Polygon POL Burn: 100M Tokens Set for Permanent Removal as Revenue Hits $24.5M
Polygon (prev. MATIC) (POL)
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Polygon plans to permanently burn 100M POL after final Security Council approval for mainnet. The collector contract holds 121M POL generated through network base fees from user activity. Polygon reported $24.5M in 2026 revenue, ahead of figures cited for Arbitrum and
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for POL, measured when this story was written up on 19 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
POL is trading at $0.1073 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 55.5%, indicating that buyers are currently more active than sellers. This buying pressure is stronger than the 53.8% ratio seen in the last hour and the 50.2% ratio over the past four hours, suggesting that short-term momentum is building rather than fading. The positive Volume Delta of +$1,456,128 over 24 hours means that the total value of buy orders has exceeded sell orders by that amount during the period. This accumulation is reflected in a Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) of +$1,245,021, which tracks the net flow of volume into buys versus sells over the day. Spot volume reached $13,061,696 with 186,912 trades, showing active participation in the market.
The latest daily buy ratio of 41.5% sits at the 1st percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 49.7% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for POL, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, POL saw a 7-day average buy ratio of 54.0%, compared to the current 24-hour ratio of 55.5%, indicating a slight increase in buying bias. Volume was 1.75x the average, showing significantly higher activity than usual for this period. The coin experienced a price change of +10.2% over eight days, with a total Volume Delta of +$7,998,682. This represents an unusual day for the coin, as volume was 1.75 times the average and the buy ratio was 1.4 points higher than the weekly average.