Polygon has kicked off 2025 with strength, innovation, and growing momentum across its ecosystem. According to Messari’s “State of Polygon: Q1 2025” report, the network has made significant strides across security, user adoption, gaming, real-world asset tokenization, and more.

Here’s a concise look at the most important takeaways.


🔐 Agglayer Launches Pessimistic Proofs:

On February 3, Polygon’s Agglayer mainnet activated pessimistic proofs — a major upgrade for modular security. This system ensures chains in the Agglayer network remain interoperable without compromising security, regardless of differing trust assumptions.

Several key projects including Tria, SOCKET Protocol, Karate Combat, and Rome Protocol are now integrated into Agglayer.


📊 Network Activity and Growth:

Polygon’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chain showed consistent growth in Q1 2025:

  • Daily Active Addresses: Increased 4.4% quarter-over-quarter to an average of 546,000.

  • Daily Transactions: Up 8.0%, reaching 3.4 million per day.

  • Stablecoin Supply: Rose 23.3% to $2 billion, driven by rising DeFi and on-chain commerce activity.

These numbers reaffirm Polygon’s role as a top choice for both users and builders in the Web3 space.


🎮 Gaming and NFTs See Big Uptick:

Polygon continues to be a key player in blockchain gaming and NFTs.

  • Gaming Transactions: Increased by 171% quarter-over-quarter.

  • Gaming Users: Up by 10.8%.

  • NFT Trading Volume: Jumped by 68.2% to an average of $1.4 million daily.

The standout moment came from Courtyard’s Pokémon card collection, which generated $56.5 million in March alone — a staggering 439.5% increase from the previous quarter.


💰 Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization Accelerates:

Polygon is rapidly emerging as a major hub for real-world asset tokenization. The total value of tokenized RWAs on the network hit $271.8 million in Q1, placing Polygon seventh overall among all blockchains in this space.

Notable contributors to this growth include:

  • Fasanara

  • Mercado Bitcoin

  • Securitize

  • REX

This shows real financial products are moving on-chain — and Polygon is enabling it.


💳 Nexo Dominates Crypto Payments:

Nexo led all payment platforms on Polygon PoS during Q1 2025, processing over $130 million in transaction volume.

This reflects the increasing integration of crypto into traditional payment infrastructure, with Polygon at the center of this shift.


🧱 Developer Support and Governance Upgrades:

Polygon is doubling down on builder incentives and on-chain governance:

  • Community Grants Program: Launched Season 2 with 35 million POL allocated to projects across DePIN, AI, memecoins, and more.

  • Chain Development Kit (CDK): Continued to gain traction with new and upgraded chains including Ternoa 2.0, Ember, and Wirex.

  • Governance Hub: Advanced proposals via Polygon Improvement Proposals (PIPs) to streamline network upgrades and transparency.


🔮 In Conclusion

Q1 2025 was a quarter of maturity for Polygon. The network is no longer just a fast and cheap alternative — it's a thriving ecosystem where real-world applications, next-gen gaming, DeFi, NFTs, and enterprise-level security are coming together.

As we head into the rest of the year, Polygon appears more than ready to lead in the race toward scalable, secure, and user-friendly blockchain infrastructure


For a detailed analysis, refer to the full Messari report: https://messari.io/report/state-of-polygon-q1-2025?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=q1_quarterlies&destination=protocol_services_research