The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026 wrapped up in Paris on June 2, with the Retail to Crypto Bridge pillar narrowing to 20 shortlisted firms across five categories. The ceremony at Proof of Talk put a spotlight on the companies building on- and off-ramps between traditional finance and digital assets — from neobanks and fintechs to brokers and payment rails.
Neobank heavyweights with crypto muscle
Several of the shortlisted firms already move serious volume. Bunq, Europe's second-largest neobank with 17 million users, crossed €100 million in crypto trading volume in its first year and launched flexible staking last September. Nubank Cripto serves more than 4 million active crypto investors inside a 100 million-plus Brazilian user base; USDC is its second most-chosen first purchase, and it rolled out Earn Crypto staking in March 2026.
Revolut brings 70 million global customers — 14 million of them active crypto users — a MiCA license secured in October 2025, and Crypto 2.0 with 280-plus tokens and zero-fee staking. Its stablecoin payment volume jumped 156% in 2025 to roughly $10.5 billion. SoFi made history in May 2026 as the first US national bank to issue a retail stablecoin on a public blockchain (SoFiUSD on Ethereum and Solana), now available to 14.7 million members.
Payments, onramps, and the Bitcoin crowd
Block runs one of the largest consumer Bitcoin footprints in the US through Cash App's 58 million users and supports 800,000-plus auto-enabled Square Bitcoin sellers. Its Bitkey hardware wallet and 5% Bitcoin Back rewards program (running through December 2026) are part of the draw. ChangeNOW, operating since 2017 with more than 8 million users, supports over 1,400 cryptocurrencies across 110 blockchains and averages 2–5 minutes per swap with a 98% success rate.
KAST raised $80 million in a Series A in May 2026 at a $600 million valuation, now has 1 million-plus users across 170 countries, and supports stablecoin spending at 150 million Visa merchants — approaching $5 billion in annualized transaction volume.
Traditional brokers with expanding crypto wings
Fidelity Investments offers retail crypto trading and spot ETFs including FBTC (the second-largest spot Bitcoin ETF at roughly $18 billion AUM) alongside FETH and FSOL with native staking. IG Group, serving 820,000 clients, became the first UK-listed broker to register crypto assets with the FCA and offers access to more than 55 tokens.
Interactive Brokers handles 2.5 million accounts, offers 11 spot cryptocurrencies through Paxos and Zero Hash, added Bitcoin futures, and launched crypto transfers in March 2026 plus direct crypto trading across the EEA in April. Swissquote holds a FINMA license and runs its SQX crypto exchange with more than 50 cryptocurrencies and four staking options.
The shortlisted firms now advance to the final stage of the Retail to Crypto Bridge pillar. Category winners have not been announced separately yet — but the list itself signals how far the industry has moved from fringe to mainstream finance.
