
Nikos Makriyannis
Cryptography Researcher Lead
Nikos Makriyannis holds a PhD in cryptography, focusing on secure multi-party computation (MPC) with broad interests in both theoretical and applied cryptography. He co-authored the CMP20 and CGGMP21 threshold signing protocols, widely used to secure blockchain transactions across the industry.
Nikos has published at leading academic venues (EUROCRYPT, TCC, CCS) and industry conferences (Black Hat USA). He joined Fireblocks in 2019 as a cryptography researcher.