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$MPLX
MCAP15.06M
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what's metaplex?

Metaplex is a protocol built on the Solana blockchain that provides the foundational infrastructure for creating, managing, and trading non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and fungible tokens. It introduces the Digital Asset Standard (DAS), which serves as the backbone for the majority of on-chain assets on Solana, enabling features like metadata storage, royalty enforcement, and compressed NFTs to reduce minting costs dramatically. Developers use Metaplex's program library to build decentralized applications, launchpads, and marketplaces, powering over 99% of Solana's NFTs and a significant portion of its tokens. The protocol supports advanced standards such as Core for efficient asset creation, Inscriptions for fully on-chain immutable assets, and hybrid frameworks like MPL-404 for combining fungible and non-fungible elements. Metaplex also facilitates decentralized indexing via Aura and integrates with Solana's ecosystem for scalability, including tools for AI agents and cross-chain deployments. Its governance involves the Metaplex DAO, which allocates protocol revenue to buy back the native MPLX token, fostering community-driven development and utility in DeFi, gaming, and real-world assets.

Snapshot

Metaplex ranked 9th in Solana dev activity in April 2026, a decline from the previous month.

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3D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked 9th among top Solana ecosystem projects by development activity in April 2026, with a decline in ranking compared to the previous month.

1W ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Participating as a featured engineer in a live-coded workshop on building a Solana wallet intelligence agent scheduled for March 31, 2026 at 1 PM UTC on the Solana developers stream.

FINANCIAL EVENTOfficial

Offers $5,000 USDC in prizes for the Metaplex Agents Track competition at trends.fun.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Magic Eden to enable one-click AI agent trading on Solana.

2W ago
FINANCIAL EVENT

offers evergreen grants for open source and public goods projects building on Solana, with an average check size of $40,000

TOKEN ECONOMICSOfficial

DAO bought back 6.6M MPLX tokens for $304k using January protocol revenue, representing 0.7% of total supply and 1.2% of outstanding supply.

ONCHAIN METRICSOfficial

Protocol revenue reached $306k in February.

MARKET ACTIVITYOfficial

Held $RA token sale on March 17, 2026, with 25% of supply available, 500k graduation minimum, and refund mechanism.

3W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Bitkub exchange.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked 8th among top Solana ecosystem projects by development activity in a Santiment analysis, with a rise in ranking since the previous month.

1M ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Advances Korean pop culture tokenization on Solana via K Wave Media partnership and a Seoul summit with Korean financial institutions.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts an AMA or discussion session with @Collector_Crypt about Launch Pools and Season 1 Spotlight Cohort on 2026-03-02 at 3pm ET.

TECH EVENTOfficial

Launched Idol Commerce Protocol AI agents on Solana via Metaplex Core, enabling autonomous AI idols with onchain identities, Core NFTs, keyless wallets, and persistent cloud storage for fan interaction, tip-based earnings, and agent-to-agent commerce. Secured 14 early adopters and integrated MoltID for .molt domain registration via the 014 Agent Registry.

PARTNERSHIPOfficial

Launched $BEACON token on March 11, 2026, on Metaplex as a Spotlight project using Launch Pools.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with fxnction (predictwithoshi) for its token launch program, Launch Pools, and agent kit integration for automated on-chain interactions.

TECH EVENT

Launched Metaplex App on 2026-02-25.

PARTNERSHIP

Launched launchpad for token creation, with first launch ending 2026-03-06, and integrated with LaunchOnGenesis, which uses Metaplex Genesis protocol. Partnered with Raydium as DEX partner, migrating liquidity to Raydium pools by 2026-02-25.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Reduced buyback activity by 84.5% over the last 30 days compared to the previous 30-day period.

FINANCIAL EVENTOfficial

Sponsors Season 1 Torque Protocol Leaderboard with 250,000 MPLX ($250,000), including multipliers for Spotlight projects; distributed 609,000 MPLX to 216 winners from Season 1 Leaderboard Epoch 1, claiming open through March 23, 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Featured in Solana Foundation's Agent Skills initiative as "metaplex skill" for AI tools to interact with Solana.

TECH EVENT

Launched the New Metaplex platform on February 18, 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Launched Bankme token sale for $BANK on March 4, 2026, on Metaplex Spotlight's Launchpad app as the first token launch, raising over 2,300 SOL (over $200,000). Platform for poker player ETFs launches March 5, 2026.

TECH EVENT

Paused alpha stage token launches in December 2025 to prepare for the next phase of Genesis and broader platform rollout.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Used $250k of December protocol revenue to buy back 5.8M MPLX tokens for the DAO treasury, representing 1% of outstanding supply.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $608k in protocol revenue in January 2026, representing a 27% month-over-month increase.

TECH EVENT

Enables minting of phettagotchi pets using Metaplex Core NFTs on Solana with onchain data storage via IPFS.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Candy Machine v1 is listed as one of the most memorable moments in Solana history alongside major ecosystem events like FTX crash, network outages, and prominent token launches.

