Polygon’s Multi Chain Future Accelerates: Key Takeaways from Q1 2025

Polygon made major moves in Q1 2025, driving forward its vision of a unified, multi-chain future. Despite a slight dip in average daily transactions on Polygon PoS (down 2.4% QoQ), overall activity stayed strong with over 2.9 million daily active addresses a 60% increase from Q4 2024.

Key highlights:

zkEVM Momentum: Daily active addresses on zkEVM grew by 468% QoQ. Although total transactions decreased 64%, this shows a shift in the user base as Polygon's zero-knowledge (ZK) stack becomes more mature.

CDK Adoption Surges: Chains built with the Chain Development Kit (CDK) like OKX's X1 and Astar zkEVM are integrating into Polygon’s AggLayer an interoperability layer connecting all chains.

Revenue Growth: Polygon PoS revenue hit $12.8M in Q1, up 57.4% QoQ, driven by increased gas fees from higher on-chain activity.

Polygon Labs also launched an upgraded governance proposal system, allowing community driven upgrades a step towards full decentralization.

As the AggLayer expands and CDK chains multiply, Polygon is well on its way to building an interconnected web of ZK-powered chains.