Dubai, United Arab Emirates - January 30, 2026
MEET48, a Web3 entertainment project that integrates artificial intelligence and user-generated content (UGC) into an idol fan-economy model, announced a planned burn of IDOL tokens representing 30% of the voting income from its second major voting event, "MEET48 Best7: Stage of Light." The amount retired from circulation totals 8,698,560 IDOL tokens, the group said.
The burn follows a voting cycle in which fans cast 20,342,242 votes for participating idols, producing 28,995,200 IDOL tokens in total voting income. That voting income corresponds to 0.604% of the total IDOL token supply, while the 8,698,560 tokens removed amount to 0.181% of the overall supply.
Activity and engagement metrics
MEET48 supplied ecosystem activity metrics recorded on its event decentralized application. According to data from DappBay cited by the project, the event dApp processed 619.48K transactions over the seven-day period and saw 356.18K active user addresses. The dApp ranked first among social dApps in the BNB Smart Chain ecosystem for 24-hour active user addresses, and it placed first in seven-day active user address rankings within the same ecosystem.
Recent roadshow and co-hosts
MEET48 recently held a launch event in Seoul titled "MEET48 2026 Annual Roadshow For Al Entertainment UGC Platform & Web3.0 Strategy." The event combined on-site activity with online live streaming and was co-hosted by several ecosystem partners. Co-hosts named by the project included the AIGC digital content creator L1 ecosystem POChain; the AI UGC virtual idol music and dance training ecosystem simulation game Auditions GO, planned and developed by the original operations and marketing team of "Audition" at Hash Global; the Web3 Entertainment Alliance; and The Fan.
MEET48 said the launch event presented its upcoming product roadmap to millions of users through the combined online and onsite format.
Planned product roadmap for 2026
MEET48 outlined a slate of products scheduled for release or strategic upgrades in the first half of 2026. The project described each products role within the broader AI UGC and idol-economy strategy:
- ParoAI - Positioned as the core large language model of the MEET48 AI UGC ecosystem and scheduled for release in Q1 2026. ParoAI is described as capable of understanding creative intent and generating multimodal content to support storytelling, character creation, and interactive experiences. MEET48 says ParoAI will combine intelligent collaboration and content engine capabilities to lower the creative threshold and help creators produce high-quality, shareable content efficiently.
- MEET48.ai - An AI UGC social community platform for idol fans slated for a strategic upgrade in Q1 2026. The platform will allow users to create and share AI-generated content based on ParoAI, showcase works, interact, and co-create within the community. The project framed the upgrade as a means to transform AI creation into a social experience with visibility, feedback, and recognition for creators, thereby supporting an idol culture-centric AI content ecosystem driven by community participation.
- Auditions GO - Described as the worlds first AI-driven virtual idol rhythm and stage performance Web3 game built around the MEET48 idol ecosystem, scheduled for release in the first half of 2026. Developed by the original operating market team behind Audition, the game will enable players to use $IDOL through UGC tools to create, train, and debut virtual idols with music, movements, and styles that evolve on-chain. Virtual idols will have growth and companion attributes, and user-created idol assets can be authenticated and traded on BNB Chain. MEET48 described a proprietary training model based on historical performance data and music libraries owned by MEET48 / SNH48 as powering this system.
- POChain - A fully sovereign AIGC digital content Layer 1 public blockchain designed for Web3 creators and developers, tailored for content creation and reported to be fully compatible with BNB Chain at the EVM layer. Incubated jointly by MEETLabs and the MEET Foundation, POChain is intended as next-generation infrastructure for content creation. The project said a conversion pool will be established between MEET48s IDOL token and the public-chain native token POC, designed to absorb early $IDOL investment value and convert it into $POC in a phased and limited manner tied to time schedules and ecosystem milestones.
MEET48 also listed specific POChain ecosystem products planned for rollout in 2026:
- POCSee.com - A content display hub for POChain designed to present text, audio, video, and AIGC content in a unified standard, and to build a trusted and scalable content pool through on-chain value authentication. MEET48 stated the hub would leverage on-chain ownership verification and traceability to record content origin, authorship, and value status, serving both as an outward-facing display and an internal discovery and preservation core.
- POCShow.ai - A virtual idol trainee platform aimed at enabling creative consensus, voting, and debut ownership through decentralized mechanisms, while supporting fan economy models, revenue sharing, and commercialization.
- POCmusic.com - A decentralized music creation and distribution platform integrating AI music and MV generation to offer creators a one-stop solution from creation and copyright authentication to distribution, with on-chain authentication and decentralized mechanisms to support a verifiable and sustainable digital music ecosystem.
- POCast.ai - A decentralized audio content ecosystem platform enabling creators to publish, manage, and monetize content on-chain with copyright protection and transparent revenue sharing, and enabling users to consume, support creators, and obtain exclusive content rights or NFTs.
About MEET48
MEET48 describes itself as the worlds first idol fan economy ecosystem built on Web3 infrastructure with deep AI and UGC integration. The platform aims to shift fans from passive consumers in traditional entertainment to active participants and producers by providing AI creation tools. Users can build 3D digital avatars and virtual idols, produce music, dance, and multimedia content, and supply that content to the platforms dApps and games.
MEET48 stated that all user-generated content will be stored on POChain, the projects dedicated Layer 1 blockchain, which it said adopts a "Proof of Creativity" consensus mechanism. The project characterized this approach as enabling content value to accumulate through community voting and fan interaction while rewarding creators, and described it as a method to redefine the traditional idol economy by creating a global entertainment ecosystem driven by AI and community co-creation.
More information and community links provided by MEET48:
Contact
MEET48 listed a contact email: meet48official@gmail.com
Note on metrics and timing
The token burn quantity, vote counts, percentages of supply, and the event-specific transaction and active address figures above are those reported by MEET48 and DappBay as cited by the project. The product release windows, strategic upgrade timelines, and descriptions of technical and marketplace mechanisms are those provided by MEET48 in its roadmap statements.