This Meteora price prediction covers one of Solana’s biggest liquidity protocols, whose MET token was trending on CoinGecko on September 23, 2026. MET rose about 18% to 25% in 24 hours, depending on the page load, and roughly 71% to 83% over seven days, with more than $100 million in daily volume and a market cap near $194 million. That puts it well outside the top 100, but it is one of the more established names on this week’s list, with real fees and a long history on Solana.
What Is Meteora (MET)?
Meteora is a Solana liquidity protocol that began in 2021 as Mercurial Finance, a stable-asset exchange, and rebranded in 2023. Its main products are DLMM, a pool design that adjusts fees and price ranges as volatility changes, the DAMM V1 and V2 pools, vaults, and DBC, a bonding-curve launchpad for new tokens. CoinGecko says it has handled more than $208 billion in cumulative volume since February 2023, and Fortune ranked it eighth in its 2026 Crypto 100. The co-founders were Ben Chow, Meow (who also co-founded Jupiter) and SIONG. Chow resigned on February 18, 2025, following the LIBRA scandal.
On CoinGecko, MET was around $0.35 on September 23 with a market cap near $194 million and a fully diluted value of about $351 million. About 552 million tokens circulate out of a 1 billion maximum. CoinMarketCap records the all-time high at about $0.90 on October 23, 2025, the day MET launched, while CoinGecko shows about $0.69. The all-time low was about $0.095 on June 7, 2026, so MET has more than tripled since then. One naming note: Metronome also uses the MET ticker, so check the listing.
The Fee Surge That Set Up the Rally
We did not find a specific event on September 22 or 23 that explains the latest leg. What we did find is a run of strong numbers through September. On September 11 and 12, AMBCrypto reported an 18% rally backed by $20.3 million in 30 day fees, active addresses reaching about 151,700 and daily transactions rising from about 2.96 million to 4.19 million, and linked it to new staking and referral reward campaigns. Meteora’s August report, covered by Solana Compass on September 15, showed $5.4 billion in volume, up 37.9% month on month and the biggest jump since January, along with $27.5 million in fees and $3 million in revenue.
The referral staking program also paid out $262,000 in USDC to 3,977 wallets in its first cycle, and about 86.7 million MET was staked. DefiLlama currently shows TVL around $327 million, 30 day fees of about $26.7 million and 30 day DEX volume near $6.9 billion. The broader backdrop helps too. The fight among Solana memecoin launchpads, including Pump.fun, Raydium LaunchLab and newer entrants such as StonkFun, has kept trading activity high, and Meteora’s pools sit underneath a lot of that trading.
What the Community Actually Liked About It
Meteora has real usage. Solana Compass reported $140 million in LP fees on $32 billion of volume in the first half of 2026, and the protocol is core infrastructure for Solana traders and liquidity providers. The team has also backed the token with buybacks: about $10 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, then 7 million MET for $1 million in the first quarter of 2026 at an average of about $0.143, for about $13.7 million in total, around 3.97% of supply. For traders, that is a sign the team is willing to support the token.
The launch itself was widely watched. MET went live on October 23, 2025 with 48% of supply circulating, including airdrops to Mercurial holders, liquidity providers, JUP stakers and M3M3 users, all fully unlocked at launch. Coinbase listed it the same day. It fell sharply at first, down about 15% to $0.58 by the next day, and slid to its low in June 2026 before this recovery. That long decline is part of why the recent bounce has drawn so much attention.
There is a simple way to read the setup. Meteora’s usage is strong and growing again, but very little of that money reaches MET holders right now. Traders buying this rally are betting that will change, whether through bigger buybacks or a fee share, and so far the team has not announced either.
Meteora Price Prediction 2026, 2027, 2030, 2050 (MET)
This Meteora price prediction table runs a statistical model against the coin’s live market data (current price, volatility, market cap, and supply schedule) rather than assuming Solana memecoin activity stays this high. It is not trying to predict Meteora’s next buyback, it is showing a realistic range if MET’s current volatility and price pattern continue. The monthly table below rolls forward automatically to always show the next 36 months from today.
