XRPL-based DePIN device built by KOSDAQ-listed Kweather in the spotlight; Tria, DCENT, and Biconomy join the lineup
U.S. brokerage and crypto platform Robinhood and the longest-running crypto exchange Bitstamp join the lineup, alongside Thailand's SCBX
October 3 at Grand Hyatt Seoul during KBW2026 week, with Ripple as Title Sponsor
From KOSDAQ-listed weather company Kweather and Tria, the global finance app used across more than 150 countries, to Robinhood, the global brokerage and crypto platform, and Bitstamp, the longest-running crypto exchange founded in 2011, global companies spanning weather data, digital asset payments, and trading in securities, tokenized stocks, and crypto are gathering at ‘XRP Seoul 2026,’ Asia's largest XRP/Web3 conference held during Korea Blockchain Week 2026 (KBW2026 with Upbit).
XRPL Korea, the event's host, unveiled its third speaker lineup on September 18, featuring Kweather, Tria, DCENT, Biconomy, Robinhood, and Bitstamp by Robinhood. This follows earlier announcements of Ripple President Monica Long and other Ripple executives, along with global speakers from Doppler Finance, t54 Labs, Flare, and Evernorth. The lineup brings a Korean listed company, global exchanges, and Asian financial institutions onto one stage.
XRPL in Everyday Life: DePIN Devices, Payments, and Wallets
Kweather's keynote will be delivered by Sunghwan Kim, CEO and Founder of Wellbian Labs. Founded in 1997 as Korea's first private weather company, Kweather operates its own weather sensors at more than 30,000 indoor and outdoor sites nationwide. Wellbian Labs runs Wellbian, the Weather Data Token Generator platform, with Kweather as its technology and device partner. The Weather Data Token Generator, which Wellbian put on sale on September 15, is an indoor measurement device manufactured and certified by Kweather. Air and climate data collected at homes and workplaces is verified on the XRP Ledger (XRPL)-based platform and rewarded in WLBN tokens. The device can be purchased on Wellbian's official website in RLUSD or Korean won, and visitors to the booth on the day will be able to see it in operation, with on-site purchase also planned.
Tria sends Chief Strategy Officer John Lilic. Tria is a global finance app that offers a self-custodial wallet and digital-asset-linked payment features. According to company disclosures, it serves users in more than 150 countries and supports more than 20,000 digital assets. Operating data released in late August 2026 showed cumulative payment volume above $150 million, more than $300 million in volume through its BestPath routing system, and cumulative trading volume above $2 billion. Tria is preparing a pre-event campaign and an on-site program for Korean XRP communities together with XRP Seoul. Details of the benefits and how to take part will be announced in stages once both sides finalize them.
DCENT is represented by Chief Business Officer Wankyu Kim. DCENT is a fingerprint-authenticated hardware wallet launched in 2018. It is used by about 1 million people in over 220 countries and supports more than 100 blockchain networks and over 10,000 digital assets. In May it launched the XRP Alliance with Flare Network, giving users a path into XRP yield vaults with two XRPL signatures and no new chain, wallet, or gas token.
Biconomy is represented by Founder Aniket Jindal. Biconomy pioneered smart contract wallets and chain abstraction, and runs a Modular Execution Environment (MEE) that settles operations across multiple blockchains with a single signature. In Korea it has partnered with Girin Wallet to upgrade wallet infrastructure for the XRP ecosystem.
Robinhood and Bitstamp Share a Global Market View
Robinhood will be represented by Johann Kerbrat, SVP and General Manager of Crypto and International. Kerbrat runs Robinhood's entire crypto business and launched Robinhood Chain, the company's own blockchain, which opened its public mainnet on July 1. Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum Layer-2 that tokenizes U.S. stocks and ETFs such as Apple and NVIDIA for 24/7 trading, weekends included. Market data show it passed $50 billion in cumulative decentralized exchange (DEX) volume in just over two months. Since tokenized stock trading picked up in late July, real-world assets and stablecoin supply on the chain have grown rapidly. Robinhood entered the institutional crypto business with its acquisition of Bitstamp in June last year, and its second-quarter total net revenues rose 32% year over year to $1.31 billion.
Leonard Hoh, President of Bitstamp Asia Pacific, will travel to Seoul. Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is the longest continuously operating crypto exchange, holding more than 50 licenses and registrations worldwide and recording $10.1 billion in notional trading volume in August. It secured a Singapore license in July last year, establishing its Asia-Pacific base, and this year launched multi-asset perpetual futures that let traders access commodities, FX, equity indices, and crypto from a single pool of capital. In August, Robinhood began rolling out trading in more than 50 cryptocurrencies to its UK app through Bitstamp.
