XRP Seoul 2026 has announced its fourth batch of speakers, adding Datavault AI, SOIL, Firelight, Axelar, RedStone and Midnight to the program. The conference will cover real-world asset tokenization, XRP yield, digital asset protection, cross-chain infrastructure, oracle services and privacy technology. It is set for Oct. 3 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul during Korea Blockchain Week 2026, with Ripple serving as title sponsor.
Organizer XRPL Korea released the new speaker list on Sept. 29. The group joins previously announced participants including Ripple President Monica Long and senior Ripple executives Christina Chan and Ayo Akinyele. Speakers from Kweather, Tria, Robinhood and Bitstamp had also been named earlier. According to the organizer, the latest wave brings together a Nasdaq-listed company, multiple onchain financial infrastructure builders and a privacy blockchain.
From real-world asset tokenization to XRP yield
Datavault AI will be represented by Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel T. Bradley. The company describes itself as an AI platform that turns data and real-world assets into monetizable digital assets, and says it holds more than 100 patents in tokenization, acoustics and data monetization.
On Sept. 15, Datavault AI said it entered the commercialization stage and launched three trading platforms, including IDE, which covers data valuation, tokenization and trading. On the same day, the company said its tokenization service received an initial $100 million purchase order. At XRP Seoul 2026, it plans to present a live demo of ADIO, a technology that sends data to smartphones through inaudible sound, and unveil an XRP Seoul commemorative digital collectible. More details have not yet been disclosed.
SOIL will be represented by co-founder Nicholas Motz. SOIL is a vault manager under ORQO, a global asset management company headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Through onchain vaults, it deploys capital into institutional-grade strategies and pays yield in the same asset deposited by users. Its native XRP Ledger application offers yield to XRP and RLUSD holders.
According to the company, XRP deposits on the platform were about $30 million as of mid-September, with more than 3,000 depositors. The organizer said deposits have grown quickly since SOIL launched its real-world-asset-backed yield protocol on XRPL in February. The release also said a $1 million pool was filled within 72 hours when that protocol went live in February 2026.
From cross-chain rails to oracle infrastructure
Firelight will be represented by Chief Strategy Officer Connor Sullivan. Firelight is an onchain protection protocol designed to protect digital assets from technical and economic risk by using staked XRP. The protocol was incubated by institutional DeFi provider Sentora and is built on Flare Network.
The organizer said Firelight closed an $8 million seed round last month led by gumi Cryptos Capital. Additional background in the release said Maven 11, Metalayer and Tribe Capital also took part. When its staking vault first opened in December 2025, 25 million XRP flowed in within hours.
Axelar will be represented by Adam Oozeer, head of growth at Common Prefix, a development partner for the network. Axelar is a cross-chain infrastructure network connecting more than 80 blockchains. It positions itself as a unified development platform for issuing and trading stablecoins, real-world assets and funds across chains, while also enabling yield generation. The network has more than 75 validators.
When the XRPL EVM Sidechain launched in June 2025, Axelar became its first cross-chain connector, opening a path for XRP to move onto the sidechain. Cross-chain swap app Squid was integrated as the transfer interface. Based on Axelar’s official explorer, cumulative transferred volume had reached about $13.5 billion as of September 2026.
RedStone will be represented by co-founder Marcin Kazmierczak. RedStone is a modular oracle providing data infrastructure for onchain finance. It delivers price data to more than 200 protocols and institutions across more than 110 blockchains, covering more than 1,300 assets.
According to its official website, assets secured by RedStone data were worth about $9.1 billion as of September 2026. In September 2025, the company acquired DeFi credit-rating firm Credora and launched an oracle combining real-time prices with standardized risk ratings. In November 2025, it rolled out Credora by RedStone with Morpho and Spark as the first integrations. In August 2026, after an audit by certification body SGS, RedStone obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 information security certification.
Privacy blockchain and global finance
Midnight will be represented by Japan Regional Manager Taro Kimura. Midnight is a blockchain network built on what it calls the principle of “rational privacy.” The organizer said global companies including Worldpay, MoneyGram, eToro and Google Cloud are running its nodes.
The background section of the release said Midnight’s mainnet genesis block was created on March 30, 2026. Its initial nodes are operated by nine organizations: Worldpay, Bullish, MoneyGram, Pairpoint by Vodafone, eToro, AlphaTON Capital, Google Cloud, Blockdaemon and Shielded Technologies. Its core technology partner, Shielded Technologies, is an affiliate of IOG, or Input Output Global.
On the business side, UK digital bank Monument Bank plans to tokenize £250 million in retail deposits on Midnight. In June 2026, Midnight signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean security token company Buysell Standards to test tokenization of Korean assets and overseas issuance on Midnight. In August 2026, an integration with VIA Labs connected the network to more than 130 networks through cross-chain messaging.
