Cryptocurrency custody provider Fireblocks hires former New York financial regulators to help develop compliance products

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted custody provider Fireblocks has hired Peter Marton, former Deputy Director of Virtual Currency at the New York State Department of Financial Services, as the Director of Digital Identity to help develop blockchain-based compliance products. Marton will report directly to Fireblocks' Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Jason Allegrante.

At the same time, cryptography expert Chaitanya Reddy Konda, who co-developed the Nightfall blockchain with Polygon, has also joined Fireblocks as the Senior Technical Product Manager for Digital Identity and Privacy.