We’ve discussed at length what the $MET token will look like, such as the latest draft proposal (Allocating 25% for a Liquidity & TGE Reserve), where discussed how $MET can be used during and *after TGE.
Before we publish a formal proposal on the post-TGE direction for $MET, we want to call for more ideas from the community.
We want to hear from you:
What are some post-TGE ideas you want implemented?
How do we accure value to $MET. What do $MET stakers are able to do, etc
How do we benefit all our LPs, token holders, partners, and the ecosystem at large?
The following ideas are examples of things we are aware / already thinking about:
Buyback MET with revenue and burn
Instilling Meteora Working Groups, similar to Jupiter
Voting Rewards for Governance
I think the true potential for $MET is in the crazy ideas, tell us things that don’t fit the norm, or things that you haven’t seen before.
Drop your thoughts in this proposal and let’s discuss what does the post-TGE world look like!
This proposal introduces a comprehensive utility framework for $MET following the TGE. The goal is to ensure sustainable demand, reduce sell pressure, increase user retention, and drive long-term alignment between token holders, liquidity providers, and protocol governance.
Objectives
Establish $MET as a core utility token within the Meteora ecosystem
Create incentives for long-term holding and staking
Provide direct financial and functional benefits to users
Encourage community participation in governance and protocol development
Increase token burn and lock mechanisms to reduce circulating supply
Proposed Utility Mechanisms
1. Protocol Fee Discount via MET Staking
Users who stake $MET can receive a discount on trading fees charged by Meteora (currently 5%).
Example Tiered Discount System:
MET Staked
Fee Discount
10,000 MET
10%
50,000 MET
25%
100,000 MET
50%
Discounts may be rebated daily in MET or USDC
Parameters adjustable via DAO vote
Funding source: protocol revenue or DAO reserves
2. Liquidity Mining Boost for Stakers
To incentivize long-term LPs, staked $MET will increase user’s weight in any liquidity mining or reward distribution program.
Example Boosting Model:
MET Staked
Reward Multiplier
0 MET
1x (default)
20,000 MET
1.5x
100,000 MET
2x
This encourages LPs to hold and stake $MET, not just participate passively.
3. Monthly MET Auctions (Burn & Utility)
A monthly on-chain auction will allow users to bid $MET for exclusive perks:
Front-page UI promotion slots
Priority eligibility for future liquidity incentives
Promotional support from Meteora official channels
Winning bids will either be burned or locked for 6–12 months, reducing circulating supply.
4. DAO Contributor Rewards (Work Incentive Program)
Launch the Meteora DAO Workgroups, rewarding contributors in $MET for:
Contribution Type
Reward Format
Content Creation
Based on quality & reach
Community Operations
Language support, moderation
Technical Tools
Dashboards, bots, etc.
Governance Engagement
Active proposal & voting participation
A public rewards structure and retroactive grant model can be considered for transparency.
5. Governance Power via veMET
Staked $MET can be converted into veMET (vote-escrowed MET), granting:
Governance voting power
Potential governance rewards
Priority access to ecosystem features in the future
This model encourages long-term alignment and active participation.
6. Future Expansion (Long-term Vision)
Cross-protocol utility (e.g., partner projects offer benefits to MET holders)
Integration with Solana L2s or cross-chain governance (LayerZero, Cosmos)
veMET as NFTs to enable tradable governance rights
Expected Impact
Increases staking rate and reduces circulating supply
Provides real utility and reason to hold $MET
Encourages quality participation in governance and LP provisioning
Creates a long-term flywheel for token demand and user engagement
Daily MET buybacks with revenue and burn similar to Jupiter litterbox trust, dedicated X / Twitter account that posts daily / weekly / monthly buybacks.
Fee Collection Token changeable to MET for both DAMM V2 and DLLM
MET Bonus / liquidity mining / Incentives when you select MET as the fee collection token.
Honestly best use-case for token growth is revenue share from fees accrued. Nothing should beat that in my opinion especally with Meteora further growing and attracting more users.
