{"id":4134,"date":"2026-04-23T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/2026\/04\/23\/metamask-co-founder-dan-finlay-departs-consensys-after-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:00:45","slug":"metamask-co-founder-dan-finlay-departs-consensys-after-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/metamask-co-founder-dan-finlay-departs-consensys-after-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"MetaMask Co-Founder Dan Finlay Departs Consensys After a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask and one of the most prominent figures in Ethereum&#8217;s application layer, has announced his departure from Consensys after more than ten years \u2014 an exit that marks the end of an era for the world&#8217;s most widely used crypto wallet.<\/p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an incredible journey,&#8221; Finlay wrote on social media. &#8220;MetaMask started as a way to make Ethereum accessible to everyone. I&#8217;m proud of what we built, and I&#8217;m excited about what&#8217;s next.&#8221;<\/p><p>Finlay did not disclose specific plans but said he intends to remain involved in Ethereum ecosystem development independently. The departure adds to a turbulent period for Consensys, which underwent significant layoffs last year and has faced mounting pressure to monetize MetaMask&#8217;s 30+ million monthly active wallets.<\/p><p>Consensys named veteran engineer Erik Marks as the new MetaMask product lead effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verwandte Artikel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/coinbase-reports-record-2-3-billion-revenue-in-q1-2026-earnings\/\">Coinbase Reports Record $2.3 Billion Revenue in Q1 2026 Earnings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/ethereum-glamsterdam-upgrade-what-developers-and-users-need-to-know\/\">Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade: What Developers and Users Need to Know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask and one of the most prominent figures in Ethereum&#8217;s application layer, has announced his departure from Consensys after more than ten years \u2014 an exit that marks the end of an era for the world&#8217;s most widely used crypto wallet. &#8220;It&#8217;s been an incredible journey,&#8221; Finlay wrote on social media.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,35],"tags":[161,162,158,160],"class_list":["post-4134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry","category-technology","tag-consensys","tag-crypto-industry","tag-ethereum","tag-metamask"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4433,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions\/4433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfinanceinfo.com\/de_ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}