Thread by @iancr

Today, @Ledger announced a new funding round.

Credit to #Ledger’s founders who, 9 years ago, chose a North Star more true today than ever:

A thread… 🪡🧵👇

https://twitter.com/_pgauthier/status/1641438093319499777

Self Custody of Digital Value is a revolutionary human invention and today’s cell phones and computers are insufficient to protect that value.

Two years ago the market was raging and many were willing to compromise security, self-custody, or both to “bring crypto to the masses” with Super Bowl ads for centralized value propositions (aka banks), disguised as crypto.

If it’s not self-custody, it’s not crypto.

"The revolution is permissionless or there is no revolution." - @P3b7_

Over the past 12 months the market has reminded us security and self-custody are not optional. Celsius, CX bankruptcy FUD, Solana hack, FTX failure, & now SVB+ are all reminders “if not self custody, why crypto?” and how important #Ledger’s place in the ecosystem is.

Each of these disasters boosted Ledger’s sales as people (rightly) fled to secure self-custody. axios.com/2022/12/06/led…

No secure element and no secure screen? No security. ledger.com/the-ledger-pod…

We are starting to hear of young people without bank accounts, only Ledger. We are starting to hear of VCs who encourage their portfolio companies to keep two months of payroll in crypto on a Ledger to avoid a future SVB situation.

https://twitter.com/TimDraper/status/1636514577155502080?s=20

With this investment #Ledger will double-down on our mission to allow you to buy, trade, and earn yield via #Ledger Live + our partners, easily connect to dApps with Ledger Extension, and make HODLing and signing sexy with Ledger Stax. ledger.com/the-ledger-pod…

Watch this space, we are just getting started. More announcements in the coming weeks.

Can't stop / won't stop.

twitter.com/Ledger

Thanks to our existing and new investors for the continued support. It's a business doing pleasure with you.

We promise to keep fighting the good fight, empowering consumers to get the most from the limitless world of digital ownership, creating the easiest-to-use platform w/o ever compromising on either self-custody or security.

See you out there.

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https://twitter.com/iancr/status/1641463307986169856