In an era of fragmented information, Proof of Talk returns to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre Palace on June 2 & 3 to serve as the definitive Court of Record for the digital asset industry.
Increasingly seen by investors, asset managers, digital asset institutions, and policymakers as a venue where future trajectories are set, Proof of Talk expands the vision of Davos.
Rejecting the standard conference format, Proof of Talk is bringing together a curated room of 2,500 decision-makers, where the world’s most influential leaders will converge to break news, sign term sheets, and dictate the 2026–2027 market trajectory.
The Content Council: 15+ Years on the Front Line of Digital Assets
The 2026 agenda is engineered by the Content Council, a body of Editorial Architects with a combined 15+ years of dedicated digital asset coverage across Bloomberg, Fox Business, CoinDesk, and Forbes. Their collective record spans every major market cycle, regulatory inflection point, and institutional breakthrough the industry has produced.
The Council’s mandate is to shape the agenda of Proof of Talk 2026, turning it into a forum for serious, practical, and impact-driven conversations. It is led by Ben Schiller, Christine Lee, Eleanor Terrett, Frank Chaparro, Jacquelyn Melinek, Lisa Cameron, Michael del Castillo, and Pete Rizzo — eight of the most sourced journalists in the space.
The Podcast Powerhouse: The Primary Source for Global Announcements
Proof of Talk introduces the Podcast Powerhouse, a high-caliber media engine designed to capture and amplify world-first announcements. Featuring the industry’s most trusted voices — Andy C (The Rollup), Amanda Cassatt (Endgame), Kevin Follonier (When Shift Happens), Marc Baumann (FiftyOne), and Michaël van de Poppe (New Era Finance) — this collective will serve as the primary source for global market announcements.
The 95% C-Level Standard: Franklin Templeton, SWIFT, JP Morgan, & More
In a room representing over $18T in AUM, the 2026 roster features the founders, C-level executives, and builders of the new financial order, brought to the table to provide proof of their vision.
Confirmed speakers include:
Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; Tom Zschach, CIO of SWIFT; Carlos Domingo of Securitize; Diogo Mónica of Anchorage Digital, the first regulated crypto bank in America and a portfolio company of Haun Ventures; Emma Landriault, leading the JPM Coin Global Initiative at JP Morgan; Stani Kulechov of Aave, with $26 billion in TVL; Caroline Pham, former Chair of the
CFTC; Arnaud Caudoux of Bpifrance, France’s €80 billion sovereign wealth fund; Julian Sawyer, CEO of Zodia Custody (founded by Northern Trust and Standard Chartered) and co-founder of Temple Digital; Tom Lee of Fundstrat/Bitmine; Rob Hadick of Dragonfly — among dozens of other elite speakers.
The agenda is built around five themes: Tokenisation of Finance (Stablecoins, RWAs, and DeFi), Investing in Digital Assets, Bitcoin, Privacy, and a Decentralised AI & Bittensor Track.
The Court of Record for a Maturing Asset Class
As capital consolidates, regulatory frameworks solidify, and infrastructure reaches institutional grade, 2026 represents a structural inflection point for digital assets.
By convening global allocators, system-level builders, and the journalists who chronicle market truth in real time, Proof of Talk establishes a disciplined forum for price discovery of ideas, mandates, and long-term conviction.
In a market defined by cycles, Proof of Talk 2026 aims to define the next one.
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