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$311.24KBuyback funds
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Monthly amounts & ratios
| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | $311.24K | -- | -- | -- |
| Oct 2026 | $3.65M | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $4.86M | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $3.82M | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $2.66M | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $3.03M | -- | -- | -- |
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About MetaMask
MetaMask is a widely used crypto wallet, mainly as a browser extension and mobile app, letting users manage accounts, safeguard private keys and connect to decentralized apps. It supports multiple networks and assets and offers swaps, staking and NFT management.
The project serves everyday users and developers with account management, transaction signing and network switching, plus developer interfaces for integration. Emphasizing self-custody and usability, it builds an ecosystem and security education around the wallet and keeps expanding for institutions and developers, making it one of the largest-entry products in crypto.
In July 2016, ConsenSys developers Aaron Davis and Dan Finlay launched the MetaMask browser extension, letting users access Ethereum dApps without running a full node.
In September 2020, MetaMask shipped iOS and Android apps with built-in browsers and launched Swaps, beginning to generate revenue.
During the 2021–2022 DeFi and NFT boom, MetaMask surpassed 30M monthly active users; parent ConsenSys raised $450M in 2022 and acquired MyCrypto.
In 2023, MetaMask opened its Snaps framework, letting third parties extend multi-chain support, transaction insights and notifications via isolated modules.
In 2024, as the SEC scrutinized MetaMask's staking and swap features, parent ConsenSys sued preemptively to affirm Ether is not a security.
In August 2025, MetaMask announced mUSD, its native stablecoin issued by Stripe's Bridge and powered by M0, becoming the first self-custodial wallet to launch one.
On June 30, 2026, MetaMask launched Money Account: denominated in mUSD on Monad, balances are automatically deployed to vaults operated by Veda with risk curation by Steakhouse Financial, initially into Morpho and later Aave, earning up to 4% variable APY and a limited-time ~6% through September 30, and linked directly to the MetaMask Card for spending at more than 150 million Mastercard merchants with up to 3% back paid in mUSD.
On September 9 MetaMask became an independent company under parent-company restructuring, with Joe Lubin as chairman and CEO and the separation due by year-end. The wallet has over 100 million downloads across roughly 190 countries. mUSD is backed by dollars and short-term Treasuries held by Bridge, a Stripe company; its market cap topped $100 million after launching in September 2025 and stood near $32 million at the end of June 2026. Money Account is unavailable in the UK and sanctioned jurisdictions and is not deposit-insured.
MetaMask is converting 100 million downloads into a self-custodial balance sheet: one mUSD balance earns yield, spends through the Mastercard card and feeds perpetuals and prediction markets directly, with returns stitched from borrower interest, partner rewards and its own subsidies - the true spread only shows once subsidies fade. Against Coinbase's USDC rewards the difference is custody rather than rate: keys stay with the user, at the cost of no support desk to reverse mistakes, which is both the pitch and the ceiling on scale. mUSD is issued by Stripe's Bridge and backed 1:1 by dollars and short-dated Treasuries, pushing part of the neobank model's legal risk onto partners, while restricted markets such as the UK get a separate path - expansion paced by licensing, not product.
Joe Lubin became chairman and CEO of MetaMask when it was spun out of ConsenSys in September 2026. An Ethereum co-founder, he studied electrical engineering at Princeton and worked in private wealth management at Goldman Sachs before founding ConsenSys in 2015, where the wallet was incubated. Since the split he has concentrated on the standalone organisation and institutional relationships, while keeping the CEO role at ConsenSys.
The wallet was built in 2016 by Aaron Davis and Dan Finlay, who turned a browser extension into a signing tool that injects into web pages. Finlay left in April 2026, having long owned account abstraction, the Snaps system and the open-source community; Davis remains, covering protocol and security. Erik Marks runs the Snaps and account abstraction engineering group, and Jacob Cantele leads experience and growth. A standalone board was set up at the split, with engineering, security and growth reporting to the CEO and people and finance overseen by the board.
MetaMask recent team changes: Co-founder Dan Finlay departed in April 2026, ending a decade-long tenure, citing burnout and family priorities. He championed standards including ERC-4337 account abstraction and ERC-7715 advanced permissions. Lead Engineer Nathnael Fikru left in May 2026, having overseen the DIN decentralized infrastructure and led Infura's billing system re-architecture. These changes come as Consensys prepares for IPO amid MetaMask token launch speculation.
MetaMask's mUSD stablecoin is issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, which holds a Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) electronic-money institution (EMI) licence and a MiCA crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorisation, both granted in 2026.