The XRP community is dusting off its digital aprons for the second annual global virtual cookout, set for February 11, 2026. This fully online gathering aims to herd the global XRP ecosystem—diamond hands, code wizards, builders, and fresh meat—for a full day of debates, updates, and live banter. To ensure the sun never sets on the discussion, the event will sprawl across three regional X Spaces, with the Asia-Pacific session pushed to February 12 to accommodate those operating on a different circadian rhythm.
The agenda is laser-focused on the growth, utility, and future of XRP and the broader XRPL ecosystem. Building on the success of the debut event, this year’s iteration places a heavier weight on real-world utility, institutional adoption, and XRP’s applications across payments, DeFi, tokenization, and financial markets. Expect a cast of characters including XRP community members, developers, financial institutions, enterprise users, and Ripple’s own leadership.
The Americas session is locked in for February 11, 2026, running from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET (10:30 AM to 1:30 PM PT). For those keeping score in India, that’s a late-night grind from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM IST on February 12. The event will be hosted on X Spaces and is free to attend, with separate sessions and registration for EMEA and APAC regions—because time zones are the only thing more divisive than a hard fork.
Ripple has confirmed that senior leadership, including CEO Brad Garlinghouse and President Monica Long, will grace the speaker lineup. They’ll be joined by community builders, ecosystem projects, and institutional partners from around the world, proving that the party isn't just for the retail degen crowd.
The discussion topics will cover both current adoption and future direction. Key areas include how XRP is being used in real-world payments today, access to traditional financial markets through XRP-based products, updates and discussions around ETFs, the role of wrapped XRP across multiple networks, XRP's growing presence in DeFi applications, and the priorities and opportunities ahead for XRP in 2026.
