Proof of Talk returns to the Louvre with 100+ C-Level speakers representing $18 trillion in AUM

Paris, May 18, 2026 — Proof of Talk, widely known as the Davos of Web3, today confirmed its 2026 programme and opened remaining passes for its fourth edition at the Louvre Palace in Paris on June 2–3.

The gathering will bring together more than 120 speakers, 95% at CEO or Founder level, representing a combined $18 trillion in assets under management. Attendance is capped at 2,500. The event sold out in both 2024 and 2025.

When the most senior leaders in digital assets, finance, and infrastructure need a room that matches the weight of the decisions ahead, this is where they come.

Confirmed speakers include Jenny Johnson (CEO, Franklin Templeton), Tom Zschach (CIO, Swift), Ken Moore (CIO, Mastercard), Emma Landriault (JPM Coin Global Executive Director, JP Morgan), Kathleen Wrynn (Head of Digital Assets, Invesco), Caroline D. Pham (CLO, MoonPay; fmr. CFTC Commissioner), Stani Kulechov (Founder, Aave Labs), Michael Arrington (GP, Arrington Capital), Adam Back (CEO, Blockstream), , Evan Cheng (CEO, Mysten Labs), , Johann Kerbrat (SVP Crypto, Robinhood), , Steven Goldfeder (CEO, Offchain Labs), Tom Lee (CIO, Fundstrat), Rob Hadick (GP, Dragonfly), Diogo Mónica (GP, Haun Ventures), Stéphanie Cabossioras (Chief Strategy & Global Policy Officer, SG Forge), Tero Reuna (CEO of EU, Paxos), Chris Cox (Head of Investor Services, Citi), Moritz Platt (Capital Markets Technology Manager, Google), Matthew Sigel (Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck), Jacob Steeves & Ala Shaabana (Co-Founders, Bittensor), among others. Additional names will be announced in the coming weeks.

Proof of Pitch brings venture capital to the Louvre stage

Proof of Talk and Spectrum will again host Proof of Pitch, a startup competition for early-stage founders. Live pitches will be made to leading venture investors, including partners from Arrington Capital, Dragonfly, Haun Ventures, Draper Associates, and CoinFund.

With more than 200 institutional investors attending the conference, the competition is designed to give founders concentrated access to both capital and strategic relationships.

Golf prelude, StableDay and the Bittensor and Canton Tracks

Proof of Talk 2026 begins June 1 with the Golf Prelude, an invitation-only retreat at Racing Club de France La Boulie for VIP Black ticket holders. The day brings together institutional decision-makers for golf, fine dining, and the off-stage conversations that define the event.

On June 3, the Louvre Palace will host StableDay, a dedicated programme focused on stablecoins, payments, tokenization, and digital dollar infrastructure.

Rather than introductory conversations, StableDay is designed for banks, fintechs, protocols, corporates, and regulators actively building and deploying these systems. Sessions will focus on market structure, integration timelines, interoperability, and the evolving role of programmable money in global finance.

Running across both days of the conference, the Bittensor Track will explore the intersection of decentralized AI and blockchain infrastructure. A Canton Track will feature the leading institutions building the future of financial market infrastructures.

Two private dinners that define the event

Proof of Talk has become known not only for its public agenda, but for the private conversations surrounding it.

The investor dinner brings together fund managers, family offices, and institutional allocators for an off-the-record evening focused entirely on capital allocation, market structure, and strategy.

The speaker & VIP dinner remains one of the defining features of the event. With nearly all speakers attending, the dinner creates a rare setting where senior executives, founders, policymakers, and investors engage directly outside the constraints of stage programming.

At most conferences, dinners are a side event. At Proof of Talk, they are often where the most important conversations happen.

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Proof of Talk is held annually at the Louvre Palace in Paris and convenes 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.