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Polymarket Phenomenon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry analysts credit this growth almost entirely to the dominance of the prediction platform <strong>Polymarket<\/strong>. Matthias Seidl, co-founder of <em>growthepie<\/em>, noted that Polymarket alone contributed over <strong>$1 million<\/strong> in fees to the Polygon network over the last seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polygon team highlighted the cultural impact of the platform, noting that a single market dedicated to the <strong>Academy Awards (Oscars)<\/strong> saw over <strong>$15 million<\/strong> in wagers. Developers stated that Polymarket is becoming a &#8220;cultural infrastructure,&#8221; with Polygon serving as its foundational layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stablecoins and Microtransactions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond prediction markets, Polygon is seeing record-breaking adoption in other sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stablecoin Dominance:<\/strong> The network hit a weekly high of <strong>28 million USDC transactions<\/strong>, surpassing Solana in this metric. The total number of asset transfers reached a record <strong>103 million<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Micro-payments:<\/strong> Utilizing the <strong>x402 protocol<\/strong>, Polygon recorded its highest weekly volume of organic micro-payments, totaling <strong>$1.2 million<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transaction Volume:<\/strong> The network leads in x402-related activity with <strong>358,000 transactions<\/strong> in just one week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These figures suggest that Polygon is successfully carving out a niche as the go-to network for high-frequency, low-cost interactions and real-world utility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a historic shift for the Layer 2 ecosystem, Polygon has overtaken Ethereum in total daily transaction fees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-altcoins"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}