Wallet dossier
Tangem
Swiss self-custody wallet ecosystem spanning physical card and ring hardware wallets plus an app-based mobile wallet with a different key-storage boundary.
- Developer / company
- Tangem AG
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Launch
- 2021
- Custody
- self_custody
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-08-15
Product family
Products
NFC card-shaped Tangem hardware wallet whose private key is generated and held inside the device secure element.
Wearable NFC hardware wallet that shares the current Tangem hardware-wallet architecture in a ring form factor.
App-based Tangem self-custody wallet that does not require a Tangem card or ring and stores encrypted wallet data in the phone security environment.
Chronology
Lifecycle timeline
Tangem card-shaped wallet launched
Product: Tangem Wallet Card
Tangem states that its card-shaped Tangem Wallet was introduced in late 2021.
Tangem Ring opened for public preorders
Product: Tangem Ring
Tangem opened public preorders for the Tangem Ring on July 17, 2024 after unveiling the wearable hardware wallet at the 2023 Cardano Summit.
Tangem Mobile Wallet launched
Product: Tangem Mobile Wallet
Tangem introduced the Mobile Wallet as a free self-custody wallet available directly inside the Tangem app, with encrypted wallet keys stored in the smartphone security environment rather than a Tangem card or ring.
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