Microsoft continues to add features to its Microsoft Edge browser with the goal of reaching as wide an audience as possible. The Bing chat integration will be followed by a cryptocurrency and NFT wallet. In this way, it seeks to compete with Opera in the crypto sector.
the purse of Microsoft Edge will be able to store, send and receive cryptocurrency funds, as well as NFTs… If that has any value to you. The wallet will be protected by password, as well as Windows Hello authentication methods, using the same security mechanisms used by Windows 11.
This is the Microsoft Edge cryptocurrency wallet
Thanks to Albacore, we have been able to know the interface of the cryptocurrency and NFTs wallet. In the screenshots, we see how, in addition to knowing the amount of assets that we have stored in the portfolio, we can know the status of the quote of those cryptocurrencies to carry out purchase and sale operations.
It seems that, in addition, Microsoft Edge will be able to connect to different stores to verify the value of intangible assets known as NFTs. In this way, it will give a complete picture of our asset portfolio. Also, we will know the latest news about the crypto market thanks to MSN.
Newest in the gauntlet of questionable upcoming Microsoft Edge features, a crypto wallet 💸
Not really sure how to feel about this kind of thing being baked into the default browser, what are your thoughts?
More screenshots of the UI in the next tweet ➡️ pic.twitter.com/GAUPiZGLIY— Albacore (@thebookisclosed) March 17, 2023
The initial operators for the purchase and exchange of assets will be Coinbase and MoonPay. At the moment, the cryptocurrency wallet is an internal project of Microsoft Edgeso it is not ruled out that other markets may be added in future updates.
Another possibility is that this feature ended up being canceled, although it doesn’t seem likely due to the advanced development of the project. In any case, the cryptocurrency wallet joins the long list of features in Microsoft Edge, which goes far beyond being a simple web browser.