CZ wants every hardware wallet to come in a see-through case

Changpeng Zhao thinks the future of crypto security looks a lot like a 1990s Game Boy Color. On October 14, 2026, the Binance co-founder said all hardware wallets should eventually ship with see-through cases. The idea is to let users check for signs of tampering with their own eyes. The timing is not random. Only days earlier, reports surfaced of a suspected supply-chain attack involving Ledger devices sold through a single reseller. Those reports tied the incident to losses of approximately $86 million. What CZ said, and what set it off Zhao’s comment came in response to a new tampering-detection tool called tampered.app. The tool is built to flag anomalies in hardware wallets from brands including Ledger, OneKey, and Trezor. On October 9 and 10, reports emerged about suspected tampering with Ledger devices sold by CryptoBilis, a reseller based in Southeast Asia. The reported losses ran primarily in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and TRON. Ledger is investigating both the reported tampering and user claims of losses. Isolated incident, not a systemic flaw Zhao did not use the moment to pile on Ledger. He characterized the problem as likely isolated and connected to one vendor. In his view, t...