Cryptocurrency custody company Fireblocks said in a statement that it has appointed Peter Marton, the former deputy director of virtual currencies at the New York State Department of Financial Services, as the company’s director of digital identity. Marton will report directly to Fireblocks Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Jason Allegrante.
According to the announcement, Chaitanya Reddy Konda, the expert cryptographer who created Nightfall, the Layer 2 Rollup blockchain developed by Ernst & Young in partnership with Polygon, has also joined Fireblocks as a senior technical product manager for digital identity and privacy. (The Block)