diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d13cdb1cba..cdd6b20307 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ be used to retrieve the actual proposal `Content`. Also the `NewMsgSubmitProposa
   * `SignatureVerificationGasConsumer` now has the signature: `func(meter sdk.GasMeter, sig signing.SignatureV2, params types.Params) error`.
   * The `SigVerifiableTx` interface now has a `GetSignaturesV2() ([]signing.SignatureV2, error)` method and no longer has the `GetSignBytes` method.
 * (client/flags) [\#6632](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/6632) Remove NewCompletionCmd(), the function is now available in tendermint.
+* (crypto) [\#6780](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/6780) Move ledger code to its own package.
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/client/keys/show.go b/client/keys/show.go
index 10559f407f..3899e1ea3f 100644
--- a/client/keys/show.go
+++ b/client/keys/show.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/ledger"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/types/multisig"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func runShowCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		return crypto.LedgerShowAddress(*hdpath, info.GetPubKey(), sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32AccountAddrPrefix())
+		return ledger.ShowAddress(*hdpath, info.GetPubKey(), sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32AccountAddrPrefix())
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
index 7074bb04c7..05598d0613 100644
--- a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
+++ b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/input"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/hd"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/ledger"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 )
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ func (ks keystore) SaveLedgerKey(uid string, algo SignatureAlgo, hrp string, coi
 
 	hdPath := hd.NewFundraiserParams(account, coinType, index)
 
-	priv, _, err := crypto.NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1(*hdPath, hrp)
+	priv, _, err := ledger.NewPrivKeySecp256k1(*hdPath, hrp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ func SignWithLedger(info Info, msg []byte) (sig []byte, pub tmcrypto.PubKey, err
 		return
 	}
 
-	priv, err := crypto.NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(*path)
+	priv, err := ledger.NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(*path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/amino.go b/crypto/ledger/amino.go
similarity index 96%
rename from crypto/amino.go
rename to crypto/ledger/amino.go
index 0b694529e8..dd9ba8769f 100644
--- a/crypto/amino.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/amino.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
diff --git a/crypto/encode_test.go b/crypto/ledger/encode_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from crypto/encode_test.go
rename to crypto/ledger/encode_test.go
index 858a703994..146d3a50ea 100644
--- a/crypto/encode_test.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/encode_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/crypto/ledger_mock.go b/crypto/ledger/ledger_mock.go
similarity index 98%
rename from crypto/ledger_mock.go
rename to crypto/ledger/ledger_mock.go
index 2acb3c43e9..9af22bb7fb 100644
--- a/crypto/ledger_mock.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/ledger_mock.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build ledger,test_ledger_mock
 
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 // set the discoverLedger function which is responsible for loading the Ledger
 // device at runtime or returning an error.
 func init() {
-	discoverLedger = func() (LedgerSECP256K1, error) {
+	discoverLedger = func() (SECP256K1, error) {
 		return LedgerSECP256K1Mock{}, nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crypto/ledger_notavail.go b/crypto/ledger/ledger_notavail.go
similarity index 85%
rename from crypto/ledger_notavail.go
rename to crypto/ledger/ledger_notavail.go
index 8ad672720a..66d16adcc0 100644
--- a/crypto/ledger_notavail.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/ledger_notavail.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // +build !cgo !ledger
 // test_ledger_mock
 
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // set the discoverLedger function which is responsible for loading the Ledger
 // device at runtime or returning an error.
 func init() {
-	discoverLedger = func() (LedgerSECP256K1, error) {
+	discoverLedger = func() (SECP256K1, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("support for ledger devices is not available in this executable")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crypto/ledger_real.go b/crypto/ledger/ledger_real.go
similarity index 86%
rename from crypto/ledger_real.go
rename to crypto/ledger/ledger_real.go
index 93837e389a..07f8a8e3ed 100644
--- a/crypto/ledger_real.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/ledger_real.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build cgo,ledger,!test_ledger_mock
 
