Wallets


Finance

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.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

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.

The Torus team in Singapore (Torus)

Policy

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.

(cnythzl/Getty Images)

Policy

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.

City of London, UK

Markets

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.

(Quinten Jacobs/Shutterstock.com)

Tech

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.

(BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock)

Finance

Samsung Adds Support for Blockchain VR Platform Decentraland

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

(Decentraland)

Tech

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.

(Darko Pribeg/Unsplash, modified using Photoshop)

Tech

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.

(Adrian Swancar/Unsplash)

Tech

Thailand to Raise $6.4M With Sale of Blockchain-Based Bonds

The Thai Public Debt Management Office plans to sell the cheaply priced bonds through a state-owned bank’s blockchain e-wallet.

The Thai Ministry of Finance announced the sale of cheap savings bonds via a blockchain enabled wallet. (Aquatarqus/Shutterstock)