5 alternatives to Ledger to store your Bitcoin

SummaryA package of XRP Ledger bug fixes is expected to take effect around 09:34 UTC on Oct. 23 after securing the minimum 29 validator votes required for approval. The fixes address Ripple’s proposed uncollateralized lending system, which remains inactive because its lending and vault amendments have only 19 and 21 votes, respectively. The package also closes a loophole that could allow certain accounts to create tokens despite having permission only to destroy them, while revising vault rounding and loan-default rules. A batch of bug fixes is set to go live on the XRP Ledger on Friday, and some of them patch the lending system Ripple has pitched to banks and payment companies since June — a system that hasn’t been switched on yet and is still 10 votes short of approval. Validators are the independent servers that agree on which transactions count. A change to the network’s rules needs backing from more than 80% of the 35 validators the network trusts by default, which works out to 29, and that backing has to hold for two straight weeks. Under the plan, a lender deposits XRP or another token into a vault, and a loan broker lends that money out for a fixed term.

French hardware wallet maker Ledger received multiple reports of malicious hardware implants months before its latest security crisis, according to Mark Karpelès, former CEO of the collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Karpelès told Cointelegraph he was aware of at least two people who contacted Ledger about tampered devices dating back to December 2025. Karpelès said he hasn’t encountered any public warning Ledger issued in response. Joe Grand, a security researcher, told Cointelegraph he alerted Ledger on March 4, 2026, about a malicious implant in a Nano X purchased through online marketplace Lazada Thailand in August 2025. Grand said Ledger acknowledged his findings and said it was investigating internally, but he criticized the company for not proactively warning customers about the threat. Vietnamese crypto educator Tai Zen contacted Ledger about a suspected hardware wallet implant in December 2025, according to Mark Karpelès. Source: Tai ZenLedger’s ongoing security crisis surfaced Oct. 9, when crypto losses were reported involving wallets sold through CryptoBilis, a reseller authorized in Southeast Asia.

SummaryA crypto scammer who made millions through fake online job offers lost more than $4.9 million in bitcoin after thieves compromised Ledger hardware wallets. Chainalysis said the scammer transferred proceeds from their scheme to three wallet addresses, from which attackers stole 60 bitcoin. The theft was linked to Ledger devices sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis that contained unauthorized implants capable of transmitting wallet recovery information over a mobile network. A crypto scammer who made millions tricking people by offering fake online jobs has fallen victim to another scam, losing bitcoin worth more than $4.9 million through compromised Ledger hardware wallets. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said Thursday on X that the perpetrator had collected the bitcoin through a so-called task scam, in which people are initially paid to post fake product reviews or boost online sales. Then they are told their accounts have a negative balance and they must deposit their own money before they can withdraw their supposed earnings.

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Updated Oct 21, 2026, 11:24 a.m. EDTPublished Oct 21, 2026, 11:22 a.m. EDT4 min readDATA CEO Andrea Muttoni (Source: DATA)SummaryDATA shifted from its broad intellectual property ambitions to AI training data after finding that established licensing markets were difficult to disrupt, CEO Andrea Muttoni told CoinDesk. The startup is moving to Sui following a $30 million investment from Sui Foundation, allowing the company to focus on its data verification tools rather than maintaining its own blockchain. DATA's Trace registry tracks the origins, consent terms and licensing history of AI training data, with partner Kled adding millions of contributions each day. DATA, the blockchain startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z crypto and formerly known as Story Protocol, is shutting down its blockchain and moving to Sui after securing a $30 million investment from the network's foundation. The move comes after spending years trying to bring intellectual property onchain. But after raising $140 million and building its own blockchain, the company found that changing how the world's intellectual property is licensed was harder than expected.