Blockchain & Web3

Proof of Talk 2026

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Proof of Talk 2026 ran Jun 2–3, 2026 at Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is a Blockchain & Web3 conference that expected about 2,500 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 51 speakers, 15 sponsors and 16 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 5, 2026

Proof of Talk 2026 is the premier Web3 executive conference, held at the Louvre Palace in Paris. The event gathers 2,500 decision-makers with 120 speakers - 90% of whom are C-suite and active CEOs. The conference promises high-quality networking and access to the top minds in digital assets, with no pay-to-speak policy. Attendees include leaders from globall…

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51Speakers
15Sponsors
16Sessions
58Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Proof, in alphabetical order.

Adam Back
Co-Founder & CEO · Blockstream & BSTR
Ala Shaabana
Co-Founder · Bittensor
Alex Kim
Chief Executive Officer, Upbit Global · Upbit Global
Anthony Bassili
President · Coinbase Asset Management
Arnaud Caudoux
Deputy CEO · Bpifrance
Artem Sinyakin
Founder & CEO, OAK Research · OAK Research
Avtar Sehra
Co-Founder & CEO, STBL · STBL
Ben Milne
Founder, Brale · Brale
Ben Schiller
Caroline D. Pham
Chief Executive Officer · MoonPay Institutional
Chad Master
Co-Founder, OP_NET · OP_NET
Chris Miglino
CEO, Axe Compute · Axe Compute
Christine Lee
Advisor, Quantena.org · Quantena.org
Dax Hansen
Partner, Perkins Coie · Perkins Coie
Diogo Mónica
General Partner / Co-Founder & Executive Chairman · Haun Ventures / Anchorage Digital
Dr. Martin Derka
Co-Founder, Zircuit · Zircuit
Dr. Saj Khoshroo
Chief Legal Officer, Midnight Foundation · Midnight Foundation
Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host & Founder, Crypto In America · Crypto In America
Emma Landriault
JPM Coin Global Executive Director · JP Morgan
Evan Cheng
Co-Founder & CEO · Mysten Labs
Evan Feng
Partner, CoinFund · CoinFund
Frank Chaparro
Head of Special Projects & Content, GSR · GSR

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

5N
Anchorage Digital
Arrington Capital
Bitstarter
Bittensor
Blockchain Capital
CoinFund
Dragonfly
Draper Associates
Foresight Ventures
General Tensor
Haun Ventures
Paper VC
Spartan Group
Taostats

Agenda

Selected from 16 sessions.

  • 10:00 – 10:10·June 2·Main Stage

    Opening Speech

  • 10:10 – 10:50·June 2·Main Stage

    The Great Crossover: Asset Management for the Onchain Investor

    Tokenisation of Finance, Investing in Digital Assets
  • 10:55 – 11:20·June 2·Main Stage

    Beyond Stablecoins: Mastercard and the Future Rails of Agentic Commerce

    Tokenisation of Finance, Agentic AI
  • 10:55 – 11:30·June 2·Taostats Stage

    Institutional Yield in Crypto: From Bitcoin Strategies to Onchain Vaults

    Tokenisation of Finance, Investing in Digital Assets
  • 11:25 – 12:05·June 2·Main Stage

    Why Institutions Choose DeFi: The Use Cases Worth the Risk

    Tokenisation of Finance
  • 11:35 – 12:10·June 2·Taostats Stage

    Rebuilding Bitcoin’s Financial Stack: From Payment Rails to Programmable Value

    Tokenisation of Finance
  • 12:10 – 12:40·June 2·Main Stage

    Keynote by Tom Lee

    Tokenisation of Finance, Investing in Digital Assets
  • 12:15 – 12:25·June 2·Taostats Stage

    The Compute Capital Stack: A View of AI's Global Infrastructure Buildout

    Agentic AI, Investing in Digital Assets
  • 12:30 – 13:05·June 2·Taostats Stage

    Privacy and Compliance: Two Sides of the Same Coin

    Tokenisation of Finance

Quick answers

When is Proof of Talk 2026?
Proof of Talk 2026 ran Jun 2–3, 2026 at Louvre Palace in Paris, France.
Where is Proof of Talk 2026 held?
Proof of Talk 2026 was held at Louvre Palace in Paris, France.
Who is speaking at Proof of Talk 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 51 speakers, including Adam Back (Co-Founder & CEO, Blockstream & BSTR), Ala Shaabana (Co-Founder, Bittensor) and Alex Kim (Chief Executive Officer, Upbit Global, Upbit Global).
Who sponsors Proof of Talk 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 15 sponsors, including 5N, Anchorage Digital, Arrington Capital, Bitstarter and Bittensor.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 58 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

58 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
43Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Bittensor·Arrington Capital·CoinFund·Dragonfly

Speakers by seniority

80% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1937%
  • Founder / Owner1427%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of714%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles816%

Of 51 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1BittensorSponsor2
2Arrington CapitalSponsor1
3CoinFundSponsor1
4DragonflySponsor1
55NSponsor-
6Anchorage DigitalSponsor-
7BitstarterSponsor-
8Blockchain CapitalSponsor-
9Draper AssociatesSponsor-
10Foresight VenturesSponsor-
11General TensorSponsor-
12Haun VenturesSponsor-
13Paper VCSponsor-
14Spartan GroupSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified15
100% of 15
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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