Opera pushes further into crypto with new Web3 integrated browser

ambcrypto.com:

The mania around Web3 is intensifying by the day, especially as the digital infrastructure surrounding it continues to take a definitive structure. This has caused many players from the current internet epoch to allocate their resources to the same in a bid to stay relevant during this transformative period.

The most recent move in this direction has been made by Opera, the company behind the eponymous Internet browser. It unveiled plans to release a “Crypto Browser Project” in a press statement earlier today. The browser’s beta version for Microsoft, Android, and Mac users has already been launched for immediate use, it added.

The browser is focused on integrating Web3 into the Opera ecosystem by providing support for decentralized applications (dApps), blockchain gaming, and the metaverse. The statement added that while the browser will maintain the focus on security given by the current browser, it will also integrate direct access to decentralized exchanges, (NFT) and gaming DApps, as well as Telegram and Twitter support.

The browser is meant to accelerate the mainstream adoption of the blockchain ecosystem by targeting both “the crypto-native and the crypto-curious,” according to the statement which quoted Opera’s EVP Mobile, Jorgen Arnesen. It added,

“Opera’s Crypto Browser Project promises a simpler, faster, more private Web3 experience for users. It simplifies Web3 user experience that is often bewildering for mainstream users. Opera believes Web3 has to be easy to use for the decentralized web to reach its full potential.”

Opera’s own evolving crypto-wallet is the central focus of this browser. It currently offers support for both fungible ERC-20 standards as well as non-fungible ERC-721 standards, with ERC-1155 in