Fireblocks

Securing digital assets during transit is a different problem than securing them at rest, and Fireblocks was built specifically around that distinction. Founded by former cybersecurity engineers from Check Point and related firms, the company set out to eliminate private key theft, spoofing, and credential compromise as root causes of institutional digital asset loss. Its platform uses MPC (multi-party computation) technology to protect assets as they move across wallets, exchanges, custodians, and counterparties, with a policy engine that enforces governance and authorization rules on every transaction before it settles.

For family offices building digital asset exposure, Fireblocks offers a set of operationally relevant tools:

• Treasury management controls to secure, automate, and rebalance digital asset holdings across multiple wallets
• Off Exchange functionality that lets trading firms hold collateral in MPC-secured shared wallets rather than on exchange, reducing counterparty risk
• DeFi security features including dApp Protection and Transaction Simulation, which translate opaque smart contract calls into human-readable previews before signing
• Automation rules for sweeping, topping up, and converting between crypto and stablecoins without manual intervention
• A Fireblocks Network connecting users directly to over 2,400 counterparties, exchanges, and liquidity providers

Clients include BNY Mellon, Revolut, ABN AMRO, Visa, and WisdomTree, and the platform reportedly processes over $10 trillion in transactions with 550 million wallets secured. The company’s primary market is institutional, spanning banks, trading firms, fintechs, and exchanges rather than individual family offices directly. A family office considering Fireblocks should expect to engage with it as infrastructure for a digital asset operation of meaningful scale. Pricing is not disclosed publicly, and the platform’s depth may exceed what smaller offices managing a limited crypto allocation actually require.