ELLIPAL

ELLIPAL is a hardware wallet maker, founded in 2018, that sells cold wallets for storing crypto keys offline. Its main device, the ELLIPAL Titan 2.0, is air-gapped: it has no WiFi, no Bluetooth and no USB data link, and it signs transactions by scanning QR codes with a camera. ELLIPAL also sells the smaller Titan Mini and the X Card, a card-shaped wallet that signs with an NFC tap instead.

All three work through the ELLIPAL App on your phone and hold SOL and SPL tokens alongside assets on more than 45 other blockchains. One limit matters for Solana holders. As of October 2026 the ELLIPAL App does not stake SOL.

How the ELLIPAL Titan 2.0 signs with QR codes

The ELLIPAL Titan 2.0 signs transactions without ever touching a network. Your phone builds the transaction and shows it as a QR code. The Titan 2.0 scans that code, shows you the details, and answers with a second QR code holding the signature. Your phone scans it and sends the transaction to the network.

The private key stays on the device the whole time. Per ELLIPAL's Titan 2.0 page, the wallet has no radio of any kind, no USB data port and no SD card slot. The USB port only charges the battery.

Here is what a SOL transfer looks like in practice. You type the address and amount into the ELLIPAL App. The app shows a QR code. You point the Titan 2.0's camera at it and read the recipient and amount on the 4-inch screen. If they match, you approve, and the Titan 2.0 shows its own QR code for the phone to scan.

It takes a few more seconds than plugging in a cable. What you get in return is that a hacked phone or laptop has no wire or wireless link to reach the keys through. The phone can still lie to you about what you are signing, which is why the on-device screen matters. ELLIPAL calls this "Clear Signing": the device lists who you are paying, how much, and what you are allowing.

The Titan 2.0 creates a 24-word seed phrase, which is the master backup for your keys. It supports an optional passphrase and a "Secondary Wallet", a decoy that opens with a different unlock pattern and shows only the accounts you choose.

ELLIPAL Titan 2.0, Titan Mini and X Card compared

ELLIPAL sells three cold wallets. The Titan 2.0 and Titan Mini are air-gapped devices with screens that sign by QR code. The X Card is a battery-free card that signs when you tap it on your phone. The first two suit long-term storage at home. The card is built to be carried.

Specifications and list prices come from ELLIPAL's product pages for the Titan 2.0, the Titan Mini and the X Card, read in October 2026. ELLIPAL runs frequent promotions, so the price at checkout is often lower.

"CC EAL" is a Common Criteria rating for the chip that stores the keys. It rates the chip. It does not rate the whole wallet or its software.

The X Card works differently from the Titan line, and the difference matters. You create the wallet offline on a small device called the X Card Starter. After that you tap the card on your phone to approve each transaction. The card has no screen, so the transaction details you check are the ones your phone shows you. A Titan shows them on its own display.

The X Card uses a standard BIP39 seed phrase, so you can restore the wallet in other wallets that follow the same standard. Several cards can share one wallet as backups. A PIN protects each card, and ten wrong attempts wipe it. ELLIPAL also sells the Seed Phrase Steel, a metal plate for storing a seed phrase.

Does ELLIPAL support Solana and SPL tokens?

Yes. ELLIPAL wallets store, send and receive SOL and SPL tokens through the ELLIPAL App. ELLIPAL's coin list shows Solana among its supported networks, with stablecoins such as USDC and USDT available on Solana. The app also connects to Solana apps through WalletConnect.

Solana support has three gaps you should know about before buying.

SOL staking is the first. The ELLIPAL App page lists staking for ETH, ADA, ATOM, XTZ, DOT and KSM, and says "SOL staking coming soon". If you hold SOL for the long term, that means giving up staking rewards while it sits in the app, or finding another route. Our guide explains how staking SOL works and what it pays. Solana Compass runs a validator, so we have an interest in that choice.

NFTs are the second. ELLIPAL's spec sheets list NFT support for Ethereum and Polygon only.

Wallet pairing is the third. The Titan 2.0 spec sheet names MetaMask and WalletConnect as its connection routes. It does not list Phantom or Solflare, the wallets most Solana apps are built around. Check that the Solana apps you use accept WalletConnect before relying on an ELLIPAL wallet for them.

ELLIPAL App features: swaps, buying and dApps

The ELLIPAL App is the phone software every ELLIPAL wallet needs. It shows your balances, builds each transaction and sends it once the cold wallet has signed. You can also swap tokens, buy crypto with a card, stake some coins and connect to dApps from inside the app.

Outside firms run those extras. ELLIPAL names Changelly, SWFT and SwapKit for swaps. MoonPay, Simplex and Onramper handle buying and selling, and Kiln handles staking. Rates and limits depend on those firms and on where you live. ELLIPAL says it never holds your funds during a swap.

The ELLIPAL App changed in one big way in 2025. It used to let you create or import a wallet right on the phone. That was a "hot wallet", which means the keys sat on a device that is online. ELLIPAL switched the hot wallet off on 31 October 2025. The app now works with cold wallets only.

