Ledger Hardware Manufacturer Must Cut Jobs Due to Bear Market

Leading hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is laying off 12 percent of its workforce. The reason given is a “bear market” and “macroeconomic headwinds.” Other numbers from Ledger are compelling.

The crypto markets have basically been treading water since the spring, with the reserve currency Bitcoin (BTC) also mostly stuck in a narrow price corridor between $26,000 and $30,000 over the past six months.

At hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, this situation now has consequences. “Unfortunately” they have to cut 12 percent of their jobs, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier announced via blog post. He speaks of a “bear market” and gives the affected employees hope for reemployment in better times.

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Ledger says it has more than 700 employees, so about 80 employees are likely to have to go

Gauthier promises to comply with strict French labor laws in the job cuts. Ledger has its headquarters in Paris and has already sold more than 6.5 million of its hardware wallets such as the Ledger Nano S and Nano X. In a March funding round, Ledger was valued at $1.4 billion. Gauthier says this won’t change with the wave of layoffs.

His open letter makes exciting reading. For Gauthier reveals that at the beginning of 2023, he and his management team believed Ledger was prepared for the “bear market” that was emerging at the time.

Events such as the FTX insolvency at the end of 2022 had made it clearer than ever to investors that assets in Bitcoin and the like are only really safe if they are stored on private hardware wallets. A good 20 percent of all global holdings in cryptocurrencies are securely stored on Ledger hardware wallets, according to Gauthier, and more than 100 customers from the financial industry use the Nano X, for example.

Basically, Ledger has also attracted positive attention in 2023 with constant further developments of hardware and services. The new Ledger Stax model and the Earn program, which allows users to earn interest on crypto assets, are just two examples.

Conclusion: Ledger must cut back – but hardware wallets are still a must

Mass layoffs are not a desired task even for CEOs like Pascal Gauthier, and one is willing to accept his disappointment about this apparently necessary step. However, the business figures he presented show great potential, because many investors continue to be negligent without a hardware wallet.

Always order hardware wallets ldirectly from the manufacturer, because resellers repeatedly put manipulated devices into circulation.

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