Metaplex MPLX
Rank #656 by market cap
Last 7 days
CM Profile: Metaplex
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about MPLX, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 of MPLX on BNB Chain returned 24.1% less than the quoted price, on 20 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 1 October 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold MPLX. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 22 October- Price up 39.2% since 15 October.
- 24-hour volume $93.7M, 90.5× its 30-day median.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell MPLX
Selling $100,000 of MPLX returned 24.1% less than the quoted price — Severe. Measured 2026-10-20 on BNB Chain.
What Metaplex is
Metaplex is a tokenization platform built on Solana, used for launching and trading onchain assets. It provides first-party applications for issuance and trading, alongside a developer platform supporting creation of asset types ranging from memecoins and project tokens to tokenized collectibles and real-world assets. The protocol positions itself as having powered a large share of asset creation activity on Solana.
Metaplex works by connecting issuers and traders through tooling that standardizes how assets are created and listed, aiming to link the moment a token or collectible is issued to the moment it can be traded in an onchain market. MPLX is the network's native token. Per the protocol's own terms, 50% of protocol revenue is allocated to MPLX buybacks, directed to the Metaplex DAO rather than distributed to individual token holders.
MPLX is not a claim on company equity or direct cash flow; the buyback mechanism routes revenue to a DAO treasury, and what the DAO does with repurchased tokens is a governance decision, not a guaranteed yield to holders. The token is classified by data providers under a wide spread of tags — gaming, NFT, launchpad, and both Solana and BNB Chain ecosystems — which reflects the breadth of assets the platform supports rather than a single defined use case. It is deployed on two chains, Solana and BNB Chain, which means its activity and liquidity are not confined to one network's conditions, but also means it inherits the operational dependencies of both. No figures on revenue size, buyback volume, or market position are established here; those move independently of what the protocol is designed to do.
Where MPLX lives
On Solana, a mint authority can create more of the token and a freeze authority can freeze it in a holder's account; both are read from the token itself, every day. On Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, GoPlus's analysis of each contract is read weekly: whether it has a function to block addresses or pause transfers, and whether an owner holds it. That is GoPlus's reading, not ours. Where a token exists on several chains, one copy's settings say nothing about the original coin.
Always verify a contract address against the project's own site before sending anything. Addresses are shown as published by CoinGecko, not as an endorsement — and identical-looking tokens on other chains are the most common way people lose money here.
Price change
Metaplex data synced 35s ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell MPLX.