2M ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Metaplex is listed as one of the teams attending mtndao v9 event scheduled for 2026-01-31.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 317k Token Metadata assets (285k fungible) and 287k Core assets minted in December 2025. Fungible tokens increased 31% month-over-month in January 2026, with Core assets reaching 400,000+ by March 2026.

3M ago
TECH EVENT

Opened voting on MIP 012, which proposes an update to the Bubblegum program allowing creators to close unused cNFT Merkle Trees and reclaim rent.

Genesis expands beyond Solana L1 to support entire SVM-based L1 chain launches, with FOGO becoming the first L1 blockchain to use Metaplex Genesis for its token launch on December 17th, and USDC transfers are open for presale wallet pre-funding.

Official

Launched App and Genesis SDK, enabling token trading on Solana with 1-hour memecoin pools (50 SOL min, 98% liquidity, 1% to creators, liquidity to Raydium) and 48-hour project token pools. Features anti-sniping, onchain price discovery, and a homepage displaying previous Genesis launches.

The protocol generates $1.1M in November revenue and executes a buyback of 7.6M $MPLX tokens (0.8% of total supply) using $1.0M from October revenue.

The $FOGO presale launches on December 17th powered by Metaplex Genesis.

The Doopies mint takes place 12-3pm ET on Magic Eden with 800 top MPLX holders whitelisted.

Metaplex powers Breakpoint 2025 and presents "going public on icm" (internet capital markets) at 12:20pm on December 12 during the conference.

4M ago

The Doopies collection by Doodles uses the Metaplex Core NFT standard for its upcoming launch, granting whitelist access to 800 top MPLX holders from a December 4th snapshot.

The protocol allocates 50% to MPLX token buybacks for the DAO.

All Metaplex Genesis token launches now live on DFlow from Day 1, offering best-execution routing and instant liquidity across DEXs, CLOBs, and prop AMMs.

Over 13 million unique signers have signed onchain transactions with Metaplex.

Mystery boxes reveal teased as part of the Moonbirds SBT claim event for token holders.

The protocol executed steady token repurchases during the last 30 days, part of $183M in cumulative buybacks across multiple protocols.

Team attends SolanaConf in Abu Dhabi with a dedicated Metaplex space and promises to share new information at the conference.

Metaplex partners with Moonbirds for SBT claim event, with $MPLX holders eligible until Nov. 13th and TM token Update Authorities until Nov. 19th. Moonbirds, Mythics, and Oddities holders can claim 1 SBT per NFT held.

Metaplex partners with Saros to provide $1 million in liquidity for projects launching on Genesis platform.

The protocol has officially crossed 1 billion unique transactions, marking a major adoption milestone.

Core Candy Machine completes full integration into Metaplex CLI, enabling creators to deploy end-to-end Candy Machines with assets, guards, and phases through a single wizard command.

Core Candy Machine achieves full integration into the Metaplex CLI, enabling creators to deploy end-to-end Candy Machines through a single wizard command without custom scripts.

Week 18 of Earn Season 3 goes live with $MPLX liquidity incentives active across Kamino vaults.

Protocol executes monthly buybacks of 0.5-1% of $MPLX supply from 50% of 7-figure monthly revenue; October achieves second highest Genesis revenue ever at ~20% of total, with DAO now holding over 25% of token supply.

A misconfiguration in the Play Solana $PLAY token claim powered by Genesis allows 24 wallets to claim tokens early and sell into an illiquid market, moving the price significantly; the Web2 configuration issue is patched while the Genesis protocol itself remains uncompromised.

Beamable Network raises ~$1M from over 2k backers through its Genesis sale powered by Metaplex.

Metaplex crates lack support for Solana (Agave) nodes v3.0.x despite this version being released months ago, creating a compatibility gap for developers.

Beamable Genesis launch on November 11th at 9am EST offers 33,333,333 $BMB tokens at $0.06 each, with the platform supporting 95+ live games including FIFA Rivals and Pudgy Party, generating $4M ARR and 2.5M MAU.

Beamable ($BMB) token presale launches November 11th at 2pm UTC, powered by Metaplex Genesis with both whitelist and public participation phases.

5M ago

October data shows $2M in protocol revenue with $1.1M allocated to buyback 5.3M MPLX tokens (0.5% of total supply) for the DAO; Genesis achieves record 18% revenue share, its highest since inception.

Total volume handled exceeds $10B with revenue estimates of $40M+; ecosystem project Fogo raised $8M at $100M valuation in under 2 hours.

Metaplex partners with Titan Exchange to enable day-1 trading for all Genesis-launched tokens with Meta Aggregation integration.

MPLX liquidity incentives remain active across Kamino vaults in Week 16 of Earn Season 3, with Kamino Lend for MPLX on the horizon.

Signs LOI with Marathon ($MARA) for Texas data center project involving electricity resale to producer customers, called critically important with delivery timeline before 2026.

