Digital asset hardware wallet firm Ledger has joined a blockchain interoperability coalition, the Universal Protocol Alliance. In an announcement on June 11, UPA revealed that the high-profile French hardware wallet maker will be integrating its blockchain security and infrastructure solutions with Universal Protocol technology and assets. UPA singled out Ledger Vault — the Ledger’s multi-authorization governance infrastructure and insurance-backed asset management solution — as a key component that addresses the concerns of the alliance and its members. The UPA and its members The alliance’s existing members include Bittrex Global, decentralized lending platform Cred, crypto payments platform Uphold, smart contract security …

Major South Korean insurance firm KB Insurance plans to implement a blockchain-enabled mobile message delivery system for its clients. According to a June 9 report by industry news outlet Ledger Insights, KB will use the system jointly developed with local telecommunication firm KT Corp starting next month. The service will at first deliver payment and termination notices to auto insurance customers, but the firm plans to expand it to all its customers. The purpose is to reduce mailing costs and non-delivery of notifications. Blockchain ensures the message delivery The new message delivery solution uses blockchain to send insurance policy changes …

Ledger, a producer of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, announced today that its users can now connect their devices to the DeversiFi decentralized exchange, or DEX. Hardware wallets + DeFi As a result of this integration, Ledger has become one of the first hardware wallet makers to step into the space of decentralized finance, or DeFi. Its users now have the ability to trade cryptocurrencies, confirm transactions, and sign messages directly from their devices — all while retaining the control over their private keys. Although DEXs are generally considered more reliable than their custodial counterparts, that greater security tends to come at …

The DeversiFi decentralized exchange, or DEX, relaunched as DeversiFi 2.0 on June 3, incorporating Starkware’s zkSTARK layer-2 scaling technology. This new platform will be able to process over 9,000 transactions per second, while maintaining privacy, liquidity and low fees in a non-custodial solution. Zero Knowledge Proof Batch Validation Starkware’s layer-2 solution utilizes Zero Knowledge Proof, or ZKP, technology to bring scalability to non-custodial trading. It achieves this by processing trades in batches and then submitting a single proof for each batch. This consumes a small fraction of the Ethereum blockchain resources that standard on-chain processing would require. Starkware President Eli …

Trezor and Ledger, two of the most prominent hardware wallet manufacturers, have long been locked in a rivalry. As part of Cointelegraph’s interview with Charles Guillemet, the CTO of Ledger, he revealed that the relationship is more complex than it may seem at first. Despite the rhetoric, cooperation and respect can be found as well. A collaborative rivalry Guillemet said that he doesn’t know who started the rivalry, as it goes back to the “very beginning of the Ledger and Trezor companies.” “I think things got more serious when I created the Donjon, which is our internal security team,” he …

Cointelegraph interviewed the CTO of Ledger, Charles Guillemet, to learn more about the best practices in securing cryptocurrencies for average users. Ledger is a major producer of hardware wallets, which store cryptocurrency seeds on a dedicated device. As Guillemet explained, hardware wallets protect against possible malware on the user’s computer or mobile device. Both storage and transaction signing are performed on the wallet, which makes sure that the seed is never seen by the device it’s connected to. Ledger uses a chip based on Secure Element technology, which he says is an ideal protection against physical tampering. Recent moves by …

World’s top ecommerce firm, Amazon, filed a patent for a blockchain system that tracks goods as they move on the supply chain. Amazon’s patent — dated May 26 — describes a “distributed ledger certification” system. The document explains that the tracking solution would ensure that consumer goods that are sold on its ecommerce site are authentic. The abstract reads: “Features are disclosed for an interface for verifiable tracking of an item through a supply chain using a distributed electronic ledger.” In the detailed description section of the patent, its author explains that the system at large aims to improve “trust …

Equigy, a blockchain platform for managing batteries connected to the electric grid, is expanding its operations in the European Union. Ecologic technology news outlet, Green Tech Media, reported on May 29 that three major European Union’s electricity transmission system operators, or TSOs, joined Equigy’s platform. More precisely, TSO with operations in Germany and the Netherlands TenneT, Swiss TSO Swissgrid and Italian TSO Terna all joined the network. According to company data website Owler, TenneT has an estimated annual revenue of $1 billion, while Terna $2.3 billion. Furthermore, Energinet — a Danish TSO with an estimated annual revenue of $8.6 million …

According to a report by an online monitoring web portal, Under the Breach, a hacker was able to penetrate the privacy protocols of major firms such as Trezor, Ledger and Bnktothefuture on May 24 and walk away with a host of sensitive customer data, including email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers. The documents posted by Under the Breach claimed that the hacker was in possession of three large databases that allegedly contained the details of more than 80,000 customers. In this regard, it was also rumored that the hacker was able to procure the above-stated information via an exploit …

The hacker claiming to be selling user databases from top hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger, Trezor, and KeepKey appears to actually be peddling bunk, according to SatoshiLabs. On May 24, cybercrime monitoring blog Under the Breach reported that a hacker had begun advertising the customer databases of popular hardware wallet companies for sale. The data purportedly included the full names and physical addresses for over 80,000 user accounts. Under the Breach tweeted screenshots suggesting that the hacker obtained the databases by exploiting a vulnerability of popular e-commerce platform Shopify. “Don’t offer me low dolar, only big money allowed,” the hacker warns …

Australian firm Power Ledger announced a partnership with Thai Digital Energy Development (TDED) on May 25 to create a blockchain-based digital energy platform in the country. The platform will enable environmental commodity and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, in order to accelerate adoption of renewable energy sources. Thailand aims to generate 25% of its electricity from renewables by the year 2037. Public/private partnership to promote green energy use Power Ledger’s blockchain-based transactive energy solutions include peer-to-peer energy trading and virtual power plants, along with trading in carbon credits and renewable energy certificates (REC). TDED is a joint public/private sector venture between …

In my approximately two-decade career at Microsoft, I had the privilege and the opportunity to first work on the company’s emerging enterprise strategy, to architect and ship key enterprise technologies, and to build a strategic enterprise business and profit and loss. I think I can say with some level of credibility that I understand the enterprise software business well, and this is what leads me to the question of why enterprise blockchain adoption is still gently meandering along. First, let us start with the question of how emerging technologies typically get adopted by an enterprise. How does enterprise adoption typically …