PANews reported on January 6th that Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder and CEO of the Polygon Foundation, stated that the Polygon blockchain has been burning 1 million POL daily for base fees over the past 3-4 days. If this continues throughout the year, it will consume approximately 3.5% of the total supply, giving POL a strong deflationary characteristic. Currently, 3.6 billion POL are staked, with stakers and validators receiving an annualized return of approximately 1.5%. Sandeep stated that 2026 will be POL's "year of rebirth."