MetaDAO 

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What is the MetaDAO (META) token?

MetaDAO is a governance and fundraising protocol on Solana built around futarchy, a model in which token decisions are settled by prediction markets. Instead of casting token votes, participants trade on whether a proposal will benefit the protocol, and market prices decide the outcome. MetaDAO applies this decision-market governance to its own treasury, token minting, and intellectual property, and runs public ICO-style token sales for outside founders.

How does futarchy governance work in MetaDAO?

MetaDAO converts each governance proposal into a decision market. Participants trade positions on whether adopting the proposal will benefit the protocol, and the resulting market price serves as the collective judgment. Proposals that clear these markets can move treasury funds, mint new META, and change protocol intellectual property. Per project documentation, this structure places treasury control, minting rights, and IP under market-driven governance rather than a fixed multisig or foundation.

What is the META token used for?

META is the governance token of MetaDAO. The token's governance surface covers three protocol-critical functions: the treasury funds, the right to mint new tokens, and the protocol's intellectual property. All three sit under futarchy decision markets, so META holders participate by trading in proposal markets. MetaDAO describes this arrangement as making the token "unruggable", since control over supply and funds rests with market outcomes.

Does META have a maximum supply?

META has no fixed maximum supply. New tokens enter circulation only when a supply-increasing proposal passes through MetaDAO's futarchy markets, so issuance is decided market by market. The META mint lives on Solana at METAwkXcqyXKy1AtsSgJ8JiUHwGCafnZL38n3vYmeta and is verifiable on Solscan.

What does MetaDAO's vesting model mean for investors?

MetaDAO has no published calendar of dated token unlocks. Per project documentation, insider allocations follow a pay-for-performance model: insiders receive tokens in proportion to the premium of the token price over its launch price. Combined with proposal-driven minting, supply expansion is event-gated. Holders therefore face dilution whenever a supply-increasing proposal clears futarchy, with no fixed schedule to anticipate it.

Who funded MetaDAO?

Per DropsTab fundraising data, MetaDAO raised $12.1M across four rounds. Paradigm backed the project twice: a $2.2M round in August 2024 and a $5.9M OTC purchase on October 25, 2025 at $7.83 per token. Variant bought $2.5M of META over the counter on October 14, 2025 at $8.60 per token, and 6th Man Ventures bought $1.5M on October 19, 2025 at $6.35 per token. Paradigm is the largest disclosed backer.

Why did MetaDAO's community reject a discounted VC sale?

On October 13, 2025, the futarchy market for a proposal to sell $6M of META at a discount to two venture firms, DBA and Variant, resolved against the deal, so the sale did not proceed. The rejection is a documented case of MetaDAO's governance declining venture capital on unfavorable terms. The undiscounted OTC purchases by Variant, 6th Man Ventures, and Paradigm followed within the next two weeks.

Does MetaDAO host ICOs for other projects on Solana?

Yes. Beyond governing its own token, MetaDAO operates as a fundraising platform for outside founders, running public ICO-style token sales on Solana. The project advocates "fair launch early": high-float public sales at token launch, with supply distributed to the public from the start. Its stated target audience is crypto-native founders and their communities.

Where can META be traded?

Per DropsTab data, META trades on centralized venues and on-chain. Upbit lists spot pairs META2/KRW and META2/BTC, KuCoin lists METADAO/USDT, and Coinbase opened META spot trading on May 27, 2026 (announced May 26, 2026). The META2, METADAO, and META tickers are venue-specific conventions for the same Solana token. Meteora carries the on-chain markets, with pairs against USDC, SOL, NEET, PUMP, and ORE. Liquidity is fragmented: the DEX pairs outnumber the centralized pairs, the Upbit books are skewed toward the KRW market, and no derivatives markets are recorded.

Is MetaDAO related to Meta (Facebook)?

No. The META ticker collides with the ticker of Meta Platforms, the company formerly named Facebook, but MetaDAO is an independent Solana governance protocol with no connection to that company. Search questions about a "Meta coin" or a Meta cryptocurrency price prediction generally refer to other assets. A separate legacy token called MetaDAO (old) also exists as a distinct asset; this page tracks the current Solana token.