David Schwed - What We’re Getting Wrong About Crypto Security
From Crypto Voices by Matthew Mezinskis
November 14, 2025 · 51 min
About this episode
David Schwed discusses the critical issues surrounding crypto security and the industry's preparedness for future challenges.
This episode of Crypto Voices is all about the hard truths of digital asset security and why the industry still isn’t ready for what’s coming. David Schwed, former CISO at Robinhood and now COO at SVRN, unpacks the real-world gaps in crypto infrastructure, the illusion of safety in enterprise setups, and why physical attacks may be a bigger deal than the headlines suggest.Crypto Voices: Episode 191Show Sponsor: Debifi - https://debifi.com/Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.comAlec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/Chapters:00:00:00 - Security Fundamentals: Keys and Digital Signatures00:02:03 - Crypto Security: Prevention Over Response00:05:42 - Physical Security and Infrastructure Vulnerabilities00:08:31 - Policy Gaps and Quantum Threats in Crypto Security00:10:58 - Quantum Computing Threats to Encryption00:15:39 - Banks Focus on Blockchain Technology Over Digital Assets00:18:52 - Bitcoin as Digital Gold and Stablecoin Future00:24:10 - AI Over-Reliance in Cybersecurity Tools00:28:16 - Legal Risks of AI-Generated Code in Production00:31:27 - Data Governance and Privacy…
People in this episode
Host: Matthew Mezinskis
Guest: David Schwed
Topics covered
- crypto security
- digital asset safety
- infrastructure vulnerabilities
- quantum computing threats
- AI in cybersecurity
- self-custody vs platform security
Keywords
- crypto security
- digital assets
- infrastructure gaps
- quantum threats
- AI cybersecurity
- self-custody
- physical security
Sponsors
Debifi
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Robinhood, SVRN, Porkopolis Economics, havenX
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