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 airdropped Otherside avatars and is building an Engagement team for user communication.
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x.com/metamaskExpanded 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.
Integrates with USDsui (a stablecoin issued by Bridge, a Stripe company) on the Sui Network, enabling fee-free transfers and interoperability with other Bridge-powered stablecoins across ecosystems launched in November 2025.
Offers a 3% bonus in $mUSD when converting stablecoins to MetaMask USD ($mUSD).
Parent company Consensys led an investment round in perpetual DEX MYX Finance and became MYX's largest shareholder.
Routes cross-chain transactions through LI.FI protocol for orchestration and coordination across chains.
Partnered with Summ to provide crypto tax services for users.
Co-hosted Builder Night at ETHDenver 2026 with TRON, featuring developers, founders, and ecosystem leaders.
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 delegation framework with intent-based scope permissions for agentic trading, backed by Ethereum Foundation, into the core MetaMask product.
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.
Integrates with Ondo Global Markets, enabling eligible mobile users in supported non-US jurisdictions to access tokenized US stocks, ETFs, commodities, securities, and real-world assets. Launched perps for stocks with Ondo Finance.
Processed over 25% of its 7702 delegations through Uniswap's batched transactions feature.
ERC-8004 standard goes live on 2026-01-17, providing onchain identity, reputation, and validation for autonomous AI agents, with contributions from Ethereum Foundation, Google, and Coinbase. Functions as an onchain catalog of agents with commitments onchain and metadata on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, for identifying endpoints, capabilities, and terms.
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.
Opens LINEA token allocations and NFT Avatars claim from MetaMask Rewards Season 1 on ApeChain at Level 2, claimable February 25, 2026. LINEA rewards distributed 2026-01-22, with claiming period ending 2026-03-09.
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.
Hundreds of MetaMask wallets were drained in a security incident involving fraudulent update prompts.
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
Added support for Monad network in November 2025.
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)
Expands crypto spending card across 49 US states with Mastercard on February 26, 2026, offering up to 3% cashback, accepted at 150 million merchants for USDC, USDT, wETH, mUSD, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and yield-bearing stablecoins with Aave.
MetaMask adds Bitcoin support, enabling users to receive BTC and purchase it directly through MoonPay partnership.
MetaMask contracts 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.
MetaMask integrates Polymarket and Rango into its platform.
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.
Polymarket goes live on MetaMask, adding the prediction market platform to the wallet's integrated services.
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.
Netflix is reportedly in talks with MetaMask to integrate Ethereum for subscription payments.
MetaMask adds on-chain prediction markets via Polymarket integration.
MetaMask receives C Tier ranking (third from bottom) for its crypto payment card in a comparative review by a crypto trader who criticizes the product for clunky UX and states it needs a complete rethink despite being non-custodial.
User announces complete migration away from MetaMask to Backpack and Rabby wallets, stating "it's well past the time" to stop using the product. The user reports having hundreds of wallets across multiple seed phrases to migrate.
ERC-8004 standard launched three months ago creating an open registry where AI agents list skills, pricing, and endpoints onchain with extended data stored on Filecoin Onchain Cloud. Users report hours-long outage in perps section preventing access to and management of trading positions.
MetaMask integrates with Chainflip via RangoExchange, adding new routing options for cross-chain swaps.
Top swapped tokens on MetaMask this week are $LINK (Chainlink), $RLS (RaylsLabs), $HEX, $PNKSTR, and $PEPE.
MetaMask enables 1-click funding with any EVM token for Polymarket predictions through the wallet integration.
MetaMask integrates deBridge to power cross-chain swaps across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and additional networks directly in the wallet.
Polymarket prediction market integration launches in MetaMask wallet, and ChainPatrol partnership adds security protection against phishing and scams.
Representatives from MetaMask joined Google and Coinbase at The Graph's birthday event for a working session focused on AI and infrastructure. MetaMask also appeared at NolchaShows in Miami.
MetaMask points program is only available on mobile platform. Users report a critical bug where all address inputs default to 0x000... addresses, preventing transaction execution.
MetaMask Firefox extension is completely non-functional following the December 5th update, with users unable to fix the issue through standard troubleshooting methods.
$mUSD holder count surges as farmers attempt to sybil $MASK token distribution. The address copying feature receives a UX improvement update.
MetaMask USD ($mUSD) is now included in the public HackerOne bug bounty program, with LlamaRisk providing guidance during the onboarding process.
MetaMask Prediction Markets integration with Polymarket charges a 4% fee shared between the two firms and is secured by UMA Protocol. MetaMask introduces Transaction Shield as a new security feature.
MetaMask mobile app integrates Polymarket, launching MetaMask Prediction Markets feature that brings onchain prediction trading natively into the wallet.
MetaMask reward program with a level-based system is active, facing significant negative community reception from long-time users who report receiving low tier classifications (Level 2) despite years of platform usage and high transaction volumes.
Transaction simulation feature is now available on Monad network through MetaMask, powered by Blockaid technology.
MetaMask Perps is powered by HyperliquidX integration.
MetaMask Card is the only self-custodial debit card that supports Base network.
Web3Auth by Metamaskdev provides wallet recovery support (via Google or Apple) for a new AI influencer agent launching live on Base network. The integration is part of a broader product release that includes multiple protocol integrations and is available on Pearl AI agent app store.
MetaMask crypto card volume declined 30% in November, from $3.3M to $2.3M, marking a notable decline among crypto card providers.
Transaction Shield offers a 2-week free trial period before requiring payment for its security protection service.
MetaMask extension reports 2,100 unfixed GitHub issues and receives a 2.7 Chrome store rating, and a blockchain exploit method specifically utilizes MetaMask smart accounts to bypass RPC rejections.
Perps trades now yield 200% MetaMask Rewards following a doubled boost, available for a short time only.
Transaction Shield launches as a new opt-in security feature, offering subscribers loss protection up to $10,000 per month for transactions deemed safe. The $mUSD stablecoin integrates with Aave on Core and Linea instances for lending and borrowing (not as collateral).
MetaMask listed among projects expected to have a Token Generation Event in 2026.
MetaMask integrates with Chainflip through RangoExchange, expanding cross-chain swap capabilities.
MetaMask Advanced Permissions collaborates with Envio, hosting a deep dive and developer AMA event.
OREsupply surpasses MetaMask in 30-day revenue, along with PancakeSwap and Ethereum.
New MetaMask Snap provides cross-chain registration capability across 25+ chains including Arbitrum, BNB Chain, 0G, and Story Protocol.
MetaMask now connects with playsolana, the first dedicated gaming console and ecosystem on Solana.
MetaMask Rewards offers a $mUSD boost for earning extra points during a limited promotional period.