Education

UK CBT Hosts XRPL Day at the University of Oxford

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UK CBT

September 14, 2026

UK CBT hosted XRPL Day at the University of Oxford on 14 September 2026 with support from the Oxford Blockchain Society.

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Weilin Li introduced the fundamentals of the XRP Ledger, its technical architecture, and applications in payments and institutional finance. Participants also joined an interactive quiz and practical XRP activity.

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Walter J. Hernandez delivered an introduction to AMM-based decentralised exchanges, connecting core market design with applications on distributed ledgers.

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The afternoon concluded with questions, discussion and networking, giving students a direct route into the technology and the wider XRP Ledger ecosystem.

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