Ripple and other additional speakers
Ripple has also added two more speakers: Senior Ecosystem Growth Manager Tatsuya Kohrogi and APAC Sales Director Jinnie Lee. The organizer said Kohrogi leads Ripple’s ecosystem growth work in Asia-Pacific and supports and incubates fintech startups and developers building on the XRP Ledger.
Other new speakers include Jake Ku, head of growth at Catalyze Research; Alex Toh, fintech investment executive director at SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures arm of Standard Chartered; Joyce Cui, partner at Hong Kong-based tokenization infrastructure company Asseto; Wenny Cai, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anchored Finance, which puts tokenized stocks and funds onchain; and Lacey Wisdom, general partner at venture capital firm PL Capital.
XRPL Korea said more speakers, sponsors and the detailed agenda will be announced later.
Organizer statement and event details
A representative of XRPL Korea said, 「From tokenized assets and XRP yield to cross-chain infrastructure and privacy, we have brought together the infrastructure companies actually pushing onchain finance forward. This will be a place where institutions, developers and investors can see the ecosystem’s next stage in one setting.」
Last year, XRP Seoul 2025 drew about 3,000 attendees from more than 100 companies at COEX in Seoul. This year’s event moves to the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Oct. 3 with a larger format. Tickets are available through Moove Ticket, YES24 and Ticketlink.
About Datavault AI
Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT) is an AI platform company focused on turning data and real-world assets into monetizable digital assets. The company says it holds more than 100 U.S. and international patents in tokenization, acoustics and data monetization, and is commercializing patented technologies including ADIO, which transmits data through inaudible sound, and wireless audio technology WiSA.
In August 2026, Datavault AI completed its acquisition of NYIAX, a blockchain-based contract asset exchange. On Sept. 15, it entered commercialization and launched three trading platforms: IDE, NIL Vault and APEX. On the same day, it said its tokenization service received an initial $100 million purchase order.
About SOIL
SOIL is a vault manager that runs onchain vaults, deploys funds into institutional-grade strategies and pays yield in the same asset supplied by users. Through its XRP Ledger-native application, it offers yield to XRP and RLUSD holders.
When it launched its real-world-asset-backed yield protocol on XRPL in February 2026, a $1 million pool was filled within 72 hours. According to the company, XRP deposits had reached about $30 million by mid-September 2026, with more than 3,000 depositors. SOIL was developed by ORQO, a global asset management company based in Abu Dhabi Global Market.
About Firelight
Firelight is an onchain protection protocol built to protect digital assets from technical and economic risk. The protocol was incubated by institutional DeFi provider Sentora and built on Flare Network. It brings XRP into the ecosystem as FXRP through Flare’s FAssets and runs using staked XRP.
When the staking vault first opened in December 2025, 25 million XRP was deposited within hours. In August 2026, the protocol completed an $8 million seed round led by gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Maven 11, Metalayer and Tribe Capital.
About Axelar
Axelar is a cross-chain infrastructure network connecting more than 80 blockchains. It serves as a unified development platform for issuing, trading and earning yield on stablecoins, real-world assets and funds across chains, and it is operated by more than 75 validators.
When the XRPL EVM Sidechain launched in June 2025, Axelar became the first cross-chain connector, opening a route for XRP to move to the sidechain. Squid, a cross-chain swap application, was integrated as the transfer interface. According to the official explorer, cumulative transferred volume reached about $13.5 billion by September 2026.
About RedStone
RedStone is a modular oracle that provides data infrastructure for onchain finance. It supplies price data for more than 1,300 assets to more than 200 protocols and institutions across more than 110 blockchains. As of September 2026, the value of assets secured by RedStone data was about $9.1 billion, according to its website.
In September 2025, the company acquired DeFi credit-rating firm Credora and launched an oracle product combining live price feeds with standardized risk ratings. In November 2025, it launched Credora by RedStone with Morpho and Spark as the first integrations. In August 2026, it obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification following an audit by SGS.
About Midnight
Midnight is a blockchain network built on the principle of rational privacy. Its mainnet genesis block was created on March 30, 2026, and its initial nodes are operated by nine organizations: Worldpay, Bullish, MoneyGram, Pairpoint by Vodafone, eToro, AlphaTON Capital, Google Cloud, Blockdaemon and Shielded Technologies.
Its core technology partner, Shielded Technologies, is an affiliate of IOG. In March 2026, UK digital bank Monument Bank said it planned to tokenize £250 million of retail deposits on Midnight. In August 2026, Midnight’s integration with VIA Labs connected the network to more than 130 networks through cross-chain messaging. In June 2026, it signed an MOU with South Korean security token company Buysell Standards to test tokenization of Korean assets and overseas issuance.
This article is based on a press release written and provided by XRP Seoul 2026 and does not represent BlockTempo’s position.