diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index ed13ba6..6ae69e0 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -86,11 +86,22 @@ Note the naming mismatch with the wire protocol below: the frontend's internal `
 ## Backend connection (implemented)
 
 - `src/shared/config.ts` — `BACKEND_HTTP_URL`/`BACKEND_WS_URL`, currently hardcoded to `localhost:8080` (dev only; `host_permissions` in `wxt.config.ts` must stay in sync with whatever host is configured here). Deliberately not `:3000` — that's this extension's own Vite dev server port (`npm run dev`), and running the backend on the same port breaks the dev popup silently: its script tags point at Vite, but the backend answers instead, so nothing ever renders. If you see a blank popup with `http://localhost:3000/...` script tags in "View Page Source" that 404 or return something unexpected, this port collision is the first thing to check.
-- `src/background/identity.ts` — **stub wallet**: a locally-generated ed25519 keypair (via `tweetnacl`), persisted in `browser.storage.local`, used as a stand-in for a real Solana wallet signature. This is deliberately temporary — real wallet integration means bridging into the page's injected `window.solana` provider on axiom.trade (content script + page-context script), which hasn't been built yet. `getIdentity()`/`sign()` is the seam that swap plugs into.
-- `src/background/backend-client.ts` — the REST auth flow (`POST /auth/nonce` → sign → `POST /auth/verify` → session token), persisted via `getSessionToken()`.
-- `src/background/ws-client.ts` — the WS client described above: connects to `/ws?token=...`, reconnects with the protocol's suggested backoff, force-refreshes the session token on `4001`/`auth_expired` before retrying.
+- `src/background/backend-client.ts` — session token storage only (`getSessionToken()`/`storeSessionToken()`/`clearSessionToken()`). Getting a token in the first place is `wallet-auth.ts`'s job.
+- `src/background/wallet-auth.ts` — runs the REST auth flow (`POST /auth/nonce` → Phantom signature → `POST /auth/verify` → session token) once a content script reports a connected wallet; also `requestWalletReconnect()`, used after the backend invalidates a session.
+- `src/background/ws-client.ts` — the WS client described above: connects to `/ws?token=...`. `connectWsClient()` returns a controller with `reconnectNow()` so the background script can short-circuit the backoff wait right after a fresh token arrives. Auth failures (`4001` close, `auth_expired`/`session_revoked` errors) do **not** auto-retry with backoff — they call `onAuthExpired()` instead, since retrying with a known-bad token can't succeed; only real disconnects (network drop, backgrounded browser) use the protocol's suggested backoff schedule.
 - `src/background/connection-status.ts` — separate from lock state; the popup surfaces this (connecting/connected/disconnected/auth-error) alongside the lock state so a broken connection isn't silently indistinguishable from "unlocked".
 
