⚠️ Crypto is up, and scammers are hungry. ⚠️

Scammers have all kinds of tricks to try and steal your assets.

🦊 But a clever fox knows what to look out for.

Here’s how to keep your crypto safe. 🧵👇 The vast majority of malware gets you like this:

📨 Someone messages you on Twitter, TG, Discord, LinkedIn, or email.
📲 They convince you to install, run, or copy/paste something.
👿 They steal all your money.

Avoiding these tricks is your best defense. Let’s break some of the common ones down.

Introducing MetaMask Card: The world’s first Mastercard debit card that enables instant spending directly from your self-custody wallet. We’ve teamed up with @Mastercard and @BaanxGroup to bridge the gap between crypto and daily life.

With MetaMask Card, every day can be crypto pizza day.
metamask.io/news/latest/in… MetaMask Card allows you to make purchases directly from your wallet, with your crypto instantly converted to fiat currency (e.g., euros, pounds). You can use it for everyday spending via Apple Pay and Google Wallet, retaining full control of your funds until the moment of transaction.

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User agency in web2 is limited. That is why web3 exists.

We often find our digital experiences changed without consent. But in the web3 era, we're determined to change that by giving you more control over your digital life with @MetaMask Snaps. 🦊🧵

metamask.io/news/latest/pe… 2/
Wallets are vital in managing your web3 interactions, from assets to transactions. But with the vast & fragmented web3 ecosystem, user experience and safety can get compromised.

A universal web3 interface can be a solution - but it must respect user agency. 🔑

Today marks a major milestone for MetaMask: we're launching MetaMask Snaps Open Beta, the first step towards our journey to create a fully permissionless ecosystem with MetaMask. 🦊

Read the 🧵for everything you need to know 👇

Some time ago, @Danfinlay had an idea to build a platform that invites the developer community to build their own solutions to the hardest problems in web3, without MetaMask’s approval.

If you've bridged tokens to the Optimism network using MetaMask Portfolio, you might be eligible for rewards as part of Socket's OP rewards initiative.

https://twitter.com/SocketDotTech/status/1697296371328627133

Their incentives program has been active since August 2nd for users interacting with bridge aggregator Socket to bridge funds to the Optimism network. You can read more about the program here:
medium.com/socketdottech/…

We are aware of the recent article on phishing scams targeting MetaMask users. These scams are not unique to MetaMask; they are a common threat in the web3 ecosystem, and we are always working to keep users safe. As the web3 ecosystem continues to grow and attract interest, it's important to be vigilant. With increased activity comes the need for enhanced security awareness , as sophisticated phishing scams may appear, even on reputable URLs.

We continue to simplify on-ramping fiat to crypto! 🏆

Happy to announce that Banxa has now been integrated with MetaMask. 👏

👀 @BanxaOfficial @BanxaOfficial 💸

Starting today, MetaMask users in Canada, Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, and Turkey can now purchase crypto with a reduced level of friction and lower fees.

consensys.net/blog/press-rel…

MetaMask 🦊 aims to be the standard-setter across crypto wallets for user privacy, security, and transparency🧵👇 Starting today, extension users will see an updated experience when creating a new wallet, as well as an update in their privacy and security settings.

We have updated the 🦊 extension to maximize the control you have over your data.

Very exciting news: We’re thrilled to announce that MetaMask Learn is here! 🎉🦊🧠

What is web3? Why is it important? Wait, what’s a wallet??

Hop on our foxy tail and we’ll show you👇 learn.metamask.io 💡We created @MetaMask Learn to demystify web3, make it more accessible to you, and arm you with the confidence and smarts you need to navigate web3 safely. metamask.io/news/latest/we…

WEN STAKING?

We are extremely happy to announce that you can now stake ETH with Lido or Rocket Pool through the Portfolio Dapp🎉

🔗portfolio.metamask.io/stake Staking crypto can be a daunting task but we’ve made it easy 💪

MetaMask Staking allows you to interact directly with the Lido and Rocket Pool protocols - no sketchy third-parties doing your staking for you.

Read all about it here👇
metamask.io/news/latest/me…

🐳MobyMask is a new initiative from our co-founder @danfinlay to help proactively protect users from phishing by using a dynamic web of trust for sourcing phishing reporters 🧵👇 @danfinlay In partnership with @laconicnetwork, we are launching a special MobyMask-caching Ethereum light client which greatly reduces the cost for an individual or organization to host a trustworthy copy of the MobyMask anti-phishing registry.

