MetaMask has added native support for Bitcoin, as the largest Ethereum wallet continues its multi-chain expansion.
According to an announcement on Monday, MetaMask users will now be able to buy bitcoin directly with fiat, make onchain Bitcoin network transfers, and swap to and from BTC using EVM-native assets and SOL.
The move comes amid a flurry of feature launches at MetaMask, a unit of Ethereum development studio Consensys, including a Polymarket onramp, its mUSD stablecoin launch, and in-app perpetuals powered by Hyperliquid.
MetaMask first hinted it was going multi-chain in an announcement earlier this year, first rolling out support for Solana, and initially targeting the third quarter for a Bitcoin launch. The team also recently introduced a physical version of the MetaMask Card powered by the Linea network, the Ethereum Layer 2 deployed by Consensys.
The latest version of MetaMask will initially support native SegWit addresses with plans to add Taproot addresses “soon,” according to the announcement. An earlier Consensys job posting noted that experience with “Bitcoin wallets and dapps … [the] Lightning network, runes, ordinals, BRC-20s, layer-2 networks like Stacks, Rootstock, and Spiderchain” would be a plus.
The wallet previously introduced support for non-EVM networks via plugins called Snaps, including for Bitcoin L2s like BOB.
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All of this comes as parent company Consensys, founded in 2014, gears up for an initial public offering and as MetaMask signals an imminent MASK rollout. In October, MetaMask teased details of its upcoming rewards program, calling it “one of the largest onchain rewards programs ever built,” including over $30 million in LINEA rewards.
In an October interview with The Block, Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin stated that the company is actively working on the upcoming MASK launch, although the exact launch date remains unclear.
According to Monday’s post, swapping into BTC on MetaMask will earn users MetaMask Rewards points.
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