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MetaMask's Fiat Off-Ramp and the North Korean Dev Hire
24 July 2026

MetaMask's Fiat Off-Ramp and the North Korean Dev Hire

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A developer using the alias Tyler Knapp spent roughly a month contributing to MetaMask's crypto-to-fiat conversion module — the off-ramp where on-chain assets become spendable cash. Consensys says they caught it, contained it, and shipped nothing malicious to production. The questions nobody's pressing on are the ones that matter most.