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import ledger "github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go"
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import ledger "github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go"
 // set the discoverLedger function which is responsible for loading the Ledger
 // device at runtime or returning an error.
 func init() {
-	discoverLedger = func() (LedgerSECP256K1, error) {
+	discoverLedger = func() (SECP256K1, error) {
 		device, err := ledger.FindLedgerCosmosUserApp()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/crypto/ledger_secp256k1.go b/crypto/ledger/ledger_secp256k1.go
similarity index 84%
rename from crypto/ledger_secp256k1.go
rename to crypto/ledger/ledger_secp256k1.go
index 54f5479d15..f25cdff3b8 100644
--- a/crypto/ledger_secp256k1.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/ledger_secp256k1.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ type (
 	// discoverLedgerFn defines a Ledger discovery function that returns a
 	// connected device or an error upon failure. Its allows a method to avoid CGO
 	// dependencies when Ledger support is potentially not enabled.
-	discoverLedgerFn func() (LedgerSECP256K1, error)
+	discoverLedgerFn func() (SECP256K1, error)
 
-	// LedgerSECP256K1 reflects an interface a Ledger API must implement for SECP256K1
-	LedgerSECP256K1 interface {
+	// SECP256K1 reflects an interface a Ledger API must implement for SECP256K1
+	SECP256K1 interface {
 		Close() error
 		// Returns an uncompressed pubkey
 		GetPublicKeySECP256K1([]uint32) ([]byte, error)
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-// NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe will generate a new key and store the public key for later use.
+// NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe will generate a new key and store the public key for later use.
 //
 // This function is marked as unsafe as it will retrieve a pubkey without user verification.
 // It can only be used to verify a pubkey but never to create new accounts/keys. In that case,
-// please refer to NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1
-func NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PrivKey, error) {
-	device, err := getLedgerDevice()
+// please refer to NewPrivKeySecp256k1
+func NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PrivKey, error) {
+	device, err := getDevice()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PrivKey, err
 	return PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1{pubKey, path}, nil
 }
 
-// NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1 will generate a new key and store the public key for later use.
+// NewPrivKeySecp256k1 will generate a new key and store the public key for later use.
 // The request will require user confirmation and will show account and index in the device
-func NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1(path hd.BIP44Params, hrp string) (tmcrypto.PrivKey, string, error) {
-	device, err := getLedgerDevice()
+func NewPrivKeySecp256k1(path hd.BIP44Params, hrp string) (tmcrypto.PrivKey, string, error) {
+	device, err := getDevice()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) PubKey() tmcrypto.PubKey {
 
 // Sign returns a secp256k1 signature for the corresponding message
 func (pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) Sign(message []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	device, err := getLedgerDevice()
+	device, err := getDevice()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ func (pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) Sign(message []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return sign(device, pkl, message)
 }
 
-// LedgerShowAddress triggers a ledger device to show the corresponding address.
-func LedgerShowAddress(path hd.BIP44Params, expectedPubKey tmcrypto.PubKey,
+// ShowAddress triggers a ledger device to show the corresponding address.
+func ShowAddress(path hd.BIP44Params, expectedPubKey tmcrypto.PubKey,
 	accountAddressPrefix string) error {
-	device, err := getLedgerDevice()
+	device, err := getDevice()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func LedgerShowAddress(path hd.BIP44Params, expectedPubKey tmcrypto.PubKey,
 // ValidateKey allows us to verify the sanity of a public key after loading it
 // from disk.
 func (pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) ValidateKey() error {
-	device, err := getLedgerDevice()
+	device, err := getDevice()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func convertDERtoBER(signatureDER []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return sigBER.Serialize(), nil
 }
 
-func getLedgerDevice() (LedgerSECP256K1, error) {
+func getDevice() (SECP256K1, error) {
 	if discoverLedger == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("no Ledger discovery function defined")
 	}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func getLedgerDevice() (LedgerSECP256K1, error) {
 	return device, nil
 }
 