A savvy 🦊 knows which bridge will get it where it needs to go.

Introducing Bridges (in beta) on Portfolio Dapp: Bridges aggregates different bridging services & users can choose the most suitable option to move their funds from one chain to another🧵👇
metamask.io/news/latest/me… User security is paramount to MetaMask.

Each of the bridges available on the platform has been curated for security and decentralization.

More bridges may be added moving forward.

💡Historically, financial systems have forced people to leave assets in the custody of others.

Cryptocurrency gives us the opportunity to be in control of our own digital assets and financial futures.

To access this opportunity, we *must* custody our own digital assets. 🧵👇 🧠Custody refers to the protective care or guardianship of something.

Today, people routinely leave assets in the custody of banks, investment managers, and centralized exchanges.

But trusting others w/ your assets can have downsides…😬

MetaMask and @HyperPlayGaming have been working together to bring MetaMask to every desktop game.

HyperPlay will be a new web3-native game launcher that aggregates the @EpicGames store and @GOGcom to inject MetaMask into every game launched through these stores. @HyperPlayGaming @EpicGames @GOGcom MetaMask + all the games you love.

With HyperPlay, players can carry their wallet, tokens, NFTs, and achievements into every game with web3 capabilities.

We're proud to bring you Portfolio Dapp: an entirely new way to manage your tokens and NFTs across multiple chains *and* multiple accounts! 🥳

Our team has been hard at work on this one and we couldn't be more excited to finally share it with you👇
consensys.net/blog/metamask/… 💡View all your MetaMask accounts at a glance! Add another account like an offline wallet or hardware wallet using the “watch any wallet” feature and name them to your liking.

One challenge for 🦊 is enabling you to truly consent to any dapp's requests.

That means every action you take should:
- be transparent
- be easily readable
- flag potential scammers

The good news is that we've made changes to help you with this 🧵👇 Your 🦊 extension now makes it much easier to know when you’re granting access to ALL of your NFTs within the same collection!

One of our most important initiatives is ensuring you know what you’re signing *before* you sign it ❤️

👀Rolling out to Extension, soon to Mobile!

📣 Today, @ConsenSys and @StarkWareLtd announced a strategic partnership and a set of product integrations that will make StarkNet the first zk-rollup Layer 2 supported by MetaMask. 🦊

consensys.net/blog/news/cons…

🧵 @ConsenSys @StarkWareLtd StarkNet is a permissionless decentralized ZK-rollup that aims to enable any dApp to scale for its computation without compromising Ethereum's composability & security.

Now, we’re working together to make it easier for developers to build and secure dapps on StarkNet! 🎉

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Security researchers at @HalbornSecurity have disclosed a wallet vulnerability that affects a small segment of users across many browser-based wallets, including MetaMask.

medium.com/metamask/secur…

1/ 🧵 @HalbornSecurity A vast majority of users are *not* at high risk of being compromised due to this, and we have since implemented mitigations for these issues, so these should not be problems for users who are on the MetaMask Extension versions 10.11.3 and later.

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Security is paramount to MetaMask and to this entire industry. 🦊🛡️

As part of our ongoing efforts to make our users as safe as possible, we’re happy to announce a partnership with @Hacker0x01 for a bounty program!

consensys.net/blog/metamask/…

🧵👇 @Hacker0x01 HackerOne is a bug bounty platform that utilizes a deep network of cybersecurity researchers and penetration testers to find and fix bugs of all sizes, all across the internet.

They harness the efforts of the community to make the internet safer. 💪

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Today we’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with Asset Reality (@asset_reality) to give victims of cryptocurrency scams a chance at recovering funds that have been stolen.

1/ 🧵 @asset_reality It’s often difficult for scam victims to get sufficient resources and attention. Asset Reality will act as a case handler and will allow multiple victims of a scam to join forces.

A larger investigation can be built through this, which increases the likelihood of recovery.

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The BitcoinSnap is just one of infinite possibilities of building on top of MetaMask with Snaps. 🦊

🟠 What kinds of Snaps might you like to see?
🟠 What teams would you like to see building a Snap? Send them our way!

https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1514687680050708508

What is MetaMask Snaps? 🤔

A system that allows anyone to safely expand the capabilities of MetaMask. 🤯

Read this and start building: docs.metamask.io/guide/snaps.ht…