The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026 concluded with the Retail to Crypto Bridge pillar narrowed to 20 shortlisted firms across five categories. According to reports from BeInCrypto, this pillar focuses on the consumer-facing layer of institutional crypto, covering neobanks, fintechs, brokers, onramp providers, and prediction market platforms moving retail users between fiat, crypto, stablecoins, and event-based markets. The winners were announced at Proof of Talk in Paris on June 2, 2026, with firms listed alphabetically within each category without ranking.
The Best Digital Assets Neobank category recognizes digital-first banks that have integrated crypto trading, stablecoins, and staking into everyday banking. Bunq, Europe's second-largest neobank with 17 million users, crossed €100 million in crypto trading volume in its first year through bunq Crypto, powered by Kraken. As reported by BeInCrypto, Nubank Cripto serves more than 4 million active crypto investors across Nubank's 100 million-plus Brazilian user base, with USDC being the second most-chosen first crypto purchase. Revolut serves more than 70 million customers globally, including 14 million active crypto users, and secured a MiCA license through CySEC in October 2025. SoFi launched SoFiUSD in May 2026, becoming the first US national bank to issue a retail stablecoin on a public blockchain, available to SoFi's 14.7 million members.
The Best Digital Assets Fintech category recognizes consumer fintech platforms outside pure banking. Block runs one of the largest consumer Bitcoin footprints in the US through Cash App's 58 million users and supports more than 800,000 auto-enabled Square Bitcoin sellers. According to BeInCrypto, ChangeNOW has operated since 2017 and is one of the largest non-custodial instant swap aggregators with more than 8 million users, supporting over 1,400 cryptocurrencies across 110-plus blockchains. KAST raised $80 million in Series A funding in May 2026 at a $600 million valuation, with more than 1 million users across 170-plus countries and approaching $5 billion in annualized transaction volume. Revolut used its 70 million-plus customer base to record a 156% rise in 2025 stablecoin payment volume, reaching roughly $10.5 billion.
The Best Multi-Asset Broker category recognizes brokers integrating crypto trading alongside traditional products. Fidelity Investments offers retail crypto trading through Fidelity Crypto and Fidelity Digital Assets, integrating spot crypto ETFs including FBTC, the second-largest spot Bitcoin ETF at roughly $18 billion in AUM. As reported by BeInCrypto, IG Group serves 820,000 clients and became the first UK-listed broker to register crypto assets with the FCA, offering access to more than 55 tokens. Interactive Brokers serves 2.5 million accounts and offers 11 spot cryptocurrencies through Paxos and Zero Hash, adding Bitcoin futures and launching crypto transfers in March 2026. Swissquote holds a FINMA license and integrates more than 50 cryptocurrencies through its SQX crypto exchange, offering four staking options alongside equities and over 3 million tradable instruments.
The Best Onramp/Offramp Solution category recognizes regulated fiat-to-crypto infrastructure providers. Coinbase Onramp powers fiat-to-crypto conversion for hundreds of consumer apps through Apple Pay, Google Pay, and bank rails, benefiting from Coinbase's US BitLicense and state money transmitter licenses. According to BeInCrypto, MoonPay serves 30 million customers across more than 180 countries, holding a New York BitLicense and EU MiCA authorization, and launched headless Apple Pay onramps in May 2026. Stripe owns Bridge, a major stablecoin orchestration platform that received OCC trust charter approval in February 2026 and quadrupled volume in 2025. Zerohash provides regulated B2B crypto infrastructure for brokerages, fintechs, and banks, including Interactive Brokers, and received MiCAR authorization in November 2025.
The Best Market Predictions Solution category recognizes regulated event-contract and prediction market platforms. Coinbase rolled out prediction markets to all 50 US states on January 27–28, 2026 through Coinbase Financial Markets and a Kalshi distribution deal, using USDC for settlement and Coinbase Custody for safekeeping. According to BeInCrypto, Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market that recorded $52 billion in cumulative event contract volume through March 2026 and $14.8 billion in April 2026 alone. Polymarket re-entered the US in late 2025 after acquiring CFTC-licensed QCX for $112 million and secured a CFTC Amended Designation Order in November 2025, receiving a $2 billion investment from ICE at a $9 billion valuation. Robinhood Prediction Markets launched in March 2024 and became Robinhood's fastest-growing revenue line, trading 11 billion contracts from more than 1 million customers.
