Cold Storage

Coinbase

Coinbase Completes First OTC Crypto Trade Directly From ‘Cold’ Storage

Daniel PalmerMar 13, 2019

Coinbase Custody has just completed its first over-the-counter (OTC) trade directly out of cold, or offline, storage.

Cold Storage

TokenSoft Launches Crypto Custody Service for Security Tokens

Nikhilesh DeJan 29, 2019

TokenSoft is rolling out what it bills as the first cold-storage multi-signature wallet designed specifically for security tokens.

Security

Uphold Integrates Ledger Tools to Boost Crypto Storage Solution

Nikhilesh DeMay 13, 2019

Payments startup Uphold is implementing hardware and software from Ledger's Vault to improve its cold storage solution for investors.

Security

Japan’s SBI Invests $15 Million In Crypto Card Wallet Maker Tangem

Yogita KhatriJan 21, 2019

Japanese financial services giant SBI Group has invested $15 million in slimline cold wallet provider Tangem.

Coinbase

Coinbase Just Moved $5 Billion in Crypto to Prepare for Token Expansion

Leigh CuenDec 19, 2018

Crypto exchange startup Coinbase just move a huge chunk of all the cryptocurrency in circulation.

Cold Storage

Cold Storage

Sirin Labs’ $999 Blockchain Phone Will Start Shipping in December

Brady Dale

The Finney phone should begin shipping next month. It aims to stand out from the rest with a built-in cold storage wallet.

Crime

The Crypto Insurance Market May Total $6 Billion. That’s Nowhere Near Enough

Ian Allison

There is less than $5 billion of global capacity to insure crypto wallets held in custody. Coinbase has secured a significant chunk of that.

Cold Storage

Bank of America Patent Hints at Plan to Store Cryptocurrency Keys

Nikhilesh De

A new Bank of America patent outlines a "hardened storage device" that can protect private keys from theft.

Open Source

Payments Startup Square Is Open-Sourcing Its Bitcoin Storage Solution

Wolfie Zhao

Mobile payments startup Square has open-sourced the code and tools for its "Subzero" bitcoin cold storage system.

BitGo

The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo’s Big Plan to Secure the Biggest Bitcoin Fortunes

Ian Allison

Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.

Venture Capital

SBI Bank’s Venture Arm Invests In Crypto Wallet Creator

Wolfie Zhao

SBI Holdings, the financial services arm of the SBI Group, has bought a 40 percent stake in cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker CoolBitX.

Crime

Crypto Rich and Paranoid: Threats Prompt Radical Security in Bitcoin Land

Rob Wile

Cryptocurrency users who got rich in the run-up are now targets for robbers and kidnappers, not just hackers. That’s prompting a security overhaul.