Ledger

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About Ledger

Since 2014, we have sold more than 4 million hardware devices in 160 countries. Our hardware devices keep your private keys offline, and hence secure your digital assets. We have been known over these past seven years as your trusted, connected safe.

And with the growth of services within Ledger Live, we are gradually becoming the most secure platform for anyone to experience Web3.

Ledger is one of the market leaders for hardware wallets. You can buy, exchange and grow/stake your crypto securely with a Ledger hardware wallet, combined with the Ledger Live app.

Notable products from Ledger are:

Ledger Nano S Plus

For a comparison of features, visit this page.

Key metrics

  • secures 20% of the world’s crypto assets on more than 5 million Ledgers [Jul 2022]

Notable events

  • integration of FTX services into the ‘Swap’ section of your Ledger Live app [Jun 2022]

    • Combine low fees, self-custody and security when swapping your crypto

    • users can now swap 120+ digital assets with low fees, self-custody and world-class security. It’s a world first.

Why Use A Hardware Wallet?

Ledger started a new series called “How I Got Hacked” on their Youtube channel which shares stories of the mistakes hack victims made.

Here is episode 1:

Ledger Live

Buy, exchange, grow your crypto - and more. All in one app. Manage 5,500+ coins and tokens.

Ledger Live is a Web3 wallet that complements the Ledger hardware wallet. Some features include:

  • Buy crypto
  • Swap crypto
  • Access DeFi apps and services
  • Manage NFTs
  • Check crypto market prices
  • Pay using your crypto

NFTs in Ledger Live

Users will be able to view, send, and receive NFTs in Ledger Live beginning in December 2021, with transparent transactional signing and full ownership of their NFTs. As Ledger strengthens its position in the NFT space, it plans to integrate Rarible, a premier NFT marketplace, launching in Ledger Live’s Discover tab in January 2022.

Ledger Recover

Ledger Recover is an ID-based key recovery service that provides a backup for your Secret Recovery Phrase.

Check out the Ledger Recover whitepaper on Github for detailed information of how this service operates.

FTX Ledger Nano Wallet

Last updated on 10 Jul, 2023

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