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# MetaMask
> MetaMask is a self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet and gateway to blockchain apps. Available as a browser extension and mobile app, MetaMask supports Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Tron, and 10+ other networks. Over 100 million users worldwide.
## Core Product
- [MetaMask — Crypto Wallet & Gateway](https://metamask.io): MetaMask crypto wallet for buying, swapping, sending, and managing tokens and NFTs across Ethereum and major Layer 2 networks, available as a browser extension and mobile app.
- [Card](https://metamask.io/card): Self-custodial crypto card (virtual and metal) for spending stablecoins and crypto directly from a MetaMask wallet via Mastercard, without giving up custody or using banking intermediaries, available across 40+ countries.
- [Perps](https://metamask.io/perps): Marketing page for trading perpetual futures (perps) directly from MetaMask's self-custody wallet, covering long/short leverage on 150+ crypto tokens, US equities, commodities, and currencies via Hyperliquid, with no KYC required.
- [Prediction Markets](https://metamask.io/prediction-markets): Place and track decentralized prediction market bets on politics, sports, crypto, and culture from self-custody in MetaMask, powered by Polymarket liquidity.
- [Rwa](https://metamask.io/rwa): MetaMask landing page for accessing and trading 200+ tokenized real-world assets (RWAs)—including US stocks, ETFs, gold, and private credit—via Ondo Global Markets integration within MetaMask Swaps, for non-US users in supported regions.
- [Rewards](https://metamask.io/rewards): Seasonal points-based loyalty program for the MetaMask self-custodial crypto wallet, earning points through swaps, perps trading, referrals, and the MetaMask Card while retaining non-custodial ownership.
- [Earn](https://metamask.io/earn): Token staking, liquid staking, pool staking, and earning yield on stablecoins directly within the MetaMask crypto wallet.
- [Snaps](https://metamask.io/snaps): Directory of community-built MetaMask Snaps that extend wallet functionality with custom alerts, phishing protection, transaction insights, notifications, and human-readable wallet addresses.
- [Assets](https://metamask.io/assets): Official MetaMask logo and brand assets download page, including logos, visual guidelines, and approved graphics for press and third-party use.
## Getting Started
- [Download](https://metamask.io/download): Download page for the MetaMask self-custody crypto wallet browser extension and mobile app, supporting Chrome, Firefox, iOS, and Android for holding tokens and NFTs, buying crypto directly within MetaMask, and connecting to decentralized apps.
- [Faqs](https://metamask.io/faqs): Answers common questions about what MetaMask is, supported coins and networks, wallet setup, buying and swapping tokens, sending and receiving crypto, and troubleshooting swap errors.
- [Multichain Accounts](https://metamask.io/news/multichain-accounts): Announcement and explainer for MetaMask's Multichain Accounts feature, detailing how a single account unifies Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin addresses to manage multiple cryptocurrencies across EVM and non-EVM networks.
## Transfers & Sends
- [How To Swap Crypto](https://metamask.io/news/how-to-swap-crypto): Step-by-step instructions for swapping crypto using MetaMask's built-in swap feature across networks including Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, and Linea, on mobile, extension, and portfolio.metamask.io.
- [Metamask Bridges Launches Support For L 2 Networks Arbitrum And Optimism](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-bridges-launches-support-for-l-2-networks-arbitrum-and-optimism): Announcement that MetaMask Bridges exited beta with added Arbitrum and Optimism support, expanding to six networks, raising the transfer limit to $50,000, and enabling a 0.875% fee.
- [How To Send And Swap Crypto At The Same Time](https://metamask.io/news/how-to-send-and-swap-crypto-at-the-same-time): Explains MetaMask's Send and Swap feature, which lets you send one token and have the recipient receive a different token in a single transaction, with step-by-step instructions for MetaMask Extension.
## Security
- [Crypto Security Report June 2026](https://metamask.io/news/crypto-security-report-june-2026): June 2026 monthly crypto security report covering 65.4M address poisoning attacks flagged by Blockaid, MetaMask's agentic wallet launch with Guard and Beast Mode, USB-spreading Tor-routed crypto clipper malware, and fake recovery service scams.
- [Crypto Security Report July 2026](https://metamask.io/news/crypto-security-report-july-2026): Monthly crypto security report covering MetaMask's blocking of ~150,000 malicious transactions, INTERPOL Operation First Light 2026 arrests, Coinspect's Ill Bloom weak seed vulnerability, H1 2026 hack losses, and video game-themed phishing attacks.
- [Crypto Security Report May 2026](https://metamask.io/news/crypto-security-report-may-2026): May 2026 crypto security report covering the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain worm across npm and PyPI, the first documented AI prompt injection wallet exploit draining $204K, $587M in DeFi losses, and MetaMask's adoption of ERC-7730 Clear Signing.
