Leading hardware wallet producer, Ledger, now allows online customers to pay using Crypto.com's wallet app.

According to an April 9 declaration, the firm has called to accept payment in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP, Litecoin (LTC), and Crypto.com Coin (CRO) via Crypto.com's application. This is non the first fourth dimension that Ledger has allowed its customers to pay with crypto. They already accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and XRP via their crypto payment processor, Bitpay.

An update on an old collaboration

Back in December 2022, the two firms signed a memorandum of understanding, which was hateful to allow Ledger'due south customers to purchase products with digital currency using Crypto.com's service.

In a divide declaration, Ledger indicated that the start xx users who make a purchase using this new payment method volition receive a express edition Crypto.com Ledger Nano Due south. Users who purchase Ledger hardware wallets from now until May 31 using Crypto.com will also have access to x% cashback. They notation that this offer is capped at €50 in CRO per purchase.

Blockchain's utilise in payments

Payments are amid the most important use cases for blockchain technology. Crypto is used for directly payments less frequently than some might suspect, nonetheless. As Cointelegraph reported in mid-March, under i% of Australians used cryptocurrencies to pay for services terminal twelvemonth.

As well in March, major cryptocurrency business firm Bakkt announced a new direct payment integration which allows customers to pay for Starbucks' java with Bitcoin.