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This article explains how to pair a Ledger Nano S/S+/X hardware wallet with NuFi wallet so that you can manage your Ledger's Solana, Cardano, FlowEthereum and EVM accounts inside NuFi's interface.




Doing this gives you access to functionality that isn't available in Ledger Live, such as cross-chain swaps for thousands of tokens, in-app DEXes, DeFi and other Decentralized Apps (Dapps), Cardano, Solana and Flow staking, and more.


It takes about a minute to set up a NuFi wallet profile and pair your Ledger's account(s) into NuFi's interface.



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Supported blockchains


You can use NuFi wallet to manage your Ledger's accounts for the following blockchains:

  • Bitcoin (coming April 2025) 
  • Solana and SVM chains like Eclipse and Sonic SVM
  • Cardano
  • Ethereum, BNB Chain and EVM chains such as Polygon, Base, Arbitrum (search here to see if a chain is EVM; chains supported by MetaMask are EVM and can managed via NuFi)
  • Flow and FlowEVM
  • More chains coming soon

Supported functionality


  • Securely send and receive assets on hundreds of chains
  • Connect your Ledger's accounts to DeFi and other decentralized apps (Dapps)
  • Stake ADA, SOL and FLOW direct to the blockchain
  • Manage NFTs in a multi-chain gallery
  • Exchange over 1000 tokens across 185 blockchains
  • Solana and Cardano DEXes inside your wallet 
  • Buy and sell crypto with card, Apple/Google pay, PayPal and others
  • View and export your wallet's transaction and staking history


Important

  • When you pair a Ledger device with NuFi wallet, your crypto remains in your Ledger wallet.
  • By pairing, you simply share your wallet's public address(es) so that NuFi can query the blockchain and show you the contents of your wallet, plus its staking setup, history, and so on.
  • Your wallet's private keys are never shared with NuFi - these always remain inside the Ledger device itself.
  • You must always pair a Ledger device using a cable, and never by manually entering the device's seed/recovery phrase online.
  • NuFi is a non-custodial wallet and cannot access or control any of the funds you manage via NuFi's interface.


Setup


Before you continue, please ensure that your Ledger device's firmware is up to date and that you're using the latest versions of the Ledger apps. You may need to update Ledger Live first in order to access the latest firmware and app versions.

Also ensure that Ledger Live is closed and not running in the background.


1. Create a NuFi wallet profile

Before you can manage your Ledger's accounts in NuFi's interface, you must create a NuFi wallet profile and pair your Ledger's accounts into it.


There are two versions of NuFi wallet:

  1. a browser extension that you install from Chrome web store; and
  2. a web-based wallet accessed via a URL (with nothing to install).


Both versions of NuFi support Ledger devices, but they differ in terms of Dapp connectivity; the browser extension connects to all Dapps, while the web wallet connects to any Dapp that supports WalletConnect.

2. Pair your Ledger device's accounts with NuFi wallet


  1. Open NuFi wallet's browser extension or visit wallet.nu.fi; click 'Pair hardware wallet' on the first screen
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a NuFi wallet profile:

    - This allows you to log in quickly on your next visit without needing to connect your Ledger device (but you will always need to connect your device in order to sign transactions).

    - Write down your NuFi wallet's recovery phrase or skip this step if you don't plan to create any non-hardware wallet accounts.
     
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to export your Ledger wallet's public keys:

    - Select the desired blockchain and select Ledger.     Interact with your Ledger device to approve the exporting of the public keys. When NuFi receives your device's public keys, you'll see your accounts and balances listed for that particular blockchain.

  4. Choose which account(s) you would like to pair with NuFi and click Continue.

    - Choose a custom name for each account if you wish.

    Important: For some blockchains, different accounts can be derived from the same public key. NuFi shows you, in separate tabs at the top, each derivation path and the resulting accounts (with balances).


3. Your Ledger's accounts and assets will now be visible inside NuFi's interface


Repeat the process for each blockchain/account you want to manage via NuFi's interface. You can pair your device's existing accounts or create new ones at any time from Portfolio > Accounts tab > Add account, as shown here: