Tangem

Wallet in the form of a card. The key is generated on a chip inside it and never leaves the card.

You hold the keys
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The listing at a glance

  • You hold the keysYour coins stay under your control. Tangem never holds them.
  • tangem.comThe address our listing links to.
  • No commercial linkWe earn nothing if you sign up.
  • Founded 2017Zug, Switzerland
  • Updated 30 Sep 2026The last time we edited this listing.

What Tangem is

Tangem makes a card-based hardware wallet that stores private keys offline and uses a phone's NFC module to sign transactions, requiring no batteries or cables. The wallet ships as a set of cards that each hold the same cold wallet; tapping one card to a phone activates it, and additional cards can be linked for backup instead of relying on a traditional seed phrase, though generating one remains optional. The card's secure element generates the private key using entropy from physical sensors and is certified EAL6+, with firmware reviewed by external security labs.

The accompanying Tangem app lets customers store, buy, send, swap, and spend assets across more than 14,100 tokens on over 90 blockchain networks, plus a Yield Mode for earning interest and support for spending crypto via Apple Pay or Google Pay. The company states the wallet is fully non-custodial, meaning private keys are locked inside the card's chip and no company, bank, or government can access, freeze, or restrict the assets held.

Good for, and what to watch

Good for

  • No battery, cable or screen to fail
  • The backup is a second card, not a list of words
  • Very easy to set up and use from a phone
  • Priced below most hardware wallets

Watch out for

  • No screen: addresses and amounts are checked only in the phone app
  • By default there is no seed phrase — lose every card and the funds are gone
  • The firmware is closed source, audited rather than open
  • Everything runs through Tangem's own app

Before you go

Make sure it is really Tangem

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    Never share your recovery phraseNo real company asks for it: not support, not an update, not a “verification”.

This listing is our own opinion. We are not affiliated with Tangem beyond any commercial relationship disclosed above, we never take custody of your assets, and nothing here is financial advice. Verify anything that matters against the company's own site before acting on it.