Tagged: ledger

December 7, 2020 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca Labs, part of Arca a digital asset firm leveraging blockchain for the securities industry, has partnered with multiple digital asset custody providers. The partners include: Anchorage, TokenSoft, Gemini, Ledger, and Komainu. The group of custody firms will also support ArCoin that is backed by… Read More

November 28, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is considered a legitimate store of value (SoV) by many investors, as it allows them to hedge against “expansionist monetary policies,” according to a blog post by Ledger Vault, a digital asset security solution for financial institutions, powered by Ledger… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Fumbi Network, which was founded by Juraj Forgacs in late 2018, has chosen French crypto-asset security firm Ledger as its custody and security solutions provider. As explained by Ledger, Fumbi Network is “a simple and secure service that enables those in the Slovak… 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 21, 2020 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today’s news that PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) will start allowing it’s over 360 million users to use crypto placed a firm stamp of establishment approval on digital currency. PayPal partnered with Paxos to provide the service – a digital asset firm that has always placed regulatory compliance… Read More

October 16, 2020 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Demetrios N. Skalkotos, the Global Head of Ledger Vault, a leading cryptocurrency hardware wallet service, has confirmed that Ledger Vault has completed the (System and Organization Controls) SOC 2 Type 1 examination. Skalkotos has shared the attestation report which highlights Ledger’s “continuous commitment in providing… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ava Labs, an organization focused on building Avalanche so that the platform can empower people to create “an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance,” notes that ecosystem growth on Avalanche is “imperative.” Ava Labs confirms that while working towards Avalanche’s mainnet launch, they had… Read More

August 4, 2020 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares, a crypto-asset management company that provides financial products and services for professional investors, revealed on August 4, 2020 that Komainu, a digital asset custody service for institutional clients, will be serving as the custodian of all digital assets held by CoinShares Capital Markets. As… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares, a crypto-asset management company that provides financial products and services for professional investors, Ledger, a digital assets firm, and Nomura have introduced Komainu, a digital asset custody business for institutional clients, under the leadership of Jean-Marie Mognetti, the company’s chief executive (and all three… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 10:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a security and infrastructure solutions for critical digital assets and blockchain applications, announced on Friday it has integrated with DeversiFi, a decentralized exchange that offers traders an “edge in fast-moving” decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. According to Ledger, users will be able to connect their… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Search engine giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has reportedly removed several Chrome browser extensions that were impersonating widely-used cryptocurrency wallet service providers, including popular hardware wallet maker Ledger and MetaMask. This update has come about a month after Google removed around 50 similar extensions, according to a recent… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, a leading cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider, recently revealed that it’s now allowing its customers to make payments for products through Hong Kong-based Crypto.com’s online wallet app. As noted in an announcement published on April 9, 2020, Ledger will be accepting payments made using Bitcoin… Read More

February 26, 2020 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade public distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based platform, announced on Wednesday an integration with the Nano S and Nano X wallets from Ledger. Hedera reported that its Ledger Nano S and Nano X wallet implementations will allow users to view and validate public keys… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKEx, one of the world’s largest futures digital currency exchanges, revealed an update on November 22 regarding its four main business partners for OKB, the trading platform’s globally accessible utility token, which is aimed at “connecting digital asset projects.” According to a press release shared… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, the developer of security and infrastructure solutions for crypto-assets, announced on November 14 that it had acquired a crime insurance policy that covers digital assets. According to a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider, users’ assets will be secured by the Ledger Vault platform…. Read More

June 21, 2019 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

IOTA Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology and permissionless ecosystem development, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Primority, a digital food safety management company that helps food product manufacturers monitor food safety in food supply chains, to development of a… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto security firm has shuffled its executive bench. In a blog post yesterday, Eric Larchevêque, Ledger Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, announced that the company’s President, Pascal Gauthier, has been bumped up to CEO. Larchevêque explained the transition: “With the ever-growing challenge of managing such a… Read More

March 29, 2019 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Legacy Trust Company, a Hong Kong-licensed and Public Registered Trust Company, has formed a partnership with Ledger to provide “institutional-grade custody solutions” for digital assets, according to Ledger. The goal is to “help accelerate the flow of institutional money into digital assets.” As is the… Read More

March 12, 2019 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Ledger and their internal hack team Ledger Donjon, published a highly critical blog post targeting Trezor and their cryptocurrency wallets. The post highlighted multiple vulnerabilities regarding the Trezor products where devices could be hacked. One of the identified issues was deemed “unable to patch.”… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cryptocurrency tech and wallet creator Ledger has hammered competitor Trezor in a blog post today. Ledger operates an internal team of friendly hackers to test their software/hardware – as well as their competitors. The Ledger Donjon, described as a “world class security team” based in… Read More