+### Wallet auth (Phantom) — implemented
+
+Real wallet signing, not a stub keypair. Phantom (and any wallet injecting a compatible `window.solana`) is only reachable from a **page's own JS world** — a normal (isolated-world) content script cannot call into it directly, hence the two-content-script bridge below. This is the standard pattern for extensions that need to talk to page-injected wallet providers.
+
+- `src/entrypoints/wallet-bridge.content.ts` + `src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject.ts` — a **second, `world: 'MAIN'`** content script on axiom.trade (Manifest V3 native main-world injection — no `web_accessible_resources`/dynamic `<script>` tag needed). This is the only file that touches `window.solana`/`window.phantom.solana` directly: `connect()` and `signMessage()`. Talks back to the isolated world purely via `window` `CustomEvent`s (`nexa:wallet-call` / `nexa:wallet-result`), matched by a request id — that's the one channel both worlds reliably share.
+- `src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/relay.ts` — isolated-world side of that bridge: `callWallet(action, payload)` dispatches the request event and returns a promise that resolves/rejects on the matching `nexa:wallet-result`, with a 30s timeout.
+- `src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/banner.ts` — minimal plain-DOM "Connect your wallet to Nexa" prompt injected onto the page (bottom-right, fixed position) when a wallet isn't already trusted for this origin. No framework, kept deliberately tiny since it's living on someone else's page.
+- `src/content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts` — orchestrates the above, wired into `content-index.ts` (runs independently of site-adapter matching): on load, tries `connect({ onlyIfTrusted: true })` silently (succeeds with no user interaction if the user already approved this origin in Phantom before); on failure, shows the banner and only calls plain `connect()` from the banner button's own click handler, since **a real user gesture is required for Phantom to show its approval popup on a first-ever connect** — this is why the banner exists in the page rather than the extension popup (a click in the popup's UI doesn't count as a gesture on the axiom.trade page by the time it reaches the wallet, since it crosses an extension-messaging boundary asynchronously). Once connected, reports `{ walletAddress }` to the background via `nexa:wallet-connected`; also handles `nexa:wallet-sign-request` (background asks it to sign a nonce) and `nexa:request-wallet-connect` (background asks it to retry the silent connect, e.g. after a session was invalidated).
+- **Known gap**: this only works while an axiom.trade tab is open — there's no wallet connection path from the popup alone. That's intentional for now (matches the "only live while on a supported site" framing in backend/CLAUDE.md's RPC-subscription note), not an oversight.
+- **Untested**: the actual Phantom approval-popup flow (gesture propagation through the isolated→main-world `CustomEvent` dispatch, `onlyIfTrusted` persistence across page reloads) has not been exercised against real Phantom yet — verify manually before relying on it. `world: 'MAIN'` also needs Firefox 128+; confirm Zen's base version supports it.
+
 ## WebSocket protocol (backend wire contract)
 
 Single source of truth for the wire protocol between the Nexa backend (Rust/Axum) and this extension's background script. Backend and frontend repos both implement against this section — not against each other's internal types. If either side needs to change a message shape, this doc changes first.
@@ -161,7 +172,6 @@ Single source of truth for the wire protocol between the Nexa backend (Rust/Axum
 
 ## Non-goals for this milestone
 
-- Real wallet signing (Phantom et al. via axiom.trade's injected `window.solana`) — auth currently uses a stub local keypair, see "Backend connection" above.
 - No cost-basis tracking logic (backend concern).
 - No full-site-block implementation beyond a stub module.
 - No threshold-setting UI (placeholder link only).
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d40dd85..9409792 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
         "@wxt-dev/module-react": "^1.2.2",
         "bs58": "^6.0.0",
         "react": "^19.2.8",
-        "react-dom": "^19.2.8",
-        "tweetnacl": "^1.0.3"
+        "react-dom": "^19.2.8"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/react": "^19.2.18",
@@ -3086,12 +3085,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/SuperchupuDev"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tweetnacl": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==",
-      "license": "Unlicense"
-    },
     "node_modules/typescript": {
       "version": "7.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-7.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14e19d8..77a4332 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "@wxt-dev/module-react": "^1.2.2",
     "bs58": "^6.0.0",
     "react": "^19.2.8",
-    "react-dom": "^19.2.8",
-    "tweetnacl": "^1.0.3"
+    "react-dom": "^19.2.8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/background/backend-client.ts b/src/background/backend-client.ts
index aaa9f49..1742ac7 100644
--- a/src/background/backend-client.ts
+++ b/src/background/backend-client.ts
@@ -1,54 +1,24 @@
-import bs58 from 'bs58';
 import { browser } from 'wxt/browser';
-import { BACKEND_HTTP_URL } from '@/shared/config';
-import { getIdentity } from './identity';
 
 const SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY = 'nexa:sessionToken';
 
