Author: XRP SEOUL 2026

• KOSDAQ listed company Kweather's XRPL-based DePIN device becomes the focus; Tria, DCENT, and Biconomy join the guest lineup
• US brokerage and crypto asset platform Robinhood, the longest operating cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, and Thailand's SCBX join the guest lineup
• The conference will be held on October 3 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, coinciding with the KBW2026 event week, with Ripple serving as the naming sponsor

From KOSDAQ listed meteorological company Kweather, global financial application Tria covering over 150 countries and regions, to US brokerage and crypto asset platform Robinhood, and the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp established in 2011—global enterprises from meteorological data, digital asset payments, and the trading of securities, tokenized stocks, and crypto assets will gather at "XRP Seoul 2026."

"XRP Seoul 2026" is the largest XRP/Web3 conference in Asia, to be held during Korea Blockchain Week 2026 (KBW2026 with Upbit).

The conference organizer XRPL Korea announced the third batch of speakers on September 18, including Kweather, Tria, DCENT, Biconomy, Robinhood, and Bitstamp by Robinhood.

Previously, the conference had announced Ripple President Monica Long, other Ripple executives, and global speakers from Doppler Finance, t54 Labs, Flare, and Evernorth. The newly added lineup will bring together Korean listed companies, global exchanges, and Asian financial institutions on the same stage.

XRPL Entering Daily Life: DePIN Devices, Payments, and Wallets

Kweather's keynote speech will be delivered by Wellbian Labs CEO and founder Sunghwan Kim.

Kweather, established in 1997, is Korea's first private meteorological company. The company operates its own meteorological sensors in more than 30,000 indoor and outdoor locations across South Korea.

Wellbian Labs operates the Weather Data Token Generator, with Kweather as the technical and equipment partner for the platform.

The "Weather Data Token Generator," officially launched by Wellbian on September 15, is an indoor measurement device manufactured and certified by Kweather. This device collects air and climate data at homes and workplaces, verifies it through a platform based on XRP Ledger (XRPL), and rewards users with WLBN tokens.

Users can purchase the device using RLUSD or Korean won on the Wellbian official website. On the day of the event, visitors can also see the device in operation at the booth, and the organizers plan to offer on-site purchasing services.

Tria will be represented by Chief Strategy Officer John Lilic.

Tria is a global financial application that provides self-custody wallets and payment features tied to digital assets. According to the company's disclosed information, Tria's users are spread across over 150 countries and regions, supporting more than 20,000 digital assets.

Operational data released by Tria in late August 2026 showed:

• Cumulative payment amount exceeding $150 million;
• Transaction volume exceeding $300 million through the BestPath routing system;
• Cumulative transaction volume exceeding $2 billion.

Tria is collaborating with XRP Seoul to prepare pre-event activities and onsite projects for the Korean XRP community. The two parties will announce related rights and participation methods in phases once final confirmations are completed.

DCENT will be represented by Chief Business Officer Wankyu Kim.

DCENT is a hardware wallet launched in 2018 that supports fingerprint authentication. Currently, the wallet has about 1 million users in over 220 countries and regions, supporting more than 100 blockchain networks and over 10,000 digital assets.

In May of this year, DCENT and Flare Network jointly launched XRP Alliance, allowing users to deposit assets into the XRP revenue vault by completing just two XRPL signatures, without the need for a new blockchain, new wallet, or new Gas token.

Biconomy will be represented by founder Aniket Jindal.

Biconomy is a pioneer in smart contract wallets and chain abstraction technology, operating the modular execution environment MEE (Modular Execution Environment). With this environment, users only need one signature to settle operations across multiple blockchains.

In South Korea, Biconomy has partnered with Girin Wallet to upgrade wallet infrastructure for the XRP ecosystem.

Robinhood and Bitstamp Share Global Market Insights

Robinhood will be represented by Senior Vice President of Crypto and International Business Johann Kerbrat.

Kerbrat is responsible for all of Robinhood's crypto asset business and is driving the launch of the company's proprietary blockchain Robinhood Chain. This blockchain opened its public mainnet on July 1.

Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 network that tokenizes stocks and ETFs from US companies like Apple and Nvidia, allowing for around-the-clock trading, including on weekends.

Market data shows that the network's decentralized exchange (DEX) reached a cumulative trading volume of over $50 billion within just two months. Since the growth of tokenized stock trading began in late July, the supply of real-world assets and stablecoins on the chain has also rapidly increased.

Robinhood acquired Bitstamp last June, entering the institutional-level crypto asset market. The company saw a 32% year-on-year increase in total net revenue in the second quarter, reaching $1.31 billion.

Bitstamp APAC President Leonard Hoh will attend the event in Seoul.

Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchange. The company holds over 50 licenses and registrations globally, and in August, recorded a nominal trading volume of $10.1 billion.

Bitstamp obtained a license in Singapore last July, establishing a business base in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, the company launched multi-asset perpetual futures, allowing traders to trade commodities, forex, stock indices, and crypto assets through the same pool of funds.

In August this year, Robinhood began gradually launching trading services for over 50 cryptocurrencies through Bitstamp in its UK app.

