Big Week Ahead: Ripple Heads to NYC With Wall Street Heavyweights
Ripple will bring 1,500 top decision-makers from traditional finance, crypto, academia and the XRP ecosystem to New York City for its Swell 2026 conference.
From October 27-29, 2026 at The Shed in Manhattan, leaders from across finance, crypto and the XRP community will gather for talks, panels and discussions. For the first time in the event's history, Ripple is combining Swell with Apex—its summit for developers, institutions, and investors building on the XRP Ledger—and UBRI Connect, the academic conference for Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative.
Star-Studded Lineup
The speaker lineup includes Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Ripple President Monica Long, alongside executives from major financial and technology companies. Notable participants include Terrence Duffy of CME Group, Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish, and senior representatives from BNY, Coinbase, Robinhood, Barclays, State Street and Jump Trading. Actor Matt Damon will also participate alongside Gary White, co-founder and CEO of Water.org.
Recent Partnerships
Ahead of the conference, Ripple has announced several significant partnerships. Arf partnered with Ripple to bring RLUSD-powered settlement liquidity to licensed cross-border payment companies on the XRP Ledger. Ripple also announced a partnership with Cross River Bank to integrate RLUSD on the XRP Ledger into its core banking platform. Meritz Securities announced a partnership to bring institutional-grade custody and tokenization to Korea's capital markets, making Ripple's first securities partner in Korea.
Additionally, Ripple is partnering with Privy, a Stripe company, to bring embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger. The integration will enable agentic commerce through programmable wallets that let AI agents hold funds and transact, including through x402 payments.
Historic Significance
Swell has historically been where Ripple makes its most significant product and partnership announcements. With the combination of three major events this year, expectations are particularly high for breakthrough announcements that could shape the future of finance and blockchain technology.
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