 /**
- * Wallet-signature auth against the backend's REST flow (see
- * backend/CLAUDE.md, "Current milestone: authentication + user data"):
- * request a nonce for our wallet_address, sign it, exchange for a session
- * token. That token is what the WS client (ws-client.ts) authenticates with.
+ * Session token storage. The token itself is obtained by wallet-auth.ts
+ * (nonce -> Phantom signature -> verify) once a wallet connects — this
+ * module just persists/retrieves it, since ws-client.ts and popup code
+ * shouldn't know how a token was obtained.
  */
-export async function authenticate(): Promise<string> {
-  const identity = await getIdentity();
-
-  const nonceRes = await fetch(`${BACKEND_HTTP_URL}/auth/nonce`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ wallet_address: identity.walletAddress }),
-  });
-  if (!nonceRes.ok) throw new Error(`nonce request failed: ${nonceRes.status}`);
-  const { nonce } = (await nonceRes.json()) as { nonce: string };
-
-  const signatureBytes = identity.sign(new TextEncoder().encode(nonce));
-
-  const verifyRes = await fetch(`${BACKEND_HTTP_URL}/auth/verify`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      wallet_address: identity.walletAddress,
-      signature: bs58.encode(signatureBytes),
-    }),
-  });
-  if (!verifyRes.ok) throw new Error(`verify request failed: ${verifyRes.status}`);
-  const { session_token: sessionToken } = (await verifyRes.json()) as { session_token: string };
-
-  await browser.storage.local.set({ [SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY]: sessionToken });
-  return sessionToken;
+export async function getSessionToken(): Promise<string> {
+  const stored = await browser.storage.local.get(SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY);
+  const token = stored[SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY] as string | undefined;
+  if (!token) throw new Error('Not authenticated yet — connect a wallet on a supported trading site.');
+  return token;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns a usable session token, authenticating from scratch if none is
- * stored yet (or `forceRefresh` is set, e.g. after the backend told us via
- * `auth_expired`/close-4001 that the old one is no longer valid).
- */
-export async function getSessionToken(forceRefresh = false): Promise<string> {
-  if (!forceRefresh) {
-    const stored = await browser.storage.local.get(SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY);
-    const token = stored[SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY] as string | undefined;
-    if (token) return token;
-  }
-  return authenticate();
+export async function storeSessionToken(token: string): Promise<void> {
+  await browser.storage.local.set({ [SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY]: token });
+}
+
+export async function clearSessionToken(): Promise<void> {
+  await browser.storage.local.remove(SESSION_TOKEN_STORAGE_KEY);
 }
diff --git a/src/background/identity.ts b/src/background/identity.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f16aee..0000000
--- a/src/background/identity.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import bs58 from 'bs58';
-import nacl from 'tweetnacl';
-import { browser } from 'wxt/browser';
-
-const IDENTITY_STORAGE_KEY = 'nexa:identity';
-
-/**
- * Stand-in "wallet" identity for the backend's Sign-In-with-Solana-style
- * auth (nonce + ed25519 signature) — a real Solana wallet keypair, just not
- * one connected to an actual wallet extension yet. Generated once and
- * persisted so the same wallet_address/session survives extension restarts.
- *
- * Deliberately temporary: real wallet integration (bridging into the page's
- * injected window.solana provider on axiom.trade) is a follow-up iteration,
- * not this one. Swap this module out for that without touching callers —
- * `getIdentity()`/`sign()` is the seam.
- */
-export interface Identity {
-  walletAddress: string;
-  sign(message: Uint8Array): Uint8Array;
-}
-
