# Lior Lamesh

> Lior Lamesh is the co-founder of GK8 and CEO at Galaxy Custody & Galaxy Israel. With Shahar Shamai, he built institutional digital asset custody technology following cybersecurity work at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office. GK8 was acquired by Celsius in 2021, then its assets were acquired by Galaxy in 2023. His work spans custody, tokenization and infrastructure for financial institutions.

- **Role:** CEO at Galaxy Custody & Galaxy Israel
- **Organizations:** Galaxy, GK8, Prime Minister’s Office, Israel
- **Education:** BSc, Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, MBA, Information Systems and Entrepreneurship, Bar-Ilan University
- **Known for:** Co-founded GK8’s institutional digital asset custody business., Recognized with Shahar Shamai on Forbes Israel’s 2022 30 Under 30 list., Named with Shahar Shamai as an inventor on cryptocurrency wallet patent publications.

## Career timeline

- **2016–2018** — Cybersecurity architect at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, according to his public professional biography.
- **2018** — Co-founded GK8 with Shahar Shamai; served as CEO.
- **2019** — GK8 emerged from stealth with a $4 million seed round.
- **2020** — GK8 ran a $250,000 Bitcoin cold-wallet hacking bounty.
- **2021** — Celsius announced acquisition of GK8 for $115 million.
- **2023** — Galaxy completed acquisition of substantially all GK8 assets for approximately $44 million; both founders joined to lead custodial technology.
- **2024** — GK8 launched its Tokenization Wizard.
- **2026** — Identified as Galaxy Israel CEO in the Bank Leumi partnership announcement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded GK8’s institutional digital asset custody business.
- Recognized with Shahar Shamai on Forbes Israel’s 2022 30 Under 30 list.
- Named with Shahar Shamai as an inventor on cryptocurrency wallet patent publications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Galaxy and Bank Leumi announced a digital asset trading partnership, with launch expected in early 2027; the announcement identifies Lamesh as CEO of Galaxy Israel.
- **2025-04** — Galaxy and BDACS announced a Korean institutional partnership incorporating GK8 custody technology.

## Links

- Website: https://www.galaxy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-lamesh
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/LameshLior

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Last updated: 2026-10-21