- [Security](https://metamask.io/security): MetaMask hot wallet security architecture covering phishing alert systems, readable transaction details, front-run protection, supply chain attack defenses, hardware wallet integrations, and real-time threat monitoring — addresses common attack vectors and user responsibility risks for evaluating MetaMask against competing wallets.
- [Crypto Security Report August 2026](https://metamask.io/news/crypto-security-report-august-2026): Monthly crypto security report covering the $116M Coldcard firmware exploit, Bybit's civil lawsuit against North Korea's Lazarus Group, Ethereum's post-quantum roadmap, and a Trezor shipping data breach exposing ~12,000 customers.
- [Metamask Security Report](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-security-report): Monthly MetaMask security report series by Security Director Luker covering crypto phishing attacks, hot wallet risks, DPRK threats, malicious transaction blocking, and emerging scam trends across the ecosystem.
- [Metamask Crypto Security Report February 2026](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-crypto-security-report-february-2026): Monthly crypto security report by MetaMask's Security Director covering emerging hot wallet risks, phishing attacks including address poisoning, OpenClaw exploits, supply chain threats targeting developer credentials, and AI-driven security risks.
- [Metamask Security Report September 2025](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-security-report-september-2025): Monthly crypto threat briefing covering an npm supply chain attack on 18 packages, voice phishing targeting crypto executives, ModStealer malware evading antivirus on Windows/Linux/Mac, and the Ethereum Foundation's Trillion Dollar Security initiative.
- [Introducing Advanced Permissions](https://metamask.io/news/introducing-advanced-permissions): Announcement introducing MetaMask Advanced Permissions (ERC-7715), an agentic wallet feature enabling spending limits, delegations, and scoped guardrails for AI agents, automated DeFi strategies, subscriptions, and agent-to-agent payments with self-custody and one-time user approval.
## Taxes & Reporting
- [Us Crypto Tax Reporting 2026](https://metamask.io/news/us-crypto-tax-reporting-2026): Explainer on 2026 US crypto tax filing requirements, covering Form 1099-DA broker reporting, cost basis rules for 2025 transactions, and how MetaMask Tax Hub powered by Summ can help US investors prepare IRS-ready reports.
- [How To Do Crypto Taxes](https://metamask.io/news/how-to-do-crypto-taxes): Step-by-step guide to calculating and reporting crypto taxes using MetaMask Tax Hub powered by Summ, covering capital gains, staking income, losses, and generating jurisdiction-specific tax reports.
- [Metamask Tax Hub Crypto Tax Calculator](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-tax-hub-crypto-tax-calculator): Announcement of the MetaMask Tax Hub integration with Crypto Tax Calculator, offering geo-specific tax summaries and discounted downloadable reports embedded within MetaMask Web.
## Developer
- [Metamask Feature Update Smart Accounts](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-feature-update-smart-accounts): Feature update announcement explaining how MetaMask smart accounts enable batched transactions, gas payment in any token, and delegated programmability via a one-click EOA upgrade without changing your address or migrating funds.
- [What Is The Delegation Toolkit And What Can You Build With It](https://metamask.io/news/what-is-the-delegation-toolkit-and-what-can-you-build-with-it): Explainer article covering what the MetaMask Delegation Toolkit is, how it works as an agentic wallet solution, and what developers can build using ERC-7710 and ERC-7715 delegations, spending limits, and guardrails for autonomous on-chain actions.
- [How To Implement Eip 6963 Support In Your Web3 Dapp](https://metamask.io/news/how-to-implement-eip-6963-support-in-your-web3-dapp): Developer tutorial explaining EIP-6963 (Multi Injected Provider Discovery), including how to define required interfaces, listen for provider events, and add multi-wallet detection support to a Web3 dapp.
## Guides
- [Best Agentic Wallets 2026](https://metamask.io/news/best-agentic-wallets-2026): 2026 comparison of agentic wallet approaches from MetaMask, Coinbase, Cobo, OKX, Ledger, and BitGo, evaluated across custody models, permissions, spending limits, pre-execution checks, and human approval controls.
- [What Is Polymarket Guide To Decentralized Prediction Markets](https://metamask.io/news/what-is-polymarket-guide-to-decentralized-prediction-markets): Explainer covering what Polymarket is, how its peer-to-peer prediction market model differs from traditional betting, supported event categories, self-custody, and how to start trading via MetaMask.
- [Best Crypto Cards Global](https://metamask.io/news/best-crypto-cards-global): Comparison of leading crypto cards for global everyday spending in 2026, covering fees, self-custody models, stablecoin cashback, supported assets, and regional availability, with MetaMask Card featured.