-interface StoredKeypair {
-  publicKey: string; // base58
-  secretKey: string; // base58
-}
-
-let cached: Identity | null = null;
-
-export async function getIdentity(): Promise<Identity> {
-  if (cached) return cached;
-
-  const stored = await browser.storage.local.get(IDENTITY_STORAGE_KEY);
-  const persisted = stored[IDENTITY_STORAGE_KEY] as StoredKeypair | undefined;
-
-  const keyPair = persisted
-    ? { publicKey: bs58.decode(persisted.publicKey), secretKey: bs58.decode(persisted.secretKey) }
-    : nacl.sign.keyPair();
-
-  if (!persisted) {
-    const toStore: StoredKeypair = {
-      publicKey: bs58.encode(keyPair.publicKey),
-      secretKey: bs58.encode(keyPair.secretKey),
-    };
-    await browser.storage.local.set({ [IDENTITY_STORAGE_KEY]: toStore });
-  }
-
-  cached = {
-    walletAddress: bs58.encode(keyPair.publicKey),
-    sign: (message) => nacl.sign.detached(message, keyPair.secretKey),
-  };
-  return cached;
-}
diff --git a/src/background/wallet-auth.ts b/src/background/wallet-auth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c28d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/background/wallet-auth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { browser } from 'wxt/browser';
+import { BACKEND_HTTP_URL } from '@/shared/config';
+import type { NexaMessage, WalletSignResult } from '@/shared/messaging';
+import { storeSessionToken } from './backend-client';
+
+/**
+ * Runs the REST auth flow (backend/CLAUDE.md, "Current milestone:
+ * authentication + user data") once a content script reports a connected
+ * wallet: fetch a nonce, ask that same tab's content script to sign it with
+ * Phantom (the only place window.solana is reachable — see
+ * content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts), then verify and store the session
+ * token. Throws on any failure; caller decides what to do (currently: leave
+ * ws-client's own retry loop to keep trying getSessionToken()).
+ */
+export async function handleWalletConnected(tabId: number | undefined, walletAddress: string): Promise<void> {
+  if (tabId == null) throw new Error('wallet-connected message had no source tab');
+
+  const nonceRes = await fetch(`${BACKEND_HTTP_URL}/auth/nonce`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ wallet_address: walletAddress }),
+  });
+  if (!nonceRes.ok) throw new Error(`nonce request failed: ${nonceRes.status}`);
+  const { nonce } = (await nonceRes.json()) as { nonce: string };
+
+  const signResult = (await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabId, {
+    type: 'nexa:wallet-sign-request',
+    nonce,
+  } satisfies NexaMessage)) as WalletSignResult;
+  if ('error' in signResult) throw new Error(signResult.error);
+
+  const verifyRes = await fetch(`${BACKEND_HTTP_URL}/auth/verify`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ wallet_address: walletAddress, signature: signResult.signature }),
+  });
+  if (!verifyRes.ok) throw new Error(`verify request failed: ${verifyRes.status}`);
+  const { session_token: sessionToken } = (await verifyRes.json()) as { session_token: string };
+
+  await storeSessionToken(sessionToken);
+}
+
+/** Prompts any open supported-site tab to attempt a silent (onlyIfTrusted) reconnect — used after the session is invalidated server-side. */
+export async function requestWalletReconnect(): Promise<void> {
+  const tabs = await browser.tabs.query({ url: 'https://axiom.trade/*' });
+  await Promise.allSettled(
+    tabs
+      .filter((tab): tab is typeof tab & { id: number } => tab.id != null)
+      .map((tab) =>
+        browser.tabs
+          .sendMessage(tab.id, { type: 'nexa:request-wallet-connect' } satisfies NexaMessage)
+          .catch(() => undefined),
+      ),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/background/ws-client.ts b/src/background/ws-client.ts
index c2866eb..3e6d86b 100644
--- a/src/background/ws-client.ts
+++ b/src/background/ws-client.ts
@@ -40,38 +40,58 @@ const WIRE_TO_INTERNAL_SCOPE: Record<WireScope, LockScope> = {
 };
 
