Brazil Crypto Report

Onsite at Ethereum Rio with Jorge Borges of Fireblocks


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In today’s episode I talk with Jorge Borges who heads up Fireblocks’ sales operations for Brazil and Latin America. We talk about Jorge’s background in finance and tech before jumping into crypto and digital assets. Fireblocks provides blockchain infrastructure services to digital native and traditional finance customers - ranging from small Web3 gaming startups to the world’s largest custodians and banks like Bank of New York Mellon.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Fireblocks’ ethos as a cybersecurity provider that offers a tech stack that enable clients to build their own solutions

  • How Fireblocks differs from other institutional infrastructure firms operating in the space

  • Jorge’s experience one year into the job

  • How Brazil’s TradFi banking sector is approach the Digital Real and asset tokenization, and the role Fireblocks plays as an infrastructure provider for these use cases

  • Fireblocks’ pilot project with Aave in the Brazilian Central Bank’s Digital Real Lift lab cohort





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    Brazil Crypto ReportBy Aaron Stanley