Waters Wavelength Podcast: Digital asset custody infrastructure
Stephen Richardson, head of Apac and senior vice president of financial markets at Fireblocks, joins the podcast to chat about multi-signature and multiparty computation technology.
Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, and Anthony Malakian, Editor-in-Chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.
To hear the full interview, listen in the player above, or you can click on the download button in the player above.
You can also listen to us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
This week, Stephen Richardson, head of Apac and senior vice president of financial markets at Fireblocks, a digital asset security platform, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They chat about private key security and the technology traditional firms need to interact with digital assets.
5:00 – Stephen joins the podcast and gives an overview of Fireblocks.
7:00 – He explains the technology behind managing private keys.
10:00 – The difference between multi-signature and multiparty computation infrastructure.
18:30 – Stephen discusses how Fireblocks works with traditional custodians.
21:30 – What are some institutional-grade tools that are still missing?
26:00 – They discuss settlement infrastructure considerations.
30:30 – How can firms better enable interoperability and harmonization of tech infrastructure between traditional and digital assets?
38:30 – What needs to change from a people standpoint?
43:30 – Stephen talks through some trends in this space that may take off this year.
Contact Info:
As is the case with everything we do, we'd love to get some feedback from our listeners.
Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758; wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com
Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 250: Tradeweb’s Bruni on electronification of repo markets
Episode 251: Nasdaq’s Dague on exchange cloud strategy
Episode 252: Vendor lock-in and interoperability
Episode 253: A tech unicorn's take on cloud and infra in the capital markets
Episode 254: Heads in the cloud
Episode 255: Wfic and everything cloud
Episode 256: Fixed income execution & innovation
Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.
To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@waterstechnology.com or view our subscription options here: https://subscriptions.waterstechnology.com/subscribe
You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact info@waterstechnology.com to find out more.
You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@waterstechnology.com to find out more.
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (point 2.4), printing is limited to a single copy.
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@waterstechnology.com
Copyright Infopro Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
You may share this content using our article tools. As outlined in our terms and conditions, https://www.infopro-digital.com/terms-and-conditions/subscriptions/ (clause 2.4), an Authorised User may only make one copy of the materials for their own personal use. You must also comply with the restrictions in clause 2.5.
If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@waterstechnology.com
More on Emerging Technologies
BNY inks AI deal with Google, Broadridge moves proxy voting to AWS, Expero delivers ICE market data, and more
The Waters Cooler: TSX Venture Exchange data hits the blockchain, SmartTrade acquires Kace, and garage doors link to cloud costs in this week’s news roundup.
Everyone wants to tokenize the assets. What about the data?
The IMD Wrap: With exchanges moving market data on-chain, Wei-Shen believes there’s a need to standardize licensing agreements.
Google, CME say they’ve proved cloud can support HFT—now what?
After demonstrating in September that ultra-low-latency trading can be facilitated in the cloud, the exchange and tech giant are hoping to see barriers to entry come down, particularly as overnight trading looms.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 342: LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Sophie Lagouanelle
This week, Sophie Lagouanelle, chief product officer for financial crime compliance at LNRS, joins the podcast to discuss trends in the space moving into 2026.
Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Nasdaq mull tokenized equities’ impact on regulations
An SEC panel of broker-dealers, market-makers and crypto specialists debated the ramifications of a future with tokenized equities.
BlackRock and AccessFintech partner, LSEG collabs with OpenAI, Apex launches Pisces service, and more
The Waters Cooler: CJC launches MDC service, Centreon secures Sixth Street investment, UK bond CT update, and more in this week’s news roundup.
Tokenized assets draw interest, but regulation lags behind
Regulators around the globe are showing increased interest in tokenization, but concretely identifying and implementing guardrails and ground rules for tokenized products has remained slow.
CME, LSEG align on market data licensing in GenAI era
The two major exchanges say they are licensing the use case—not the technology.
