Polygon (POL)
Unlock Schedule
Polygon (POL) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 16, 2026, 11.29 billion POL have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date.
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
Supply, fees, and staking
POL replaced MATIC as the native gas and staking token on Polygon PoS in September 2024. The upgrade used a one-to-one conversion: one MATIC could become one POL. Holdings on Polygon PoS converted automatically. MATIC held on Ethereum can be upgraded through the Polygon Portal’s migration interface. (polygon.technology)
POL began with an initial supply of 10 billion tokens set aside for migration from MATIC. Its economic design also includes annual new-token issuance. The stated rate is 2% per year, divided equally between staking rewards and a Community Treasury. The treasury supports work such as research, development, and grants. The emission rate can change through community governance, so the initial supply is not a permanent supply limit. (forum.polygon.technology)
POL has two clear day-to-day roles. People use it to pay for transactions on Polygon PoS, and validators stake it to help run the network. Token holders can also delegate to validators through Polygon’s staking system. The wider plan includes roles for POL in services connected through Agglayer, with each expansion depending on how those services develop and on community decisions. (polygon.technology)
Assumptions
POL began with 10 billion tokens minted for one-to-one migration from MATIC, whose original sale and allocation budgets are recorded separately so they are not counted twice. Validator rewards began with a reserved MATIC pool and later drew on new POL emissions; new POL also funds the Community Treasury. The chart can show the initial mint, the documented April 2019 sale and April 2020 advisor unlock, and estimated displays of published annual validator reward pools. Migration claims, actual emission and reward timing, and most treasury grant payments remain unresolved; emissions have no established end date.
- Initial POL mint for one-to-one MATIC migration: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Legacy MATIC seed investors: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Legacy MATIC early supporters: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Legacy MATIC team: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Legacy MATIC advisors: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Legacy MATIC foundation: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Legacy MATIC ecosystem: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- PoS validator and delegator rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
- POL Community Treasury emissions: Emission continues with no published future rate or end date.
- Community Grants Program: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Community Grants Program Season 1: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Season 1 Thrive Protocol Consumer Crypto Track: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Season 1 Gitcoin Farcaster Frames Innovator Track: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Season 1 Giveth Quadratic Accelerator: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Community Grants Program Season 2: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Community Treasury Season 3: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Season 3 Liquidity and Incentives Fund: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Season 3 Liquidity and Incentives Fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Season 3 Capital Investments and Infrastructure Fund: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Season 3 Capital Investments and Infrastructure Fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Season 3 Founder Support Fund: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Season 3 Founder Support Fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- 1. https://github.com/0xPolygon/Polygon-Improvement-Proposals/blob/main/PIPs/PIP-17.md
- 2. https://polygon.technology/blog/polygon-2-0-milestone-pol-contracts-are-live-on-ethereum-mainnet
- 3. https://polygon.technology/blog/matic-to-pol-migration-is-now-live-everything-you-need-to-know
- 4. https://www.binance.com/pt/research/projects/matic-network
- 5. https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/360026114611
- 6. https://www.reddit.com/r/maticnetwork/comments/fw8krh
- 7. https://forum.polygon.technology/t/an-update-on-distribution-of-staking-token-rewards/9654
- 8. https://github.com/0xPolygon/Polygon-Improvement-Proposals/blob/main/PIPs/PIP-26.md
- 9. https://github.com/0xPolygon/Polygon-Improvement-Proposals/blob/main/PIPs/PIP-78.md
- 10. https://github.com/0xPolygon/Polygon-Improvement-Proposals/blob/main/PIPs/PIP-86.md
- 11. https://polygon.technology/blog/unlocking-perpetual-growth-how-pol-fuels-polygons-aggregated-blockchain-future
- 12. https://polygon.technology/blog/1-billion-unlocked-over-decade-in-community-grants-program-for-polygon-builders
- 13. https://forum.polygon.technology/t/community-grants-season-1-transparency-report/19958
- 14. https://forum.polygon.technology/t/community-grants-program-season-2-strategy/20502
- 15. https://forum.polygon.technology/t/pfp-4-ctb-season-3-funding-strategy/21151
- 16. https://forum.polygon.technology/t/treasury-board-quarterly-report-2025q3-season-3/21348
- 17. https://github.com/0xPolygon/pol-token/blob/main/src/DefaultEmissionManager.sol
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 4 markets on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Lighter · $29.2M open interest
 Binance (CEX) | 8.2M | 135K/183K |
 OKX (CEX) | 1.3M | 106K/102K |
 Bybit (CEX) | 1.2M | 66K/69K |
 Coinbase (CEX) | 925K | 122K/197K |
 KuCoin (CEX) | 780K | 51K/58K |
 HTX (CEX) | 768K | 14K/169K |
 Kraken (CEX) | 587K | 98K/212K |
Binance (CEX) | 543K | 61K/64K |
 MEXC (CEX) | 365K | 70K/69K |
 Bitget (CEX) | 225K | 135K/160K |
Kraken (CEX) | 161K | 43K/61K |
 Gate.io (CEX) | 131K | 142K/110K |
Binance (CEX) | 81K | 4.1K/7.4K |
OKX (CEX) | 60K | 38K/42K |
MEXC (CEX) | 56K | 46K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 52K | 33K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 45K | 4.1K/4.6K |
Binance (CEX) | 38K | 32K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 25K | 32K/34K |
Binance (CEX) | 23K | 33K/33K |
Binance (CEX) | 20K | 32K/19K |
 Uniswap V3 (Ethereum) | 14K | 751/748 |
OKX (CEX) | 6.9K | 37K/38K |
Bybit (CEX) | 2.3K | 560/118 |
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 4 markets on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Lighter · $29.2M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 8.2M | 135K/183K |
OKX (CEX) | 1.3M | 106K/102K |
Bybit (CEX) | 1.2M | 66K/69K |
Coinbase (CEX) | 925K | 122K/197K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 780K | 51K/58K |
HTX (CEX) | 768K | 14K/169K |
Kraken (CEX) | 587K | 98K/212K |
Binance (CEX) | 543K | 61K/64K |
MEXC (CEX) | 365K | 70K/69K |
Bitget (CEX) | 225K | 135K/160K |
Kraken (CEX) | 161K | 43K/61K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 131K | 142K/110K |
Binance (CEX) | 81K | 4.1K/7.4K |
OKX (CEX) | 60K | 38K/42K |
MEXC (CEX) | 56K | 46K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 52K | 33K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 45K | 4.1K/4.6K |
Binance (CEX) | 38K | 32K/30K |
Binance (CEX) | 25K | 32K/34K |
Binance (CEX) | 23K | 33K/33K |
Binance (CEX) | 20K | 32K/19K |
Uniswap V3 (Ethereum) | 14K | 751/748 |
OKX (CEX) | 6.9K | 37K/38K |
Bybit (CEX) | 2.3K | 560/118 |