Then added incentives could be in the form of rebate for people that LP:
Possible get a percentage back from fees or outright discount in fees
Added utility for LPers that also stake tokens, example boosted fees that are taken from the specific pool’s fees.
Could gate the access depending on the amount of MET needed or have it be tiered discounts/rebates based on x amount of MET staked. More $MET staked = bigger discount, rebates or boost.
Exclusive buy ins for token launches
Alpha vaults or DAMMs that are exclusive to MET holders.
The usual Governance voting, I’m not entirely sure on how this actually provides token value other than ASR rewards and voting for which coins to add to point 3.
Token buy backs monthly or every so often whichever works better in the long run for tokenomics
Good , looking forward to more amazing post experience, This is my own contribution towards Post-TGE, $MET could pioneer a decentralized venture fund, where stakers vote on DeFi project investments, sharing profits. Introduce gamified staking with NFT rewards for long-term holders. Create a cross-chain bridge for $MET, boosting interoperability. Allocate funds for community-driven hackathons to spark innovation. These ideas could accrue value, engage LPs, and strengthen the ecosystem.
Host a global “Meteora Innovation Hackathon” post-TGE, rewarding $MET for groundbreaking DeFi solutions. Stakers vote on winners and also earn active staking rewards, boosting engagement and value accrual. This fosters ecosystem growth, attracts LPs, and showcases $MET’s potential through community-driven innovation. Let’s ignite the post-TGE world!
Team can offer tokens or NFTs inform of Poap for participating in community activities, such as AMAs, contests, or bug bounties and empower users to participate in decision making processes through token-based voting, also Provide early access to new features, beta testing, or premium services for active community members. You can also reward community contributors in form of goodcat program a case study of Jupiter exchange. People who create content for Meteora on social media like X or more media.
You can also create a community working group to oversee community opinions.
Dont f up Workgroups with overly high payments and dont pay for things that are not needed. PLS.
Buy back and burn daily or better weekly
PLS do not add $MET single side like jupiter did, they basically sold it, much bigger range or and liquidity both sides
Create small pool for rewards for stakers to vote on important things. May be take 5-10% of what should have been burned and add to a pool. This way people wont ignore voting process and help with the important desidions.
I like szujason’s proposals, they all make sense. The one additional thing that would help the value of MET long term is to incentivize the creation of MET/(COIN) trading pairs. This would keep demand up for MET. People need a good reason to hold it and use it and trade it otherwise it’s down-only.
The incentive would be discount fees in the pool for MET pairs and/or a rebate of trading fees in MET, and just look at all the good suggestions here for token incentives like buy and burns, staking ect. Other projects call them token-sinks but really if it’s more used-case thing. If the use-case makes sense them people will hold.
Honestly just look at your friends over at Jupiter and use the playbook for governance. They figured that part out so why mess with the recipe.
Haseo’s suggestion for Alpha Vaults for Stakers with a weighted allo would be great.
Have two “types” of staking would be interesting. One would be governance a la Jupiter and the other could be like M3M3 style staking and collecting fees.
WL for top 100/200/500 on collabs/presales/ would help out but really it would help the guys at the top vs your retail LP-ers.
Anyways there are a lot of good suggestions here, i think with the right combination of incentives, MET will be something everyone wants in their portfolio long term.
everyone want’s buybacks, ofc.
but how about giving the protocol some runway? Having a treasury taken directly from a percentage of fees, then letting staked MET vote on how the treasury is utilised. This is a classic treasury management utility
Create $MET Decentralized Innovation Fund.
Create a community-governed $MET Decentralized Innovation Fund to finance bold, experimental projects that enhance the Meteora ecosystem. Stakers vote on proposals, allocating funds to unique ideas like cross-chain bridges. This drives value to $MET, empowers stakers, and fosters ecosystem growth through groundbreaking initiatives. Regular buyback of $Met token through fees generated from protocol.
Most important part of any project nowadays is how they control their supply and demand and we need to make sure $MET tokens meet this standard and people start talk about it before TGE listing.
1. Supply & Demand Management – $MET
We must strictly cap $MET at 1B tokens max — no exceptions.
