Fireblocks named Michael Levine chief financial officer on March 7, 2024, in a blog post announcing a round of executive hires1. CoinDesk independently reported the hire on March 7, 2024, writing that Levine joined "from Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO) as CFO"2. Fireblocks credited him with “over 30 years of experience building and scaling technology and financial services companies,” including his time as Payoneer's CFO "leading up to their successful public offering".
The third executive hire at Fireblocks on the record since 2024
Every move CryptoLately has verified there, by the day it became public
Moves: The Moves Ledger, CryptoLately's record of verified leadership moves, Oct. 3, 2016 to Oct. 2, 2026.
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Aug. 19, 2021 | Clayton joined the board. Jay Clayton joined the board of Fireblocks |
| March 7, 2024 | Ferguson became CMO. Michal Ferguson was named Chief Marketing Officer of Fireblocks |
| March 7, 2024 | Levine became CFO. Michael Levine was named Chief Financial Officer of Fireblocks |
| March 7, 2024 | Gadde became Chief Customer Officer. Madan Gadde was named Chief Customer Officer of Fireblocks |
| Aug. 17, 2026 | Roisman became Chief Regulatory. Elad Roisman was named Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer and General Counsel, Regulatory of Fireblocks |
39 executive hires on the record in 2024
Executive hires CryptoLately has verified, by year; 2026 through Oct. 2, 2026
- 2024: 39
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
Moves: The Moves Ledger, CryptoLately's record of verified leadership moves, Oct. 3, 2016 to Oct. 2, 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2025 | 59 |
| 2026 | 45 |
The move
Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov tied Levine's hire, and two other executive hires announced on March 7, 2024, to a bet that crypto's next bull run was coming. “We didn't know exactly when the market would start expanding again, but it was clear to us it would happen sooner or later,” Shaulov told CoinDesk2. Shaulov also addressed a possible listing. “It's reasonable that we will see more crypto companies that have the right financials IPO. We don't have any urgency to do it, but it's definitely something from an optionality standpoint, we will be looking at,” Shaulov said. CoinDesk noted that the hire, from "a big U.S.-listed fintech," could point toward a Fireblocks listing of its own. Circle and Galaxy were weighing the same step at the time, CoinDesk reported.
Before and after the hire
Levine's hire landed alongside two others in the same announcement: Michal Ferguson as chief marketing officer from Snyk, and Madan Gadde as chief customer officer from FIS1. Fireblocks had raised $550 million at an $8 billion valuation in early 2022. Shaulov told CoinDesk on March 7, 2024, that Fireblocks was very well funded, with most of the money raised still in reserve2.
What came next
Levine remained Fireblocks' chief financial officer as of February 25, 2026, nearly two years after his March 2024 hire. He published company blog posts under his own byline as CFO. In a February 25, 2026, post, Levine wrote about a run of digital asset acquisitions, two of them by Fireblocks: "Fireblocks acquired Dynamic" in October 2025, and "Fireblocks acquired TRES Finance" in January 2026. Such moves, he wrote, "reveal something more significant about where digital asset operations are heading"3.
Sources
- Daniel Evans, "Fireblocks gears up for the crypto bull run with our latest executive hires," Fireblocks, March 7, 2024, https://www.fireblocks.com/blog/fireblocks-gears-up-for-the-crypto-bull-run-with-our-latest-executive-hires
- Ian Allison, "Fireblocks Prepares for Bull Market by Adding New Executive After New CFO Hire," CoinDesk, March 7, 2024, https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/07/fireblocks-prepares-for-bull-market-by-adding-new-executive-after-new-cfo-hire
- Michael Levine, "What Recent M&A Activity Tells Us About the Future of Onchain Finance," Fireblocks, February 25, 2026, https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPQTBPWjBuaS04d1hFOEpLRzBSb1hMVXhwWlNCaGFxblYyRTFCWkxpR3laWXpMNmZnUlhmWTh4dGc5ZkUzcm4wR2pSZGk1RHRwUlpJYUgta29PdjJydnc0dlkzUFJIcTB5RGZGRzRNb0p2X19ERUxydmgzczYzbGh2SEh1Ym04Z2c?oc=5