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Hardware wallet company Ledger has raked in $380 million thanks to a Series C funding round. The event marks the third largest crypto funding round in the history of the space. Ledger Wallet Has Earned Some Solid Money At the time of writing, Ledger boasts a valuation exceeding $1.5 billion. The latest funding event was led by a wide array of known crypto firms including 10T holdings, Draper Esprit, Draper Associates, DCG, and Cathay Innovation. Prior to this round,...

The popular hardware wallet provider, Ledger, will add Polkadot to its wide variety of supported tokens as of March 4th. 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 StakingFounded in 2014, Ledger is a digital asset wallet provider describing itself as the “global leader in security and infrastructure solutions for safeguarding critical” cryptocurrencies. In a...

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 20,000 users, aside from 93% of those whose information was exposed in a previous attack, have seen their records leaked.Recently, we shared news...

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 addresses!Get ready for a huge spam and phishing wave!#bitcoin #cryptcurrencies #phishing #security pic.twitter.com/XAQQHZ2wkW— Jimmy...

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 email addresses used for sending order confirmation and promotional emails.9,500 Users ExposedLedger further noted that the...

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 FundsOn Wednesday, Kraken Security Labs – the exchange’s team that checks the security of crypto products – announced that it had detected two new potential attacks that could be executed against Ledger Nano X. If conducted successfully, Kraken claims that the attacks might put the...

Nomura Holdings, one of Japan’s largest financial companies, has launched a Bitcoin custodial service for traditional investors through a joint venture with hardware wallet provider Ledger and investment company CoinShares.Digital Asset Custody Solution For InstitutionsThe partners have been working together to develop the digital asset custodian dubbed Komainu since 2018, and it was officially launched on Wednesday. The venture describes itself as the first regulated digital assets custody...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 889. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Shopify ermöglicht Krypto Zahlungen an Händler, Grayscale Kunden kaufen massiv BTC & Ledger, Trezor und KeepKey im Visier der Hacker. 1.) Shopify ermöglicht Bitcoin-Zahlungen an Händler Shopify ermöglicht Bitcoin-Zahlungen an Händler 2.) Grayscale Accumulates 34% of New BTC as Weekly Investments Tag $30...

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’ DetailsAs per multiple screenshots posted to Twitter, the hacker offered to sell personal details of customers from a wide range of financial services platforms. This includes Trezor and Ledger, KeepKey, Bank to the Future, and LoanBase.Source: @underthebreach, TwitterThe image below shows the hacker...

Hackers are perhaps the villains in the cryptocurrency industry as they continue to look for better ways to steal digital currencies from both traders and exchanges. While there have been few reports about attacks on trading platforms recently, these bad actors have seemingly shifted more focus to new and unsuspecting crypto users. 1.4M XRP Lost To Fake Ledger ExtensionSince the start of the year, there have multiply reports from crypto wallet users who lost their funds after using several...