- [What Is Hyperliquid](https://metamask.io/news/what-is-hyperliquid): Explainer covering what Hyperliquid is, how its Layer 1 order book handles perps without giving up self-custody of funds, supported markets, trading volume, fees, leverage, and how it compares to centralized exchanges.
- [What Is An Agentic Wallet](https://metamask.io/news/what-is-an-agentic-wallet): Explains what an agentic wallet is, how it differs from standard crypto wallets, and why it needs its own security stack covering custody models, permission controls, spending limits, pre-execution checks, and self-custodial key management for automated DeFi strategies and AI trading agents.
- [Best Bitcoin Wallets](https://metamask.io/news/best-bitcoin-wallets): Comparison of self-custodial Bitcoin wallet options — hardware, software, and multi-chain — covering coin control, multisig, moving BTC off an exchange, and wallets that hold Bitcoin alongside Ethereum and other assets.
- [Real World Asset Tokens What Crypto Wallet Users Need To Know In 2026](https://metamask.io/news/real-world-asset-tokens-what-crypto-wallet-users-need-to-know-in-2026): 2026 state of the tokenized RWA market for crypto wallet users: market size by category, institutional adoption, regulatory developments including SEC actions, and practical implications for accessing tokenized real-world assets.
- [Introducing Metamask Usd Your Dollar Your Wallet](https://metamask.io/news/introducing-metamask-usd-your-dollar-your-wallet): Announcement introducing MetaMask USD (mUSD), a self-custodial wallet-native stablecoin backed 1:1 by US Treasury bills, available on Ethereum and Linea for holding, spending, and swapping within MetaMask.
- [Introducing Metamask Agent Wallet](https://metamask.io/news/introducing-metamask-agent-wallet): Announcement introducing MetaMask Agent Wallet — a self-custodial agentic wallet for autonomous AI trading with spend limits, allowlisted protocols, Guard Mode, Beast Mode, threat scanning, and MEV protection across EVM chains and Hyperliquid.
- [Introducing Metamask Perps](https://metamask.io/news/introducing-metamask-perps): Announcement page introducing MetaMask Perps powered by Hyperliquid, covering how to trade perps on 150+ assets — crypto, US stocks, and commodities — with up to 50x leverage and no KYC, directly from a self-custody wallet.
- [Most Secure Crypto Wallets](https://metamask.io/news/most-secure-crypto-wallets): Compares self-custodial hardware and software crypto wallets across custody, private key storage, open-source code, real-time phishing and drainer threat detection, and seed phrase recovery to help users identify the safest wallet setup.
- [Best Mobile Crypto Wallets 2026](https://metamask.io/news/best-mobile-crypto-wallets-2026): Comparison of the best mobile crypto wallets in 2026 across iOS and Android, evaluating multichain support, self-custody, biometric security, in-app swaps, perpetual futures, and integrated crypto card features.
- [Metamask Launches Agent Wallet Giving Ai Agents Full Defi Access With Default Security On Every Transaction](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-launches-agent-wallet-giving-ai-agents-full-defi-access-with-default-security-on-every-transaction): Announcement of MetaMask's agentic wallet launch: a self-custodial wallet enabling AI agents to execute DeFi strategies — swaps, perpetuals, prediction markets, LP across EVM chains — within user-defined spending limits, Guard/Beast Mode controls, Blockaid threat scanning, MEV protection, and 2FA guardrails.
- [Bitcoin On Metamask Btc Wallet](https://metamask.io/news/bitcoin-on-metamask-btc-wallet): Announcement page confirming MetaMask can hold Bitcoin natively, with steps to buy BTC with fiat, swap from EVM or Solana assets, and send or receive BTC via self-custody — no wrapped BTC required.
- [Metamask Launches Money Account Bringing Defi Yield And Global Spending To Stablecoin Balances](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-launches-money-account-bringing-defi-yield-and-global-spending-to-stablecoin-balances): Launch announcement for MetaMask Money Account, a self-custodial account combining automated DeFi yield (up to 4% variable APY) on mUSD stablecoin balances with global spending via MetaMask Card at Mastercard merchants, built on Monad.
- [Perpetual Futures Funding Frequency Strategies](https://metamask.io/news/perpetual-futures-funding-frequency-strategies): Explains how often funding is paid in perps, how funding rates are calculated across platforms, and which trading strategies — including carry and funding arbitrage — are most affected by funding frequency.
- [Crypto Trading Explained Self Custodial Vs Custodial](https://metamask.io/news/crypto-trading-explained-self-custodial-vs-custodial): Compares self-custodial and custodial crypto trading models, covering private key control, trade execution mechanics, fee structures, counterparty risk, and tradeoffs between DEXs and centralized exchanges like Coinbase or Binance.
