Ledger, a hardware wallet manufacturer, has announced plans to disable blind signing for Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) decentralized applications (DApps) by June 2024. The decision comes in response to an exploit where a wallet drainer was added to a library utilized by numerous DApps to connect to Ledger devices. Ledger Announces Plan to Compensate Victims...Read More
The wallet company confirmed that this week’s exploit was an unfortunate isolated incident, after which Ledger launched Connect Kit version 1.1.8 on December 14th, deactivating malicious code in Ledger and WalletConnect. Users are now protected, but as an extra precaution, it is recommended to wait for 24 hours and clear the browser cache. Ledger’s Chairman...Read More
On Nov. 15, Scott Melker, aka “The Wolf of All Streets,” said that one of his followers was hacked in the latest scam targeting Ledger users. While checking his Nano S hardware wallet, the user reported seeing a 503 HTTP API error when it attempted to synchronize, “which in and of itself terrified me.” The...Read More
Crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has rolled out a new feature called Ledger Recover, which allows users to back up their recovery seed phrases. Meanwhile, the initial announcement saw pushback from the crypto community, who criticized the service, with the formal launch still not welcome by users. Ledger Recover Goes Live Ledger announced the launch...Read More
Paris-based cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is reducing its staff by 12%, citing macroeconomic headwinds and a prolonged bear market as reasons for its decision. The French company raised $109 earlier in 2023 million in a funding round to reach a valuation of around $1.4 billion. Ledger Chairman and CEO Paul Gauthier announced the news...Read More
Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati partnered with XRP Ledger to enter the Web3 space. The main goal is to launch its first-ever digital collectible, which is a video sequence of all the Ducati logos that have appeared on the tanks of motorbikes produced in Borgo Panigale from 1946 to the present day. The first release is...Read More
Prominent crypto wallet service provider Ledger has announced the launch of a new trading and settlement network technology dubbed Tradelink. The new product offering is designed for asset managers, custodians, and exchanges/OTC with off-exchange trading capabilities and aims to eliminate unnecessary complexities while simultaneously boosting operational speed. As per the company’s website, Tradelink enables trade...Read More
Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger is receiving major backlash from its online user base after releasing a controversial update that many fear exposes major security flaws with the manufacturer. Ledger has claimed that the new functionality is both safe and entirely optional, but security experts and crypto holders are already distancing themselves from the company. ...Read More
On April 19th, Trezor, one of the most popular cold wallets in the crypto community, enabled a new privacy feature for its users through the CoinJoin security protocol. The new update for Trezor is now available for Trezor Model T users, who simply need to add their CoinJoin account to enjoy the security benefits offered...Read More
Leading hardware wallet provider Ledger has expanded support for the Cardano ecosystem, allowing users to manage 100 such native tokens on their Ledger Live app while leveraging the security of the Ledger Nano. Ledger Expands Support for Cardano As the name suggests, Cardano native tokens are assets built on the Cardano blockchain. These assets behave...Read More
A group of Ledger users has filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court of Delaware against Global e-commerce platform Shopify, its third-party data consultant TaskUs as well as the hardware wallet maker itself. Another Lawsuit According to the official document, the plaintiffs accused Shopify and TaskUs of their “failure to exercise reasonable...Read More
One of the largest providers of hardware cryptocurrency wallets, Ledger has announced a partnership with NFT gaming metaverse – The Sandbox. The move is expected to help metaverse users to increase security and to manage the self-custody of their digital assets. At the Non-Fungible conference in Lisbon, Ledger’s chief experience officer Ian C Rogers revealed...Read More
Canadian payments technology firm, Nuvei, is teaming up with the prominent hardware wallet provider, Ledger. In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Nuvei said the move will allow direct on-ramps for more than 125 cryptocurrencies with all the leading fiat funding options via its recently acquired payment solution provider, Simplex. The Partnership Ledger users, with...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – and the non-profit association – France FinTech – joined forces to create a €100 million ($116 million) blockchain project in Europe. It will come by the name of “Objective Moon,” whose goal is to support the development of the digital asset industry in France and the rest of...Read More
