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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.
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.
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