Metamask Expands Beyond Ethereum Virtual Machine Chains to Bitcoin and Solana Networks

The new version of the company will extend beyond just Ethereum Virtual Machine chains, eyeing to also offer its services on Bitcoin and Solana networks.

Self-custodial wallet provider “Metamask” is planning groundbreaking expansions in 2025. The new version of the company will extend beyond just Ethereum Virtual Machine chains, eyeing to also offer its services on Bitcoin and Solana networks.

According to a press release posted on February 28, Metamask will introduce Solana support by May 2025. This development will go down in history as the first time the company supports a non-EVM chain.

“Our ecosystem has grown far beyond Ethereum mainnet, and new networks and communities are growing daily.” Dan Finlay wrote on Metamask’s post. “The UX patterns that worked for a world with a single chain are insufficient in a rich, multichain world”

After the update, all Metamask users will be able to buy, sell, swap, and interact with SOL-based dApps. Through the use of Metamask’s multichain API—users will be able to interact with dApps from several different chains, including Ethereum, Linea, and Solana.

Given the growth of the Solana blockchain in recent years, the expansion will allow Metamask users to interact with one of the fastest-growing networks, holding around 15% of the smart contract platform market share.

By Q3 of 2025, Metamask expects to also add full Bitcoin support, expanding even broader its outreach in the cryptocurrency market.

MetaMask Aims to Eliminate Gas Fees

MetaMask is working on making gas fees less of a hassle for users by introducing some innovative features.

One of the key innovations MetaMask is introducing is gas-included swaps. This feature allows users to swap tokens without the need to hold ETH in their accounts. Instead, the gas fee is included in the swap quote and paid in the token being swapped.

By March of this year, MetaMask plans to extend this concept even further by generalizing gas payments for all transactions. Users will be able to interact with dApps or send tokens, paying gas fees in any token they hold, not just ETH. This marks a significant shift in how transactions are conducted on the blockchain and aims to make the process more user-friendly.

In the long term, the company envisions a future where gas fees become barely noticeable to the user. With this renovation, they plan to abstract away the complexity of gas fees, making blockchain interactions seamless and intuitive.