what's metamask?
MetaMask is a leading self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet designed for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and other EVM-compatible networks. It serves as a browser extension and mobile app, enabling users to securely store, manage, and transact with ETH, ERC-20 tokens, and NFTs. Key features include seamless dApp connectivity, built-in token swaps via integrated DEX aggregators, staking support for ETH through protocols like Lido and Rocket Pool, and bridging assets across chains. Recently, MetaMask has expanded into advanced trading with in-wallet perpetual futures powered by Hyperliquid, allowing leveraged positions on over 150 tokens with up to 40x leverage and low fees. The platform also plans integrations with Polymarket for prediction markets and has confirmed the upcoming launch of its native MASK token, alongside a rewards program. Additionally, it supports hardware wallets and is preparing multichain accounts for better management of assets across EVM and non-EVM networks like Solana and Bitcoin.
MetaMask blocked CoWSwap due to phishing; Swap received conditional SEC exemption.
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x.com/metamaskBlocked CoWSwap dapp access through phishing detection service following DNS hijacking incident affecting CoWSwap.
Received SEC broker-dealer registration exemption for MetaMask Swap, effective for 5 years, provided it does not custody user funds/keys, recommend trades, or receive payment for order flow, and charges fixed neutral fees.
Ranked fourth among crypto wallets by weekly active traders according to Dune data as of April 2026.
Integrated HyperEVM swaps via Rango Exchange, enabling in-wallet swaps with smart routing and cross-chain capabilities.
South Korea's proposed Digital Asset Basic Act (DABA) does not appear to regulate simple self-custody wallet functionality, categorically distinguishing self-hosted wallets from wallet products that handle fiat onboarding, custody for others, or packaged financial services.
Integrated Solana USDC spending on MetaMask Card across the US at Mastercard-accepting merchants.
Co-hosts TRON Whale Night networking event with TRON and DSAForg at OMNIA Nightclub in Las Vegas on 2026-04-27 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM during The Bitcoin Conference.
Launches MetaMask Connect to replace legacy SDK, unifying mobile and extension wallet connections.
Integrated HyperEVM network with OpenOcean as one of the swap providers for aggregated liquidity on the new network.
Joined Better Money as one of the first issuers in a stablecoin clearinghouse alongside Paxos, Bridge, MoonPay, and Phantom.
Reached 7 million users.
Integrated with Sei Network, enabled free gas for all transactions on Sei.
Integrated with Chainflip for swap routing, accounting for 4% of integrator swaps in March 2026
Charges a 0.875% swap fee per transaction through its wallet interface.
Ranked #1 in development activity among Ethereum-based ecosystem projects in March 2026 according to Santiment's GitHub activity analysis.
Connects directly to Trojan trading terminal, enabling users to access the platform through MetaMask.
Hosted a Developer Community Call in March 2026.
Generated $3M in 30-day revenue as of April 2, 2026.
Released an update with Mayan reducing swap execution time by 66% and improving extension load time by up to 40%.
Featured in a new FDV prediction market on 42space platform alongside other projects (Base, Opensea, Grvt, Abstract, and Polymarket), allowing traders to speculate on token launch valuation ranges.
Hosting a Builder Night event in Cannes, France featuring a panel on cross-chain commerce infrastructure.
Participated as one of over 25 partners in Synthesis, an Ethereum ecosystem agentic hackathon with over $100,000 in prizes, featuring an AI agent judge trained on MetaMask's technical priorities and philosophical views to evaluate projects, with submissions closing on 2026-03-23.
Has 30 million monthly active users (MAU).
Launched homepage interface consolidating tokens, perpetuals, and predictions. Prediction markets reached 16,000 users with $76M volume.
Forcefully upgrades Monad wallets to EIP-7702 smart accounts without user consent or option to disable.
Integrated Uniswap API on 2026-03-06 for native swaps across v2/v3/v4/UniswapX, winning 40% of swaps.
Integrated with Blackbird to enable MetaMask Card users to earn up to 7x FLY tokens at participating restaurants.
Submitted comment to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) on 'Securing AI Agent Systems'; published report: AI crypto fraud surged 500% in 2025.
appeared on the popular sites list, described as the largest Web3 wallet
Published a server wallet tutorial for agents related to ERC-8004 implementation.
Integrated full native support for MegaETH network, enabling SuperStake x CoolCats gaming credit distribution ($2 for MetaMask users, $4 for Cool Cats holders), powered by Miracle.io with zkVerify verification.
