Roman Schnider spent 15 years at PwC, where he helped build their blockchain assurance practice back in 2016.
In 2019, he became CFO of the Tezos Foundation, managing one of the largest crypto treasuries in the industry, over $500 million in fiat, BTC, and XTZ.
In 2023, he left to launch inandon, a Swiss firm offering CFO as a Service, accounting, and compliance to web3 companies. And in 2025, he set up Blockfort, a Swiss regulated VASP custodian, built on top of Fireblocks.
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Topics covered:
(0:00) Coming Up
(2:39) Roman’s origin story at PwC
(7:31) From Tezos to in and on
(10:12) CFO as a Service explained
(12:43) Common objections from client
(16:19) CFO as a Service deliverables
(18:11) Web3 specific deliverables
(20:09) Get 10% off with Kryptos subledger
(21:36) Lessons learned from managing Tezos Foundation treasury
(27:32) Switzerland as a jurisdiction for foundations
(30:47) Landing 1st clients at in and on
(33:35) Lessons from training the team for digital assets
(38:02) Compliance services
(41:07) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance
(44:06) Blockfort for custody
(50:40) Blockfort v/s Fireblocks
(54:04) Onboarding with Blockfort
(56:11) Using AI safely for clients
(01:00:57) Looking into the future with stablecoins
(01:03:12) Favourite quote
(01:03:55) Reach out to Roman
