Metrika Sponsors the First-Ever Digital Assets Track at Risk Live North America 2025

The financial risk management landscape has reached a significant milestone. Risk Live North America has introduced its first dedicated digital assets track, with Metrika serving as the founding sponsor of this important industry development.

This represents institutional recognition that digital asset risk management has evolved from specialized concern to essential business capability. When Risk Live creates dedicated programming around digital assets, it signals the sector's integration into mainstream financial risk management.

Where Risk Leaders Converge

Risk Live North America serves as the premier gathering for the continent's most senior risk decision-makers, annually bringing together over 400 executives who shape risk functions across banks, buy-side institutions, and regulatory bodies. With more than 70% of attendees holding C-level positions, the conference represents where financial risk strategy gets developed and refined.

The 2025 edition takes place October 8-9 at Nashville's Grand Hyatt, featuring the most comprehensive agenda to date. The addition of a dedicated digital assets track reflects the industry's evolution toward strategic integration of digital assets within institutional portfolios.

The Digital Assets Imperative: Why Now?

Current market conditions create compelling reasons for sophisticated digital asset risk frameworks. With the GENIUS Act now law, OCC guidance reshaping bank compliance strategies, and the post-FTX environment having clarified the need for robust operational controls, institutions are operating in a fundamentally different landscape.

Financial institutions have progressed from experimental engagement to strategic integration planning. This transition from cautious exploration to purposeful adoption requires the rigorous risk management expertise that Risk Live represents and that Metrika has developed through years of institutional collaboration.

Curating Critical Conversations

As the track's founding sponsor, Metrika collaborated with Risk.net's editorial team to develop three essential sessions addressing the most pressing institutional challenges. We identified critical knowledge areas and assembled expert panels with the practical experience to address them effectively.

Our partnership reflects shared commitment to advancing industry discourse through technical depth and practical application rather than surface-level discussion.

Three Focused Sessions

1. The Future of U.S. Digital Asset Regulation opens the track with comprehensive analysis of the evolving regulatory landscape. The panel features Yesha Yadav from Vanderbilt University Law School, Ash Majid from FalconX, Peter Marton from Fireblocks, and Ana De Sousa from Agio Ratings. These experts will examine emerging legislation implications, OCC guidance interpretation, and the complex federal and state oversight framework defining current compliance requirements.

2. Managing Operational and Platform Risk in Digital Assets addresses technical challenges facing senior technology and risk officers. Metrika Founder and CEO Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos joins Renée Berman, former Managing Director of Digital Assets at DTCC, and Rajeev Bamra, Head of Strategy for Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings. The session explores custody vulnerabilities, smart contract risks, cross-chain bridge exposures, and institutional control framework development.

3. Liquidity Risk Management in Digital Asset Markets completes the programming with insights from seasoned practitioners. Jasmine Burgess, former COO/CRO at Coinbase Asset Management, CJ Rinaldi from Kraken, and Rohan Ranadive from WisdomTree examine digital market liquidity challenges, stablecoin depegging scenarios, and digital asset integration into traditional stress testing frameworks.

Practical Outcomes for Attendees

These sessions provide actionable frameworks for building institutional-grade digital asset programs. Participants will gain:

• Regulatory roadmaps for compliance navigation
• Operational risk assessment and mitigation frameworks
• Proven liquidity risk management approaches
• Direct access to industry-shaping executives and experts
• Professional networks addressing similar institutional challenges

The networking component provides exceptional value. Attendees can benchmark digital asset risk strategies against 400 of North America's most experienced risk professionals across multiple institutions and market sectors.

Moving the Industry Forward

The establishment of Risk Live's first digital assets track validates the sector's institutional importance while highlighting the work ahead. As adoption accelerates and regulatory frameworks mature, successful organizations will apply the same analytical rigor to digital asset risk management that they use for traditional financial instruments.

Metrika's track sponsorship demonstrates our commitment to raising industry standards through expertise sharing developed from extensive work with leading financial institutions. We contribute actively to advancing these essential conversations.

Join the conversation at Risk Live North America, October 8-9 in Nashville. For registration and detailed program information, visit northamerica.risklive.net or contact eventsmarketing@risk.net. The digital assets track launches important industry dialogue, and your participation helps shape its continued development.

Digital asset risk management capabilities are becoming essential institutional infrastructure. Your organization's readiness will determine its ability to capitalize on emerging opportunities.