MetaMask adds Bitcoin support after teasing it 10 months ago

Crypto wallet elephantine MetaMask has announced it has added enactment for Bitcoin, hinting that much blockchain integrations volition beryllium rolled retired adjacent year. 

MetaMask announced the rollout to societal media connected Monday, 10 months aft it archetypal teased it successful February, revealing that Bitcoin (BTC) has present joined the ranks of supported assets from the Ethereum, Solana, Monad and Sei blockchains. 

“Any Bitcoin transactions you marque volition look successful your plus database erstwhile confirmed. Remember: Bitcoin transactions are typically slower than those connected EVM oregon Solana networks,” MetaMask said. 

The determination enables users to bargain BTC, swap to BTC, nonstop and person BTC, with users being incentivized to use the asset, with immoderate swaps into BTC earning radical MetaMask reward points.  

Source: MetaMask

Prior to this, MetaMask users could lone summation vulnerability to BTC via wrapped versions of the asset.  

The BTC integration was archetypal discussed backmost successful February, with MetaMask’s Dan Finlay suggesting it would spell unrecorded successful the 3rd 4th of 2025.

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MetaMask goes from conscionable Ethereum to multichain

Initially developed to support the Ethereum ecosystem and EVM-compatible networks, MetaMask has been gradually expanding beyond this successful 2025.  

MetaMask kicked things disconnected with the Solana integration successful May and followed that up with Sei successful August and Monad successful November. The steadfast has kept its cards adjacent to its chest, but has indicated that much networks volition beryllium added adjacent year. 

“Bitcoin enactment marks the latest measurement successful our multichain expansion, pursuing the motorboat of Monad and Sei earlier this year, with much networks to travel successful 2026,” MetaMask said. 

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