UBC 26 Research Competition Sign Up + Town Hall w/ Franklin Crypto
Kick-off Town Hall: Franklin Crypto Research Competition @ UBC 2026
Year 3 of the Franklin Crypto (Franklin Templeton) Research Competition starts tonight. This kickoff call explains how the competition works, from now until the live pitch finals at the University Blockchain Conference in Austin on November 20.
What we'll cover:
The three tracks and how to pick one
What goes in the written report and how it's judged
How finalists are chosen and how the in-person pitch works
Free access to Blockworks and Allium research tools
Live Q&A
The Tracks (pick one, pitch one asset)
Long: under $250M circulating market cap
Long: over $250M circulating market cap
Short: over $1B circulating market cap
$10,000 Prize Pool
$2,500 to the winner of each track
An extra $2,500 to the top team across all tracks
How It Works
Teams of 1–4 students. You can compete solo, and each school can enter as many teams as it likes.
Stage 1: a written investment thesis of up to 5 pages, due Nov 9 at 11:59 PM ET
Stage 2: the top 3 teams in each track pitch in person at UBC on Nov 20 at UT Austin (5-minute pitch, then 5 minutes of judge Q&A)
Key Dates
Oct 22: Competition opens + Kick-off Town Hall (8 PM ET)
Oct 29: Blockworks + Allium tools demo (8 PM ET)
Nov 9: Written reports due (11:59 PM ET)
Nov 16: Finalists announced
Nov 20: Finalist pitches at UBC
Nov 21: Winners announced at the Closing Ceremony
Judges come from Franklin Templeton, No Limit Holdings, Collab + Currency, Blockworks, Portal Ventures, and College.xyz.
Only UBC attendees can compete. https://luma.com/n4ad0k9m