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October 25, 2023 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, best known for its hardware digital wallets, is now offering tokenization services via its enterprise division or turning assets into digital assets. In a blog post, Legder said it was “unlocking institutional opportunities” as more firms look to leverage distributed ledger technology to issue… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Guillemet, CTO at Ledger, recently went over various options to implement Bitcoin governance strategies at the institutional level. As explained in a blog post, Ledger devices are extremely useful “for letting users self-custody their Bitcoin.”  Guillemet also comments on what might be useful if… Read More

September 17, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger recently announced that the ‘Earn’ section is now available to all their users on Ledger Live Desktop. Ledger noted in a blog post that the mobile app will follow soon. As explained in the update from Ledger, the ‘Earn’ section of the Ledger Live… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HAYVN, a digital asset-focused financial institution delivering Payments, Trading, Custody, Asset Management and Research, announced a partnership with crypto hardware manufacturer, Ledger. The partnership will see HAYVN “provide safe and robust off-ramping rails to users of Ledger’s Ledger Live service.” Ledger Live allows users “to… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two of the most “trusted” brands in Web3 and payments integrate in order to help users explore crypto. The teams at PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Ledger are pleased to announce “an on-ramp integration with PayPal, allowing users to explore crypto in a convenient, simple and secure… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger brings core tech and governance “to help institutions manage crypto trading risk and regulation with custodial trading solutions.” Ledger recently announced that the firm is “entering the institutional trading technology market with the first open network to enable custodial trading via exchange and custodial… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a digital asset firm based in France, has raised an additional €100 million (~$108.3 million) to fuel the company. The valuation was set in 2021 at €1.3 billion during the initial Series C round – so not exactly a down round but flat –… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ledger notes that NFTs are ushering in “an artistic renaissance that has barely begun to play itself out, changing how art, music and, more broadly, culture is digitally generated, owned and exchanged forever.” As the platform to secure and manage NFTs, Ledger… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance claims that it exists “to make crypto available to as many people as possible, as well as to serve as the easiest-to-use infrastructure services provider in the blockchain industry.” As part of that mission, Binance has partnered with Ledger “to bring different strands of… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sandbox, a “decentralized” gaming metaverse and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, and Ledger, the hardware and software security company in crypto and Web3, have partnered “to bring Ledger’s best-in-class security technology to The Sandbox’s global user base.” The partnership will “empower The Sandbox’s 2.2… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken recently alerted users that modified hardware wallets were “spotted in the wild.” Recently, someone on the Ledger subreddit had reported getting an unsolicited package with a Ledger Nano X accompanied by a letter from “the CEO” at Ledger…. Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a popular seller of wallets for digital assets, has raised $380 million in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by 10T, alongside other investors from our Series B round such as Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Draper Esprit, DCG, and… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, a provider of security and infrastructure solutions for digital assets, has hired Iqbal V. Gandham, and Charles Hamel. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the new hires have joined Ledger from eToro and Opera. They’ll be serving as executive leads at Ledger… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Ledger, a France-based provider of security and infrastructure solutions for digital assets and blockchain applications, announced on Tuesday the formation of Ledger Enterprise Solutions. According to Ledger, Ledger Enterprise Solutions is a new business unit dedicated to bringing Ledger’s digital asset custody and… Read More

February 19, 2021 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger Vault has reportedly entered into agreement with Nexo in order to secure and protect clients’ funds. Ledger Vault aims to provide institutional-grade self-custody to Nexo. Through the partnership, which was announced on February 10, 2020, the companies will be focused on providing clients with… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Nexo, a crypto lending platform and exchange, says that assets under management have “surged” to more than $4 billion. The comments may come as no surprise as Bitcoin has rocketed to new highs as Tesla announced it had purchased $1.5 billion in BTC and expectations… Read More

December 22, 2020 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ron Stoner, a crypto-security expert and newly appointed Head of Security at Casa, a company focused on developing security and custody solutions for Bitcoin (BTC), notes that we’re living in a world that heavily depends on “the connectivity between our physical and digital identities.” Stoner,… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a crypto wallet provider based in Paris, France, has apparently experienced a security breach according to a tweet from the company. Ledger stated yesterday that they have been alerted to the dump of a customer database on Raidforum. The company said that it is… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, an established US-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently confirmed that Ledger clients whose data was stolen during a security breach have been targeted in a phishing scam that was carried out this past week. The team of experts at Kraken Security Labs have provided an analysis… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger Vault, a cold or offline storage solution provider for digital assets, has reportedly been chosen by France’s Societe Generale-Forge to offer security solutions for its central bank digital currency (CBDCs) project. As noted by the Ledger Vault team, Societe Generale-Forge, the digital capital markets… Read More