Bitstamp Users Can Now Send Funds to Ledger Wallet
Bitstamp has announced integration with the Ledger hardware wallet platform, allowing users to send their BTC directly to and from cold storage. Bitstamp Integrates Ledger Wallet’s BOLOS Protocol. This summer’s Bitfinex hack, resulting in the loss of $70 million USD in bitcoin, has shaken the entire community. However, it has also led some exchanges to....
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Bitstamp, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, adds support for the Ledger Hardware wallet to enhance its trading platform's security measures. Ledger, a Bitcoin hardware manufacturer and Blockchain service provider, enables secure Blockchain applications for enterprise-level clients, as well as the distribution of its Bitcoin hardware wallets which remains as the company’s core operation. Ledger’s hardware wallet system can be integrated by trading platforms, wallet service providers and other Bitcoin applications to secure user funds under the company’s core technology....
Bitstamp users can now store funds directly into TREZOR, the hardware bitcoin wallet developed by SatoshiLabs, Bitstamp announced on its website. Bitstamp’s interface enables simple transfers of bitcoins to and from TREZOR wallets with only a few clicks. With the integration of the hardware bitcoin wallet, Bitstamp makes its marketplace more accessible to customers’ demands and expands options for customers’ security without compromising user experience. Users can store funds directly to a TREZOR wallet without leaving the Bitstamp website. Embedded TREZOR accounts allow users to withdraw....
Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodrič has confirmed in a statement that "less than 19,000 BTC" was stolen due to a Bitstamp operational wallet being compromised. CCN has previously reported on this Bitcoin wallet, which seems to hold 18,866 BTC that was clearly siphoned away from Bitstamp hot wallets during the alleged timeframe of the Bitstamp hack. Notably, Kodrič does not use the word "hack" in any of his statements to reassure users that their personal information is safe. It could also lend credence to Jackson Palmer's theory that a weak RNG attack is responsible for the lost funds; though,....
A bitcoin address containing ~18,866 bitcoins may hold the stolen bitcoins from the Bitstamp hack on January 4th. Bitstamp confirmed last night that "we have reason to believe that one of Bitstamp's operational wallets was compromised on January 4th, 2015." According to data maintained by Bitstamp users keeping an eye on the public Bitcoin blockchain, Bitstamp may have been "hacked" for 12% of its bitcoins. UPDATE: Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Confirms Loss of ~18,866 BTC (~$5 million USD) from Hot Wallet. Bitstamp has repeatedly reminded its users, who are currently locked out of the site,....
A few months ago, Bitcoinist held a giveaway where three lucky winners received a Ledger hardware Bitcoin wallet for free. We gave away three different Ledger products: the Ledger Nano, Ledger HW.1 and Ledger Unplugged. Now, we’re giving away Ledger devices again, and this time we have some new products up for grabs. In this giveaway, we are offering another Ledger Nano, in addition to two different products. We have one Ledger Starter to give away; this device is a “secure provisioning system”. The Starter has “an isolated offline operating system that plugs into the USB port of your PC....