Ledger Revolutionizes Crypto Security: New Nano Gen5 & Enterprise Multisig Launch
Hardware wallet giant Ledger just dropped a bombshell announcement that's shaking up crypto security infrastructure.
The Next Generation Hardware
Ledger's new Nano Gen5 isn't just an upgrade—it's a complete reimagining of cold storage technology. Faster processing, enhanced tamper resistance, and a sleek new form factor that makes previous models look like relics.
Enterprise-Grade Security Solutions
The real game-changer? Ledger Signers with enterprise multisig capabilities. Finally, institutional players can deploy military-grade security protocols without sacrificing operational efficiency. Because apparently, billion-dollar funds need more protection than your average crypto degen's moonbag.
Corporate adoption meets institutional-grade security—while traditional finance still struggles with two-factor authentication.
Notably, the new device features NFC and Bluetooth for “on-the-go signing.”
Its E Ink touchscreen enables Clear Signing, Transaction Check, and Ledger Security Key.
“The Ledger Nano series is the most successful digital asset security device of all time, with millions sold and none ever hacked,” said Chairman and CEO Pascal Gauthier. “The all-new Ledger Nano is built for the challenges and opportunities of today, and ready for those coming in the future.”
Ledger Nano is available to order, shipping immediately, for $179 (€179).
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At the same time, theapp serves as a portfolio tracker and an “intuitive control center” for digital value. It provides services for buying, swapping, earning, and other actions.
Per the announcement, the app’s Buy, Sell, Earn, and Swap features have been updated, providing heightened speed and reliability.
Its new features include the ability to connect the Ledger signer directly to dapps.
Moreover, it’s integrating, aka ‘Cash-To-Stablecoin’. Users will be able to top up their wallet with USD or EUR without additional fees and instantly convert it to USDC.
Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers commented that “the combination of Ledger Wallet on your smartphone or computer and your Ledger signer makes it easy and SAFE to use the full range of services offered by decentralized finance.”
Meanwhile, Ledger Signers will also “enable Proof of Authority beyond the individual.” It will expand into the institutional area, via Ledger’s platform for banks, custodians, governments, foundations, and crypto-native businesses.
Expanding its, the company unveiled the, aiming to turn “high-stakes operations into precise, verifiable decisions,” it said. “Every approval is Clear Signed on a Ledger device, so every action is seen, understood, and locked with cryptographic certainty.”
The team designed Multisig for treasury management, smart contract governance, and multi-chain workflows.
The Ledger Nano, Ledger Wallet, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig were tested by the, Ledger’s WHITE hat hacker team. External security experts audited the products, the announcement says.
Spare Key With Every Nano
Ledger Recovery Key will be included in every Nano Gen5 box.
In July this year, Ledger released its Ledger Recovery Key, a spare key for users to access digital assets. First announced in late June 2025, the product allows Ledger Flex and Ledger Stax users to create a spare key alongside the 24 words.
The spare key connects directly to the wallet via NFC wireless channels. It’s kept on hardware and is protected by its own PIN code.
Now, per the latest announcement, “NFC support further enables Ledger Security Key, allowing you to use FIDO2 Passkeys to protect your logins using your Ledger signer.”
Here's a reminder of everything that’s happened at Ledger between our last Ledger Op3n in December 2022 and now:
– Ledger Stax released
– Ledger Flex released, along with Ledger Flex Bitcoin and Solana Editions
– Clear Signing Initiative and Transaction Check launched, ensuring…
Meanwhile, Susan Kare, the artist and graphic designer behind the Apple Macintosh’s original iconography, has designed iconography for an exclusive series of Badges to personalize Ledger Nano.
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Just a couple of days prior to Ledger’s announcement, wallet maker Trezor presented its latest offering, Safe 7.
The features focus on security, with the company claiming to be the first to include several key elements. These too are future- and protection-focused: while Ledger highlighted AI, Trezor noted quantum computers.
Introducing Trezor Safe 7, the hardware wallet that changes crypto security forever — radically transparent, fully wireless, and quantum-ready.
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These new features include TROPIC01, described as “the world’s first transparent and auditable secure element.” There’s also key isolation, Bluetooth communication secured via the novel Trezor Host Protocol (THP), as well as architecture that supports “quantum-secure updates.”
Trezor Safe 7 costs $249 (€249) and is available in Charcoal Black and Bitcoin-only editions, with Obsidian Green coming soon.
Cryptonews talked exclusively with Tomáš Sušánka, Chief Technology Officer at Trezor, on the day of the launch. Read the interview below.
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