FinWikiPublic-source finance field guide
日EN

Fireblocks — global MPC custody infrastructure provider (Japan rollout)

ConfidenceLikelyUpdated2026-07-29Review by2027-01-29Sources5Machine-translatedOriginal (JA)

On this page

Wiki route

This entry sits under exchanges index. Read it with FSA crypto-asset exchange registration system — number system / Local Finance Bureau jurisdiction / registration requirements for adjacent context and Japan Financial Regulation — Legal Framework for Tokens, Crypto Assets, and Payments for the broader system boundary.

A digital asset infrastructure platform as described by Fireblocks · for a publicly documented Japan-related case, see the Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities customer story

1. Corporate / shareholders

  • Trade name (global): Fireblocks Inc.
  • English name: Fireblocks
  • Japan-related public scope: Fireblocks’ official customer story documents the Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities case. This entry does not infer the legal form or headcount of a Japan base
  • Global headquarters: New York City, USA (on registration). R&D / founding was in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Established: 2018 (Israeli-originated, then moved to a US HQ)
  • Form: An unlisted private company
  • Principal shareholders: Sequoia Capital (Series D co-lead), Paradigm (Series B lead), BNY Mellon (investment participation 2021-03), Google Ventures, and several other VCs
  • Latest valuation: $8 billion (as of the 2022-01 Series E)

2. License / registration status

  • Japanese regulatory position: Fireblocks describes itself in official materials as a digital asset infrastructure platform. Whether a particular service requires registration depends on the provider and activities, so verify the current FSA lists and obtain specialist advice
  • Industry associations: verify current membership, including JVCEA, in each association’s official member list; this entry does not infer non-membership from an omission
  • US licenses: Holds the Fireblocks Trust Company (a US trust company) (since 2024)
  • EU: Expanding its provision to European banks / institutions as MiCA-compliant infrastructure

3. Supported assets

  • BTC, ETH, EVM-line altcoins in general, Solana, Sui, and other major L1/L2
  • Stablecoins (USDC, USDT, electronic payment instruments issued by various banks)
  • Tokenized RWA (real estate, commodities, securities)
  • NFT management (at the B2B infrastructure level)
  • Publicly stated number of supported chains: 50+ blockchains (regularly expanding)

4. Scope of operations / main products

  • MPC Custody (Multi-Party Computation): Distributed custody of private keys. A combination of hardware isolation + MPC. Provides industry-standard-level security for global financial institutions
  • Policy Engine: A governance layer where transfer rules, approval flows, and compliance gates can be configured
  • Treasury Management: The Fireblocks Network, which executes the sending and receiving of digital assets with exchanges / counterparties without private-key exposure
  • Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS): API provision of non-custodial / custodial MPC wallets for enterprises
  • Embedded Wallets: White-label wallets for consumers (strengthened by the acquisition of Dynamic)
  • Tokenization Engine: Minting, transfer, and smart-contract management of RWA
  • Fireblocks Network for Payments: A network specialized in stablecoin settlement (provision began 2025-09 )
  • DeFi Access: DeFi-protocol connection linked with the policy engine
  • COR Compliance: A MiCA / AML/CFT-compliant compliance package

5. Product areas documented on the official site

Source: The entire table is based on the product navigation and descriptions on Fireblocks About, checked on 2026-07-29.

Product area Positioning on the official site
Wallets Treasury management, Wallet-as-a-Service, embedded wallets, and wallet connectors
Security and governance Security, Policy Engine, and DeFi security suite
Financial applications Tokenization, Earn, Staking, and Off Exchange
Reconciliation and compliance Compliance integrations, COR Compliance, and Financial Data
Network A connectivity layer for the digital asset ecosystem

Competitive rank, market share, individual adoption, and Japan-office headcount are live research questions and are not inferred from this product table.

6. History and Japan case documented in official materials

Source: The entire table is based on Fireblocks About and the Mitsui customer story, checked on 2026-07-29.

Year/month Event
2017 The future co-founders investigated the Lazarus Group attack on South Korean exchanges while at Check Point
2018 Fireblocks was founded
2022-02-17 Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities began operations and issued Zipangcoin
2023 MDC added platinum- and silver-backed tokens
Publication date MDC selected Fireblocks as the infrastructure provider for multi-chain expansion

Directly documented Japan-related example: The Fireblocks Mitsui customer story states that Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities selected Fireblocks as the infrastructure provider for multi-chain expansion.

7. Update boundary

Customer counts, transaction volume, supported-chain counts, financings, acquisitions, and IPO speculation are time-sensitive and are not frozen in this page’s comparison tables. On update, check Fireblocks’ current About and product pages, customer stories, and transaction-party releases directly.

8. Management / Japan base

Global founders 3 名:

  • Michael Shaulov — CEO / co-founder (Israeli-born, a former Check Point employee)
  • Pavel Berengoltz — CTO / co-founder
  • Idan Ofrat — CPO / co-founder

Japan-related information:

  • Update the legal form, representative, and headcount only when supported by official corporate disclosure or registry evidence. Do not infer fixed values or nonexistence from social-media profiles alone

Sources

#fintech#jp-custody#fireblocks#mpc-custody#foreign-vendor

Discovery

Keep reading

Related

Read next

Links here