Proof of Talk 2026

Every session, on its own page

58 panels, keynotes and firesides from Proof of Talk 2026 at the The Louvre Palace, each with the speakers who took part. The full timetable, including breaks and side events, is on the programme page.

Day 1

Keynote10:20Hecto Main Stage
Opening Speech
Michael del Castillo · Eleanor Terrett
Fireside10:30Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceAgentic AI
Beyond Stablecoins: Mastercard and the Future Rails of Agentic Commerce
Ken Moore · Christine Lee
Panel10:55Taostats StageTokenisation of FinanceInvesting in Digital Assets
Institutional Yield in Crypto: From Bitcoin Strategies to Onchain Vaults
Sunand Raghupathi · Karl Naim · Dr. Martin Derka · Evan Feng · Travis Hayes
Panel11:00Hecto Main StageTokenisation of Finance
Institutional DeFi: The Use Cases Worth the Risk
Maja Vujinovic · Dax Hansen · Stéphanie Cabossioras · Hadley Stern
Panel11:35Taostats StageTokenisation of Finance
Rebuilding Bitcoin’s Financial Stack: From Payment Rails to Programmable Value
Rena Shah · Ben Milne · Chad Master · Pete Rizzo
Fireside11:45Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceInvesting in Digital Assets
The Great Crossover: Asset Management for the Onchain Investor
Jenny Johnson · Adam Back · Eleanor Terrett
Side Event12:00Roundtable LoungeInvesting in Digital Assets
Workshop by XBTO: What Role Should Digital Assets Play in Modern Client Portfolios
Karl Naim
Keynote12:15Taostats StageAgentic AIInvesting in Digital Assets
The Compute Capital Stack: A View of AI's Global Infrastructure Buildout
Chris Miglino
Keynote12:30Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceAgentic AI
Blockchains Are Central to the Future of Finance and Agentic AI
Tom Lee
Panel12:30Taostats StageTokenisation of Finance
Privacy and Compliance: Two Sides of the Same Coin
James Smith · Jody Mettler · Jens Hachmeister · Dr. Saj Khoshroo · Nicola Massella
Side Event13:00Roundtable LoungeBittensor
Machine Learning Workshop: Building the Future of Decentralised AI
Chris Zacharia
Keynote13:05Hecto Main StageBittensor
Subnets, Signals, and Scale: The Crucible of Open Intelligence
Ala Shaabana
Fireside13:10Taostats StageInvesting in Digital Assets
The Role of Digital Asset Treasuries and the Investment Case Ahead
Nico Pasquariello · Hyunsu Jung · Hadley Stern
Panel13:45Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceInvesting in Digital Assets
After the Flush: What October 10th Revealed About Crypto Market Fragility
Victor Jung · Alex Kim · Stephan Lutz · Avtar Sehra · Artem Sinyakin
Pitch Competition14:00Taostats StageInvesting in Digital Assets
Proof of Pitch - General Track
Rob Hadick · Diogo Mónica · Alice Li · Joseph Bruzzesi · Andy Tang · Matthew Felice Pace · Simon Dedic · Viktor Y.
Panel14:00X Ventures Masterclass StageAgentic AIBittensor
AI Agents in the Bittensor Ecosystem: From Concept to Production
Marcus (Mog) Graichen
Fireside14:30Hecto Main StageCanton
Building Canton: A Conversation with the Foundation Board
Jorgen Ouaknine · Jacquelyn Melinek
Fireside15:00Hecto Main StageTokenisation of Finance
What Institutions Need From Blockchain Infrastructure
Evan Cheng · Ronit Ghose · Frank Chaparro
Side Event15:00X Ventures Masterclass StageTokenisation of FinanceInvesting in Digital Assets
Bitmine Presents Proof of Stake: A MAVAN Workshop
Tom Lee
Keynote15:30Taostats StageBittensor
Bittensor Track - Subnet Keynotes
Robert Myers · Julien du Bois · Micaela Bazo · Tim Kalic · Ken Miyachi · Shardul Bansal
Fireside15:35Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceStablecoins
21st Century Cash Optimisation: Embedding Digitally Native Money Market Funds Directly into OnChain Transactions
Jenny Johnson · Caroline D. Pham
Fireside16:10Hecto Main Stage
The Last Moat: An Interview with Maja Vujinovic on Judgement in the Age of Infinite Tools
Maja Vujinovic · Hadley Stern
Fireside16:45Hecto Main StageTokenisation of FinanceStablecoinsInvesting in Digital Assets
Investment Opportunities in the Rise of Stablecoins
Diogo Mónica · Rob Hadick · Amanda Cassatt
Panel16:50Taostats StageBittensor
From Subnet to Market: Turning Bittensor Infrastructure into Real Businesses
Marcus (Mog) Graichen · Robert Myers · Micaela Bazo · Gavin Zaentz · Mark Jeffrey
Panel17:20Hecto Main StageTokenisation of Finance
Banks, Exchanges, and Asset Managers: Who Controls Institutional Access When Markets Move Onchain?
Amy Oldenburg · Alex Kim · Matthew Sigel · Frank Chaparro
Panel17:35Taostats StageBittensorInvesting in Digital Assets
Subnets as an Asset Class: Building the On-Ramps for Institutional Capital
Frank Schuil · Evan Malanga · James Altucher · Siam Kidd · Victor Teixeiria