A Perspective on Digital Assets from Asian Banking

Ruam Siratanapanta, head of digital assets at SCBX, the fintech group behind Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank, will also join the speaker lineup.

Siratanapanta is responsible for driving SCBX's blockchain and digital asset strategy.

More speakers, sponsors, and detailed event schedules will be announced subsequently.

A representative from XRPL Korea stated:

"We have gathered companies that lead the global market in payments, trading, and asset tokenization. This will provide a fantastic opportunity to observe the future of the blockchain market up close."

Last year, the XRP Seoul 2025 held at COEX in Seoul attracted about 3,000 participants from over 100 companies.

This year, the conference will be held on a larger scale on October 3 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul. Tickets can be purchased through Moove Ticket, YES24, and Ticketlink.

About Kweather

Kweather, established in 1997, is Korea's first private meteorological company and is also a listed company on KOSDAQ.

With thirty years of meteorological observation experience, Kweather operates its own air observation network in over 30,000 indoor and outdoor locations nationwide in South Korea. The company has supplied over 30,000 heat index sensors to the Ministry of Employment and Labor in South Korea and operates an IoT meteorological sensor network at the following locations:

• 38 Hyundai Motor facilities;
• More than 10 Samsung C&T construction sites;
• Multiple Pohang construction project sites.

As the technical and equipment partner of the Wellbian platform, Kweather is responsible for producing the measuring device ARC-600DA, holds the KC certification and performance certification for the product, and is responsible for its distribution, sales, and after-sales service within South Korea.

About Wellbian

Wellbian is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) platform built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), responsible for verifying and evaluating indoor air and climate data generated by individuals through their measuring devices, and providing rewards.

The platform is operated by Wellbian Labs. Wellbian Labs is responsible for:

• Blockchain and tokenization technology;
• Data verification and value assessment;
• Reward policies.

Kweather is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of related equipment in South Korea.

Wellbian opened for reservations on September 7, 2026, and officially launched on September 15. According to the platform rules, verified data can earn rewards in the form of tokens WLBN.

The collected data will be used for:

• AI weather prediction;
• Autonomous driving;
• Smart cities;
• Energy;
• Logistics;
• Insurance;
• Robotics.

About Tria

Tria is a global financial application that provides self-custody wallets and payment features tied to digital assets.

According to the company's disclosed information, Tria's users are spread across over 150 countries and regions, supporting more than 20,000 digital assets.

Operational data released in late August 2026 showed:

• Cumulative payment amount exceeding $150 million;
• Transaction volume exceeding $300 million through the BestPath routing system;
• Cumulative transaction volume exceeding $2 billion.

About DCENT

DCENT is a fingerprint authentication hardware wallet brand operated by IoTrust since 2018, with products including hardware cold wallets and card wallets.

Currently, DCENT has about 1 million users in over 220 countries and regions, supporting more than 100 blockchain networks and over 10,000 digital assets.

On May 19, 2026, DCENT and Flare Network jointly launched XRP Alliance. Users can deposit assets directly into the XRP revenue vault through the hardware wallet by completing just two XRPL signatures, without the need for a new blockchain, new wallet, or new Gas token.

In September 2026, the brand will officially change its name from D’CENT to DCENT.

About Biconomy

Biconomy is a Web3 execution infrastructure company and a pioneer in smart contract wallets and chain abstraction technology.

Biconomy combines account abstraction and chain abstraction through its modular execution environment MEE (Modular Execution Environment), allowing users to complete settlement of operations across multiple blockchains with just one signature.

In South Korea, Biconomy has partnered with Girin Wallet to introduce the following features into the wallet infrastructure of the XRP ecosystem:

• Account abstraction;
• Gas fee sponsorship;
• Cross-chain transfers.

About Robinhood

Robinhood is a US financial services platform that offers commission-free trading for stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies.

In June 2025, Robinhood completed its acquisition of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp for approximately $200 million. This marked Robinhood's entry into the institutional-level crypto asset market while leveraging Bitstamp's more than 50 licenses globally to expand its reach into the EU, UK, and Asia.

In the second quarter of 2026, Robinhood:

• Recorded a 32% year-on-year increase in total net revenue, reaching $1.31 billion;
• Had a total of 28.4 million funded accounts;
• Forecasted revenue from its market business to grow more than tenfold, reaching $156 million.

In July 2026, Robinhood launched the public mainnet of its Layer 2 blockchain Robinhood Chain, providing around-the-clock trading services for tokenized US stocks and ETFs.

About Bitstamp by Robinhood

Bitstamp was founded in 2011 and is the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchange.

The company holds over 50 licenses and registrations globally, including:

• EU MiCA license approved by the Luxembourg Financial Supervisory Authority (CSSF);
• Relevant US licenses;
• Relevant UK licenses.

In August 2026, Bitstamp's monthly nominal trading volume reached $10.1 billion.

Bitstamp was acquired by Robinhood in June 2025 and currently operates under the name Bitstamp by Robinhood. In July of the same year, the company obtained a license in Singapore, establishing a business base in the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2026, Bitstamp launched multi-asset perpetual futures, enabling traders to trade the following categories of assets through the same pool of funds:

• Commodities;
• Forex;
• Stock indices;
• Crypto assets.