 // Suggested backoff schedule from the protocol's connection-lifecycle section.
+// Only used for real disconnects (network drop, backgrounded browser) — auth
+// failures go through onAuthExpired instead of blind backoff-retry, since
+// retrying with the same known-bad token can't succeed.
 const RECONNECT_DELAYS_MS = [1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 30000];
 
 export interface WsClientOptions {
-  /** Resolve a session token; pass `forceRefresh: true` to get a fresh one. */
-  getToken(forceRefresh?: boolean): Promise<string>;
+  getToken(): Promise<string>;
   onLockState(state: LockState): void;
   onStatusChange(status: ConnectionStatus): void;
+  /**
+   * Called when the current session token is no longer valid (WS upgrade
+   * rejected with close code 4001, or an `auth_expired`/`session_revoked`
+   * error mid-connection). No automatic backoff-reconnect follows this —
+   * the caller is expected to get a fresh token (e.g. by prompting a wallet
+   * reconnect) and call `reconnectNow()` once it has one.
+   */
+  onAuthExpired(): void;
 }
 
-/** Starts the connection and keeps it alive; never resolves. */
-export function connectWsClient(options: WsClientOptions): void {
-  let reconnectAttempt = 0;
+export interface WsClientController {
+  /** Cancels any pending backoff wait and connects immediately — call after obtaining a fresh token. */
+  reconnectNow(): void;
+}
 
-  function scheduleReconnect(forceRefresh: boolean) {
+export function connectWsClient(options: WsClientOptions): WsClientController {
+  let reconnectAttempt = 0;
+  let reconnectTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let currentSocket: WebSocket | undefined;
+
+  function scheduleReconnect(): void {
     const delay = RECONNECT_DELAYS_MS[Math.min(reconnectAttempt, RECONNECT_DELAYS_MS.length - 1)];
     reconnectAttempt += 1;
-    setTimeout(() => void connect(forceRefresh), delay);
+    reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => void connect(), delay);
   }
 
-  async function connect(forceRefresh = false): Promise<void> {
+  async function connect(): Promise<void> {
     options.onStatusChange('connecting');
 
     let token: string;
     try {
-      token = await options.getToken(forceRefresh);
+      token = await options.getToken();
     } catch {
-      options.onStatusChange('auth-error');
-      scheduleReconnect(true);
+      // Not authenticated yet (no wallet connected) rather than a server-side
+      // rejection — keep polling on the normal backoff until one connects.
+      options.onStatusChange('disconnected');
+      scheduleReconnect();
       return;
     }
 
     const socket = new WebSocket(`${BACKEND_WS_URL}?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`);
+    currentSocket = socket;
+    let authFailure = false;
 
     socket.addEventListener('open', () => {
       reconnectAttempt = 0;
@@ -93,9 +113,15 @@ export function connectWsClient(options: WsClientOptions): void {
           reason: message.reason ?? undefined,
           lockedAt: message.triggered_at ? Date.parse(message.triggered_at) : undefined,
         });
-      } else if (message.type === 'error' && message.code === 'auth_expired') {
-        // Server already closes the socket for us on auth_expired; the
-        // 'close' handler below does the reconnect-with-fresh-token.
+      } else if (message.type === 'error') {
+        if (message.code === 'auth_expired') {
+          // Protocol: client should close and re-auth on auth_expired (the
+          // server doesn't close this one for us, unlike session_revoked).
+          authFailure = true;
+          socket.close();
+        } else if (message.code === 'session_revoked') {
+          authFailure = true; // server closes on its own right after this
+        }
       }
       // 'ack' has nothing to react to yet — the client doesn't send
       // unlock_request/escalate_request until lock-decision logic exists
@@ -103,12 +129,16 @@ export function connectWsClient(options: WsClientOptions): void {
     });
 
     socket.addEventListener('close', (event) => {
-      options.onStatusChange(event.code === 4001 ? 'auth-error' : 'disconnected');
-      // 4001 (auth failed) and session_revoked both mean the current token
-      // is bad — get a fresh one before retrying, per the protocol's
-      // connection-lifecycle notes on both cases.
-      const forceRefreshNext = event.code === 4001;
-      scheduleReconnect(forceRefreshNext);
+      if (currentSocket === socket) currentSocket = undefined;
+
+      if (authFailure || event.code === 4001) {
+        options.onStatusChange('auth-error');
+        options.onAuthExpired();
+        return; // no scheduleReconnect — wait for a fresh token + reconnectNow()
+      }
+
+      options.onStatusChange('disconnected');
+      scheduleReconnect();
     });
 
     socket.addEventListener('error', () => {
@@ -117,5 +147,14 @@ export function connectWsClient(options: WsClientOptions): void {
     });
   }
 