Genesis protocol powers the November 6th token launch for Beamable Network, a gaming infrastructure platform with over 90 live games, millions of monthly active players, and customers including FIFA rivals, Pudgy Party, and WildCard.

User reports finding only 20k of LP after a TGE with no official announcement, raising liquidity concerns for a project associated with Metaplex, MatricaLabs, and dmdotfun.

MPLX lists on Wasabi trading platform offering 3x leverage and yield earning from real onchain activity.

CLI tool upgraded to allow Core plugin updates from command line, enabling modifications to royalties and collection settings without redeploying contracts.

Monthly protocol revenue reaches $927K through MetaDAO partnership with Genesis protocol contributing $367K, and Genesis launches deliver average 8.63x ATH ROI with Collector Crypt achieving 19.7x and Portals 10x.

Genesis Protocol accounts for over 20% of October revenue, marking the highest share ever, while Token Metadata previously comprised over 95% of revenue in Q1 and Q2 of this year. Week 15 of Earn Season 3 continues with liquidity incentives across MPLX vaults on Kamino.

Beamable Network's BMB token presale launches on Metaplex platform on November 6.

Developer documentation now available in Japanese and Korean languages, expanding accessibility for Asian developers.

Ranks #10 in Solana ecosystem by development activity with a decline in position from the previous month, based on Santiment's github event data analysis.

Over 21 million fungible tokens minted on Solana using the platform's infrastructure.

Beamable Network schedules token presale for November 6 on Genesis Protocol, targeting DePIN infrastructure for on-chain gaming on Solana.

Named as a leader in the current Solana ICO boom together with MetaDAOProject.

Marinade Finance partners with Genesis Protocol, enabling new Solana projects to stake raised SOL for yield that powers automated onchain buybacks.

Community backlash criticizes the $FUN token sale for offering 15% supply for $6.9M with no beta or product available.

MPLX has a 6.8x market cap-to-revenue ratio, ranking 4th most efficient among 10 major projects analyzed.

Matrica Labs has 1.7 million users across chains ahead of its DM.fun launch on Genesis Protocol.

90-day price performance shows 39% gain with market cap exceeding $100M.

DM.fun $FUN token sale on October 21 at 1pm ET offers 150M tokens (15% of supply) at $0.066 each through Genesis Protocol.

Multiple token launches on Genesis Protocol sell out rapidly with times ranging from 11 seconds (portals) to 4 minutes (DeFiTuna), while Collector_Crypt generates $3.4M in token sales.

Matrica's DM dot Fun platform announces FUN token presale using Metaplex Genesis.

DM.fun/Matrica token launch on Genesis Protocol is described as the largest launch on the platform to date.

DMDOTFUN announces $FUN token presale launching October 21, powered by Genesis Protocol.

Protocol executes buyback of 4.8M $MPLX tokens using $1.1M (0.8% of supply) while September revenue hits $2.5M led by Token Metadata revenue of $2.3M (7-month high). Genesis Protocol debuts Uniform Price Auctions through $EXO and $GOATED token launches.

$MPLX features in a Smart Money deep dive report as one of three tokens that sophisticated investors accumulate onchain this week.

Genesis Protocol allocates 50% of revenue from token launches to $MPLX token buybacks.

Genesis Protocol records 6 successful token launches since inception with zero failures. (ID: 1977815940273508843)

Play Solana presale powered by Genesis Protocol sells out in under 5 minutes, raising $2.6M from 150M $PLAY tokens sold across 1,672 total buyers (984 community + 688 public).

Team participates at Blockworks DAS London conference this week, presenting on Genesis Protocol building the foundation for internet capital markets.

The $PLAY token presale powered by Genesis Protocol launches on October 13.

Partnership announced to offer pre-TGE support and feeless trading for Genesis Protocol tokens, with $PLAY as the first token receiving zero-fee trading.

6M ago

Protocol generated $2.5M revenue in September, with $1.1M used to buy back 4.8M MPLX tokens representing 0.8% of total supply.

MPLX identified as one of several "buyback coins" experiencing strong price performance as "big runners" in recent market conditions.

Genesis-powered auctions launch, enabling onchain price discovery and transparent floor price setting.

The project plans to hire several Solana marketing professionals, signaling investment in marketing and growth efforts.

September records the highest TM revenue in 7 months, indicating strong financial performance for the period.

CLI tool update simplifies token creation on Solana, reducing setup time to seconds with a single command.

Two governance proposal votes are scheduled: Polyquest proposal on September 29th and StakeNova proposal on October 3rd.

Genesis auction launches for $GOAT with allowlist access providing 3-minute FCFS slots and 5% early bid bonus.

Solana infrastructure revenue reaches 7-month high with $5-7M in monthly flows, with Metaplex identified as one of the leading contributors alongside Jito.

Casino platform GOATED partners to launch $GOATED token via Genesis, marking a new adoption case for the Genesis product.