Wallets

Wallets

Finance

The bank of the future: 77% of stablecoin users say they’d open a wallet with their bank today

YouGov survey published by Coinbase and BVNK also found that 71% of users would use a stablecoin-linked debit card as a means of spending them.

Wallet with bank cards (Steve Buissinne/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

South Korea’s Hanwha makes a $13 million bet on ‘seedless’ crypto wallets

The South Korean financial firm backs the U.S.-based blockchain company to accelerate enterprise wallet technology and real-world asset tokenization.

Wallet (hamedtaha/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Forget the bank account: EY warns firms they must own the wallet to keep their customers

EY Digital Assets leaders Mark Nichols and Rebecca Carvatt argue that the wallet is no longer just a crypto tool, but the primary strategic interface for the next generation of global finance.

A man holds open an empty leather wallet. (Andrew Khoroshavin/Pixabay)

Finance

Trust Wallet users lose $7 million to hacked Chrome extension

Changpeng Zhao, a co-founder of Binance, which owns the utility, said the losses will be reimbursed.

A man holds open an empty leather wallet. (Andrew Khoroshavin/Pixabay)

Tech

Coinbase Adds Embedded Wallets to Development Platform to Simplify Web3 Onboarding

The new tool is part of the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) and lets developers integrate self-custodial wallets into their apps without any hiccups.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

"A Whale of a Problem: Why Self-Custody Might Sink Bitcoin Giants"

For whales with scale, the trade-offs of holding spot BTC are increasingly hard to justify. Bitcoin ETPs are an alternative, offering an efficient structure that allows big investors to sleep easy at night, says 21shares' President Duncan Moir.

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Markets

Cardano to Directly Feature Blockchain and Assets on Brave Browser

The browser's native wallet will expand to support ADA, governance features and Cardano-based tokens.

Close up of a person's hand on a mouse with their other hand on a laptop keyboard. (Shutterstock)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

MoonPay's Ivan Soto-Wright Bets on a Non-Custodial, API-First Future for Crypto

“Cryptocurrency wallets will eventually replace bank accounts," the Consensus 2025 speaker told CoinDesk.

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tech

Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Coinbase, MetaMask Wallets

A new report from Microsoft researchers warned of malware that could steal and decrypt users’ information from 20 of some of the most popular cryptocurrency wallets.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

Markets

This OG Bitcoin Investor Just Turned $120 Into $178M

The user held BTC from when it was worth $0.06 all the way up to $90,000.

Token unlocks are usually bearish events, increasing a token's supply.(FLY:D/Unsplash)