Fireblocks has been expanding its platform for banks, payment companies, asset managers and other financial institutions using stablecoins, tokenised assets and on-chain settlement. Elad Roisman’s appointment adds a regulatory-policy touch to that strategy.
Roisman joins the digital asset infrastructure company as Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer and General Counsel, Regulatory. He will join Fireblocks’ executive leadership team immediately, the company said.
From SEC to Fireblocks
Roisman served as an SEC commissioner and acting chairman. Before that, he worked as Chief Counsel on the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and held roles at NYSE Euronext and in private legal practice.
Most recently, he was a partner at Cravath, where he advised financial institutions, fintech companies and crypto businesses on digital asset regulation, market structure and policy issues.
At Fireblocks, his role will focus on regulatory affairs from inside the business rather than public supervision. The company said he will engage with regulators, including the SEC, CFTC, banking regulators and industry standard-setters, while helping shape products for emerging rules.
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Michael Shaulov, Co-Founder and CEO of Fireblocks, said that “people who understand the mindset and missions of regulators” can help the company work with policymakers and clients as new rules take shape.
Regulation Becomes Part of the Product
The appointment fits a broader pattern across crypto and digital finance companies. As digital assets move from speculative trading into payments, custody, tokenisation and institutional infrastructure, regulatory expertise has become part of how companies sell and build products.
Circle hired former CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs. MoonPay brought in Caroline Pham, then acting chair of the CFTC, as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.
Coinbase previously hired Brett Redfearn, a former director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, as VP of Capital Markets, and Faryar Shirzad as Chief Policy Officer. Fireblocks is now making a similar move at the infrastructure level.
The appointment does not mean Roisman will regulate Fireblocks. Instead, it gives the company policy leadership from someone who has worked inside the SEC, Congress, exchanges and legal advisory roles.
Roisman said on LinkedIn that he will engage with regulators and financial institutions as digital asset laws develop across the US, Europe and beyond.
