⚠️ The Solana network ($SOL) is officially integrated and available to be accessed by the latest version of the MetaMask wallet extension.
For security recommendations, the extension should be downloaded from the official MetaMask website.
Currently, the cryptocurrency SOL, native to the Solana network, is the 6th largest digital asset in the market, with a market cap of $93 billion and is the main competitor to Ethereum ($ETH).
🦊 MetaMask is a wallet created by Consensys, a company founded by Joseph Lubin, one of the co-founders of Ethereum.
In any case, the main idea seems to be to cover ground, after all, competing wallets already work with multiple currencies.
Due to the popularity of MetaMask, these integrations may accelerate the adoption of other cryptocurrencies beyond ETH itself, which has always been the wallet's main focus.
👉 To use the Solana network in MetaMask, simply create a new wallet or import an existing wallet. Select the Solana network within MetaMask to use the new feature. If there are balances, including SOL and other native tokens of the network, these will be loaded automatically.
Send, receive, swap, bridge, buy, sell Solana-based cryptos. Interact with Solana dApps, connect to sites like PumpFun, known as the 'Solana memecoin factory', as well as other services. All of this is using the backing of enhanced security features that make MetaMask one of the most secure crypto wallets.
🆙 In addition to Solana, MetaMask also promised in the previous announcement made in March that the wallet will have integration with Bitcoin ($BTC). However, this functionality has not yet been added. Although there is no specific date, the developers indicated that this should happen later this year.
As they met the deadline with Solana, it is possible to trust this forecast and expect that the feature will be available between the beginning of July and the end of September. Therefore, the community is now waiting for the integration of Bitcoin into MetaMask, which should happen in the 3rd quarter of 2025.
