Wallets

Recovery seed phrases for crypto wallets, like this 12-word version imagined by ChatGPT, would not be needed under the new Coinbase Wallet SDK feature. (CoinDesk/PhotoMosh)
Coinbase Adds 'Smart Wallet' Feature, So Lengthy Seed Phrases Aren't Needed
The smart wallet will be an addition to Coinbase Wallet SDK, and the embedded wallets feature will be powered by "wallet as a service."
Recovery seed phrases for crypto wallets, like this 12-word version imagined by ChatGPT, would not be needed under the new Coinbase Wallet SDK feature. (CoinDesk/PhotoMosh)

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Which Is the Best Self-Custody Lightning Wallet?
Bitcoin educator Anita Posch tested the Blixt, Green, Mutiny, Phoenix and Zeus Lightning wallets while traveling in Zimbabwe.
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Coinbase has introduced a new feature that lets users send money via a link sent through messaging apps. (Alpha Photo/Flickr)
Coinbase Adds Message-Based Crypto Payments to Its Decentralized Wallet
The new feature comes at a time of growing positive sentiment in the crypto market after over a year of pain for industry participants.
Coinbase has introduced a new feature that lets users send money via a link sent through messaging apps. (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

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'Mysterious' Address That Added 10K Bitcoin Is Just a New BitMEX Wallet
BitMEX is internally transferring its bitcoin holdings to a newer wallet type, according to on-chain firm CryptoQuant.
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Cubist CEO Riad Wahby (Cubist)
Cubist, Led by Computer Science Professors, Releases Wallet-as-a-Service 'CubeSigner'
According to CEO Riad Wahby, who's an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon, the new wallet will be "a hundred times faster" than compe...
Cubist CEO Riad Wahby (Cubist)

Ledger Wallet (Amjith S/Unsplash)
Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Officially Rolls Out 'Recover,' Unleashing Fresh Round of Snark
Recover involves users' private keys being encrypted, duplicated and divided into three pieces held with three different parties – which has spurred controversy.
Ledger Wallet (Amjith S/Unsplash)

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Korean Giant SK Telecom Releases Crypto Wallet With CryptoQuant as Partner
The wallet features on-chain data analysis tools that may inform users' market decisions.
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U.S. authorities cracked down on another ring of fentanyl suppliers they say are tied to Chinese companies and using cryptocurrency to move money. (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton)
Chinese Firms Used Crypto Payments to Run Fentanyl Network, U.S. Claims in Charges
The U.S. Department of Justice charged eight companies with illegal drug production, distribution and sales of precursor chemicals, saying they used cryptocurrency to move mon...
U.S. authorities cracked down on another ring of fentanyl suppliers they say are tied to Chinese companies and using cryptocurrency to move money. (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton)

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What Will Be the Next Target of the SEC's Enforcement Regime?
Troutman Pepper lawyers predict that crypto wallets and TradFi firms could face the agency's wrath.
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Coinbase is courting institutional crypto customers (Piggybank/Unsplash)
Coinbase Paves Way for Big Institutions to Do More With Web3, DeFi, NFTs
“We're seeing corporations who want to participate on-chain in some way,” Coinbase’s Kevin Johnson told CoinDesk TV. “But they need a safe way to do that.”
Coinbase is courting institutional crypto customers (Piggybank/Unsplash)