Scaling the Next Era of On-Chain Finance: Operational Rigor, Regulatory Alignment, and Secure Custody
In the race to institutionalize on-chain finance, infrastructure will determine who wins. Few executives understand that reality better than Jody Mettler, COO of BitGo and President of BitGo Trust Company. A longtime banking executive with more than two decades at Citigroup, Mettler brings a rare combination of deep operational expertise, regulatory fluency, and institutional risk discipline to the digital-asset ecosystem.
Under her leadership, BitGo has helped pioneer the regulated infrastructure required for institutional participation. The firm’s trust entity received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a federally chartered digital-asset bank in 2025—an important step in bridging traditional finance and blockchain markets. In this fireside chat, Mettler will discuss how institutional-grade custody, settlement, staking, and financing infrastructure are reshaping market structure in digital assets—and why operational rigor, regulatory alignment, and secure custody may ultimately become the foundation for scaling the next era of on-chain finance.
