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Proof of Talk 2026

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roof 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 globally…

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52Voices
15Underwriters
0Exhibitors
16On the bill · sessions
59Companies · in total
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The Voices

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

— and 30 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses 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
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The Programme

Selected from 16 sessions on the bill.
  • 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
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 59 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?

59 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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
4All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
44Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Bittensor·Arrington Capital·CoinFund·Dragonfly

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

81% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1937%
  • Founder / Owner1529%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of713%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles815%

Of 52 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01BittensorSp2V
  2. 02Arrington CapitalSp1V
  3. 03CoinFundSp1V
  4. 04DragonflySp1V
  5. 055NSp
  6. 06Anchorage DigitalSp
  7. 07BitstarterSp
  8. 08Blockchain CapitalSp
  9. 09Draper AssociatesSp
  10. 10Foresight VenturesSp
  11. 11General TensorSp
  12. 12Haun VenturesSp
  13. 13Paper VCSp
  14. 14Spartan GroupSp
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
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100% of 15