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Michael Shaulov

Co-Founder & CEO of Fireblocks, Fireblocks

Fireblocks website

Bio

Michael Shaulov is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fireblocks, one of the leading digital asset infrastructure platforms serving financial institutions, banks and enterprises. With a background in cybersecurity and enterprise technology, Shaulov brings extensive experience building security products at scale to the institutional crypto infrastructure space.

Before Fireblocks, Shaulov co-founded Lacoon Security, a mobile security company that was acquired by Check Point Software Technologies, where he subsequently served as Head of Cloud and Mobile Product. This cybersecurity background directly informed the security-first architecture of Fireblocks, which uses Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology to protect private key management without a single point of failure.

Shaulov co-founded Fireblocks in 2018 alongside Pavel Berengoltz and Idan Ofrat. Under his leadership as CEO, Fireblocks has grown into a major digital asset infrastructure provider, offering institutional wallets, custody infrastructure, Wallet-as-a-Service, stablecoin payment rails, tokenization capabilities and the Fireblocks Network. As CEO, Shaulov oversees strategy and operational leadership across all business lines. Information last checked: August 2026.

Profile at a glance

Country
Israel
Status
Active

Work & Project Background

  • Fireblocks

    Co-founder

Key Contributions

Fireblocks Co-Founding

Co-founded Fireblocks with Pavel Berengoltz and Idan Ofrat, building the leading MPC-based institutional digital asset custody and transfer infrastructure.

CEO Leadership

Serves as CEO, leading Fireblocks' strategy, product direction and operational execution across custody, payments, tokenization and enterprise infrastructure.

MPC Custody Architecture

Led the application of Multi-Party Computation to institutional key management, eliminating single points of failure in enterprise digital asset custody.

Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

Positioned Fireblocks as a leading infrastructure layer for stablecoin payments and settlement, serving banks and fintechs building payment products on blockchain rails.

Institutional DeFi & Tokenization

Expanded Fireblocks to support institutional DeFi access, banking tokenization and Wallet-as-a-Service, broadening digital asset infrastructure beyond pure custody.

Timeline

Pre-2018

Co-founded Lacoon Security (mobile security); Lacoon acquired by Check Point; served as Head of Cloud and Mobile Product at Check Point.

2018

Co-founded Fireblocks with Pavel Berengoltz and Idan Ofrat, focused on MPC-based institutional digital asset security and custody infrastructure.

2019–2021

Fireblocks launched institutional wallet and transfer infrastructure; raised significant venture capital; expanded to major exchanges, banks and hedge funds.

2022–2023

Launched Wallet-as-a-Service and embedded wallets; Fireblocks expanded stablecoin, tokenization and DeFi integration capabilities.

2024–2026

Continued as CEO; Fireblocks expanded into stablecoin payment infrastructure, banking tokenization and treasury workflow automation for financial institutions.

Recent Project Coverage

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