Ledger Customer Data Leaked (again)

Alpha Team
January 06, 2026

🔒 Ledger Data Breach Confirmed

Breach Incident Details: Ledger has confirmed that customer data was exposed due to unauthorized access in the systems of its third-party e-commerce partner, Global-e, which serves as the Merchant of Record for international purchases on Ledger.com. The incident involved unusual activity detected in a portion of Global-e's cloud-based network, prompting the company to contain and secure its systems while engaging independent forensic experts for investigation. Notifications were sent to affected customers by Global-e, and the matter gained attention after blockchain investigator ZachXBT shared the email alert on social media on January 5th, 2026.

Compromised Data Scope: The exposed information includes customer names and contact details, such as addresses, related to orders processed through Global-e. No payment information, account credentials, or passwords were compromised. Ledger emphasized that the breach did not affect its own platform, hardware devices, or software systems. A Ledger spokesperson stated: “For the avoidance of doubt, as the Ledger product is self-custodial, Global-e does not have access to your 24 words, blockchain balance, or any secrets related to digital assets.” The exact number of affected Ledger customers remains undisclosed.

Company Response Measures: Ledger clarified that the incident was separate from its operations and worked with Global-e to notify impacted users. The company advised customers to remain vigilant against potential phishing attempts and to use features like Clear Signing for transactions. Global-e handles e-commerce services for multiple brands, and Ledger noted that it was not the only entity affected. This event follows a previous 2020 data breach involving over 270,000 Ledger customers through another partner. Ledger stated: “This was not a breach of Ledger’s platform, hardware or software systems, which remain secure.” Read More.

️ On today's Top Picks:

🔥 $LIT begins token buybacks.
📸 $FOGO completes final snapshot.
🪂 $BREV to launch airdrop claim on Jan 6th.
👀 $HYPE team unlocks on Jan 6th.

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Crypto News

• US Government reportedly sold Bitcoin $BTC forfeited by Samourai Wallet developers; violates President Trump's EO 14233 which mandates forfeited bitcoin be held in the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

• ⭐️ Lighter $LIT begins token buybacks with generated protocol fees; Lighter's treasury account currently holds ~180K LIT (~$547K) & ~$1.3M USDC.

• Grayscale to distribute staking rewards to Ethereum $ETH Staking ETF (ETHE) investors; to receive “$0.083178 per share held" on January 6th.

• Starknet $STRK suffers ~4 hour network outage, but is now back online; to publish post-mortem soon; Starknet previously suffered an outage in September.

• Polymarket $POLY & Parcl $PRCL partner to launch real estate prediction markets; Parcl to provide independent index data & settlement reference values.

• Jupiter $JUP & Ethena $ENA partner to launch JupUSD stablecoin; JupUSD is backed by 90% USDtb & 10% USDC.

• Helium $HNT stops token buybacks citing "market doesn't seem to care"; Jupiter $JUP also considers stopping buybacks.

• Coinbase $COIN to pause peso-to-USDC trading & local bank withdrawals on January 31st; Coinbase says "This is a deliberate pause that allows us to reassess and strengthen our approach..."

• Crypto[.]com $CRO receives approval for Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) License from Cayman Islands Monetary Authority; first digital asset firm to receive authorization to operate as a VASP in the Cayman Islands.

Alpha

• ⭐️ Fogo $FOGO completes final snapshot for Flames Season 1.5; snapshot includes Fogo Fishing & Valiant LPing; first snapshot was taken on December 19th.

• Fogo Fishing to launch Season 2 soon; Fogo just completed its final snapshot of Flames Season 1.5 which included Fogo Fishing.

• Cap launches on MegaETH $MEGA mainnet; Cap Epoch 3 ends on January 28th; MegaETH to launch public mainnet soon.

• Abstract $ABS launches new badge; users who opt-in to email communications are eligible.

• Ostium launches Season 2 Points as Season 1 ends; capped at 25M points; introduces Boost Windows with 2X points & 50% off fees.

• Zama $ZAMA launches OG NFT claim; select creators, developers, beta testers, & contributors are elgiible.

Airdrops

• ⭐️ Brevis $BREV to launch airdrop claim on January 6th; registration closed on January 3rd; airdrop claim to close after 30 days.

• Binance $BNB launches Brevis $BREV HODLer airdrop; BNB Simple Earn and/or BNB On-Chain Yields subscribers from December 17th to December 19th are eligible.

• Mezo $MEZO to close airdrop registration soon; Mezo Mats (points) holders are eligible.

• Rainbow $RNBW to launch airdrop on February 5th (~31 days); Rainbow Points holders will be eligible; snapshot has yet to be taken.

• ICYMI Fogo $FOGO to launch airdrop on January 13th; Fogo Flames (points) holders & more will be eligible.

Finance News

• Key Events This Week: December ADP Employment report on Wednesday & December Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report on Friday.

• Venezuela's Caracas Stock Exchange is up ~17% following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro.

• US Oil Companies $XOM $CVX $COP are up ~$43B in combined market cap following the US control of Venezuela's oil reserves.

• Strategy $MSTR buys an additional 1,287 Bitcoin $BTC for ~$116M at ~$90,391 per BTC: now holds 673,783 BTC (~$63.5B) acquired for ~$50.5B at ~$75,026 per BTC; also increases USD reserve to ~$2.3B.

• Bitmine $BMNR buys an additional 32,977 Ethereum $ETH (~$107M); now holds 4,143,502 ETH (~$13.4B) & $915M in USD.

Security and Exploits

• ⭐️ Ledger customer data leaks (again) due to its payment processor Global-e being breached; includes names & "other contact details."

• Kraken denies allegations that its customer data is for sale on a dark web forum; Kraken’s CSO Nick Percoco says "...the forum post is not legitimate and appears intended to mislead other forum users.”

• SlowMist warns of new "mandatory 2FA" phishing scam targeting MetaMask users; lures victims into a fake 2FA flow & asks for their wallet recovery phrase.

• Pocket Universe security extension launches 0.16.1 update; now supports 50+ chains & most wallets.

• NordVPN denies allegations that its internal Salesforce development servers were breached; says that cybercriminals obtained dummy data.

Token Unlocks

• Ethena $ENA / ~$43M / JAN 05th
⭐️• Hyperliquid $HYPE / ~$331M / JAN 06th
• Wormhole $W / ~$2M / JAN 09th
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• SQRIL raises an undisclosed amount in funding from Tether.

• River raises an undisclosed amount in Strategic funding from Maelstrom.

• ICYMI Erebor Bank reportedly raises $350M in funding led by Lux Capital.

• ICYMI Architect raises $35M in Series A funding led by Miami International Holdings $MIAX and Tioga Capital.

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