Here’s what happened in crypto today

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Today in crypto, Kraken parent Payward announced plans to buy a bank in Lithuania, Ledger asked resellers across Southeast Asia to suspend hardware wallet sales and rival Trezor began cutting its authorized reseller network as a precaution.

Payward will buy Lithuania-based Saldo Bank as part of its expansion into traditional financial services, calling it “a deliberate next step in an infrastructure strategy we’ve been building for years.”

Payward signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, a Finnish holding company whose subsidiary, Saldo Bank UAB, is a digital bank licensed in Lithuania, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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