Trust Machines, a web3 firm building out an ecosystem of Bitcoin applications, announced the launch of its flagship wallet, Leather, after the acquisition and rebranding of Hiro Wallet.

While the wallet already supported Stacks L2 functionality along with Bitcoin Ordinals, the company said the revamped offering is aiming to create a bridge between the Bitcoin network and emerging Layer 2 solutions.

"To take Bitcoin to a billion users we need to make Bitcoin and Bitcoin L2s simple and intuitive to use," Trust Machines CEO and Co-Founder Muneeb Ali said in a statement. "Instilling trust and security through decentralization is a key factor of our Bitcoin wallet."

The wallet is self-custodied, open-source and audited, allowing users to secure and manage Bitcoin, Stacks L2 and other …