Digital Assets Through the Eyes of Asian Banking
Ruam Siratanapanta, Head of Digital Asset Business at SCBX, the financial technology group behind Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank, joins the speaker roster. Siratanapanta drives blockchain and digital asset strategy at SCBX. Additional speakers, sponsors, and the detailed program will be announced on a rolling basis.
A representative of XRPL Korea said, “We have brought together companies leading global markets in payments, trading, and asset tokenization. This will be the closest look anyone can get at the future of the blockchain market.”
Last year, XRP Seoul 2025 drew some 3,000 attendees from more than 100 companies at COEX, Seoul. This year, the event moves to the Grand Hyatt Seoul on October 3 in an expanded format. Tickets are available via Moove Ticket, YES24, and Ticketlink. [End]
[About] Kweather
Founded in 1997, Kweather is Korea's first private weather company and a KOSDAQ-listed firm. With three decades in weather observation, it operates its own air observation network across more than 30,000 indoor and outdoor sites nationwide, has supplied more than 30,000 heat-index sensors to Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor, and runs IoT weather-sensor networks across 38 Hyundai Motor facilities, more than 10 Samsung C&T construction sites, and POSCO E&C sites. As the technology and device partner of the Wellbian platform, it manufactures the measurement device (ARC-600DA), holds its KC and performance certifications, and handles domestic distribution, sales, and after-sales service.
[About] Wellbian
Wellbian is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) platform on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) that verifies, values, and rewards the indoor air and climate data individuals produce with their own measurement devices. Operated by Wellbian Labs, it runs the blockchain and tokenization technology, data verification and valuation, and reward policy, while Kweather manufactures and distributes the devices in Korea. It opened pre-orders on September 7, 2026 and general sale on September 15, with verified data earning the reward token WLBN under platform rules. The collected data is set to feed AI weather forecasting, autonomous driving, smart cities, energy, logistics, insurance, and robotics.
[About] Tria
Tria is a global finance app that offers a self-custodial wallet and digital-asset-linked payment features. According to company disclosures, it serves users in more than 150 countries and supports more than 20,000 digital assets. Operating data released in late August 2026 showed cumulative payment volume above $150 million, more than $300 million in volume through BestPath routing, and cumulative trading volume above $2 billion.
[About] DCENT
DCENT is a fingerprint-authenticated hardware wallet brand that IoTrust has operated since 2018. It supplies hardware cold wallets and card-type models, and is used by about 1 million people in over 220 countries. It supports more than 100 blockchain networks and over 10,000 digital assets. On May 19, 2026, it launched the XRP Alliance with Flare Network, letting users deposit into XRP yield vaults from a hardware wallet with two XRPL signatures and no new chain, wallet, or gas token. It changed its official notation from D'CENT to DCENT in September 2026.
[About] Biconomy
Biconomy is a Web3 execution infrastructure company that pioneered smart contract wallets and chain abstraction. Through its Modular Execution Environment (MEE), it combines account abstraction and chain abstraction to settle operations across multiple blockchains with a single signature. In Korea, it has partnered with Girin Wallet to bring account abstraction, gas sponsorship, and cross-chain transfers to wallet infrastructure for the XRP ecosystem.
[About] Robinhood
Robinhood is a U.S. financial platform offering commission-free trading in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies. In June 2025 it completed its roughly $200 million acquisition of the crypto exchange Bitstamp, entering the institutional crypto business for the first time and extending its reach into the EU, UK, and Asia through Bitstamp's 50-plus global licenses. In the second quarter of 2026, total net revenues rose 32% year over year to $1.31 billion with 28.4 million funded customers, while prediction markets revenue grew more than tenfold to $156 million. In July 2026 it launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, its own Layer-2 blockchain, bringing 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs.
[About] Bitstamp by Robinhood
Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is the longest continuously operating cryptocurrency exchange. It holds more than 50 licenses and registrations worldwide, including MiCA approval from Luxembourg's CSSF in the European Union and licenses in the United States and United Kingdom, and recorded $10.1 billion in monthly notional trading volume in August 2026. Acquired by Robinhood in June 2025 and now operating as Bitstamp by Robinhood, it secured a Singapore license in July of the same year, establishing its Asia-Pacific base. In 2026 it launched multi-asset perpetual futures covering commodities, FX, equity indices, and crypto from a single pool of capital.