title: MetaMask to Roll out Native Support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) in Upcoming Months

The widely-used Ethereum (ETH)-centric crypto wallet MetaMask is set to roll out native support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) in the upcoming months.

MetaMask, the widely-used Ethereum (ETH)-centric crypto wallet, is set to roll out native support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) in the upcoming months.

This week, MetaMask revealed that it would be adding Solana in May, marking the wallet’s first support for a non-Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The initiative to offer Bitcoin compatibility is planned for Q3.

SOL showcased resilience in a volatile crypto market on Friday, rising by 7.5%. At the time of press, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is changing hands at $147.49.

MetaMask unveiled these new functionalities alongside a rapidly expanding user base. In a February statement, the wallet’s developer, Consensys, disclosed that the project’s monthly active users (MAU) surged from 19 million to over 30 million from September 2023 to January 2024 — an increment of more than 55%.

The present number of monthly active users is nearly at MetaMask’s historical peak of 31.7 million, which was disclosed in January 2022.

Recently, the wallet also forged a partnership with retail trading giant Robinhood, enabling MetaMask users to buy crypto assets directly inside the wallet through Robinhood’s order engine.

Additionally, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently decided to drop its lawsuit against Consensys after launching legal action against the blockchain software company over MetaMask last year. The regulator had claimed that the wallet was operating as an unregistered securities broker.