Michael Shaulov is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, an all-in-one platform that helps enterprises store, transfer, and issue digital assets without getting hacked.

Michael was an expert in cybersecurity before he founded Fireblocks. North Korean hackers, the Lazarus Group, stole $7M from Bithumb, a South Korean exchange in 2017. Michael, along with Fireblocks' co-founders, was a part of the task force that investigated this massive cyber breach. This led him to found Fireblocks with the mission to build a transparent, efficient, and fraud-free financial system for blockchain-based assets.

Today, Fireblocks has facilitated $1 trillion in digital asset transfers and is trusted by the world’s top banks and institutions, including BNY Mellon and Siam Commercial Bank.

Other areas of discussion:
*What’s needed for institutions to adopt crypto?
*How much capital is sitting on the sideline?
*What is the infrastructure that institutions need to adopt crypto
*Where we are in the crypto adoption curve by institutions
*What will prime brokerage in the crypto world look like?
*How Fireblocks is helping institutions get access to DeFi