+  function reconnectNow(): void {
+    if (reconnectTimer) clearTimeout(reconnectTimer);
+    reconnectAttempt = 0;
+    if (currentSocket && currentSocket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) return;
+    void connect();
+  }
+
   void connect();
+
+  return { reconnectNow };
 }
diff --git a/src/content-scripts/content-index.ts b/src/content-scripts/content-index.ts
index d85074a..47beb40 100644
--- a/src/content-scripts/content-index.ts
+++ b/src/content-scripts/content-index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { blurDisable } from './interventions/blur-disable';
 import { fullBlock } from './interventions/full-block';
 import type { Intervention } from './interventions/intervention-interface';
 import { observeForElements } from './observer';
+import { initWalletConnect } from './wallet-connect';
 import { showLockToast, hideLockToast } from '@/notifications/toast';
 import { DEFAULT_LOCK_STATE, type LockState } from '@/shared/types';
 import type { NexaMessage } from '@/shared/messaging';
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ const interventionsByScope: Record<LockState['scope'], Intervention> = {
 
 /** Wires an adapter + intervention set + background messages together for the current page. */
 export function initContentScript(): void {
+  // Independent of adapter matching below — wallet auth should work even if
+  // no buy-button adapter exists for this page yet.
+  initWalletConnect();
+
   const matchedAdapter = adapters.find((candidate) => candidate.matches(window.location.href));
   if (!matchedAdapter) return;
   // Re-bound with a non-optional type so nested closures below don't lose
diff --git a/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/banner.ts b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/banner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeda777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/banner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/** Minimal on-page "connect your wallet" prompt — deliberately plain DOM/inline styles, no framework, to stay a tiny footprint on someone else's page. */
+
+let bannerEl: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
+
+export function showConnectBanner(onConnect: () => void): void {
+  if (bannerEl) return;
+
+  bannerEl = document.createElement('div');
+  bannerEl.id = 'nexa-connect-banner';
+  Object.assign(bannerEl.style, {
+    position: 'fixed',
+    bottom: '16px',
+    right: '16px',
+    zIndex: '2147483000',
+    display: 'flex',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    gap: '10px',
+    padding: '10px 14px',
+    borderRadius: '8px',
+    background: '#111',
+    color: '#fff',
+    font: '13px/1.4 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif',
+    boxShadow: '0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)',
+  });
+
+  const label = document.createElement('span');
+  label.textContent = 'Connect your wallet to Nexa';
+
+  const button = document.createElement('button');
+  button.type = 'button';
+  button.textContent = 'Connect';
+  Object.assign(button.style, {
+    background: '#fff',
+    color: '#111',
+    border: 'none',
+    borderRadius: '6px',
+    padding: '6px 10px',
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    fontWeight: '600',
+    font: 'inherit',
+  });
+  button.addEventListener('click', onConnect);
+
+  bannerEl.append(label, button);
+  document.body.appendChild(bannerEl);
+}
+
+export function setConnectBannerError(message: string): void {
+  const label = bannerEl?.querySelector('span');
+  if (label) label.textContent = message;
+}
+
+export function hideConnectBanner(): void {
+  bannerEl?.remove();
+  bannerEl = null;
+}
diff --git a/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject.ts b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3352bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import bs58 from 'bs58';
+
+/**
+ * Runs in the page's own JS world (world: 'MAIN', see
+ * entrypoints/wallet-bridge.content.ts) — the only place `window.solana`
+ * (Phantom's injected provider) is reachable, since content scripts run in
+ * an isolated world that can't call into page-defined objects/functions
+ * directly. Talks to the isolated-world side (wallet-bridge/relay.ts) purely
+ * via CustomEvents on `window`, since that's the one channel both worlds
+ * share reliably across Chromium and Firefox.
+ */
+
+interface WalletCallDetail {
+  id: string;
+  action: 'connect' | 'signMessage';
+  payload: { onlyIfTrusted?: boolean } | { message: string };
+}
+
+interface PhantomProvider {
+  isPhantom?: boolean;
+  connect(opts?: { onlyIfTrusted?: boolean }): Promise<{ publicKey: { toString(): string } }>;
+  signMessage(message: Uint8Array, display?: string): Promise<{ signature: Uint8Array }>;
+}
+
+function getProvider(): PhantomProvider | undefined {
+  const w = window as unknown as { solana?: PhantomProvider; phantom?: { solana?: PhantomProvider } };
+  if (w.solana?.isPhantom) return w.solana;
+  if (w.phantom?.solana) return w.phantom.solana;
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function respond(id: string, ok: boolean, dataOrError: unknown): void {
+  window.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent('nexa:wallet-result', {
+      detail: ok ? { id, ok, data: dataOrError } : { id, ok, error: dataOrError },
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+export function initWalletBridgeInjected(): void {
+  window.addEventListener('nexa:wallet-call', (event) => {
+    const { id, action, payload } = (event as CustomEvent<WalletCallDetail>).detail;
+
+    void (async () => {
+      try {
+        const provider = getProvider();
+        if (!provider) throw new Error('No Solana wallet (Phantom) detected on this page.');
+
+        if (action === 'connect') {
+          const { onlyIfTrusted } = payload as { onlyIfTrusted?: boolean };
