Fireblocks
Institutional platform for digital asset wallets, custody, payments and tokenization, sold on monthly or annual plans.
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Fireblocks key facts
| Category | Institutional custody |
|---|---|
| Chains | 80+ EVM and non-EVM blockchains |
| Platforms | Web, API, SDK |
| Custody | Self-custody |
| Pricing | Essentials $999/month (up to 6 months); Pro, Enterprise, Enterprise+ from $36,000/year |
| Fees | 0.20% overage above $1,000,000 quarterly outbound volume (Essentials) |
| Free plan | Developer Sandbox, free to sign up (testnet assets only) |
| Chains | 80+ EVM and non-EVM blockchains |
| Company | Fireblocks; qualified custody via Fireblocks Trust Company, LLC (NYDFS-chartered) |
| US availability | Available: terms name no country restrictions |
What is Fireblocks?
Fireblocks is digital asset infrastructure for businesses, covering wallets, treasury, qualified custody, payments, staking and tokenization. Its pricing page lists an Essentials plan at $999 per month with $1,000,000 quarterly outbound volume and a 0.20% overage, and support for 80+ EVM and non-EVM blockchains.
How Fireblocks works
Fireblocks runs what its developer docs call direct custody: your business stays the owner and controller of the assets, while the keys are protected by Fireblocks' MPC-CMP protocol, which never assembles a full private key in one place.
Key shares are spread across multiple tier-1 cloud environments, or on-premises and hybrid setups, and the signing code runs inside Intel SGX secure enclaves. Wallets are organized into vault accounts, segregated per client or omnibus, covering hot, warm and cold storage.
Every outgoing transfer passes the Policy Engine, a rule list that decides whether a transaction is blocked, approved or needs extra signers, filtered by user, source, destination and asset. Transfers to other Fireblocks Network members use authenticated deposit addresses, so staff do not paste addresses by hand. Automation runs through the REST API, SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Java, a CLI, and an API Co-signer that can run on Intel SGX, AWS Nitro or Google Cloud Confidential Space.
For assets that must sit with a regulated custodian, Fireblocks Trust Company, LLC offers qualified custody. It is chartered by the New York State Department of Financial Services as a limited-purpose trust company, holds client assets on a segregated, bankruptcy-remote basis, and signs cold storage transactions on air-gapped offline devices. Its page lists KYC, AML, OFAC and Travel Rule screening, and staking through providers such as Figment and Kiln.
How to start with Fireblocks
- Start with the Developer Sandbox at sandbox.fireblocks.io.
- It comes with an API user already created and access to a shared test co-signer, allows up to 5 API users, and handles testnet assets only.
- For a Testnet or Mainnet workspace, you generate an RSA 4096 secret key and a certificate signing request with openssl, upload the CSR when creating an API user, and sign each API call as a JWT with a private key that never leaves your environment.
- Mainnet is a separate workspace.
- The docs say vault accounts, policies, exchange connections, API keys and the co-signer must be configured again there rather than copied from testnet, and recommend small test amounts first.
- Mainnet adds the Fireblocks mobile app for iOS and Android, used to sign transactions and approve workspace changes.
- Production access starts on the Essentials plan or a custom annual plan.
Fireblocks fees and limits
- The Essentials plan costs $999 per month and is offered for up to 6 months.
- It includes a production environment, $1,000,000 of quarterly outbound volume with a 0.20% per-transaction overage above that, 2 workspaces, 5 users, 5,000 Dynamic embedded wallets and 8x5 basic support.
- Pro, Enterprise and Enterprise+ are annual plans starting at $36,000 per year, with custom volume, API limits, SLAs, and Premium or Platinum 24/7 support.
Staking, automation and DRS (CoinCover) are paid add-ons, while cold wallet, raw signing, KeyLink, Off Exchange and tokenization are available as add-ons on custom plans only. The Off Exchange add-on is priced from 3 to 30 basis points on assets under custody, per the pricing page. Every plan, including Essentials, gets full API and SDK access, and the Developer Sandbox is the suggested way to evaluate the APIs, SDKs and Console before buying.
Risks to know before using Fireblocks
- Under the direct custody model you own the assets, so a loose Policy Engine setup or compromised admin credentials can still authorize a bad transfer.
- The docs recommend segregating duties between admins and operators, restricting each API key to allowlisted IP addresses, and setting an Admin Quorum for workspace changes.
- They also note that Testnet workspaces use a simplified signing process with no mobile signing or client co-signer, so security tested there does not match production.
- The NYDFS charter belongs to Fireblocks Trust Company, LLC, and complaints about it can go to NYDFS directly; the developer docs describe the main platform as direct custody, which they call a type of self-custody.
- On Essentials, outbound volume above $1,000,000 per quarter costs 0.20% per transaction, while custom plans start at $36,000 per year with custom volume.
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Fireblocks pros and cons
- Published entry plan: $999 per month
- Free developer sandbox for API and SDK testing
- 80+ blockchains and 30+ connected exchanges
- Essentials caps outbound volume at $1,000,000 per quarter
- 0.20% overage fee above the volume cap
- Pro and Enterprise pricing only by sales quote
Fireblocks FAQ
What is Fireblocks?
Fireblocks is digital asset infrastructure for businesses, covering wallets, treasury, qualified custody, payments, staking and tokenization. Its pricing page lists an Essentials plan at $999 per month with $1,000,000 quarterly outbound volume and a 0.20% overage, and support for 80+ EVM and non-EVM blockchains.
Which chains does Fireblocks support?
80+ EVM and non-EVM blockchains.
How much does Fireblocks cost?
0.20% overage above $1,000,000 quarterly outbound volume (Essentials), according to Fireblocks’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026). Free plan: Developer Sandbox, free to sign up (testnet assets only).
Is Fireblocks available in the US?
Available: terms name no country restrictions, according to Fireblocks’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
Does Fireblocks hold my funds?
No. Fireblocks is self-custody: you keep your funds in your own wallet and sign each transaction.
Sources
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Sources: Fireblocks: official site, Fireblocks: Pricing, Fireblocks: Workspace Comparison. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.
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