Source: https://x.com/metaplex/status/1833552466547511573
1/ Metaplex August Round-up TLDR:
• 382k new fungible tokens created through Metaplex
• 57k Core assets minted (2nd highest month)
• 5.0M $MPLX was purchased using protocol fees & contributed to the DAO
• Upcoming TM optimization will reduce network load & minting costs
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2/ In August, developers and creators minted 10.2 million digital assets through Metaplex.
382K new fungible tokens were created using Metaplex, representing 90% of all fungible tokens minted on Solana.
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3/ Token Metadata and Core NFT mints strengthened throughout August.
57k Core assets were minted this month (+64% MoM), the second highest month of all-time since the standard was launched in April.
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4/ 393k unique wallets directly signed transactions with the protocol in August.
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5/ As of August, the total number of Metaplex collectors reached 57 million unique wallets, an increase of over 800k wallets month-over-month.
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6/ For the third consecutive month, 10,000 SOL was used to purchase 5.0 million $MPLX that was contributed to the Metaplex DAO treasury.
https://x.com/metaplex/status/1831052462804947204
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7/ A new Token Metadata optimization was announced that will reduce the size of all future metadata accounts created by over 35%, significantly decreasing the resource requirements on the network and lowering minting costs.
https://x.com/metaplex/status/1828142818440663304
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8/ Metaplex deployed its product suite to @EclipseFND, bringing the power of Solana digital assets to Ethereum’s first SVM L2.
https://x.com/metaplex/status/1829243526787543252
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9/ Metaplex also deployed Core, Token Metadata, Candy Machine and Auth Rules to @SonicSVM‘s devnet and testnet, powering digital assets on the gaming SVM.
https://x.com/metaplex/status/1823764028650611101
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10/ August marked continued adoption for Core, which surpassed 230,000 digital assets minted.
Core also got:
✅ the AppData External plugin deployed to mainnet
✅ Edition plugin updated with unified framework
✅ a Core Anchor guide and several Appdata guides
✅ a u/madshield_xyz audit
11/ The Metaplex team attended Solana Super Tokyo held by @SuperteamJapan hosting workshops, office hours, and presentations highlighting DePIN and RWAs using Core, featuring @helium and @BAXUSco.
https://x.com/metaplex/status/1825181876799316460
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12/ August saw several hackathons with Metaplex tracks:
• @DSCVR1 Canvas Buildathon with two Metaplex-sponsored tracks.
• @staratlas Naabathon
• @thesendcoin Blinkathon
13/ The Application Ecosystem
• @NFTWidi introduced a Blinks generator using Candy Machine
• @staratlas launched Crew Pack using cNFTs
• @banx_gg integrated Core for lending/borrowing services
• @DefiLlama started tracking Metaplex on its dashboard
14/ Creator Ecosystem
• @monkeypoxsol launched as one of the latest MPL-404 hybrid assets
• @LilypadLaunch launched the first LST-NFT collection @Pathfinders__using Core
• @WebWeaversNFT launched a new collection on Core
• @DeWiCats and @PuriOnSolana migrated to Core
15/ Check out the link below for the full blog post:
https://metaplex.com/posts/metaplex-august-round-up-2024…
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