According to legal documents republished on Scribd, law firm Roche Freedman has filed a formal complaint against Ledger and Shopify on April 6 on behalf of two lead plaintiffs. Ledger suffered a number of data breaches in 2020 and one was linked to e-commerce platform, Shopify, which hosts the company’s stores and products. Ledger admitted...Read More
The popular hardware wallet provider, Ledger, has added Polkadot to its wide variety of supported tokens. Additionally, Ledger will also enable users to stake DOT coins directly on the platform, thus increasing the total number of staking options to five. Ledger Adds Polkadot and DOT Staking Founded in 2014, Ledger is a digital asset wallet...Read More
In yet another somewhat disappointing turn of events for Ledger users, the company has just revealed that they’ve discovered that the customer records for 20,000 ‘new’ users has been leaked during an incident with Shopify from back in the summer of 2020. In its most recent update, the cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger revealed that...Read More
The company itself is offering little assistance and no reimbursements to the escalating number of victims of its slipshod security. The fallout from the second major data leak from the company that promised to be safer than keeping crypto on exchanges is intensifying. On December 21, a hacker leaked the details of as many as...Read More
A database from hardware wallet company Ledger was leaked earlier today. The leaked data, which consists of over 270,000 physical addresses and phone numbers along with a million email addresses, was made publicly available on hacker website Raidforms. According to reports, the data in question was stolen during a hack of Ledger’s e-commerce database back...Read More
A user on crypto twitter going by the handle ‘Jimmy McShill’ [@JimmyMcShill] posted screenshots of files that have been uploaded to forums purportedly contacting the ‘full database’ of Ledger customer’s emails, phone numbers, and addresses; ⚠️⚠️ Uhh shiit! A hacker is dumping the full @Ledger database dump for free on raidforums! Emails, phone numbers and...Read More
Leading cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider, Ledger, announced Wednesday that it suffered a data breach, which affected the personal information of thousands of users in late June. According to a detailed report published by Ledger today, the breach occurred on June 25. The attacker accessed a part of the company’s e-commerce and marketing database, containing mostly...Read More
Kraken Security Labs found some vulnerabilities in the hardware wallet Ledger Nano X. The wallet is regarded by many as one of the most secure storage devices. Attackers Can Tamper Wallet Devices to Steal Crypto Funds On Wednesday, Kraken Security Labs – the exchange’s team that checks the security of crypto products – announced that...Read More
According to an online monitoring web portal called, Under the Breach, a hacker is purportedly trying to sell customer information that stems from companies like Keepkey, Trezor, Ledger, and even the investment platform Bnktothefuture. The hacker doesn’t seem to have any passwords, but is offering detailed information that was stolen from an alleged Shopify breach...Read More
Users of the two leading cryptocurrency hardware wallets could be at risk after a hacker offered to sell personal details of thousands of the companies’ customers. Hacker Offers HD Wallet Users’ Details As per multiple screenshots posted to Twitter, the hacker offered to sell personal details of customers from a wide range of financial services...Read More
It appears that there are a fair few of malicious Chrome extensions out there. Albeit Google removed two of them, a new fake offering claiming to be a Ledger product has shown up. Ledger is one of the most popular hardware wallet manufacturers in the world. Another Fake Chrome Extension The company has also developed...Read More
A lot of companies and service providers are rolling out staking support for Tezos. The latest company to do so is Ledger, as its Live software now lets users stake XTZ. Ledger is best known for providing hardware wallets to customers all over the world. Ledger Enables Full Tezos Support Their devices are both relatively...Read More
Ledger will provide its asset management system to Estonian cybersecurity-focused crypto exchange Rokkex. French hardware wallet producer Ledger will provide its asset management system to Estonia-based crypto exchange Rokkex. Cybersecurity-focused exchange Built by Lithuanian cybersecurity and fintech professionals, Rokkex will integrate its trading platform with Ledger’s enterprise wallet management solution Ledger Vault to secure its...Read More
