Three panels, but one conversation running beneath all of them: the industry has stopped debating whether institutions will adopt digital assets and started debating the speed, the infrastructure, and who owns the relationship with the customer when it all lands.
And here's what some of the leaders had to say:
➡️ Chuck Mounts (
@chuck_mounts),
@SPGlobal: "There will be setbacks. There will be scams. The progression will continue regardless. The democratization of access and the lowering of the cost of capital are fundamental truths of what this technology delivers."
➡️Elif Bilgi Zapparoli,
@BankofAmerica: "Distributed ledger technology and programmable money are now affecting multiple areas of traditional finance at the same time. That is why people are paying attention."
➡️ Petrix Barbosa (
@petrixbarbosa),
@matchain_io: "Instead of paying millions to Alphabet, you pay the platform. Every single customer that consents to share their behavior receives a share of that value. That is the welfare distribution of data power."
This is the calibre of conversation Paris Blockchain Week 2026 is delivering on Day 1, and we are not done yet!
📸In frame: Salvador Yañez, Martha Reyes (
@reyeshmartha), Raja Chakravorti (
@rajachak75), Sabina Liu, Scott Shay, Henri Arslanian (
@HenriArslanian), Adam Levine, Jean-Marc Stenger, Rachel Conlan (
@RachelConlan), Anna Irrera (
@annairrera), Maurice Schulmann, Thiago de Marco, Pär Helgosson (
@helgosson).