Crypto Security: iPhone and iPod Co-Creator Designs New Hardware Wallet for Ledger - Cryptonews

Ledger Nano X. Source: Ledger

Hardware cryptocurrency wallet developer Ledger has revealed that Tony Fadell, creator of Apple’s iPod, is the mastermind down its caller hardware wallet Ledger Stax.

In a Tuesday blog post, the company announced that the iconic iPod and iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell is the inventor and mastermind down their caller hardware wallet Ledger Stax, which is designed by the LAYER studio, led by Benjamin Hubert. 

"Ledger Stax™ is our new, breakthrough user device. It is built connected Ledger’s unafraid architecture and introduces a unsocial signifier designed for unprecedented accessibility and interactivity with the satellite of cryptocurrencies and NFTs," Ledger said.

The caller wallet is simply a credit-card-sized instrumentality that allows users to store and negociate implicit 500 antithetic cryptocurrencies arsenic good arsenic their NFT collections. The wallet besides allows users to research an ever-growing scope of Web3 apps done the Ledger Live app.

“Digging into Ledger’s proven information exertion and trying each the ‘best’ hardware wallets retired determination convinced maine to physique a next-gen instrumentality with Pascal, Ian and the astonishing Ledger team,” said Tony Fadell. “We request a user-friendly…no! A ‘user-delightful’ tool, to bring integer plus information to the remainder of us, not conscionable the geeks.” 

Ledger plans to merchandise the Ledger Stax wallet successful the archetypal 4th of 2023. The extracurricular of the wallet is simply a wraparound e-ink display, which tin beryllium utilized to amusement transaction details and adjacent NFTs.

The wallet volition usage a USB-C transportation to hook up to laptops and Bluetooth to link to the Ledger Live Mobile app connected smartphones. Ledger Connect, the company’s upcoming crypto wallet extension, volition besides alteration it to link to Web3 apps. Ledger Stax volition besides enactment wireless Qi charging.

“With the Ledger Nano™ series, we created the astir palmy integer plus information hardware wallet of each clip – with much than 5 cardinal sold and nary ever hacked,” said Pascal Gauthier, CEO and Chairman of Ledger. “Digital assets are progressively astir individuality and integer ownership, not conscionable crypto similar Bitcoin."

The caller wallet comes arsenic request for Ledger’s hardware wallets, which support cryptocurrency successful offline oregon “cold” retention and frankincense they are much secure, has seen an uptick pursuing the illness of FTX. 

In fact, Ledger saw the highest request successful its hardware wallets successful the archetypal 2 days of FTX collapse. Furthermore, this past November has go the company’s champion period of sales. The institution has sold implicit 5 cardinal hardware wallets successful 200 countries since its inception successful 2014.