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2/28/25: MetaMask’s 2025 Roadmap is Here 🦊🤑⛓️

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Specs’ Insights
1. MetaMask unveils 2025 roadmap and rebrand
We're overhauling the MetaMask UI/UX. 🦊
Not only that, we're bringing in developments that will level up the entire industry.
Here's what we've been cooking.
🧵👇
— MetaMask.eth 🦊 (@MetaMask)
2:00 AM • Feb 28, 2025
⌐◪-◪ → MetaMask just got a facelift!
MetaMask just announced a comprehensive rebrand and update for 2025, focusing on better UI/UX and expanded blockchain support.
Some key upgrades:
Native SOL and BTC support
Sleek new UI (with teasers already dropping)
Multiple seed phrases, one wallet
Gas abstraction – pay with any token
Smart transactions to combat MEV attacks
MetaMask card – spend crypto anywhere
Smart account features + delegation
And that’s just what they’re sharing now—sounds like even more is coming.
Not sure why they waited this long, but I’m excited for the next phase of MetaMask, a wallet that holds a special nostalgic value as the first crypto wallet for many.
Also, bullish news: The SEC has agreed in principle to drop their case against MetaMask, according to Consensys founder Joseph Lubin.
Bullish times ahead! Be greedy when others are fearful.
2. SEC says memecoins are not securities, but fraud is still fraud
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC says meme coins are generally not securities under federal law.
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)
9:34 PM • Feb 27, 2025
⌐◪-◪ → Let the memecoins roll!
The SEC just issued a statement clarifying that memecoins are NOT securities under federal law.
While exciting, they also made it clear:
The SEC offers no investor protection here
Rug pulls and scams are still rampant
Memecoins can still be considered securities if they grant rights to income, profits, or assets
This aligns memecoins closer to collectibles rather than financial instruments, but don’t get it twisted—fraud is still fraud, and anyone running blatant scams will get wrecked.
Meanwhile, House Democrats are actively working on the MEME Act, which would ban political memecoins following the chaos around $TRUMP, $MELANIA, and $LIBRA.
Honestly, that might not be the worst idea.
TL;DR: Memecoins are not securities, but fraud is still fraud.
3. Base cuts block times 10x to 200 milliseconds with Flashblocks
Flashblocks make Base faster
This 10x change makes Base the fastest EVM chain to date, bringing effective block times from 2 seconds down to 200 milliseconds —and they're live on testnet right now + coming to mainnet in Q2
— Build on Base (@buildonbase)
9:23 PM • Feb 27, 2025
⌐◪-◪ → Base is gunning for Solana!
Base is integrating Flashblocks, slashing block confirmation times from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds—making it 10x faster than its current block times and 2x faster than Solana (44ms).
Think of it as “mini-blocks” getting confirmed every 200ms instead of waiting for full blocks. This is possible because rollups can separate sequencing (ordering), proving (validating), and posting to L1, while L1s have to do it all at once.
Other big moves:
Base Appchains (Layer 3s) to scale applications
Smart Wallet Sub-Accounts for smoother UX
Metacade L3 Appchain, which burns $MCADE with every transaction
These changes boost throughput, lower gas fees, and attract more devs/users. Unichain and Inkonchain are also adopting Flashblocks, with more L2s expected to follow.
While Base is making a strong play for dominance, some are still wary of its Coinbase ties and all the KYC data that comes with it.
Either way, Ethereum L2s are about to get a whole lot faster. Probably nothing.

Everything Else
⛓️ Crypto & DeFi
Bitcoin slides to $78.5k amid market fear
XRP & DOGE drop 10% after Trump tariffs
Ethereum's Pectra upgrade still on track despite test failure
Billions.Network launches digital ID competitor
Uniswap integrates with Robinhood & MoonPay for off-ramps
Stripe founders praise stablecoins' usability
Coinbase joins AI alliance with NEAR and others
Bybit hackers convert stolen ETH to BTC
CoW Swap gains 26% DEX market share
Consensus Hackathon highlights AI, gaming & NFTs
Olas launches marketplace that enables AI agents to hire each other
Bittensor gets hack risk insurance
Chainalysis reports record $40B in illicit crypto volume in 2024
🏦 Wall Street & VC
🏛️ Legal & Regulatory
U.S. Treasury calls stablecoin law a key priority
SEC drops lawsuit against Coinbase
MetaMask SEC investigation to be dropped
Consensys says SEC is dropping lawsuit
Jon McKernan testifies before Senate on whether he is fit to lead CFPB
🌎 Rest Of The World
Boerse Stuttgart to offer crypto trading
Metaplanet issues bonds to buy Bitcoin dip
Deutsche Telekom joins Injective as validator
🖼️ NFTs & Metaverse
Trump Organization files 'TRUMP' trademark for NFT platform
Botto NFT piece ‘The Giraffe’ sells for 55 ETH to Bharat Krymo
Viral comedian rugs Solana coins, donates to Palestine
Andrew Tate meme coin surges 78% post-Romania exit
Blackbird restaurant blockchain loyalty app goes live
