Proof Of Talk 2026 draws 2,500 leaders to The Louvre as Franklin Templeton, Citi, Euroclear, and others make landmark announcements on stage

Paris, June 10, 2026 - 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.

Announcements and news

Franklin Templeton and MoonPay announced a strategic partnership to make Franklin Templeton's tokenized financial products more accessible and usable across the on-chain financial ecosystem. The partnership was announced live from the Proof of Talk Main Stage by Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, who subsequently appeared live 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 - publicly for the first time anywhere in the world from the Proof of Talk stage. The report places the current global market for tokenized digital investments at $17 billion, underscoring the scale of institutional opportunity ahead. Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Future of Finance at Citi, presented the report.

Euroclear confirmed that its Pythagore tokenization project, covering Europe's €300 billion commercial paper market, is on track to go live in Q4 2026, one of the largest tokenization deployments ever announced publicly.

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer confirmed on stage that the sale of Zodia to a traditional finance entity represents a milestone for institutional-grade crypto custody entering mainstream finance. Manifold Labs CEO Robert Myers announced Targon Pro, the company's flagship enterprise-grade compute hardware. Ampersend announced the launch of real-time pre-settlement compliance screening powered by TRM Labs, the first enforcement infrastructure of its kind built for the agentic economy. Base MPC was shared on stage by Xen Baynham-Herd, Director of Growth at Base, marking a key step in scalable on-chain infrastructure development. CertiK released its latest Skynet report from the conference floor, identifying stablecoins as a critical and growing financial infrastructure across global markets.

And many more, shared throughout more than 10 articles from CoinDesk, more than 20 announcements from Cointelegraph, the BeInCrypto 100 Institutional Awards 2026 ceremony, and two full days of livestreaming from TheBlock and WallStreetBets. Peak has been the Bloomberg Crypto broadcast live from the Palais du Louvre, featuring Jenny Johnson and Adam Back.

Conference highlights

The 2026 edition featured three days of programming across the Main Stage, Bittensor Track, Masterclass Stage, B2B Networking Lounge, Lunches & Dinners, the Media Lounge, and the StableDay on Day 2.

On the main stage, Proof of Talk 2026 brought together the global leading voices in tokenized finance, investments, 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 more - across two days of unfiltered, C-suite-only 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 General and Canton Track powered by Spectrum Nodes, named ReplyCorp (Jordan Feinstein) and Parthenon (Lindsey Girkin) as its 2026 winners.

About our partners

Proof of Talk 2026 would not have been possible without the support of its partners, whose commitment made every moment of this edition possible. Special thanks to Hecto, Taostats, NowPayments, Edge & Node, Spectrum, XBTO, and CertiK.

Hecto is building new market infrastructure for the pre-IPO economy. Hosted in Canton, it offers on-chain pre-IPO exposure via prediction markets, tradable tokens, and institutional vaults.

Taostats is the leading analytics, intelligence, and transparency platform for the Bittensor ecosystem, providing real-time network data, subnet insights, validator, and miner analytics.

NOWPayments is a global crypto payments ecosystem enabling businesses to accept crypto payments and send scalable payouts in 350+ cryptocurrencies and 30+ stablecoins, including Zero-Fee Ecosystem Payouts via ChangeNOW Pro wallets.

Edge & Node is the original team behind The Graph, building verifiable data infrastructure for enterprises and AI agents.  

Spectrum Nodes is an enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure provider delivering high-performance RPC services across 200+ networks, processing over 700 million daily requests.

CertiK is the largest Web3 security service provider, offering a wide range of products and services spanning the entire lifecycle of project development.

XBTO helps clients capture opportunities in the age of digital assets, from asset management to capital markets.

About Proof of Talk

Proof of Talk is held annually at the Louvre Palace in Paris and convenes C-Levels and senior leaders across digital assets, finance, policy, and media. The event operates without pay-to-speak arrangements and emphasizes a journalist-led agenda focused on substantive institutional discussions, market structure, and emerging financial infrastructure.