Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask, talks about the meteoric growth of monthly active users of the crypto wallet, which has quintupled in the past seven months. In this episode, he discusses:

which crypto use case drove MetaMask’s active user base to grow 5x in under a year
what types of scaling solutions are drawing users to MetaMask
how MetaMask works
what kind of customers are using MetaMask
how MetaMask has grown without targeted marketing
whether the type of crypto usage in developing nations differed from developed nations
which feature MetaMask released in 2020 that is bringing in revenue
what pivotal moments in crypto over the past six years have brought new users to MetaMask
why scalability and security are the most important challenges facing MetaMask in the short term
how MetaMask is trying to make online wallets more secure
how much volume users have traded via MetaMask's new swap feature
what new features are coming up for MetaMask wallets

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Episode Links

MetaMask

Dan Finlay: https://twitter.com/danfinlay

MetaMask: https://metamask.io/

$5 Million Monthly Active Users: https://consensys.net/blog/metamask/metamask-surpasses-5-million-monthly-active-users/

MetaMask in Emerging Markets: https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1387114770923466755

Filecoin in MetaMask: https://medium.com/metamask/developer-preview-metamask-snap-for-filecoin-c28b01dfdcb

Miscellaneous

Robbie Ferguson on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-layer-2-solution-processed-more-nft-trades-in-24-hours-than-ethereum-did-in-1-week/

Marguerite deCourcelle on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-the-ways-crypto-can-make-gaming-more-fun/

Charles Cascarilla + Vlad Tenev conversation: https://t.co/2AG0y5j36B?amp=1

Link to the Crypto News Recap:

https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-bitcoin-standard/

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Unconfirmed: How MetaMask Grew Its Monthly Active Users By 5X in the Last 6 Months - Ep.233