{"id":33220,"date":"2020-12-11T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33220"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:47:37","slug":"metamask-to-release-institutional-version-of-ethereum-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/metamask-to-release-institutional-version-of-ethereum-wallet\/","title":{"rendered":"MetaMask to release institutional version of Ethereum wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum company ConsenSys announced an imminent release of an institutional version of the popular MetaMask wallet.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">A new offering from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metamask_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@metamask_io<\/a> will provide cryptocurrency funds, custodians, and professional traders with institutional-grade features and controls for connecting to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeFi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#DeFi<\/a>. Our first launch partner is <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curvmpc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@curvmpc<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZDGudaoyJ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/IZDGudaoyJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ConsenSys (@Consensys) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Consensys\/status\/1337050831099719688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The new product version is aimed at trading firms and custodians, who will be offered \\&#8221;institutional-grade features\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\\&#8221;Users will be able to deposit, exchange and borrow tokens, and also invest in Ethereum applications. The same familiar MetaMask interface will be in use, but with security and reporting options necessary for a professional DeFi service,\\&#8221; the press release says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>One of the first to use the new options will be Curv, a firm building its own DeFi product. The company&#8217;s clients include the well-known investment platform eToro.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier ForkLog <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/metamask-to-launch-a-dex-aggregator-and-enable-token-swaps-directly-in-the-wallet\">reported<\/a> on the MetaMask interface built into the platform, unifying several decentralized exchanges and aggregators.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In October, the number of active MetaMask users <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/metamask-surpasses-1-million-active-users-amid-defi-hype\">surpassed 1 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum company ConsenSys announced an imminent release of an institutional version of the popular MetaMask wallet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1093,46,1156,1287,57],"class_list":["post-33220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-defi","tag-ethereum","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-metamask","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33222,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33220\/revisions\/33222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}