MATIC Price History — Complete Timeline
The MATIC price history spans from April 2019, when the token was sold on Binance Launchpad at $0.00263, through its extraordinary 2021 bull market, subsequent bear cycles, and the 2024 transition to the POL token. This page provides the most important dates and price events in Polygon's history.
Complete MATIC Price Milestone Timeline
- April 2019:IEO on Binance Launchpad at $0.00263, raising $5M
- May 2019:All-time low of $0.0030
- December 2019:Year-end price ~$0.0417
- 2020 (full year):Ranging $0.003 – $0.023, accumulation phase
- February 2021:Matic → Polygon rebrand; price accelerates above $0.05
- March 2021:First time above $0.50
- May 9, 2021:First time above $1.00
- May 18, 2021:First ATH $2.68
- June 2021:Polygon TVL hits $10 billion
- July 2021:Correction to $0.70; Polygon Studios launched
- December 27, 2021:All-time high $2.92
- December 31, 2021:Year close $2.53
- May 2022:Falls below $1 amid Terra/Luna collapse
- June 2022:Bear market low $0.32
- July 2022:zkEVM announced; brief recovery above $1
- January 2022:EIP-1559 (London Hard Fork) activated on Polygon
- February 2023:MATIC recovers above $1
- March 2024:Reached ~$1.29 during bull run
- September 4, 2024:MATIC → POL token migration begins
- April 7, 2025:POL all-time low under new ticker: $0.1533
- February 2026:100 million POL token burn
About Polygon's Price History
Polygon (formerly Matic Network) was co-founded by Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, and Anurag Arjun. Before the Polygon rebrand, the team made significant contributions to Ethereum, implementing Plasma MVP, WalletConnect, and the Dagger event notification engine. The MATIC token's price history reflects both the broader crypto market cycles and Polygon's specific technological developments — from a simple Ethereum sidechain to a comprehensive zkEVM-based multi-chain ecosystem now operating under the POL token brand.