Swell 2026

Swell 2026 is Ripple's flagship annual conference, taking place October 27-29 at The Shed in Hudson Yards, New York City. For the first time, Swell merges with the Apex conference into a single unified event, spanning three stages, over 50 sessions, and more than 75 speakers expected to draw upwards of 1,500 attendees. The event focuses on the convergence of traditional finance and the onchain economy, covering topics such as stablecoins, tokenization, payments, capital markets, DeFi, policy and regulation, and XRP utility.

The conference targets a broad cross-section of the digital asset industry, including finance executives from banking and fintech, developers building on the XRP Ledger and other open financial protocols, academic researchers, retail investors, and members of the press. Attendees should consider joining to network with senior industry leaders, gain insight into emerging trends like AI-driven agentic finance and quantum's impact on crypto security, and hear from high-profile keynote speakers. With institutional players like Bank of America and Standard Chartered historically among its sponsors, Swell positions itself as a key meeting point for finance and Web3 professionals shaping the future of onchain finance.