- Metaplex, the world’s largest NFT ecosystem, has generated over $3 billion in primary and secondary sales.
- The MPLX token represents a new growth phase for the company as it tokenizes utility across the platform and offers new voting power for the user community.
- Metaplex users globally will receive up to 54,000,000 tokens in gratitude for their contribution to the success of the platform, pursuant to a DAO vote
The Metaplex Foundation, the non-profit responsible for the sustainable development of the Metaplex Protocol, has announced the launch of the MPLX token (Metaplex Token). Beginning September 20, through a multi-week claim period, the organization will distribute 14 million tokens to early community members across the world who were some of the first to build atop the Metaplex platform, as well as potentially another 40 million tokens to early collectors, pursuant to a DAO vote.
The Metaplex Protocol debuted in June 2021 as the first program library and set of tools for developers to create, sell and manage NFTs on the Solana blockchain. More than 100,000 creators have entrusted Candy Machine to generate NFT projects. The community has been a boon to creators seeking a less expensive and more environmentally friendly alternative to Ethereum, providing NFT minting fees of $0.15 versus $55 – $200.
Today, over 5.7 million wallets have ever held a Metaplex NFT, and 20 million NFTs have generated over $3.4 billion in primary and secondary sales on the Metaplex Protocol in its first year. The Metaplex ecosystem is the largest and fastest growing web3 creator platform in the world, and the Metaplex Standard is the metadata standard by which NFTs are classified on Solana.
The MPLX token has been launched to offer value to active participants within Metaplex’s large NFT community. MPLX is a utility and governance token for the Metaplex Protocol and has been issued as a method for decentralized governance for future projects and strategic decisions. Its related DAO structure ensures that web3 ethos of empowerment and transparent governance remain within the Metaplex ecosystem’s DNA. Creators, developers, marketplaces, and collectors will gain utility from the token as the community embeds the token throughout the ecosystem.
MPLX will initially be listed on FTX, KuCoin, and Huobi international exchanges. It is not available for purchase by US residents.
“The Metaplex Foundation is excited to offer MPLX holders the ability to steer the direction of the protocol through the Metaplex DAO,” said Dorian Lee, Head of Strategy & Finance at Metaplex Studios, a business that participates in developing the Metaplex Protocol. “The Metaplex Protocol was created to serve the entire Solana community, and the MPLX, along with the Metaplex DAO, allows the community to have a direct influence on the protocol.”
“The creators and builders of web3 are defining the future of NFTs right now, and they’ve chosen Metaplex to do it. In just over a year, the Metaplex protocol has been used to create over 20 million NFTs and generated over $1B in revenue for creators. Much of this capital is being reinvested in the Solana ecosystem as well, which has led to the creative renaissance we’ve seen over the last year,” said Stephen Hess, a Director of the Metaplex Foundation. “It’s an honor for us to wake up every day and serve our community as they stretch the edges of the technology. The MPLX Token represents our commitment to empowering creators and flipping the Web2 model on its head by building a platform that can be owned, shaped, and governed by those that use it.”
About Metaplex
Metaplex is the free-to-use, open-source NFT standard and on-chain protocol for the Solana blockchain, powering the fastest, most affordable NFT ecosystem for marketplaces, games, arts, and collectibles. Millions of independent developers, creators, and collectors use the decentralized Metaplex environment to break free of the constraints of traditional on-chain gatekeepers to create, use, buy and sell digital assets– and build and connect with a broader Web3 community in the process. The permissionless, open-source application framework is fully customizable, self-hosted, and extended without passing through a centralized authority, allowing independent creators to unlock an essential revenue stream on the world’s fastest-growing Web3 platform. Metaplex has been used to mint 20 million NFTs generating more than $1 billion in sales for creators on Solana as of September 2022.
To begin creating on Metaplex, please visit https://www.metaplex.com.
About Metaplex Studios
Metaplex Studios aims to grow the ecosystem of developers and makers that are building on the Metaplex Protocol by providing the tools, capital, and resources needed to create the internet of Web3. Metaplex Studios and the Metaplex Foundation are separate legal entities and organizations.
About Metaplex Foundation
The Metaplex Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainable development of the Metaplex Protocol and application framework.
Website: https://www.metaplex.com
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