# Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos

> Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos is the founder and CEO of Metrika, a Cambridge, Massachusetts SaaS company that measures the reliability of blockchains the way a control tower watches air traffic. A Greek-born MIT engineer who spent a decade in telecom strategy consulting, he built Metrika to answer a plain question institutions kept asking about crypto rails: how do you know it is working, and how do you prove it. He served on the U.S. CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee and helped author its landmark 2024 DeFi report, and his platform now underpins risk work with names like S&P Global Ratings, Zodia Custody, Hedera, Algorand and Solana.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Metrika
- **Organizations:** Metrika, U.S. CFTC Technology Advisory Committee, Cartesian
- **From:** Greece
- **Nationality:** Greek
- **Education:** BSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering (with honors), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), MSc in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Metrika, a first-of-its-kind operational intelligence and risk platform for blockchains., Served on the U.S. CFTC Technology Advisory Committee and its Subcommittee on Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology., Contributed to the CFTC's landmark 2024 DeFi report on issues, findings and recommendations.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Joined Cartesian, a veteran telecom, media and technology strategy consultancy, rising from Consultant to Engagement Manager, Principal and Advisor.
- **~2018** — Founded Metrika after recognizing that blockchain networks needed a way to stay dependable as they scaled.
- **2021** — Metrika closed a $14M Series A led by Neotribe Ventures with Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Nyca Partners and SCB 10X.
- **2023** — Metrika attracted follow-on investment from Microsoft's M12 and Nyca Partners; total funding reached roughly $26.5M.
- **2024** — Helped author the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee's landmark 79-page DeFi report, released January 8, 2024.
- **2025** — Metrika concluded a proof-of-concept with S&P Global Ratings on a multi-chain digital asset risk framework and partnered with Zodia Custody.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Metrika, a first-of-its-kind operational intelligence and risk platform for blockchains.
- Served on the U.S. CFTC Technology Advisory Committee and its Subcommittee on Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology.
- Contributed to the CFTC's landmark 2024 DeFi report on issues, findings and recommendations.
- Raised roughly $26.5M for Metrika from investors including Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT, M12 and Neotribe Ventures.
- Built a customer roster spanning Algorand, Solana, Hedera, Dapper Labs and Blockdaemon.
- Concluded a proof-of-concept with S&P Global Ratings on multi-chain digital asset risk.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Metrika and S&P Global Ratings concluded a proof-of-concept for a multi-chain digital asset risk framework.
- **2025-05** — Nikos appeared as a speaker at Consensus 2025 and the Point Zero Forum on digital asset risk.

## Links

- Website: https://metrika.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriko/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andriko

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Last updated: 2026-07-01