78 - Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Get the Debrief for this episode!<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-institutional-defi"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-institutional-defi</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks<br /> 8:05 Valuation and Raise<br /> 13:18 Institutional FOMO<br /> 17:39 What is Fireblocks?<br /> 22:27 Outsourcing Workflows<br /> 27:41 Institutions are Coming<br /> 31:31 Clients & Products<br /> 41:52 AWS For Crypto Banking<br /> 48:22 Security & Management<br /> 54:10 Bullish on DeFi<br /> 1:00:16 CeFi & DeFi Activity<br /> 1:08:20 Using Aave & Compound<br /> 1:12:50 Bridging into DeFi<br /> 1:15:58 Institutional DeFi<br /> 1:22:00 Regulat