Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain, announces the strategic appointments of Peter Marton, former Deputy Superintendent of Virtual Currency at the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and leading cryptographer, Chaitanya Reddy Konda, who designed and built Nightfall, a pioneering privacy solution for Ethereum token transfers for EY. Together, they will lead the company’s efforts to develop programmable blockchain-based compliance products and set international standards for on-chain identity for the digital asset industry.
Marton, an authority in digital asset regulation, joins Fireblocks as Director of Digital Identity, and will report directly to Jason Allegrante, Fireblocks’ Chief Legal & Compliance Officer.
“Fireblocks has a long-standing commitment to enable our customers to safely and securely interact with the digital asset ecosystem by leveraging purpose built block
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