CSO & Head of Banking @FireblocksHQ. Working everyday to build infrastructure that will enable digital assets to disrupt business as we know it.
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Open banking stalled because settlement never moved.
Three days on ACH makes switching a planning exercise.
Real-time settlement lets product quality decide where deposits sit. That is the franchise question for banks.
@TOKEN2049 panel: youtube.com/watch?v=zU_plMCL…
A token format that works inside one system can stall at the border of another. That was the trade-off that may matter most on our Money20/20 panel with Interac and TD Bank.
cryptobriefing.com/fireblock…
Project Trinity: SMBC’s yen stablecoin settled two security token transfers atomically across two blockchains.
Fireblocks provides the wallet and key management layer. This isn’t theoretical, it’s operational.
🔗: smbc.co.jp/news/pdf/j2026100…
Kraken has a pilot Fed master account. Coinbase has a conditional trust charter. Meta's reportedly building wallets into WhatsApp. Different doors, same target: your customer. Whoever owns the layer underneath wins.
Read my latest blog post: fblks.co/3Tokk2L
Full report from Chris Ostrowski and the SODA team, with @Solana, @BcgExpand, @CantonNetwork, @FireblocksHQ, @PwC, @StellarOrg and @zksync.
Worth the time for anyone deciding where tokenization sits on next year's budget.
Full Report: fblks.co/3TP036g
From my session at #REDeFiNETOMORROW 2026.
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/SiHd9baiLNQ
Stablecoins are entering the bank stack, but the real work is in treasury, settlement, and operating model design. Sitting down with @Bloomberg's John Lagman at REDeFiNE TOMORROW on June 4 to dig into what 24/7 money actually requires inside banking infrastructure.
Tomorrow: onchain finance and what it actually takes for banks to build the foundation, not just the strategy deck
Joining @TheBanker alongside @BNPParibas & @qivaliseu for a conversation on wallet infrastructure, governance hurdles, and where to start. May 6 -10amEDT/3pm BST
88% of banks have committed digital asset infrastructure budget in 2026. Only 16% are in production.
@FireblocksHQ's The Financial Grid maps that gap, and what it takes to close it.
Full report: fblks.co/report-the-financia…
Moderated a panel last week with @BTGPactual, @weniaoficial by Bancolombia, and Banco @itaucol at 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 in São Paulo.
Most honest exchange: where resistance actually comes from when you move pilot to production. It's not the technology.
