Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENEPhantom, a popular crypto wallet used across multiple blockchains, added beta support for the Sui blockchain on Wednesday.The addition places Sui alongside Solana, Ethereum, Base, and Bitcoin in Phantom’s growing list of supported chains.“When we transformed Phantom into a multichain wallet in 2023, we did so with the commitment that only the most capable chains would be integrated into the app,” said Phantom CEO Brandon Millman in a statement. “Sui’s focus on scalability and its superior user experience aligns perfectly with Phantom's goal of making crypto accessible for everyone.”How to activate Sui (beta): Step 1: Open PhantomStep 2: Go to ‘Settings’Step 3: Select ‘Active Networks’Step 4: Toggle Sui on ⚪ → 🔵 pic.twitter.com/BHhyoRy5cp — Phantom (@phantom) January 29, 2025Sui is the first blockchain added to Phantom that uses the Move programming language, a novel blockchain-agnostic language designed to reduce learning curve for developers and improve security and productivity. Move was originally developed within Facebook parent Meta as part of its shuttered Diem stablecoin project.“The launch of Sui as the first Move-based chain on the Phantom wallet validates what the community has accomplished in the past year,” said Christian Thompson, Managing Director of the Sui Foundation.The network has blossomed in the last year, growing to become the 8th largest blockchain by total value locked with more than $1.6 billion in assets according to data from DefiLlama. In that time, the blockchain’s native SUI token is up 140% to $3.70, making it the 19th largest crypto asset by market cap.With Phantom’s addition of the chain, users can now seamlessly trade SUI and other tokens on the blockchain, like meme coins, all within the Phantom app or browser extension.To activate the chain, users will need to go to their wallet settings and select “active networks” to toggle Sui support. Access for the chain went live around 12pm ET on Wednesday

MetaMask may already be a go-to name for millions of crypto users, but the popular digital wallet could potentially reach a much wider audience as it begins to expand beyond Ethereum—starting with Bitcoin.Whether on networks like Bitcoin or Solana, users are increasingly exploring decentralized finance, or DeFi, across a broader range of ecosystems.Christian Montoya, Consensys’ product lead for MetaMask Multichain, acknowledged the trend in an interview with Decrypt—and said MetaMask has been building in this direction for some time. (Disclosure: Consensys is one of 22 investors in an editorially independent Decrypt).“Obviously, MetaMask is the O.G. Ethereum wallet, and it was built for Ethereum,” he said. “But we've been exploring for quite a while how we can expand beyond that.”Earlier this month, Consensys advertised a job posting for a product manager responsible for MetaMask’s “end-to-end Bitcoin experience,” designing and delivering potential future products.The posting references experience with Ordinals and Runes—Bitcoin's equivalents of NFT and meme coin protocols, respectively—as a plus. And while “​​anything is on the table,” Montoya said basic Bitcoin functionality will undoubtedly be the starting point.“There's a lot of different things that make up Bitcoin’s ecosystem, and it would be very difficult for any wallet to try to capture all of that,” Montoya said. “What we're really looking for is someone who can make strategic decisions about what the most important things to explore are.”Created by Consensys in 2016, MetaMask became a mainstay for many in the cryptosphere when Ethereum NFTs sold at eye-popping valuations in 2021 and 2022.But Ethereum isn't necessarily the epicenter of the crypto ecosystem anymore

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