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Meteora price prediction 2026-2050
| Year | Minimum | Average | Maximum | Potential ROI | Implied market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Cycle drawdown | $0.1278 | $0.2653 | $0.5505 | -19.2% | $154.32M |
| 2027 Accumulation / recovery | $0.0937 | $0.3821 | $1.56 | +16.4% | $265.07M |
| 2030 Cycle drawdown | $0.0363 | $0.3780 | $3.94 | +15.1% | $378.01M |
| 2050 Cycle drawdown | $0.0179 | $0.5020 | $14.05 | +52.9% | $501.98M |
How this Meteora forecast was calculated
Every input below comes from live market data and is re-checked daily. Nothing here is a guess dressed up as a number, and you can check the working yourself.
- Tier: Meteora is classified as a micro cap asset (market cap $181.24M). Larger assets are given lower growth rates, because a coin already worth billions cannot repeat the returns of one worth millions.
- Volatility: 99% annualised, measured from 2160 real price observations over the last 90 days. This sets how wide the minimum-to-maximum range is.
- Growth rate: a base of +33.6% per year for this tier, adjusted for category (Exchange token) and liquidity (normal), giving +14.5% per year.
- Supply dilution: total supply is 1.81x the circulating supply. Those tokens unlocking over time reduce the expected price by about 14.9% per year, and that drag is subtracted.
- Market cycle: the four-year Bitcoin halving rhythm is applied on top, so a drawdown year and a post-halving expansion year are not treated the same. The next halving is expected in 2028.
- Reality check: every maximum is clamped so the implied market capitalisation cannot exceed $13.50B for an asset of this type. Any figure marked capped hit that limit.
Minimum and maximum are the 10th and 90th percentile of a log-normal distribution. That means roughly an 80% chance the real price lands inside the range, if the model's assumptions hold. They frequently will not. Ranges are scaled by time0.42 rather than the square root of time, because crypto volatility mean-reverts over multi-year horizons.
Not financial advice. This is a statistical model applied to public market data. Crypto assets are highly volatile and you can lose everything you put in. No model predicts prices, including this one. Do your own research and never invest money you cannot afford to lose.
How To Buy Meteora (MET)
- Buy MET on a centralized exchange that lists it, such as Coinbase.
- On-chain, swap for MET on Solana through Meteora itself or Jupiter, using contract METvsvVRapdj9cFLzq4Tr43xK4tAjQfwX76z3n6mWQL.
- Do not confuse MET with Metronome, an unrelated token that uses the same ticker.
- Position-size like it can go to zero. Team and reserve tokens keep unlocking until 2031, the class action involving Meteora is still open, and MET is about half its launch-day high. Nothing here is an entry signal.
Is MET a Good Investment? The Honest Risk Warning
Unlocks will keep coming. The team’s 18% and the Meteora Reserve’s 34% vest monthly from November 2025 to October 2031, and CryptoRank shows about 7.22 million MET unlocking on September 23, 2026. The value flowing to holders has also fallen sharply. AMBCrypto reported holder income dropping from about $12.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 to under $48,000 in the second quarter of 2026, and DefiLlama shows no holder revenue over the past 30 days. First-quarter 2026 fees fell 51% and revenue 35% from the previous quarter. Meteora also lost $1.5 million to a scam involving an over-the-counter buyback, crypto.news reported.
Legal risk is still open. A class action in New York, Hurlock v. Kelsier Ventures, names Chow, Meteora, Kelsier and members of the Davis family, and alleges that LIBRA, MELANIA and about 15 other memecoins were run as a “coordinated liquidity trap.” In August 2025 the judge unfroze about $57.6 million, doubting the plaintiffs’ chances, but we could not confirm any final outcome. BeInCrypto also reported that wallets tied to TRUMP memecoin insiders received about $4.2 million of the MET airdrop. If you want to compare Meteora with a newer liquidity protocol on another chain, our Delta price prediction covers one that traders call Robinhood Chain’s answer to Meteora.
Meteora (MET) FAQ
Why is MET trending in September 2026?
MET rose about 71% to 83% over a week after strong August numbers: $5.4 billion in volume, $27.5 million in fees and new staking and referral rewards. No single event on September 22 or 23 was confirmed as the trigger.
When did Meteora launch its token?
MET launched on October 23, 2025 with 48% of supply circulating. Coinbase listed it the same day, and CoinMarketCap records its all-time high of about $0.90 that day.
Is Ben Chow still running Meteora?
No. Co-founder Ben Chow resigned on February 18, 2025, after the LIBRA memecoin scandal. He is named, alongside Meteora, in a class action filed in New York.
How much MET is still locked?
About 448 million MET is not yet circulating. The team’s 18% and the Meteora Reserve’s 34% vest monthly until October 2031.
