Metaplex unveils Vantage, a customizable trading terminal for Solana

Metaplex, the Solana-based protocol that quietly became the backbone for nearly a billion digital assets, is making a play for your trading screen. The project launched Vantage, a customizable trading terminal designed to let Solana traders research, track, and trade on-chain assets from a single interface. From NFT minter to trading terminal Founded in 2021 as an NFT-focused protocol on Solana, Metaplex has steadily broadened its scope to encompass a wider range of digital asset creation and management tools. The numbers back up that evolution. Metaplex protocols have powered more than 1 billion transactions on Solana, with cumulative trading volume landing somewhere between $13 billion and $14 billion. Over 900 million digital assets have been created through the platform, generating tens of millions in protocol fees along the way. The Genesis protocol, which launched in 2025, introduced on-chain token offerings with launch pools designed for fair price discovery, plus automated liquidity transitions to decentralized exchange partners like Raydium. Then came the Metaplex App earlier this year, bundling asset discovery, trading, and self-service token launches into a single applic...