Ledger Enables Celo Fee Abstraction With CIP-64 Support

Ledger has expanded its support for Celo (CELO), enabling fee abstraction through CIP-64. This upgrade allows users to pay gas fees with any of the 18 approved Celo-native assets, including popular stablecoins like USDT and USDC, directly from their Ledger wallets. The development significantly enhances accessibility for Ledger’s 8 million global users by simplifying transaction mechanics.

Fee abstraction on the Celo network is designed to increase crypto usability by letting users pay transaction fees in familiar ERC-20 tokens rather than the native CELO token. Close to 50% of gas fees on Celo are already settled in stablecoins, reflecting strong adoption of this feature. The recent integration with Ledger brings this functionality to a wider audience, particularly those prioritizing secure storage for their digital assets.

CIP-64, introduced in July 2023 as part of the Gingerbread hardfork, underpins this functionality. It allows transactions to specify a gas payment token via the feeCurrency field. The protocol handles token transfers automatically, reserving and refunding gas fees as needed. Supported tokens include stablecoins pegged to major fiat currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP, as well as Wrapped ETH (WETH).

Celo’s fee abstraction continues to function seamlessly under the network’s Layer 2 architecture, built on the OP Stack, following its migration from Layer 1 in May 2024. The Jovian hardfork in March 2026 further solidified this architecture, ensuring features like fee abstraction remain operational while aligning with Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem.

For Celo, this integration is a step toward broader adoption, particularly in regions where stablecoins dominate crypto transactions due to fiat volatility. By supporting fee abstraction on a secure hardware wallet like Ledger, Celo reduces barriers for new users and enhances existing user experiences.

Market reception to the upgrade could be critical for CELO, currently priced at $0.070779, down 1.285% in the last 24 hours as of July 13, 2026. While the token’s market cap remains modest at $39.2 million, innovations like this integration may boost ecosystem activity and attract more users to its Layer 2 network.

Ledger users can start utilizing Celo-native assets for gas payments by updating their Ledger Live app, available on both iOS and Android. The integration supports sending, receiving, and swapping CELO and Celo-native stablecoins, making it easier than ever to transact on the Celo network.

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