• Polygon surpassed Ethereum in daily transaction fees for first time, driven by Polymarket activity. • Friday fees: Polygon $407k vs Ethereum $211k, a significant gap. • Saturday fees narrowed: Polygon $303k, Ethereum $285k, still close. • Polymarket contributed over $1M in fees on Polygon in last week. • Single Oscars market category saw $15M wagers, highlighting user engagement. • Prediction markets boom post-2020 election fuels L2 adoption. • Polygon hosts trustless agents to capture market opportunities. • Layer-2 networks increasingly preferred for lower costs and higher throughput.
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- Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the past three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket. According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the first time Polygon has ever flipped Ethereum in daily transaction fees. The gap has since narrowed, with daily transaction fees on Polygon at $303,000 on Saturday, while Ethereum saw about $285,000. Polygon is home to Polymarket, one of the most
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