Wallets

Wallets

Multisignature Wallets Can Keep Your Coins Safer (If You Use Them Right)

Multisignature wallets are cryptocurrency wallets that require two or more private keys to sign and send a transaction.

Tech  ·  10 November 2020
Wallets

‘Convincing’ Phishing Attack Targets Ledger Hardware Wallet Users

Ledger confirmed that for the last week some customers have been the target of a phishing attack.

Tech  ·  27 October 2020
CoinFlash

Luno Exchange Launches Interest-Earning Bitcoin Wallet

Users of Luno's new bitcoin "savings wallet" can earn up to 4% interest per year, the exchange said.

Business  ·  19 October 2020
Bitcoin

BlueWallet Adds Privacy Feature ‘PayJoin’ for Bitcoin Transactions

Mobile and desktop Bitcoin and Lightning wallet BlueWallet has added support for BIP 78 with its PayJoin feature.

Tech  ·  7 October 2020
DeFi

ConsenSys-Incubated Startup Releases In-Browser Atomic Swap Wallet for DeFi

ConsenSys-incubated startup Liquality’s new wallet lets you atomically swap digital assets directly from your browser.

Tech  ·  24 September 2020
CoinFlash

Chainlink to Start Supplying Data for Crypto.com’s DeFi Wallet

The new integration will provide users of Crypto.com's DeFi wallet with access to accurate and untampered price data, ChainLink said.

Markets  ·  14 September 2020
Exchanges

DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet

Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers.

Business  ·  9 September 2020
Wallets

Meet Torus, the One-Click Blockchain Wallet Trying to Make Web3 as Easy as Chrome

Singapore-based Torus Labs has released a Chrome browser extension for its Torus wallet and added a new product called tKey, a custom version of 2FA.

Business  ·  31 August 2020
CoinFlash

Someone Just Lost $16M in Bitcoin by Using a Malicious Install of the Electrum Wallet

An Electrum wallet user claims to have lost a fortune in bitcoin after installing an older version of the software from a malicious source.

Policy & regulation  ·  31 August 2020
Exchanges

UK Watchdog Eyes Extension of Money Laundering Risk Reporting to Crypto Firms

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking to oblige more firms, including some working with cryptocurrency, to report how they manage the risks of financial crime.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 August 2020
CoinFlash

Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Loses 1M Email Addresses in Data Theft

An unknown hacker gained access to the wallet maker's marketing database, stealing a million email addresses as well as personal information for 9,000 customers.

News  ·  29 July 2020
CoinFlash

Ripple Exec Unveils P2P Payments Platform Using XRP

Craig DeWitt has unveiled the beta release of a personal peer-to-peer payments project that will work in popular web browsers.

Tech  ·  27 July 2020
Wallets

Samsung Adds Support for Blockchain VR Platform Decentraland

Samsung’s Blockchain Wallet App now supports the native tokens of Decentraland, LAND and MANA.

Business  ·  21 July 2020
Lightning Network

Bitcoin Wallet Electrum Now Supports Lightning, Watchtowers and Submarine Swaps

In its latest major release, Electrum now supports a number of innovations that could make using Lightning more secure and less bumpy for users.

Tech  ·  10 July 2020
Wallets

Researchers Expose Flaw in Bitcoin Wallets That Could Be Exploited for Double-Spending

A standard way to transact bitcoin could be misused to enable a kind of double-spending, new research has found.

Tech  ·  2 July 2020