Metaplex Core mints top 1.5 million across June and July as collectibles platforms land on Solana

In Brief:

• Metaplex said more than 1.5 million Core assets were created in June and July, back-to-back record months that pushed cumulative Core mints past 8 million.
• Candy Digital, Beezie and Collector Crypt all put inventory on the standard during the stretch, bringing MLB and DC Comics licenses, vaulted graded cards and a claw machine to Solana.
• Core mints run about 0.0029 SOL against 0.022 SOL for Token Metadata and enforce royalties in code, the reason Candy gave for picking it.

Metaplex recorded more than 1.5 million Core asset creations across June and July, the two largest months in the standard’s history, as three collectibles platforms moved product onto Solana.

June alone produced 660,000 new Core mints, up 142% from 273,000 in May and the biggest month since Core shipped to mainnet in April 2024 with 72,000. July beat it again.

“After, yet again, the biggest month ever for Metaplex Core, total assets created have blown past 8 million,” Metaplex said.

The cumulative count sat above 7 million at the end of June. Core passed 3 million in July 2025, which puts the standard’s total roughly two and a half times higher in 12 months.

About 136,000 unique wallets signed a Metaplex transaction in June, up from 120,000 in May. More than 14 million wallets have signed one to date.

Candy Digital brought the licenses

Candy Digital started migrating its licensed collectibles to Solana on Core in May, re-minting assets into self-custody Solana wallets. Its catalog covers Major League Baseball, DC Comics, Netflix and Getty Images.

That includes the Bat Cowl collection, DC’s genesis Batman set, at 11,544 minted Batcowls.

Rarity, edition and serial numbers and associated metadata carry over unchanged. Packs migrate in whatever state they were in, so an unopened pack stays unopened. The rollout is staggered, and Candy said some assets may not migrate immediately where the underlying IP needs further review.

Fans had until May 20 to reactivate dormant accounts to qualify for burning or migration.

Candy pointed to Core’s royalty enforcement as the deciding factor. On most marketplaces, royalties depend on marketplace policy or off-chain agreements; Core writes the enforcement into the program, which matters when the rights holder is a sports league rather than a pseudonymous artist. The company also cited on-chain tooling for dynamic collectibles, rewards and AI agent experiences. Its rebuilt candy.io site is live.

Beezie’s claw went live

Beezie announced its Solana expansion May 12 and crossed $2 million in volume within two days of going live.

The platform tokenizes physical graded cards, sealed products, sneakers and other collectibles held in institutional vaults, with grading by PSA, BGS or CGC and physical redemption available worldwide. Every item is represented one-to-one.

Its Claw Machine charges $30 to $500 per pull against curated inventory including graded Pokemon cards, sealed TCG boxes, One Piece slabs, sneakers, Labubus and memorabilia, with odds published and pulls verifiable on-chain. The SWAP feature lets a collector trade any pull back for up to 90% of fair market value inside a 15-minute window.

Beezie has processed more than 540,000 claw pulls and more than 530,000 instant buyback swaps, a buyback rate near 90%.

The product suite launched on Flow, then expanded to Base, where it passed $100 million in volume. Beezie entered Solana running at $142 million ARR.

“Solana is where the next wave of collectors will find us,” said Andrea Miele, CEO of Beezie. The company said it is adding verticals including luxury goods.

Collector Crypt minted its first Core batch

Collector Crypt minted its first batch of collectibles on Core after building on other Metaplex standards, including pNFTs, Token Metadata and Bubblegum v2. It had created more than 130,000 Metaplex assets before the switch.

The platform vaults physical trading cards, mostly Pokemon, in Delaware and sells randomized digital packs against them, redeemable for shipment at any time. It passed 130,000 cards vaulted and minted on May 15 and has cleared $1.6 billion in lifetime volume. April brought roughly $165 million in trading volume and about $85 million in revenue.

Collector Crypt has shipped more than 12,000 cards across 3,000 packages with no reported damage.

Its CARDS token went live Aug. 29, 2025 through a 48-hour Metaplex Genesis launch pool that distributed 100 million tokens, 5% of a fixed 2 billion supply.

What the mints are worth

Core generated $69,000 of Metaplex’s $201,000 in June protocol revenue, or 34%. Total revenue was up 16.8% from May. July came in at $253,000, the highest since the first quarter.

The DAO spent $127,000 of June’s take buying back 3.8 million MPLX, 0.4% of total supply and 0.8% of the outstanding float.