Academy Award winner and Water.org co-founder Matt Damon will deliver a keynote at Ripple Swell 2026, set for October 27–29 at The Shed in New York City. For the first time, Ripple is combining Swell with the XRPL Apex developer summit into one three-stage conference that organizers expect to draw more than 1,500 attendees, over 75 speakers and more than 50 sessions. Damon is listed with Bullish Chairman and CEO Tom Farley and Ripple leaders Brad Garlinghouse, Monica Long and David Schwartz, alongside executives from Robinhood, BNY and Intercontinental Exchange, and former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan. Newly named speakers include Aviva Senior Investment Director Alastair Sewell, Susquehanna Crypto CEO Chase Lax, Water.org CEO and co-founder Gary White, and PEAK6 co-founder Jenny Just. Ripple joined Water.org’s Get Blue campaign as its exclusive digital asset and payments partner, using RLUSD to move funding to microfinance partners in emerging markets, though Damon’s keynote topic has not been announced. Standard registration is $1,200 through October 5 and $1,500 from October 6 through October 20.