Ripple CEO, Wall Street Heavyweights Head to Swell 2026: Agenda Revealed

Agenda revealed

The agenda lineup remains exhaustive, with this report merely covering a few highlights.

On day 1 of the event, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse will take the main stage at the Swell event to share his opening remarks. A 20-minute conversation with the Ripple chief will then follow. Ripple President Monica Long will subsequently take the main stage in a conversation with Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood.

Terrence Duffy of CME Group is also expected to take the main stage in a separate conversation expected to provide insights to participants.

Aanchal Malhotra, Ripple research scientist, will discuss the next frontier for XRPL research, while Jasmine Cooper, RippleX head of product, will explore the XRPL roadmap aimed at building the institutional DeFi stack.

In a conversation titled 'What Happens When AI Moves Money,' Mastercard's Massimo Cervesato, Nilesh Dusane of Amazon Web Services, alongside Henri Stern, co-founder of Privy, and Edward Woodford of ZeroHash will discuss AI and agentic finance with regard to crypto infrastructure and payments.

Ripple software engineer Mayukha Vadari will explore a new paradigm for building on the XRP Ledger with respect to 'smart features.'

David Schwartz, Ripple CTO Emeritus, and JA Akinyele will discuss 'Building What's Next for XRPL.' In another segment of the event, Ripple SVP of stablecoins Jack McDonald alongside Coinbase Institutional co-CEO Brett Tejpaul will discuss the advancement of crypto infrastructure.

On day 2 of the Swell event, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse will take the main stage in a conversation with Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish, offering further insights to participants.