Resolved EIP-55 address checksumming issues with Signchain Ethereum TypeScript library in v4.2.0 release, discussed alongside wallet connection and signing failures on Uniswap, WalletConnect, and Trezor Suite.
Integrated with Jupiter's trading engine to enable trading functionality.
Integrated with Relay Protocol for cross-chain infrastructure alongside Phantom, OpenSea, and Coinbase Wallet.
Expanded security infrastructure integration with GoPlus Security in H2 2025.
Presents at the Open Source AI Summit in San Francisco on 2026-02-25, with a talk titled "How Intelligence Grows in Agent Networks" scheduled for 4:55-5:10pm.
Scheduled to participate in a Metamask event on 2026-02-25.
Introduced TradFi Mode, integrating with Visa and Bridge's stablecoin-linked card and USDsui on Sui Network, reaching over 175 million merchant locations.
Launched mUSD, a wallet-native stablecoin built on M0, enabling single-step swapping of multiple stablecoins to mUSD with a 3% conversion bonus.
Parent company Consensys led an investment round in perpetual DEX MYX Finance and became MYX's largest shareholder.
Integrated with LI.FI for cross-chain execution and vault aggregation; LI.FI powers over 1,000 businesses including MetaMask.
Partnered with Summ to provide crypto tax services for users.
Added TRON network integration, co-hosted Builder Night at ETHDenver 2026 with TRON.
Featured francescoswiss as speaker at Multichain Day on 2026-02-17 and ETHDenver 2026 conference.
Integrated X Layer assets, tokens, and NFTs.
Supports wallet setup using Google account authentication, eliminating the need for seed phrase management.
Integrated into Starknet's Earn Portal alongside Rabby and Phantom, enabling access to BTC strategies.
Integrated ERC-7710 and ERC-7715 on Citrea, Polygon, OP Mainnet, Celo, Unichain, and Gnosis Chain, enabling scoped permissions for agents to transact on behalf of users with specific actions and limits enforced on-chain.
Airdrops free Otherside avatars to users.
Established a new Engagement team and is hiring a Product Manager to lead platforms and tooling for user communication.
Integrated Ondo Finance, enabling non-US mobile users to trade 264 tokenized US stocks, ETFs, commodities, securities, real-world assets, and quantum computing stocks across Ethereum and BNB Chain. Launched perps for stocks with Ondo Finance.
Processed over 25% of its 7702 delegations through Uniswap's batched transactions feature.
Launches ERC-8004 standard on 2026-01-17, provides onchain identity for AI agents, with contributions from Ethereum Foundation, Google, and Coinbase, storing metadata on Filecoin Onchain Cloud. MetaMask leads agentic finance infrastructure and standards development.
Partnered with Nansen AI, offering 20% discount on Nansen Pro subscriptions to Level 2 users.
Partnered with OpenSea for Rewards Season 1, distributing points to OpenSea users based on their Chest tier levels (ranging from 100 to 1,000 points plus 500-point referral bonuses), with opt-in deadline on 2026-01-16.
Integrated with WalletConnect Pay to enable native stablecoin payments at millions of physical retail terminals globally, allowing customers to pay with USDC via networks like Polygon and Base using MetaMask or other WalletConnect-compatible wallets.
Mentioned as a wallet that does not yet natively display confidential token balances for Zama's ERC-7984 standard, though users can still sign transactions.
Opened LINEA token allocations and NFT Avatars claim from MetaMask Rewards Season 1 on ApeChain, claimable February 25, 2026, closing March 9, 2026, with unclaimed tokens burned same day.
Formed a partnership with MetaLend_DeFi involving MetaMask USD.
TGE is anticipated but current market signals show FDV projections below $1 billion on Limitless platform, which some traders interpret as a potential bull trap indicator.
Drained hundreds of MetaMask wallets in two incidents totaling $2.04 million ($1.76M and $277K) via fraudulent update prompts, with funds routed through NEAR Intents into ETH and distributed across three addresses.
Over 605,000 accounts currently authorize MetaMask contracts via EIP-7702 (excluding hacker contracts), ranking second among major wallet providers.
Targeted by Stealka infostealer malware first detected in November 2025, which steals credentials, private keys, and seed phrases from over 80 crypto wallets including MetaMask, spreading via fake game mods and pirated software.
