Ripple President Monica Long is scheduled to speak at an upcoming event in Seoul, South Korea, and the community is anticipating her appearance.
According to a tweet from the $XRP Seoul X account, the $XRP Seoul 2026 event, hosted by $XRP Ledger Korea, takes place on October 3 during KBW (Korea Blockchain Week), connecting $XRP holders, builders, and ecosystem projects worldwide. Ripple President Monica Long is expected to participate in the event.
We’re honored to welcome @MonicaLongSF, President of @Ripple.Monica leads Ripple’s Business, Product and Engineering teams, building Ripple into a one-stop shop to move, manage, hold and tokenize value. Since joining in 2013, she’s played a pivotal role in driving the company… pic.twitter.com/TCbHhU8up4
— $XRP Seoul 2026 🇰🇷 (@XRPSEOUL) June 28, 2026
Long leads Ripple’s Business, Product and Engineering teams, building Ripple into a one-stop shop to move, manage, hold and tokenize value. Since joining, she has played a pivotal role in driving the company at the intersection of TradFi and DeFi. Given this standing, the Ripple president remains a respected authority on $XRP, the future of payments and what comes next for the ecosystem.
The participation by the Ripple President matters, given that Korea has long been one of $XRP’s most active speculative markets. While Bitcoin and Ethereum usually dominate global exchange activity, Korean traders have most often pushed $XRP into the top volume rankings during periods of increased interest, often before volatility spikes.
At the moment, $XRP is the second most traded asset by volume on Upbit Korea, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of both trading volume and customer base.
$XRP gains utility
$XRP is gaining further utility as Korea’s financial technology transitions to blockchain-based solutions. Local developers, startups, and finance-focused teams are using the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) infrastructure to create solutions with practical use cases.
In this light, the Korea Fintech Innovation Program (KFIP) 2026 has become Korea’s largest XRPL-native accelerator program to date.
Out of 270 applicants, 12 finalist teams were selected to ship the next chapter of finance on XRPL. $XRP Ledger Korea took to X to announce the winners of the KFIP 2026, consisting of five teams.
