Kraken parent Payward to acquire Lithuanian bank, Ledger halts Southeast Asian sales amid tampering reports

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced plans to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank to expand into traditional financial services across four markets including Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, and Germany, with the acquisition expected to close in 2027. Meanwhile, Ledger has asked resellers in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong to suspend hardware wallet sales as it investigates reports of tampered devices, while rival Trezor is preemptively cutting its authorized reseller network due to these tampering reports.