Waters Wavelength Podcast: Digital asset custody infrastructure

- By Wei-Shen Wong and Anthony Malakian
- 03 Feb 2023

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.

Waters Wavelength Podcast · Episode 260: Digital asset custody infrastructure

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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:

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Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758; wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com

Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com

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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

Episode 257: DLT loses favor

Episode 258: Treating the buy side’s fever

Episode 259: SteelEye’s Matt Smith on eComms surveillance

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