Inside the Institutional 100 Ceremony at the Louvre
Key takeaways
- The ceremony took place on the main stage of the Proof of Talk summit, in front of an audience of 2,500 decision-makers, 85% of whom hold C-level, collectively responsible for more than $18 trillion in AUM.
- The Institutional 100 is an independent media awards programme built on a single principle: if you made the list, you earned it.
- The wider panel brought together Charlie Morris (CEO, ByteTree, formerly HSBC), Iggy Ioppe (CIO, Theo, formerly Credit Suisse), Tal Elyashiv (Founder, Securitize and SPiCE VC) and Dr.
Inside the Institutional 100 Ceremony at the Louvre Photo by Be In Crypto Iva Belamaric Thu, June 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM GMT+7 2 min read CHAA.PVT V On June 2nd, the Be In Crypto x Proof of Talk Institutional 100 Awards brought the leading names in institutional digital finance to the Louvre Palace in Paris.
The ceremony took place on the main stage of the Proof of Talk summit, in front of an audience of 2,500 decision-makers, 85% of whom hold C-level, collectively responsible for more than $18 trillion in AUM. The same audience the Institutional 100 was built to recognize.
Hosted by BeInCrypto CEO and Founder, Alena Afanaseva, Global Head of News, Brian McGleenon, and Chief Strategy Officer, Jessica Lloyd, the evening honored the 100 companies and individuals leading the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets in 2026.