Key Highlights Marc Asch, the founder of Hidden Road and head of Ripple Prime, is stepping down at the end of the year to pursue new opportunities. Noel Kimmel, Senior Vice President at Ripple Prime, will take over leadership of the prime brokerage unit and its team. The transition comes roughly a year after Ripple ...
Key Highlights: The number of clients utilizing multiple Ripple products concurrently has tripled by 2026, with cumulative payment volume approaching $150 billion by year-end. Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, achieved a market capitalization of $2.6 billion and serves as institutional collateral across round-the-clock swap facilities. Major financial players like Aviva Investors and Brevan Howard are expanding ...
Key Highlights: Brokerage infrastructure firm DriveWealth has partnered with Ripple to integrate stablecoin settlement and digital asset capabilities into its international network. The rollout includes planned European integration for the RLUSD stablecoin, Ripple Payments for cross-border partner money movement, and potential European custody solutions. The collaboration also contemplates potential equity financing through Ripple Prime, though ...
Key Highlights Ripple’s flagship Swell conference takes place October 27–29 in New York, unifying the institutional summit with the Apex developer gathering for the first time. Key program themes encompass payments, tokenization, stablecoins, settlement, privacy, and XRP utility, setting the stage for technical and commercial evaluation. Observers emphasize distinguishing between marketing stage announcements, active XRP ...
Key Highlights: Ripple Prime has rolled out perpetual swap trading for real-world assets (RWAs), spanning stocks, metals, ETFs, energy, and foreign exchange. The contracts reference over 100 markets listed on Hyperliquid by Trade.xyz and operate continuously on a 24/7 basis, including weekends. Institutional market maker Virtu has already begun utilizing the offering, with Ripple Prime ...
Key Highlights Ripple is expanding its institutional footprint with the rollout of Ripple Prime, designed to deliver enhanced trading services to institutional clients. Market metrics currently reflect subdued trading volume and static price movement as market participants assess the long-term impact of Ripple’s enterprise offerings. Analysts point to institutional adoption, regulatory developments, and broader sentiment ...
Key Highlights: Ripple Prime is generating revenue by financing leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), charging fees on financial contracts provided to fund managers. A Wall Street Journal report highlighted that Ripple backed the Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF, which paid the company an annual rate of roughly 8%. Beyond ETF financing, Ripple has deepened its ...
Key Highlights: Nonbank firms including Ripple Prime, Jane Street, and Clear Street are stepping in to finance leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as traditional banks face stricter capital rules. Ripple’s Delta One unit provides total return swaps across equities, market indexes, and digital assets, backed by more than $1 billion in regulatory net capital and a ...
Key Highlights: Prominent alternative investment manager Brevan Howard, overseeing roughly $35 billion in assets, is deepening its relationship with Ripple. The collaboration leverages Ripple Prime to streamline brokerage, clearing, and financing services across various fund positions on a consolidated platform. The move does not indicate a direct purchase of XRP or an explicit XRP-focused strategy, ...
Key Highlights: Brevan Howard has expanded its collaboration with Ripple through Ripple Prime to meet the growing need for institutional digital asset infrastructure. Ripple Prime President Noel Kimmel highlighted surging demand for cross-asset prime brokerage capabilities tailored to institutional players across traditional and digital markets. The agreement reinforces an ongoing relationship following the participation of ...
Key Highlights: Global alternative investment manager Brevan Howard has partnered with Ripple to utilize its institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. The move expands an existing relationship that began after funds managed by Brevan Howard affiliates participated in Ripple’s $500 million strategic investment round in 2025. The agreement leverages Ripple Prime, the multi-asset prime broker built from ...
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, launched nearly two years ago, still trails industry leaders Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, yet its growth trajectory is accelerating. According to Token Terminal data, RLUSD’s circulating supply has reached $2.4 billion, marking an increase of more than 50% over the past month. Of that total, approximately $1 billion resides on the ...