Proof of Talk, held annually at the Palais du Louvre, has concluded its 2026 edition after three days that produced a landmark series of industry announcements, strategic partnerships, and research releases all delivered from a single stage in Paris.
The event convened 2,500 senior decision-makers across digital assets, traditional finance, AI, and regulation from June 2–3, 2026, and was preceded by a Day 0 prelude in Versailles. Coverage spanned Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, CoinDesk, CoinTelegraph, The Block, and Wall Street Bets, with the Louvre Palace serving as the global news desk for the digital assets industry for 48 hours.
Franklin Templeton and MoonPay announced a strategic partnership to expand access to Franklin Templeton’s tokenized financial products across the onchain financial ecosystem. The partnership was announced live by Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, who subsequently appeared on Bloomberg Crypto alongside Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back, broadcasting from inside the Palais du Louvre.
Citi unveiled its GPS Tokenization 2030 report, Wall Street On-Chain, for the first time at Proof of Talk. The report places the current global market for tokenized digital investments at $17 billion. Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Future of Finance at Citi, presented the findings.
Euroclear confirmed that its Pythagore tokenization project, covering Europe’s €300 billion commercial paper market, is on track to go live in Q4 2026.
Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer confirmed that the sale of Zodia to a traditional finance entity marks a milestone for institutional-grade crypto custody. Ampersend announced real-time pre-settlement compliance screening powered by TRM Labs. Additional announcements came from Manifold Labs, Base, and CertiK.
The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026 ceremony was held during the event.
The 2026 edition featured three days of programming across the Main Stage, Bittensor Track, Masterclass Stage, B2B Networking Lounge, Lunches & Dinners, the Media Lounge, as well as the StableDay on Day 2.
On the Main Stage, Proof of Talk 2026 brought together senior voices in tokenized finance, investments, and AI, from Jenny Johnson and Adam Back to Stani Kulechov, Tom Lee, Caroline D. Pham, Ken Moore, Ronit Ghose, Jorgen Ouaknine, Jody Mettler, Emma Landriault, and others, across two days of institutional programming.
The event also hosted the two co-founders of Bittensor, Ala Shaabana and Jacob Steeves, who brought the decentralised AI thesis to the centre of the institutional conversation for the second time.
The 2026 Stablecoin Roundtable convened 50 senior figures, including representatives from Aave, the Bank of England, Blackrock, Paxos, and Robinhood, to address the liquidity and interoperability of stablecoins.
Proof of Pitch, with the Bittensor live crowdfunding competition by Bitstarter and the General and Canton Track powered by Spectrum Nodes, named ReplyCorp (Jordan Feinstein) and Parthenon (Lindsey Girkin) as its 2026 winners.
Proof of Talk 2026 was supported by Hecto, Taostats, NOWPayments, Edge & Node, Spectrum Nodes, XBTO, and CertiK.
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