Fireblocks and Thales have expanded their collaboration to help banks and regulated financial institutions deploy digital asset services using customer-owned, certified hardware while staying within existing compliance frameworks.
The partnership combines Fireblocks’ digital asset platform with Thales’ Luna Hardware Security Modules, allowing institutions to extend their current security infrastructure into digital assets without rearchitecting systems or compromising governance standards.
Extending Certified Hardware Into Digital Asset Operations
Under the expanded collaboration, financial institutions can use their existing Luna HSM infrastructure to support digital asset custody, trading, tokenization, and onchain settlement. The architecture is designed to integrate directly with current security, audit, and governance processes already approved by regulators.
Institutions can manage cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, security tokens, and tokenized real-world assets across major blockchain networks. Support for multiple elliptic curves enables broader cross-chain functionality and access to deeper liquidity.
Maintaining Full Institutional Control and Governance
The joint solution is designed to meet regulatory expectations for accountability and operational control. Private keys or key shares are generated, stored, and used entirely within customer-owned Luna HSMs through Fireblocks KeyLink.
All cryptographic operations occur inside infrastructure controlled by the institution. Fireblocks cannot independently sign transactions or move assets. Instead, the platform provides policy enforcement, transaction orchestration, and governance across hot, warm, and cold operating models.
This approach aligns digital asset operations with the same risk management principles used in traditional financial infrastructure.
Designed for Institutional Scale and Regulatory Confidence
The Fireblocks and Thales architecture maps security controls directly to compliance requirements using technologies regulators already understand, including certified HSMs and multi-party computation.
The platform is built to support institutional transaction volumes with high availability and operational resilience. More than 95 banks are currently using Fireblocks in live environments, reflecting growing institutional adoption of digital asset services.
Supporting the Next Phase of Institutional Digital Assets
As banks move from proof-of-concept initiatives to production deployments, the expanded collaboration is positioned to help institutions adopt digital assets without sacrificing control, compliance, or operational integrity.
By combining customer-owned certified hardware with enterprise-grade digital asset orchestration, Fireblocks and Thales aim to reduce key exposure risk while enabling secure participation in the evolving digital asset economy.
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