- [How Many Bitcoin Are Left To Mine](https://metamask.io/news/how-many-bitcoin-are-left-to-mine): Current figures on how many bitcoin have been mined versus how many are left to mine, covering the 21 million supply cap, circulating supply as of 2026, halving impact on mining rate, lost BTC estimates, and when the final bitcoin is expected to be mined.
- [Agentic Wallet Security](https://metamask.io/news/agentic-wallet-security): Explains the security risks specific to Agentic Wallet use — including prompt injection, unchecked permissions, and pre-signature transaction scanning — and details the guardrails MetaMask applies via Guard Mode, Beast Mode, spending limits, and 2FA to control what AI agents can transact on a user's behalf.
- [Metamask Announces Stablecoin Metamask Usd](https://metamask.io/news/metamask-announces-stablecoin-metamask-usd): Announcement of MetaMask USD (mUSD), a wallet-native stablecoin launching on Ethereum and Linea networks, comparing it to USDT and USDC with details on its 1:1 dollar backing, Bridge and M0 infrastructure, and DeFi integrations.
- [Understanding Tokenized Real World Assets Rwa](https://metamask.io/news/understanding-tokenized-real-world-assets-rwa): Explainer covering what tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are, how the tokenization process works, how yield flows to holders, key risks including custody and legal structure, and a glossary of essential RWA terms.
- [Leverage Margin Perpetual Futures Trading](https://metamask.io/news/leverage-margin-perpetual-futures-trading): Educational guide explaining how leverage, initial and maintenance margin, cross vs isolated margin modes, funding rates, and liquidation risk work in perps trading, with context for MetaMask Perps via Hyperliquid.
- [How To Store Bitcoin Safely](https://metamask.io/news/how-to-store-bitcoin-safely): Guide covering self-custodial Bitcoin storage, hot wallet risks, hardware wallets, tiered storage strategies, phishing and social engineering threats, private key management, and Secret Recovery Phrase best practices.
- [Perpetual Futures Liquidation Mechanics](https://metamask.io/news/perpetual-futures-liquidation-mechanics): Explains liquidation mechanics in perps — what triggers liquidation, how liquidation price is calculated, and how leverage, margin, funding, and volatility interact to determine liquidation risk.
- [Guide To Crypto Perpetual Futures For Beginners](https://metamask.io/news/guide-to-crypto-perpetual-futures-for-beginners): Beginner's guide explaining what crypto perps are, how leverage, funding rates, liquidation, and trade structure work, with perps vs spot trading comparisons and risk context.
- [Best Perps Dexs In 2026](https://metamask.io/news/best-perps-dexs-in-2026): Comparison of the top perps DEXs in 2026 — Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, Grvt, and ApeX Protocol — ranked by trading volume, fees, blockchain design, and self-custody model.
- [Prediction Market Overview Trends 2026](https://metamask.io/news/prediction-market-overview-trends-2026): 2026 prediction market trends covering Polymarket's CFTC approval, AI-driven trading, sports contracts, global regulation shifts, platform liquidity, and risks across decentralized and regulated platforms.
- [Introducing Metamask Card Upgrade Your Crypto Spending](https://metamask.io/news/introducing-metamask-card-upgrade-your-crypto-spending): Announcement and overview of MetaMask Card, a self-custodial crypto debit card for spending USDC, mUSD, USDT, and other stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted, with no preloading or banking intermediaries, across Linea, Solana, Base, and Monad networks.
- [Consensys Software Inc To Become Two Independent Companies Metamask And Consensys](https://metamask.io/news/consensys-software-inc-to-become-two-independent-companies-metamask-and-consensys): Official September 2026 announcement that Consensys Software Inc. is splitting into two independent companies: MetaMask (consumer platform, Joe Lubin as CEO) and Consensys (Linea and institutional Ethereum infrastructure, Mike Kriak as CEO).
- [Types Of Tokenized Real World Assets Rwa Categories](https://metamask.io/news/types-of-tokenized-real-world-assets-rwa-categories): Breakdown of the six major RWA categories — tokenized Treasuries, equities, private credit, commodities, real estate, and bonds — comparing market size, yield profiles, liquidity, and key risk considerations for each asset class on blockchain networks in 2026.
- [Best Crypto Swaps Platforms](https://metamask.io/news/best-crypto-swaps-platforms): 2026 guide comparing top DEX, aggregator, and in-wallet swap platforms for swapping crypto — covering best rates, low fees, slippage, scam avoidance, and cross-chain swaps.
- [Kalshi Vs Polymarket](https://metamas
