Tagged: Michael Shaulov

August 19, 2024 @ 7:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, Chaos Labs, an on-chain risk management provider, announced a $55 million Series A funding round led by Haun Ventures. The funding round attracted F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures and Spartan Capital. They join Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, PayPal Ventures, General… Read More

March 7, 2024 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Enterprise digital asset platform FireBlocks says it will begin onboarding “thousands” of new retail customers as well as institutional firms. The company predicted this would be accomplished due to the new hire of CMO Michal Ferguson. Michael Shaulov, CEO of Fireblocks, says the innovations over… Read More

December 2, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, digital asset security firm Fireblocks announced the acquisition of BlockFold, a smart contract development and consulting firm specializing in advanced tokenization projects for financial institutions. Fireblocks said the acquisition enriches its tokenization capabilities to provide clients with a complete service layer that includes advisory, token… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks has announced its own non-custodial wallet. Fireblocks is best known for its institutional-grade digital asset securities services. The company says it is targeting Fintechs and corporate customers interested in Web3. The new white label “wallet as a service” complements its already operating custody solution…. Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has signed a strategic agreement with Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain. This strategic partnership empowers TASE “to offer a comprehensive range of innovative and secure digital asset products and… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) said it will expand its crypto services, Nubank Cripto, currently available to its customers in Brazil. As part of the expansion, Nubank has signed an agreement with Fireblocks, a global digital asset platform that offers a service for offering blockchain products and managing… Read More

March 18, 2023 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

National Australia Bank (NAB) has completed an intra-bank cross-border transaction using NAB-issued stablecoin, which represents a “world-first” by a major financial institution on a layer-one public blockchain. This pilot transaction on the public and permissionless Ethereum blockchain “involved deployment of stablecoin smart contracts for seven… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN AMRO, headquartered in Amsterdam, reportedly became the first bank in Europe to register a digital bond on the public blockchain, using Fireblocks. The digital bond was issued to a select group of investors “to raise funds on behalf of APOC, an ABN AMRO commercial… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SCB 10X, the venture investment arm of SCBX group, announced that it has invested $10 million in RakkaR Digital, an institutional-grade digital asset custody platform for institutions “powered by Fireblocks.” RakkaR Digital “provides institutions in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong with a highly secure custody… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, a platform to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations, announced the public launch of its Payments Engine, a new suite of tools that will “enable payment service providers (PSPs) with the ability to provide a blockchain agnostic, end-to-end solution… Read More

August 24, 2022 @ 11:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent interview, Michael Shaulov, Co-founder & CEO of Fireblocks– a digital asset and crypto technology provider – offered his insights into what’s happening now with DeFi, banking, and Web3. Fireblocks, which claims to be the #1 provider of digital asset and crypto custody… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, a digital asset services firms that provides custody solutions, has partnered with Tokeny – a top security token platform. According to a company statement, Fireblocks aims to provide the ability for customers to mint and manage permissioned digital assets such as securities and stablecoins…. Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology provider, recently announced the launch of a Web3 Engine with a suite of tools for developers “to build DeFi, GameFi and NFT products and services.” Fireblocks has also “unlocked secure access to the world of decentralized applications, exchanges,… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto technology, recently announced that it has become the first platform to launch institutional DeFi access to Terra, “the second-largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol by total value locked (TVL).” Now, Fireblocks customers can “securely access all of the… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Fireblocks has announced that they’ve acquired $550 million in capital through a Series E round. This brings Fireblocks‘ valuation to $8 billion, making the Fintech firm “the highest-valued digital asset infrastructure provider in the world.” As mentioned in the update from Fireblocks:… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bankhaus von der Heydt, a privately owned bank founded in 1754, has added digital assets to the list of its services offered. According to a company release, the bank will leverage ‘ custody solution in combination with the Fireblocks Network to expand digital asset and… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouHodler, a Fintech platform that assists consumers with accessing the benefits of the fast-evolving crypto economy, has reportedly integrated with Fireblocks, a digital asset custody, transfer and settlement platform. Through the partnership, YouHodler will be leveraging Fireblocks for cryptocurrency transactions management and integrations with several… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise-grade platform providing an infrastructure for digital assets, has raised a $310 million Series D funding round at a huge $2 billion valuation. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC  and SCB 10X, Siam Commercial Bank, along… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wirex, a digital payments platform, says it will pay people up to 16% on their crypto and fiat funds. Wirex made the claim in a release announcing the launch of its new service “X-Accounts” created in partnership with Fireblocks. While the 16% promotion is pretty… Read More

June 17, 2021 @ 6:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital assets infrastructure provider Fireblocks has integrated Crypto.com into the Fireblocks Network, a digital asset transfer network for institutions. This integration will allow Crypto.com to expand its reach to more than 400 institutional participants through the Fireblocks Network. “Being on board the Fireblocks Network will allow… Read More