Ripple has expanded its Swell 2026 speaker lineup with executives from Robinhood, BNY, and Intercontinental Exchange as the company prepares its largest conference for institutional finance and XRP Ledger development.
Key Takeaways
Ripple expects more than 1,500 attendees and over 75 speakers.Robinhood, BNY, and ICE executives have joined the conference.Swell and XRPL Apex will operate as one event for the first time.Other confirmed speakers represent Tradeweb, PwC, State Street, Amazon Web Services, Canary Capital, the XRP Ledger Foundation, and several universities. Former Reserve Bank of India Gov. Raghuram Rajan, Ripple Chief Technology Officer Emeritus David Schwartz and Tradeweb CEO Billy Hult are among the featured participants, while Ripple said further additions remain pending.
Planned subjects include payments, capital markets, exchange-traded funds, stablecoins, tokenization, treasury management, cybersecurity, compliance and XRP utility. The conference will also cover privacy, quantum computing, decentralized finance and agentic finance, an emerging area involving artificial intelligence systems that can execute financial tasks under defined controls.
New York Regulation Shapes Conference DiscussionsThe wider program begins with a hackathon on Oct. 24 and 25, followed by an institutional summit and welcome reception on Oct. 27. Main-stage sessions, breakout discussions, and the expo hall are scheduled for Oct. 28 and 29 at the Shed in Manhattan, with a closing celebration planned for the final evening.