A new look is on the way. ELLIPAL began showing ELLIPAL App 5.0 on X on 28 September 2026, with a new home screen and a send flow that goes one step at a time. ELLIPAL had given no release date as of early October 2026. ELLIPAL's about page also lists ELLIPAL Pay, a way to spend stablecoins, and a payment terminal for shops.

Is ELLIPAL safe? The Ledger research and the 2025 XRP theft

We found no public report of an ELLIPAL Titan being hacked from a distance. Two events still belong in a fair answer. In 2019, Ledger's research team broke into ELLIPAL's first wallet with the device in hand. In 2025, a user lost about $3 million after he typed his seed phrase into the ELLIPAL App.

The 2019 work looked at the EC01, the first ELLIPAL wallet. Ledger's Donjon team wrote that the EC01 had a WiFi part inside, and USB data lines that only software kept shut. Ledger also said a thief who held the device could copy its memory and get the keys fast and at low cost.

ELLIPAL disputes part of that. ELLIPAL's reply says Ledger did not pull any seeds from the EC01. ELLIPAL says it paid Ledger a bug bounty and shipped a fix. It then swapped the EC01 for the Titan, with its sealed metal body, in September 2019.

The 2025 loss was a different kind of failure. CoinDesk reported that a retired man in North Carolina lost his XRP on 12 October 2025. ELLIPAL said he had typed his cold wallet's seed phrase into the app. That put the keys on his phone and made the wallet hot. No one claimed a flaw in the Titan itself. ELLIPAL shut the app's hot wallet at the end of that month.

Three limits remain.

• ELLIPAL's product pages cite the chip ratings. They do not link an outside audit of the Titan 2.0 or X Card software, so you rely on what ELLIPAL tells you.
• ELLIPAL's "zero breaches" claim covers its cold wallets. It does not cover the old hot wallet in the app.
• An air gap does not stop you from saying yes to a bad transaction. If you sign a harmful request from a dApp, the funds move, even though the keys stayed offline.

Anyone who gets your seed phrase gets your funds. Never type a cold wallet's seed phrase into a phone or a computer.

Who an ELLIPAL cold wallet suits

An ELLIPAL Titan 2.0 suits someone who holds crypto for the long term, manages it from a phone, and wants keys that cannot be reached over a cable or radio. It suits holders of several chains more than Solana-only users, because the ELLIPAL App does not yet stake SOL.

The fit is weaker in three cases. If you work mainly from a desktop, every ELLIPAL wallet needs the phone app, and there is no computer connection. If you want SOL earning staking rewards from cold storage, the ELLIPAL App cannot do that as of October 2026. If you use Solana apps every day, scanning two QR codes per transaction is slow, and a wallet with native Phantom or Solflare support will feel smoother.

The ELLIPAL X Card suits a beginner who wants keys off an exchange at a low price and will carry the card. Because it has no screen, it gives less protection than a Titan if your phone is compromised.

ELLIPAL vs Ledger, Trezor, Keystone and Tangem

ELLIPAL's Titan line differs from Ledger and Trezor mainly in how it connects. A Titan uses QR codes only. Ledger and Trezor devices connect by cable, and some models add wireless links. Keystone is the closest match to a Titan, and Tangem is the closest match to the X Card.

Ledger and Trezor both work with desktop software, which ELLIPAL does not. Trezor publishes its firmware as open source. Pick one of them if you want a computer connection or code that outsiders can inspect. Pick a Titan if removing the cable and radio matters more to you.

Keystone also signs by QR code and is also air-gapped. It publishes its firmware as open source and focuses on pairing with third-party wallets. The ELLIPAL Titan 2.0 keeps you inside ELLIPAL's own app. For Solana use in particular, compare which wallets each device pairs with before choosing.

Tangem sells NFC card wallets like the ELLIPAL X Card. The X Card always creates a standard BIP39 seed phrase on its offline Starter device, so the backup works in other wallets.

How ELLIPAL firmware updates work

You update an ELLIPAL Titan 2.0 or Titan Mini offline. Firmware is the software that runs on the wallet. You save the update file to a microSD card, then load it through the Security Adapter that comes in the box. The wallet never links to a computer or the internet while it updates.

The ELLIPAL X Card cannot be updated at all. Its software is locked when the card is made. ELLIPAL says this closes off updates as a way to attack the card. The trade-off is that a flaw found later could not be fixed on cards already sold.

ELLIPAL company history and scale

ELLIPAL started in 2018 and sold its first cold wallet, the EC01, that year. The first Titan replaced the EC01 a year later.

The Titan Mini and Titan 2.0 followed over the next few years, and the X Card arrived in 2025, per ELLIPAL's about page.

ELLIPAL says more than a million people use its wallets, and that it ships to over 140 countries. These are ELLIPAL's own figures and no outside party has checked them. We found no ELLIPAL token.