MetaMask is marking its tenth anniversary with plans to expand beyond its roots as a self custodial crypto wallet into a broader platform for payments, savings and investing.
The Consensys developed platform also appointed Gal Eldar as chief product officer to lead Open Money, an initiative aimed at bringing payments, savings, investing and digital assets into a single self custodial platform.
Founded in 2016 by Kumavis and Dan Finlay, MetaMask began as an Ethereum browser wallet before expanding to support Bitcoin, Solana and hundreds of blockchain networks.
The platform has recorded more than 100 million downloads and trillions of dollars in cumulative transaction volume. MetaMask is available in approximately 190 countries, according to the company.
Eldar previously led MetaMask teams responsible for fiat access, swaps, crosschain bridges, transaction protection, stablecoin yield products, the MetaMask Card and its recently launched Money Account.
