In episode 4 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins chats with Shane Verner from Fireblocks.
Shane shares the amazing story of Fireblocks, a tech startup that got to $100m ARR in record time (only Slack has accomplished this feat faster than Fireblocks!)
Dexter asks Shane why an Israeli-based Blockchain business sees Australia as such an important market.
And they talk about some of the groundbreaking work Fireblocks is doing in the Australian market.
Shane has spent many years in the banking technology sector working for companies like Thought Machine, IBM and Cisco. He shares his insights on how blockchain and digital assets are the future of the banking industry.
About Fireblocks
Fireblocks is an enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets.
Fireblocks enables exchanges, lending desks, custodians, banks, trading desks, and hedge funds to securely scale digital asset operations through the Fireblocks Network and MPC-based Wallet Infrastructure.
Servicing over 1,600 financial institutions, Fireblocks has secured the transfer of over $3 trillion in digital assets, and has a unique insurance policy that covers assets in storage & transit.
Some of the biggest trading desks have switched to Fireblocks because it’s the only solution that CISOs and Ops Teams both love.
For more information, please visit www.fireblocks.com.
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