Ripple said Swell 2026 will take place in New York from Oct. 27-29 with more than 1,500 attendees, over 75 speakers and 50-plus sessions across three stages. The company is combining its institution-focused Swell conference with the XRPL Apex developer gathering, expanding the event beyond banking and payments into a broader program for developers, researchers, investors and the XRP community. Newly confirmed speakers include Robinhood Senior Vice President and General Manager of Crypto Johann Kerbrat, BNY Global Head of Markets Laide Majiyagbe and Intercontinental Exchange Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Michael Blaugrund, alongside featured participants including Matt Damon, Tom Farley, Brad Garlinghouse, Monica Long, Raghuram Rajan, David Schwartz and Billy Hult. Ripple has framed the 10th-year conference around regulated digital asset infrastructure and institutional adoption, with sessions planned on payments, capital markets, stablecoins, tokenization, compliance, cybersecurity, decentralized finance, artificial intelligence and XRP utility.