{"id":4194,"date":"2017-08-17T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.media\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2017-08-17T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:55:34","slug":"cryptocurrency-exchange-shapeshift-acquires-bitcoin-hardware-wallet-keepkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptocurrency-exchange-shapeshift-acquires-bitcoin-hardware-wallet-keepkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency Exchange Shapeshift Acquires Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Keepkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Switzerland-based digital asset exchange Shapeshift has announced that the company has acquired KeepKey, manufacturer of cryptocurrency hardware wallets.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the cryptocurrency exchange, by pairing the KeepKey hardware wallet with ShapeShift, users will be allowed to safely store their coins on a secure physical device while trading their assets directly over the ShapeShift API, which can be reached from KeepKey\u2019s interface.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ShapeShift AG Acquires Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Maker, KeepKey, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bitcoinkeepkey\">@bitcoinkeepkey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dxreJmfAYd\">https:\/\/t.co\/dxreJmfAYd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOLYWiq1ZI\">pic.twitter.com\/gOLYWiq1ZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ShapeShift.io (@ShapeShift_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShapeShift_io\/status\/897850548136947712\">16 August 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cSecurity is of critical importance when it comes to holding and trading digital assets,\u201d <\/strong>Erik Voorhees, CEO of Shapeshift said.<strong> \u201cOne of our priorities has always been to make the exchange experience as safe and easy for users as possible, and our pairing with KeepKey enables us to provide an unmatched customer experience.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KeepKey already had integrated ShapeShift\u2019s API a year ago, allowing it to supporting the most popular cryptocurrencies. The firm\u2019s objective is to support all leading digital assets providing the users with the \u201cmost secure storage wallet available.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis partnership will not only guarantee the future success of the KeepKey brand and product line, but joining the ShapeShift team will enable us to focus on continuing to work on developing better technology and security for crypto-holders,\u201c <\/strong>said Ken Hodler, Chief Technology Officer at KeepKey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ShapeShift confirmed that the company will preserve KeepKey\u2019s brand and product line. Furthermore, the acquisition of KeepKey will allow ShapeShift to \u201cprovide increased capital for inventory and security expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cAmid heightened interest in the concept of digital currencies, a simple, user-friendly cold storage wallet with native exchange functionality is one key to wider adoption,\u201d <\/strong>said Voorhees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shapeshift thinks consumers will appreciate the partnership between Shapeshift\u2019s trustless exchange and hardware wallet security.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWith Shapeshift, users don\u2019t need to leave funds on an exchange. With KeepKey, users don\u2019t need to leave funds on any computer whatsoever. We see a future in which keys are kept on hardware, and non-custodial exchange occurs directly from the hardware,\u201d <\/strong>Voorhees added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Switzerland-based digital asset exchange Shapeshift has announced that the company has acquired KeepKey, manufacturer of cryptocurrency hardware wallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"human_written","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[594,595],"class_list":["post-4194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-keepkey","tag-shapeshift"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"457","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4197,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions\/4197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}