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You can now swap between bitcoin and altcoins within hardware wallets like Trezor thanks to the integration of cryptocurrency portfolio app Faast. The rising use of cryptocurrency is marked with a proportional increase in their theft, with over $1.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen in 2018 alone. Undeniably, the safest bet to store digital assets and keep cybercriminals at bay…

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ilmatic is building a secure, wearable, hardware wallet so you can spend cryptocurrency in real life. ilmatic is building a secure, wearable, hardware wallet to put cryptocurrency on your wrist. The company is taking direct aim at one of the biggest challenges in cryptocurrency – real world commerce. Founder and CEO Danny Tamez says that the ilmatic wallet’s hardware is…

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Users have reportedly been buying more hardware wallets to store their cryptocurrency holdings than ever before, clearly indicating a preference for cold storage instead of exchange-provided wallets. Paris-based Ledger, which raised $75 million from its investors in a recent round of funding, announced January 23, 2018, that it had sold its millionth Nano S hardware wallet. What Is a Cryptocurrency…

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It has been announced that following their Series B round of fundraising, Ledger has managed to earn an additional $75 million. This comes after they raised $7 million in 2017 during their initial round, with the hype surrounding the world of crypto of late having no doubt increased the confidence of investors who saw this as an ideal opportunity to…

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On February 9, Huobi and OKCoin, two of the largest bitcoin exchanges in China, officially suspended withdrawals for both bitcoin and Litecoin users in compliance with the demand of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC). In late January, PBoC asked Huobi and OKCoin to overhaul their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) systems to remain on par with…

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Darin Stanchfield has long had a passion for tinkering with new things. Now as the 35-year-old CEO of the bitcoin hardware wallet KeepKey, he’s hoping to address the needs of bitcoin neophytes seeking a secure, simple offline repository for their digital currency. The key here says Stanchfield, no pun intended, is overcoming all too common lingo like hot and cold…

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Take a look at the calendar – it’s the middle of December! If you celebrate any sort of gift-giving holiday this month, you are running out of time to order the perfect gift for the bitcoiner in your life (or to hint at what you’d like to receive from family and friends). Here is a quick list of some of…

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The increase of hacking incidents, data breaches and server failures in bitcoin wallet platforms have led to the emergence of hardware bitcoin wallets or vaults, like Case, Ledger, Trezor and BitSafe. With an aim to granting users complete control over private keys and enabling them to overcome security problems in online bitcoin wallet platforms, KeepKey has launched a Google Extension-based…

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Hardware bitcoin wallet developer and manufacturer Case Inc has recently partnered with Digital Asset Holdings, a Bitcoin startup led by former JP Morgan executive Blythe Masters, to implement their biometric security technology to facilitate digitally issued securities on the Bitcoin blockchain. Case Inc.’s biometric data security and authorization system was first introduced in May of 2015, at TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY,…

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