BlackRock at Ripple Fuels XRP ETF Buzz
BlackRock's Director of Digital Assets, Maxwell Stein, will be one of the featured speakers at Ripple's flagship Swell 2025 conference.
Quick overview
- Maxwell Stein, BlackRock's Director of Digital Assets, will speak at Ripple's Swell 2025 conference in New York City on November 4-5.
- Prominent figures from finance and cryptocurrency, including Adena Friedman and Chris Larsen, will also participate in the event.
- The XRP community is eager for insights on digital assets and the potential for an XRP-linked ETF, although BlackRock has no current plans for such a product.
- The conference will feature discussions on payments, stablecoins, regulation, and blockchain adoption.
BlackRock’s Director of Digital Assets, Maxwell Stein, will be one of the featured speakers at Ripple’s flagship Swell 2025 conference.
A range of prominent voices from finance and cryptocurrency sectors will attend the event, scheduled for November 4–5 in New York City. Adena Friedman, chair of Nasdaq; Chris Larsen, Ripple’s co-founder; Brad Garlinghouse; and Jason Lau, CIO of OKX, will also appear on stage with Stein.
The XRP community buzzes with excitement about Stein’s participation, eager to hear BlackRock’s latest insights on digital assets and the potential for an XRP-linked ETF. The program states that Stein will discuss with Rory Callagy, an executive at Moody’s, how tokenized assets are transforming the capital markets. However, the agenda does not specify whether BlackRock will address an XRP ETF directly. Currently, BlackRock manages crypto ETFs related to Ether and Bitcoin.
BlackRock currently manages crypto ETFs tied to Ethereum and Bitcoin, but it has not explored creating a similar product for XRP. Some believe that Ripple’s lengthy legal battle with the SEC, which wrapped up last month, is why the firm is being cautious.
However, BlackRock has stated that it has no plans to launch an XRP ETF at this time, raising questions about whether this might change in the future. Panels covering payments, stablecoins, regulation, and blockchain adoption are featured in Ripple’s detailed schedule for this year’s Swell event.
The conference starts on November 3 and spans two full days of discussions.
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