Friday Feb 17, 2023

Fireblocks’ Evolution: Crypto, Banking, Payments & Partnerships | Adam Levine |  Fireblocks

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Adam Levine, VP and Head of Corporate Strategy at Fireblocks, an easy-to-use platform creating blockchain-based products and managing day-to-day digital asset operations. Adam talks about Fireblocks’ evolution from a crypto native focus to banking, web3, payments, and more. He shares what Fireblocks is pioneering in education and collaboration for the community and discusses how they are developing and maintaining long-term partnerships in an industry that is notoriously fast-paced and fickle.




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Fireblock’s Social Links:

Fireblocks’ Website: https://www.fireblocks.com

Fireblocks’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FireblocksHQ

Fireblocks’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireblocks

Fireblocks’ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/fireblocks

Fireblocks’ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/FireblocksHQ 

Fireblock’s Demo: https://www.fireblocks.com/request-demo/ 




Guest Social Links:

Adam’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlevine18/ 




About Guest

Adam joined Fireblocks as VP, Head of Corporate Strategy and is a member of the leadership team. His remit includes leading strategic partnerships, non-crypto digital assets — focusing on central bank and market infrastructure engagement, new ventures, and corporate development. Prior to Fireblocks, Adam was Co-Head of BNY Mellon’s Digital Partnerships. His responsibilities included collaborations with, and strategic investments in, emerging technology companies. Adam also founded BNY Mellon’s Accelerator Program. During this time Adam was a member of FTV Capital’s Strategic Advisory Board and a Board Member of Proxymity. Adam has a bachelor’s in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis and a juris doctor and Masters in Business Administration from Duke University. Adam is admitted to the New York State Bar Association.

 

 

You’ll learn about:

  • Why competition inhibits user friendly experiences
  • How Fireblocks is providing education and further advancing technology 
  • How Fireblocks is integrating with gaming companies and combining tokenization with wallets



Timestamps

0:36 Jay’s intro

2:54 Adam’s background

7:31 Adam’s path to Fireblocks

9:45 Compliance & regulation for enterprises

10:55 About Fireblocks

15:41 Why choose Fireblocks

21:22 The ecosystem & further advancing technology

24:16 Education

28:20 Web3 modular internet

30:50 Scalability for large enterprises

36:17 Where is Web3 headed

38:08 Consumer Model for FireBlocks

40:38 Gaming

45:17 Where are we on the adoption scale

46:32 How to contact Adam









DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

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