Day 1

Opening Speech

Beyond Stablecoins: Mastercard and the Future Rails of Agentic Commerce

Institutional Yield in Crypto: From Bitcoin Strategies to Onchain Vaults

Institutional DeFi: The Use Cases Worth the Risk

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

The Great Crossover: Asset Management for the Onchain Investor

Workshop by XBTO: What Role Should Digital Assets Play in Modern Client Portfolios

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

Blockchains Are Central to the Future of Finance and Agentic AI

Privacy and Compliance: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Machine Learning Workshop: Building the Future of Decentralised AI

Subnets, Signals, and Scale: The Crucible of Open Intelligence

The Role of Digital Asset Treasuries and the Investment Case Ahead

After the Flush: What October 10th Revealed About Crypto Market Fragility

Proof of Pitch - General Track

AI Agents in the Bittensor Ecosystem: From Concept to Production

Building Canton: A Conversation with the Foundation Board

What Institutions Need From Blockchain Infrastructure

Bitmine Presents Proof of Stake: A MAVAN Workshop

Bittensor Track - Subnet Keynotes

21st Century Cash Optimisation: Embedding Digitally Native Money Market Funds Directly into OnChain Transactions

The Last Moat: An Interview with Maja Vujinovic on Judgement in the Age of Infinite Tools

Investment Opportunities in the Rise of Stablecoins

From Subnet to Market: Turning Bittensor Infrastructure into Real Businesses

Banks, Exchanges, and Asset Managers: Who Controls Institutional Access When Markets Move Onchain?

Subnets as an Asset Class: Building the On-Ramps for Institutional Capital

Day 2

How Institutions Actually Access Tokenised Assets

Decentralising Intelligence: The Unification of AI and Bitcoin

Bringing the Global Dollar Network to Europe: How Regulated, Network-Driven Stablecoins Are Unlocking Growth

Digital Asset Treasuries Roundtable

Aave V4: Scaling Onchain Lending

How Tokenised Markets Create New Opportunities for Investors

Building DLT Infrastructure for Next Generation Capital Markets

Web3 Venture in 2026: What Still Gets Funded

Workshop by Targon - Applied Confidential Computing

Scaling the Distribution Layer for Tokenised Markets

Building Applications on Canton

Where Stablecoins Meet Credit: Rewiring Finance Through Tokenisation

TensorFi: Unlocking DeFi for the Bittensor Economy

How Regulated Institutions Deploy on Canton

Base Announcement

Building Sustainable Yield in DeFi: Lending, Liquidity and Risk

Beyond USD: The Future of Euro, Sterling and Swiss Franc Stablecoins

Proof of Pitch - Canton Track

From Enterprise Blockchain to Tokenised Markets: The Next Chapter of Institutional Finance

The Current State of Global Stablecoin Rails: Payments, Settlement and Compliance

The Tokenisation of Everything: RWAs, Institutions, and the Next Market Structure

Personhood, Provenance, and Verification in the Agentic Age

The Thin Line

The New Architecture of Digital Cash: Stablecoins, Tokenised Deposits and Money Market Funds

Mining Pools on Bittensor

Enterprise Adoption of Bittensor

DeFi Under Attack: Securing Onchain Finance and the Machine Economy

Why the Bear Case for Subnets is Stale

Crypto Winter, Institutional Summer: Accelerating Digital Asset Market Maturity

Proof of Pitch - Bittensor Track Live Crowdfunding with Bitstarter

Proof of Pitch Winner Announcement - General & Canton Tracks

Closing Speech

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