Paris Blockchain Week@ParisBlockWeek
Meet the 12 Finalists of #StartinBlock! 🏆
Over 1,000 startups applied. 12 will take the stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 for $10M+ in prizes. Our jury and partners spent hours handpicking the best!
We're revealing them track by track, starting today.
First up: the Institutional Adoption Track, led by @Cardano, with startups building the infrastructure that bridges traditional finance and the digital asset economy.
Here are the 4 that earned their place on the #StartinBlock stage 👇
🏆Masumi (@MasumiNetwork): The payment and identity layer for AI agents to work, transact, and collaborate autonomously.
🏆Zetta Capital (@zettacapital00): Transforming illiquid private debt and receivables into tradable, bankable securities.
🏆Sundial Protocol (@SundialProtocol): A Bitcoin-native Layer-2 built on Cardano unlocking non-custodial DeFi, yield, and cross-chain liquidity for UTxO-based assets.
🏆 Libertum (@libertum_token): Institutional-grade tokenization infrastructure for the future of digital finance.
8 more finalists still to come. Watch this space. 👀