Tagged: ledger

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

January 15, 2019 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a crypto wallet and secure custody platform for digital assets, announced last week the launch of its new Nano X Hardware Wallet. According to Ledger, the Ledger Nano X improves on the Ledger Nano S with enhanced state-of-the-art security and improved user experience and design…. Read More

December 19, 2018 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a crypto wallet and secure custody platform for digital assets, announced on Wednesday it will now allow customers to pay with crypto powered by the Crypto.com Chain. Ledger reported that once Crypto.com Pay is implemented onto the Ledger online store, customers will have the option to purchase Ledger… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Security token issuance platform Neufund has announced a new partnership with Ledger, a crypto wallet and secure custody platform for digital assets. Ledger’s solutions are already incorporated into Neufund’s platform and this new agreement builds on previous collaboration, which created a special edition of the Ledger Nano S… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a global leader in securing crypto assets, announced on Monday it has expanded its U.S. presence to New York City and appointed Demetrios Skalkotos to lead global business unit operations for Ledger Vault, which will be headquartered from the new office. Founded in 2014,… Read More

November 22, 2018 @ 9:51 am By Cali Haan  |  

One-to-one replicas of the Trezor cryptocurrency hardware wallet have been found for sale on the Internet, says the company in a recent blog post, and using them, “…can be a severe threat to your security.” A Toronto software developer, Amaha Alem, was also emphatic, and… Read More

November 2, 2018 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

IOTA Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology and permissionless ecosystem development, announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Ledger, a cryptocurrency and blockchain security leader, to integrate IOTA tokens with Ledger’s secure hardware wallets for cryptocurrency. According to the IOTA Foundation,… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a leading company providing crypto security solutions, is expanding its global presence to Hong Kong. The move is designed to boost its presence in APAC countries and “meet increasing demand” for Ledger Vault crypto self-custody solution and Ledger’s trademark hardware wallet the Ledger Nano… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 12:11 am By JD Alois  |  

  Kowala, a stablecoin protocol that is said to maintain price-pegs to fiat currencies by robotically minting and burning coin supply according to demand, announced that their dollar-tied “kUSD”, is the first stablecoin to earn public platform support from Ledger – hardware wallet. Crypto holders… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech is booming globally. France, an aspiring Fintech center, appears to be gaining momentum. According to a report in La Tribune, Fintechs in France have raised a solid €200 million since January 2018. This is more than all of 2016. During the year prior, Fintechs raised €318… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 11:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

French cryptocurrency and blockchain security company Ledger nabbed a $75 million (EUR 61 million) Series B round, led by Draper Esprit. The investment funds will enable the company to scale up its operations as demand for its security products increases. While the round was led by… Read More

July 29, 2017 @ 9:26 am By Therese Torris  |  

French firms have formed an association to foster the sustainable growth of the cryptocurrency investment sector and weigh in on its governance. Among other things, they hope to build on progressive regulations such as the French decree that allowed crowdlending securities called minibons to be… Read More