Crypto self-custodial wallet MetaMask is set to expand support to the Bitcoin and Solana networks and eventually remove gas fees as part of a roadmap of updates for the year.
The Bitcoin network will be integrated sometime in the third quarter, while Solana will become the first non-Ethereum Virtual Machine chain that MetaMask supports in May, MetaMask’s Dan Finlay said in a Feb. 27 post.
Gas-included swaps — allowing users to swap two tokens and by paying with the token they’re swapping — will soon be upgraded to allow users to pay in any token they hold.
MetaMask added it eventually hopes to eliminate gas for users completely.
“Longer term, we believe we can eliminate gas as a user-facing concern in nearly all interactions. (We’ll get to that!)”
MetaMask is also rolling out a new home screen that will show all of its assets across many chains rather than having to navigate through each one.
Preview of MetaMask’s…
