Cryptocurrencies
Cake Wallet is one non-custodial app for sixteen separate chains — privacy coins, Bitcoin and its forks, the EVM ecosystem, and several chains that don't fit any of those boxes. Every wallet you create belongs to you alone: seeds and keys are generated on your device and never leave it, so no one at Cake can see your balances, freeze your funds, or move them on your behalf.
The pages below cover what genuinely differs from one chain to the next — seed formats and derivation paths, how receive addresses behave, how fees are set, and which privacy tools apply. Pick the currency you're using and start there.
Privacy coins
Monero — private by default. Multiple accounts and subaddresses per wallet, a choice of Polyseed, 25-word, or BIP39 seeds, and full coin control.
Zcash — shielded transactions that hide the sender, receiver, and amount on-chain. Cake shields your funds automatically once a balance is worth shielding; very small amounts (under 30,000 zatoshi, or 0.0003 ZEC) are left alone, since the network fee would eat most of the value.
Zano — private transfers plus Confidential Assets, Zano's own privacy-preserving token standard.
Bitcoin and forks
Bitcoin — the deepest feature set in the app: Lightning, Silent Payments, Payjoin, coin control, and a fresh receive address after every use.
Bitcoin Cash — larger blocks and low fees, CashAddr addresses, and coin control.
Dogecoin — quick blocks and very low fees, which makes it popular for tips and small payments. Coin control supported.
EVM chains and tokens
Five EVM networks, each its own wallet type. They share the familiar 0x address format and a BIP39 seed — 12 words by default, with 24 available if you prefer — which means one seed can cover all of them in a wallet group. The same address format does not mean the same network, though — always confirm which chain a sender is using before funds are on the way.
Ethereum — the original smart contract chain. ERC-20 tokens, USDT bridging, and optional Blink MEV protection.
Polygon — an Ethereum Layer-2 with much lower fees. Fees are paid in POL, renamed from MATIC in 2024. Supports USDT bridging.
Arbitrum — an Ethereum Layer-2 that inherits Ethereum's security. Fees are paid in ETH. Supports USDT bridging.
Base — an Ethereum Layer-2 built by Coinbase. Fees are paid in ETH, with optional Blink MEV protection.
BNB Smart Chain — EVM-compatible with low fees and fast blocks. Uses the same ERC-20 token standard, often called BEP-20 here.
Other chains
Solana — high throughput and very low fees. Holds SPL tokens, and sets the fee for you automatically.
Tron — widely used for USDT (TRC-20). Fees work differently here: transactions consume bandwidth and energy, and the network burns a little TRX when you don't hold enough.
Nano — feeless and near-instant, with no network fee to send at all.
Decred — a hybrid Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake chain with governance built into the protocol. Coin control supported.
Tokens
Beyond native coins, you can hold tokens on all five EVM chains, on Solana (SPL), on Tron (TRC-20), and on Zano (Confidential Assets). Well-known tokens are available out of the box, and anything else can be added by contract address — see Add custom tokens.
One thing worth remembering: tokens never pay their own fees. Sending USDT on Ethereum costs ETH, on Polygon it costs POL, on Tron it costs TRX, and so on. Keep a small balance of the chain's native coin so your token transfers can go through.
Legacy currencies
Two currencies we once supported can no longer be created. Wownero wallets still open, but only to show you their seed and keys so you can recover your funds in another wallet. Haven support has also been removed. If you hold either, the Wownero page walks through getting your funds out.
Where to next
New here? Get Started walks you through installing Cake Wallet and creating your first wallet.
Features covers everything that works across currencies — sending and receiving, swaps, backups, hardware wallets, nodes, and privacy settings.
Want one seed to cover several currencies at once? See wallet groups.
