Stablecoins and RWAs are onboarding TradFi to crypto, says Fireblocks CEO
Michael Shaulov is the Co-Founder & CEO of Fireblocks.
In this episode, Shaulov discusses how Fireblocks' core business has evolved over the past few years, particularly in the area of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Business at Fireblocks
06:15 Fireblocks & Stablecoins
09:59 RWA TVL Growth
15:36 Institutional Stablecoin Adoption
25:22 TradFi's Adoption of Crypto Infrastructure
29:27 Onchain Identity Systems
38:10 Closing Thoughts
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78 - Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov
Fireblocks is building infrastructure to help businesses adopt digital assets with a suite of products, providing institutions access to DeFi with security and convenience. Last month, Fireblocks raised over $300 million at a $2.2B valuation.
CEO Michael Shaulov comes on the Bankless Podcast to explore why institutions are choosing to outsource their crypto-native workflows to an infrastructure company like Fireblocks, whose expertise and products aim to provide secure & effective storage, transactions, and issuance.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro 6:00 Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks 8:05 Valuation and Raise 13:18 Institutional FOMO 17:39 What is Fireblocks? 22:27 Outsourcing Workflows 27:41 Institutions are Coming 31:31 Clients & Products 41:52 AWS For Crypto Banking 48:22 Security & Management 54:10 Bullish on DeFi 1:00:16 CeFi & DeFi Activity 1:08:20 Using Aave & Compound 1:12:50 Bridging into DeFi 1:15:58 Institutional DeFi 1:22:00 Regulation 1:30:26 Too Successful 1:35:31 The DeFi Mullet 1:39:17 Closing & Disclaimers
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Crypto's Gender Disparity: What Can Be Done About It? 4 Women Weigh In - Ep.234
Crypto sits at the intersection of two male-dominated industries: tech and finance. I was asked to moderate a panel for the Amber Group with four leading women in crypto to discuss the role of gender in the crypto industry and what can be done to bring more women into the space. Panelists include Mia Deng, partner at Dragonfly Capital; Amy Zhang, vice president of sales at Fireblocks; Alexis Gauba, cofounder at Opyn; and Annabelle Huang, partner at Amber Group. Show highlights:
how each panelist got into crypto, what it is they do, and which company they work for
why women have been somewhat reluctant to speak on crypto gender disparity in public
what the main obstacles to bringing about better gender diversity in crypto
whether the crypto space is harder to break into than traditional finance for women
how gender issues in the U.S. are different than in Asia
why more women have begun trading cryptocurrencies and how to increase that interest
which crypto explanations are most effective for female friends
why there are so few female crypto co-founders
good hiring practices for bringing more women into the space
advice for women trying to break into crypto
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Episode Links
Panelists
Mia Deng
Crypto career
cofounder at TR Lab ---- NFT Platform (2021)
partner at Dragonfly Capital - https://medium.com/dragonfly-research
Head of biz Development + Venture partner @ Amber Group - https://www.ambergroup.io/about
Social link
https://twitter.com/miagegedeng?lang=en
Amy Zhang
Crypto career
vice president of sales at Fireblocks - https://www.fireblocks.com/
head of sales/investor relations at Diginex - https://www.diginex.com/
Social link
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyzwzhang/?originalSubdomain=hk
Alexis Gauba
Crypto career
cofounder at Opyn - https://www.opyn.co/#/
cofounder at she256 - https://she256.org/
Social link
https://twitter.com/AlexisGauba
Annabelle Huang
Crypto career
partner at Amber Group - https://www.ambergroup.io/about
founding member at KeeperDAO - https://twitter.com/Keeper_DAO
risk lead at AirSwap - https://www.airswap.io/
Social Link
https://twitter.com/_annabellehuang?lang=en
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