Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Wallet Bitkey to Integrate With Coinbase and Cash App
Public beta testing will begin in a few weeks according to parent company Block.
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Jun 15, 2023 at 6:29 p.m. UTC
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Ledger Recover Fiasco Exposes Gap Between Blockchain Ideals and Technical Reality
After a video went viral of what appears to be a hardware wallet getting smashed with a hammer and then blow-torched into a charred mass, Ledger (and all of the crypto industry) got a searing reminder on the importance of managing expectations.
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May 24, 2023 at 5:19 p.m. UTC
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Ledger's PR Struggle Reveals Uncomfortable Trade-Offs for Crypto Storage
In a series of media appearances, executives said the French wallet-maker would make part of its code open-source and add additional security protections.
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May 24, 2023 at 5:01 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Security Firm Unciphered Claims Ability to Physically Hack Trezor T Wallet
Unciphered, a company of cybersecurity professionals who recover lost cryptocurrency, says it found a way to physically hack into the Trezor T hardware wallet. Trezor says it acknowledged a similar-sounding attack vector a few years ago.
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May 24, 2023 at 3:35 p.m. UTC
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Unpacking Ledger’s Controversial New Bitcoin Key Recovery Feature
Paris based hardware wallet maker Ledger announced a new key recovery feature this week allowing users to recover their private keys But opponents say that the product isn’t compatible with the concept of a hardware wallet which promises to ring fence private keys from prying eyes The Hash panel discusses the criticism around the launch [...]
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May 19, 2023 at 5:06 p.m. UTC
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Is Ledger’s New Bitcoin Key Recovery Feature Safe? Experts Have Doubts
The French wallet-maker believes the service will help attract customers turned off by crypto's unforgiving self-custody ethos. But critics wonder whether the concept is compatible with a real hardware wallet.
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May 19, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. UTC
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Ledger Continues to Defend Recovery System, Says It's Always 'Technically' Possible to Extract Users' Keys
"Technically speaking it is and always has been possible to write firmware that facilitates key extraction. You have always trusted Ledger not to deploy such firmware whether you knew it or not," Ledger said earlier on a now-deleted tweet.
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May 18, 2023 at 11:44 a.m. UTC
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Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Raises Most of $109M Round: Bloomberg
The company's valuation remains at about the same $1.4 billion it was valued at in its previous funding round in June 2021.
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Coinkite’s New Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Looks Like BlackBerry, Takes AAA Batteries
The new Coldcard Q1 model aims to blend security and convenience – with a physical QWERTY keyboard recalling the look of a 2000's-style waffle phone. It relies on a flashlight and LED scanner to read QR codes – instead of using a camera, which can be an attack vector.
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Polychain Leads $7M Funding for Hardware Wallet Developer Foundation Devices
The Bitcoin-focused startup offers the Passport hardware wallet and Envoy mobile app.
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Dec 19, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
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