Going beyond this will lead to bloated FDV with no real price discovery, similar to what happened with $JUP. Let’s learn from the past and enforce proper supply control and increasing demand from Day 1. Btw, i am long term JUP Staker since it launched and still in it so no offence to anyone.
2. Real Yield to Stakers — Not More Tokens:
Do not airdrop additional $MET to stakers.
Instead $MET, reward stakers using USDC from protocol revenue, or a equaling amount in **$MET:$USDC **.
This delivers real yield, encourages long-term staking, and avoids inflationary pressure.
Aligns incentives and builds sustainable demand without diluting the token.
Avoids further emissions and makes $MET feel like an ownership asset, not a farm-and-dump coin.
3. Say No to “MetVerse” or Dilution Gimmicks, its now outdated.
No unnecessary sub-projects that just inflate supply.
Focus on natural price action and sustainable demand.
Avoid ballooning FDV while actual market cap stagnates or drops.
No need to airdrop every year.
4. Staking Utility – Fee Discounts:
Introduce fee discounts for stakers of $MET($veMET):
Year 1: Up to 50% discount
Then reduce gradually over time to 10%
Introduce buyback & burn to support to support both fee decreasing idea + token price from protocol revenue.
5. Unstaking Policy:
*If $veMET is not the asset to be swapped then please introduce unstaking cooldown, should be 24 hours to 3 days max
Avoid 30-day locks – it discourages participation and reduces token utility in a liquid DeFi environment.
Charge 2x more protocol fees to who’s not staking X amount or more $MET.
Who’s staking $met with setted ranges getting different discount rates for protocol fees.
for example who’s staked $10k equals $MET and didnt LP’d 12x of $10K in last 6 months,he/she’s not deserving an airdrop because he/she’s not active user.With this way y’re reearning some protocol fees of discounted protocol fees and dont paying who was active.Its more efficiency.
And one of the more important thing is there is no need to set an exact date for airdrops.
There should be at least 6 months between 2 airdrops.
If there is some typos,i m sorry.
I have read through this thread and another one created by jaunepomme in the past.
Giving people multiple reasons to hold $MET and somehow tying the success of Meteora to $MET (buybacks/revenue sharing) is very important IMO
From what I’ve read, I like the idea of token buybacks and potential burn, and real yield/rev share with USDC to not dilute $MET so frequently. No idea what the legalities are behind this to make it happen.
One gripe that I have with JUP and their ASRs is that 50M JUP gets emitted every quarter. Its inflationary. I receive less and less every ASR that passes. The reason to buy, stake, and vote become less and less every ASR (with how it is currently structured). But I do understand that emissions will always need to happen until 100% of supply is in circulation. If rewards are given in USDC, that provides the option to take it and go, or potentially reinvest that USDC into $MET. Less sell pressure. Could create buying pressure.
Discount on protocol fees can be another benefit
Getting a small allo or ability to participate in alpha vaults of partnering projects where they set aside a % of their tokens for $MET holders can be an additional benefit.
The lock-up period for staking could be another thing…30 days lock up is a long time in web3 and can be a significant barrier for potential participants unless they have a lot of conviction. JUP you have to wait until day 30 for it to be all unlocked, whereas CLOUD is unlocked daily over 30 days. No idea what the best method/lock-up time would be here…
One final thing that I’ll bring up here is that I dislike seeing all of these work group votes (from JUP) - mostly around how much a WG should be compensated. I understand the project is trying to be transparent and we need to vote because it has to do with community funds, but so much FUD arises from within the community because of it. No idea how to resolve this, but just wanted to point this out.
, looking forward to more amazing post experience, This is my own contribution towards Post-TGE, $MET could pioneer a decentralized venture fund, where stakers vote on DeFi project investments, sharing profits. Introduce gamified staking with NFT rewards for long-term holders. Create a cross-chain bridge for $MET, boosting interoperability. Allocate funds for community-driven hackathons to spark innovation. These ideas could accrue value, engage LPs, and strengthen the ecosystem.