Swell 2026, Ripple’s annual conference, takes place October 27-29 at The Shed in New York City. The event combines the former Swell and Apex conferences into a single program, drawing finance leaders, fintech founders, developers, and researchers. The conference includes over 50 sessions across three stages, covering AI and agentic finance, DeFi, payments, stablecoins, tokenization, crypto markets and ETFs, and XRP utility. The audience spans finance executives, developers building on the XRP Ledger, academic researchers in digital assets, and community members. An exclusive Institutional Summit, co-hosted with SALT, offers curated programming for senior leaders in banking and digital assets.