Used by a scammer to swap 50M USDT to DAI and then to 16,690 ETH before depositing funds into Tornado Cash.
Compatible with MetaMask for the Silly Kitties x Nomstead free mint launching on January 15th, 2025, alongside other wallet options including IMX Passport, Ronin Wallet, and Rabby.
Held a Developer Community Call in December 2025
Integrated Monad network in November 2025, enabling Monad asset spending via Mastercard, token-to-USDC conversion, and gas fee coverage. Supports EURe token for MetaMask Card top-ups, accepted wherever Mastercard is accepted.
MASK points listed for pre-market trading on LBank
Integrated Bitcoin mainnet with send and swap capabilities for BTC, EVM-native assets, and SOL, including a $30 million MetaMask Rewards program for BTC swaps. Also integrated with Solana blockchain.
Integrated perpetual futures trading with a UI upgrade, powered by Hyperliquid, adding support for opening long or short positions with any token in wallet, including stock-based RWA and prediction market products.
A token launch is planned for the platform. (ID: 2000671012640129347)
Expanded support to Base network for all U.S. users, including New York. Joined Mastercard Crypto Partner Program on February 26, 2026, offering up to 3% cashback, accepted at 150 million merchants, and supporting Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay.
MetaMask adds Bitcoin support, enabling users to receive BTC and purchase it directly through MoonPay partnership.
Consumed $85,613.44 in gas on Ethereum Mainnet, surpassing Uniswap's $82,203.37. Ranks #1 in development activity over 30 days by Santiment methodology.
Integrates Polymarket, Rango, and Oscars prediction markets feature on Mobile.
Integrated with Hyperliquid's trading infrastructure, which processes over $1M daily fees and maintains around 50% market share in onchain perpetuals by year-end 2025, alongside Phantom wallet.
AviciMoney surpasses MetaMask in monthly transactions.
Cross-chain swap and bridge features in MetaMask are powered in part by Across protocol.
mUSD stablecoin is now listed on Ethereum Core and Linea Build, with supply and borrow functionality available on both platforms.
MetaMask launches $mUSD stablecoin built on the M0 universal platform, powered by Wormhole NTT technology for native multichain functionality across any blockchain.
Integrated Polymarket directly into wallet.
MetaMask is listed as an infrastructure partner for the Tempo testnet ecosystem, a new stablechain payment network with backing from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Revolut, Deutsche Bank, and other major financial institutions.
Worldcoin wallet has become the most used self-custodial wallet, overtaking MetaMask and Phantom in usage metrics.
A TGE for MetaMask is anticipated in 2026 alongside other major projects including OpenSea, Polymarket, and Base.
The Index Coop partnership is not renewed due to lack of sticky user engagement.
MetaMask launches a new card product, confirmed through comparison with competitor crypto cards. The card does not offer 5% Bitcoin cashback that some competing crypto cards provide.
MetaMask launches prediction markets powered by Polymarket.
A 2x points boost for mUSD spend launches on MetaMask Card for the holiday season.
RangoExchange now serves as the swap provider in MetaMask across EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin chains, with Tron support planned.
MetaMask partners with Solana ID to distribute xORCA tokens to new users.
MetaMask uses Hyperliquid as backend infrastructure.
MetaMask integrates with Sei Network to deliver wallet user experience for enterprise and retail segments.
Failed transactions reported for swaps and sending features.
Polymarket integration launches in MetaMask mobile app with one-tap EVM funding and MetaMask Rewards points system for expected MASK token airdrop. Platform prepares for native token launch ahead of potential IPO.
MetaMask adds OpenOcean as new swap aggregation provider with 1,000+ sources and 40+ chain support.
MetaMask deploys new warning layer security features for enhanced scam protection.
MetaMask adds LI.FI and Bungee as new infrastructure providers for enhanced speed and user experience.
MetaMask rolls out major swap and bridge infrastructure upgrade integrating Rango (with Bitcoin support and upcoming Tron), Across Protocol, Mayan, Relay, and 1inch Swap API, expanding to 18 total providers with 2x faster quote delivery and gasless transactions across 8 networks.
MetaMask partners with Solana Identity for a free minting promotion running until Dec 22, offering exclusive perks across Solana ecosystem including a $2,250 USDC raffle for holders. MetaMask adds native swap/bridge support for SEI Network's EVM environment.
Polymarket generates volume on MetaMask matching MyriadMarkets' volume on TrustWallet in prediction markets.