Microsoft is adding a cryptocurrency wallet to its Edge browser just as the crypto market has been imploding. The controversial feature has appeared in internal builds of Edge recently.

Starting tomorrow, Microsoft Authenticator will delete your passwords and move them to Edge. It will store passkeys, though.

Using passkeys is a safer alternative to the risky password habits 49% of US adults use, according to CNET's password survey.

Microsoft is working on adding a Crypto Wallet feature to its Edge browser. The wallet is non-custodial and built right into Edge's already existing wallet feature for storing payment cards.

Microsoft may not ship the crypto wallet to Edge users—the company regularly tests features in Edge, Windows, and its other software that never end up making it into the general-release versions.

If Edge does indeed get a crypto wallet feature, it won't be the first browser to make this move, mind you. As you might recall, Opera took this path quite some time ago - back in 2018, to be ...

Microsoft is reportedly working on integrating a crypto and nonfungible token (NFT) friendly Web3 wallet into its Edge web browser. In a March 17 Twitter thread, software documenter — and ...