-func validateKey(device LedgerSECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) error {
+func validateKey(device SECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) error {
 	pub, err := getPubKeyUnsafe(device, pkl.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func validateKey(device LedgerSECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1) error {
 // Communication is checked on NewPrivKeyLedger and PrivKeyFromBytes, returning
 // an error, so this should only trigger if the private key is held in memory
 // for a while before use.
-func sign(device LedgerSECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1, msg []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func sign(device SECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1, msg []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	err := validateKey(device, pkl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func sign(device LedgerSECP256K1, pkl PrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1, msg []byte) ([]byt
 //
 // since this involves IO, it may return an error, which is not exposed
 // in the PubKey interface, so this function allows better error handling
-func getPubKeyUnsafe(device LedgerSECP256K1, path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PubKey, error) {
+func getPubKeyUnsafe(device SECP256K1, path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PubKey, error) {
 	publicKey, err := device.GetPublicKeySECP256K1(path.DerivationPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("please open Cosmos app on the Ledger device - error: %v", err)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func getPubKeyUnsafe(device LedgerSECP256K1, path hd.BIP44Params) (tmcrypto.PubK
 //
 // Since this involves IO, it may return an error, which is not exposed
 // in the PubKey interface, so this function allows better error handling.
-func getPubKeyAddrSafe(device LedgerSECP256K1, path hd.BIP44Params, hrp string) (tmcrypto.PubKey, string, error) {
+func getPubKeyAddrSafe(device SECP256K1, path hd.BIP44Params, hrp string) (tmcrypto.PubKey, string, error) {
 	publicKey, addr, err := device.GetAddressPubKeySECP256K1(path.DerivationPath(), hrp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("address %s rejected", addr)
diff --git a/crypto/ledger_test.go b/crypto/ledger/ledger_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from crypto/ledger_test.go
rename to crypto/ledger/ledger_test.go
index b22db95559..3de8ff5a38 100644
--- a/crypto/ledger_test.go
+++ b/crypto/ledger/ledger_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package crypto
+package ledger
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
 
-func TestLedgerErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
+func TestErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
 	// first, try to generate a key, must return an error
 	// (no panic)
 	path := *hd.NewParams(44, 555, 0, false, 0)
-	_, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path)
+	_, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestPublicKeyUnsafe(t *testing.T) {
 	path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(0, sdk.CoinType, 0)
-	priv, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path)
+	priv, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path)
 	require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 	require.NotNil(t, priv)
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestPublicKeyUnsafeHDPath(t *testing.T) {
 		path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(0, sdk.CoinType, i)
 		fmt.Printf("Checking keys at %v\n", path)
 
-		priv, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path)
+		priv, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path)
 		require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 		require.NotNil(t, priv)
 
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ func TestPublicKeyUnsafeHDPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPublicKeySafe(t *testing.T) {
 	path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(0, sdk.CoinType, 0)
-	priv, addr, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1(path, "cosmos")
+	priv, addr, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1(path, "cosmos")
 
 	require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 	require.NotNil(t, priv)
 
-	require.Nil(t, LedgerShowAddress(path, priv.PubKey(), sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32AccountAddrPrefix()))
+	require.Nil(t, ShowAddress(path, priv.PubKey(), sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32AccountAddrPrefix()))
 
 	require.Equal(t, "eb5ae98721034fef9cd7c4c63588d3b03feb5281b9d232cba34d6f3d71aee59211ffbfe1fe87",
 		fmt.Sprintf("%x", priv.PubKey().Bytes()),
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestPublicKeyHDPath(t *testing.T) {
 		path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(0, sdk.CoinType, i)
 		fmt.Printf("Checking keys at %v\n", path)
 
-		priv, addr, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1(path, "cosmos")
+		priv, addr, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1(path, "cosmos")
 		require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 		require.NotNil(t, addr)
 		require.NotNil(t, priv)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func TestSignaturesHD(t *testing.T) {
 		path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(account, sdk.CoinType, account/5)
 		fmt.Printf("Checking signature at %v    ---   PLEASE REVIEW AND ACCEPT IN THE DEVICE\n", path)
 
-		priv, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path)
+		priv, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path)
 		require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 
 		pub := priv.PubKey()
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ func TestSignaturesHD(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRealLedgerSecp256k1(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRealDeviceSecp256k1(t *testing.T) {
 	msg := getFakeTx(50)
 	path := *hd.NewFundraiserParams(0, sdk.CoinType, 0)
-	priv, err := NewPrivKeyLedgerSecp256k1Unsafe(path)
+	priv, err := NewPrivKeySecp256k1Unsafe(path)
 	require.Nil(t, err, "%s", err)
 
 	pub := priv.PubKey()