diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json b/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
index 4e516cad..c19a9259 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "aegis",
   "name": "Aegis Wallet",
-  "version": "0.9.10",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "category": "plugin",
   "description": "Multi-chain wallet (BCH, BTC, TRX, ETH, SOL, SC, DGB) derived from your Theseus vault. Dapps get window.bitcoincash on .x sites; window.tronWeb / window.tronLink / window.ethereum / window.solana on any https page.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
index d8e1c6e9..2adfec67 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
@@ -32,10 +32,19 @@
   .net { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; color: var(--dim); font-size: 11.5px; white-space: nowrap; }
   .dot { width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--dim); }
   .dot.on { background: var(--ok); } .dot.busy { background: #e0b341; }
-  .bal { margin-top: 8px; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
-  .bal .big { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 650; letter-spacing: .2px; }
-  .bal .big small { font-size: 13px; color: var(--mut); font-weight: 500; margin-left: 4px; }
-  .bal .sub { color: var(--dim); font-size: 11.5px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
+  /* Balance hero. Every modern wallet leads with one large numeral and pushes
+     the fractional part back to ~40% opacity, so the eye reads magnitude
+     before precision; the ticker and the fiat conversion are annotations on
+     that number rather than peers of it. Baseline-aligned flex keeps them on
+     the numeral's baseline however long the amount grows. */
+  .bal { margin-top: 10px; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+  .bal .big { font-size: 32px; font-weight: 680; letter-spacing: -.6px; line-height: 1.1;
+              display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 5px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+  .bal .big .dec { color: var(--dim); font-weight: 620; }
+  .bal .big small { font-size: 13px; color: var(--mut); font-weight: 500; margin-left: 0; }
+  /* Scoped to the hero — .fiat is also the Send form's conversion line. */
+  .bal .big .fiat { font-size: 14px; margin-left: 6px; }
+  .bal .sub { color: var(--dim); font-size: 11.5px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-top: 3px; }
   .bal .sub .netlbl { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; min-width: 0; }
   /* Full-panel sheet — fills most of the sidebar but stops above the
      footer so the aegis.x brand + version chip stay visible. Users
@@ -161,11 +170,18 @@
   .setsecnav button.on { background: rgb(from var(--acid, #d6ff3d) r g b / .16);
                           color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); font-weight: 600; }
   .setsecnav button:hover:not(.on) { color: var(--ink); }
-  nav { display: flex; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--panel); }
-  nav button { flex: 1; padding: 9px 0 8px; border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--mut); cursor: pointer;
-               font: inherit; font-size: 12.5px; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; }
-  nav button.on { color: var(--acid); border-bottom-color: var(--acid); }
-  nav button:hover { color: var(--ink); }
+  /* Segmented pill bar. The underline-tab treatment read as browser chrome,
+     and a 2px underline under a short label is nearly invisible once the
+     sidebar is narrow. A filled pill for the active section is what the
+     wallet apps use and it holds up at any width. The hover tint derives
+     from --ink so it also shows in the light theme, where a white overlay
+     would vanish. */
+  nav { display: flex; gap: 4px; padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--panel); }
+  nav button { flex: 1; padding: 7px 0; border: 0; border-radius: 999px; background: transparent;
+               color: var(--mut); cursor: pointer; font: inherit; font-size: 12.5px;
+               transition: background .12s, color .12s; }
+  nav button.on { background: var(--acid); color: #0b0f08; font-weight: 650; }
+  nav button:hover:not(.on) { background: rgb(from var(--ink) r g b / .08); color: var(--ink); }
   main { flex: 1; overflow: auto; padding: 14px; }
   /* Persistent aegis.x brand strip. Sticks to the panel's bottom edge so the
      wallet always advertises its own front-door site — helps users bookmark
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
index 5b86e1a9..3d0b6e07 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
@@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ function fmtBig(units, dec) {
   const s = (Number(units || 0) / Math.pow(10, d)).toFixed(d);
   return s.replace(/(\.\d*?[1-9])0+$|\.0+$/, "$1");
 }
+// Paint the header balance. Groups the integer part with thousands
+// separators and wraps the fraction in .dec so CSS can dim it — the
+// "$98,230.02" treatment the reference wallets lead with. Anything that is
+// not a bare number (an em dash, a skeleton, an error) falls through to
+// plain text. The regex guarantees the interpolated pieces are digits,
+// sign and dot only, so building this with innerHTML cannot inject markup.
+function setBalMain(text) {
+  const el = $("balMain");
+  if (!el) return;
+  const s = String(text == null ? "—" : text);
+  const m = /^(-?)(d+)(.d+)?$/.exec(s);
+  if (!m) { el.textContent = s; return; }
+  const grouped = m[2].replace(/B(?=(d{3})+(?!d))/g, ",");
+  el.innerHTML = m[1] + grouped + (m[3] ? '<span class="dec">' + m[3] + "</span>" : "");
+}
+
 function fmtSmall(units) {
   if (typeof units === "string" && /^-?\d+$/.test(units)) return units.replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
   return Number(units || 0).toLocaleString("en-US");
@@ -2991,7 +3007,7 @@ function render() {
     // Sia-specific gate: adapter is up, keys are derived, but no walletd URL
     // means no balance / history until the user configures one in Settings.
     if (chain() === "sc" && s.needsWalletdUrl) {
-      $("balMain").textContent = "—"; $("balTicker").textContent = s.meta.ticker;
+      setBalMain("—"); $("balTicker").textContent = s.meta.ticker;
       $("netlbl").textContent = "point Aegis at a walletd node in Settings";
       $("tabs").hidden = true;
       gate.hidden = false;
@@ -2999,7 +3015,7 @@ function render() {
       return;
     }
     const total = balanceSum(s.balance);
-    $("balMain").textContent = fmtBig(total);
+    setBalMain(fmtBig(total));
     $("balTicker").textContent = s.meta.ticker;
     const uc = s.balance?.unconfirmed;
     if (uc && uc !== "0" && uc !== 0) $("netlbl").textContent += ` · ${fmtBig(uc)} unconfirmed`;
@@ -3009,7 +3025,7 @@ function render() {
     $("balFiat").textContent = fiat || "";
     $("balFiat").hidden = !fiat;
   } else {
-    $("balMain").textContent = "—"; $("balTicker").textContent = "";
+    setBalMain("—"); $("balTicker").textContent = "";
     $("balFiat").hidden = true;
   }
   renderPortfolio();