Richard Astle

Richard Astle is the Vice President, Global Head of Network at Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on blockchain. With over 16 years of experience in the financial sector, Richard has been at the forefront of digital asset trading, custody, and tokenization since 2017. He is responsible for growing the Fireblocks Network, the industry's largest digital asset network which has secured over $6 trillion of digital asset transfers across public and permissioned blockchain networks, enabling secure, seamless connectivity between institutional counterparties, while emphasizing risk management solutions such as Off ExchangePrior to Fireblocks, Richard was instrumental in building and scaling Covario's trade desk from the ground up, achieving trading volumes exceeding $100 million per month. His efforts contributed to the firm's high revenue generation and successful regulatory approval. Richard's expertise in digital assets is also rooted in his work with Swiss Crypto Vault, where he played a key role in launching the company and growing its market share to over $1 billion in assets under management within 18 months. Richard's early career focused on managing ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clients, providing complex investment management, credit and estate planning services at Citi and Lombard Odier.