MetaMask Adds Stellar as a Default Network, Giving Each Account an Address
Key Facts
MetaMask and Stellar announced on Oct. 29, 2026, that Stellar had been added by default to MetaMask Mobile and Extension. The Stellar Development Foundation said the integration was available the same day. With the addition, every MetaMask account now includes a Stellar address derived from the user’s existing recovery phrase. The move provides access to the network from within the wallet without creating a separate account or manually setting up a Stellar address. Stellar said MetaMask users previously needed a separate wallet to transact on the network. The foundation described the addition as the first major self-custody platform to make Stellar a default network. The announcement page did not state how many MetaMask users there were when the integration launched.
Users can manage XLM, trustline assets and Soroban tokens alongside assets on other supported networks, according to the foundation. Functions include sending and receiving these assets and swapping them for assets on other supported networks. Gal Eldar, MetaMask’s chief product officer, said the company was “building toward open money, where the same pathways work for everyone regardless of where they start.” For existing MetaMask users, the Stellar address appears in their multichain account, according to the foundation. New users can download MetaMask to start sending and swapping on Stellar. The integration brings the network’s tools into the existing wallet experience, making its functions accessible through a single interface.
The Stellar Development Foundation links the addition to the network’s use for payments and says the public network has been operating since 2014. A transaction takes about five seconds to settle, while network fees are less than a cent, according to the foundation. It also reported that Stellar processed $55.6 billion in payments during 2025, up 52% year over year, across remittances, commerce and public-sector channels. In its report for the same year, the foundation said the network processed 3.6 billion transactions and had reached 21.5 billion cumulative operations by the end of 2025. Unique addresses totaled 10.3 million at year-end, according to the report. These figures provide context for network activity ahead of its addition to MetaMask.
In its first-quarter 2026 report, the foundation said cumulative operations totaled 22.5 billion and unique addresses reached 10.6 million. It added that network availability was 99.99% and average fees were about one-hundredth of a cent. In the context of cross-border payments, Stellar’s website cited World Bank data showing that the average global cost of sending $200 across borders is 6.36%. The website said that is more than double the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target of 3%. The foundation presents these figures in the context of Stellar’s focus on payments, the use case it says the network was designed to serve. The network’s inclusion in MetaMask alone does not establish a change in its use or in the price of XLM.
MetaMask says on its website that it has more than 100 million downloads and users in more than 190 countries; the figure does not specify the number of monthly active users. The figure of more than 30 million monthly active users appeared in a Consensys announcement in March 2022 and described the number in January of that year. Stellar’s page about the integration did not cite a recent figure confirming that MetaMask had reached 30 million users at the time of the announcement. As a next step for the Stellar network, the foundation scheduled a mainnet vote on the Bell upgrade, or Protocol 30, for Nov. 23, 2026, at 17:00 UTC. It said the upgrade includes changes for multiplexed addresses, post-quantum signature verification and millisecond ledger timing.