+          const result = await provider.connect(onlyIfTrusted ? { onlyIfTrusted: true } : undefined);
+          respond(id, true, { walletAddress: result.publicKey.toString() });
+        } else if (action === 'signMessage') {
+          const { message } = payload as { message: string };
+          const { signature } = await provider.signMessage(new TextEncoder().encode(message), 'utf8');
+          respond(id, true, { signature: bs58.encode(signature) });
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`Unknown wallet action: ${String(action)}`);
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        respond(id, false, err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+      }
+    })();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/relay.ts b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/relay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fdcdb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/relay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Isolated-world side of the wallet bridge: calls into the page-world script
+ * (wallet-bridge/inject.ts) via CustomEvents and awaits its response by
+ * matching request/response ids. This is the only way to reach
+ * `window.solana` from a normal (isolated-world) content script.
+ */
+
+interface WalletResultDetail {
+  id: string;
+  ok: boolean;
+  data?: unknown;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+const WALLET_CALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
+export function callWallet<T>(action: 'connect' | 'signMessage', payload: unknown): Promise<T> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const id = crypto.randomUUID();
+
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      cleanup();
+      reject(new Error('Wallet bridge timed out — is Phantom installed and unlocked?'));
+    }, WALLET_CALL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    function handleResult(event: Event): void {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<WalletResultDetail>).detail;
+      if (detail.id !== id) return; // another concurrent call's response
+      cleanup();
+      if (detail.ok) resolve(detail.data as T);
+      else reject(new Error(detail.error ?? 'Wallet call failed'));
+    }
+
+    function cleanup(): void {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+      window.removeEventListener('nexa:wallet-result', handleResult);
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener('nexa:wallet-result', handleResult);
+    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('nexa:wallet-call', { detail: { id, action, payload } }));
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts b/src/content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c43947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { browser } from 'wxt/browser';
+import type { NexaMessage } from '@/shared/messaging';
+import { callWallet } from './wallet-bridge/relay';
+import { hideConnectBanner, setConnectBannerError, showConnectBanner } from './wallet-bridge/banner';
+
+interface ConnectResult {
+  walletAddress: string;
+}
+
+interface SignResult {
+  signature: string;
+}
+
+async function reportConnected(walletAddress: string): Promise<void> {
+  hideConnectBanner();
+  await browser.runtime
+    .sendMessage({ type: 'nexa:wallet-connected', walletAddress } satisfies NexaMessage)
+    .catch(() => undefined);
+}
+
+/** Real user gesture (banner button click) — required for Phantom to show its connect approval popup on a first-ever connect. */
+async function connectWithGesture(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const { walletAddress } = await callWallet<ConnectResult>('connect', {});
+    await reportConnected(walletAddress);
+  } catch (err) {
+    setConnectBannerError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * `onlyIfTrusted` succeeds without any user interaction if this origin was
+ * already approved in a previous session — the normal case after the first
+ * connect. Falls back to the on-page banner (a real click) only when it isn't.
+ */
+async function attemptSilentConnect(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const { walletAddress } = await callWallet<ConnectResult>('connect', { onlyIfTrusted: true });
+    await reportConnected(walletAddress);
+  } catch {
+    showConnectBanner(() => void connectWithGesture());
+  }
+}
+
+/** Wires wallet connect/sign into the page. Independent of any site adapter — runs regardless of whether a buy-button adapter matched. */
+export function initWalletConnect(): void {
+  void attemptSilentConnect();
+
+  browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message: NexaMessage, _sender, sendResponse) => {
+    if (message?.type === 'nexa:wallet-sign-request') {
+      callWallet<SignResult>('signMessage', { message: message.nonce })
+        .then((result) => sendResponse(result))
+        .catch((err) => sendResponse({ error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) }));
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (message?.type === 'nexa:request-wallet-connect') {
+      void attemptSilentConnect();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/entrypoints/background.ts b/src/entrypoints/background.ts
index 00b63ee..728a788 100644
--- a/src/entrypoints/background.ts
+++ b/src/entrypoints/background.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-import { getSessionToken } from '@/background/backend-client';
+import { clearSessionToken, getSessionToken } from '@/background/backend-client';
 import { getConnectionStatus, setConnectionStatus } from '@/background/connection-status';
 import { applyLockState, getLockState } from '@/background/lock-state';
+import { handleWalletConnected, requestWalletReconnect } from '@/background/wallet-auth';
 import { connectWsClient } from '@/background/ws-client';
 import type { NexaMessage } from '@/shared/messaging';
 
