Ripple’s Swell Opens Tuesday With 100+ Speakers and 80+ Sessions

Ripple’s Swell conference opens Tuesday in Manhattan, bringing institutional finance, XRP Ledger development and academic research together in a three-day crypto industry program featuring 100+ speakers. The conference runs through Thursday, Oct. 29, at The Shed. Its program lists 80+ sessions across three stages, with projected attendance of 1,500+. The Institutional, Ecosystem and Innovation tracks cover digital asset markets, stablecoins, payments, tokenization, bank-grade infrastructure, AI and XRP Ledger development. Swell will run alongside Apex, Ripple’s XRP Ledger developer summit, and UBRI Connect, an academic conference for the company’s University Blockchain Research Initiative.