 export default defineBackground(() => {
-  connectWsClient({
+  const ws = connectWsClient({
     getToken: getSessionToken,
     onLockState: (state) => void applyLockState(state),
     onStatusChange: (status) => void setConnectionStatus(status),
+    onAuthExpired: () => {
+      void clearSessionToken().then(() => requestWalletReconnect());
+    },
   });
 
-  browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message: NexaMessage, _sender, sendResponse) => {
+  browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message: NexaMessage, sender, sendResponse) => {
     switch (message?.type) {
       case 'nexa:get-lock-state':
         getLockState().then(sendResponse);
@@ -27,6 +31,12 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
         browser.action.openPopup().catch(() => undefined);
         return false;
 
+      case 'nexa:wallet-connected':
+        handleWalletConnected(sender.tab?.id, message.walletAddress)
+          .then(() => ws.reconnectNow())
+          .catch(() => undefined); // signing/verify failed — ws-client's own retry loop keeps trying
+        return false;
+
       default:
         return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/src/entrypoints/wallet-bridge.content.ts b/src/entrypoints/wallet-bridge.content.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fe517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/entrypoints/wallet-bridge.content.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { initWalletBridgeInjected } from '@/content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject';
+
+// world: 'MAIN' runs this in the page's own JS context (not the isolated
+// content-script world) — the only place window.solana is reachable. See
+// content-scripts/wallet-bridge/inject.ts for why and how it talks back to
+// the isolated-world side.
+export default defineContentScript({
+  matches: ['https://axiom.trade/*'],
+  world: 'MAIN',
+  runAt: 'document_start',
+  main() {
+    initWalletBridgeInjected();
+  },
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/messaging.ts b/src/shared/messaging.ts
index bc468d9..28204d5 100644
--- a/src/shared/messaging.ts
+++ b/src/shared/messaging.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ export type NexaMessage =
   | { type: 'nexa:lock-state-changed'; state: LockState }
   | { type: 'nexa:get-connection-status' }
   | { type: 'nexa:connection-status-changed'; status: ConnectionStatus }
-  | { type: 'nexa:open-popup' };
+  | { type: 'nexa:open-popup' }
+  // Wallet auth (content script <-> background). See
+  // content-scripts/wallet-connect.ts and background/wallet-auth.ts.
+  | { type: 'nexa:wallet-connected'; walletAddress: string }
+  | { type: 'nexa:wallet-sign-request'; nonce: string }
+  | { type: 'nexa:request-wallet-connect' };
+
+/** Response shape for 'nexa:wallet-sign-request', returned via sendResponse (not a dispatched NexaMessage). */
+export type WalletSignResult = { signature: string } | { error: string };