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Ripple Enters Leveraged Equity Financing, Begins Charging Financing Fees After Hidden Road Acquisition
Odaily News: Ripple's Ripple Prime has begun providing funds with leveraged exposure to equities and indices through total return swaps, charging financing fees. After Ripple acquired multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in 2025, it gained the business capabilities to clear trades, finance investment positions, and process transactions in equities, bonds, foreign exchange, and digital assets. The Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF pays Ripple a fee of the overnight bank funding rate plus 4 percentage points, translating to an annualized financing cost of approximately 8% at current rates.
Ripple Prime Enters Leveraged ETF Financing Market
According to CoinDesk, Ripple Prime, the prime brokerage division under Ripple, has begun providing financing services for leveraged equity ETFs, charging financing fees to funds through total return swaps. This market was previously dominated by large banks and securities firms. In October 2025, Ripple acquired multi-asset brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, entering the clearing, financing, and cross-asset trading businesses. In August 2026, Ripple launched its Delta One business, offering total return swap products linked to U.S. equities, market indices, and digital assets, while maintaining over $1 billion in regulatory net capital and completing a $275 million senior notes issuance.
Hedge fund Brevan Howard, managing approximately $35 billion in assets, will adopt Ripple Prime for multi-asset brokerage and clearing services.
According to The Block, Ripple announced an expansion of its partnership with global hedge fund Brevan Howard, which will adopt Ripple Prime’s multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services to further expand its utilization of Ripple’s institutional-grade financial infrastructure and digital asset products. Managing approximately $35 billion in assets, Brevan Howard’s Group Chief Operating Officer Alan McGroarty stated that as digital assets increasingly integrate with traditional financial markets, institutional demand for digital asset infrastructure continues to grow, and Ripple’s platform is expected to enhance operational efficiency and capital utilization for investment teams. This partnership builds on an existing investment relationship between the two parties. Brevan Howard had previously invested in Ripple and participated in its $500 million strategic funding round last year. Ripple Prime is an institutional-grade prime brokerage platform launched by Ripple following its $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road in 2025.
Ripple Prime Launches 24/7 Stock Swap Trading, HSBC Says Market Depth Remains Insufficient
According to CoinDesk, Ripple’s brokerage Ripple Prime (formerly Hidden Road) has enabled institutional clients to trade swap contracts linked to over 100 stocks, commodities, and money markets around the clock, with the option to use its US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD as collateral. These swap contracts track the perpetual contracts listed on the Trade.xyz platform on Hyperliquid, are currently provided under Ripple Prime’s British Virgin Islands license, with plans to expand into additional jurisdictions in the future, while trading firm Virtu has already joined as an early client. In a client report, Daragh Maher, Head of Digital Assets Research at HSBC, characterized the offering as a “gradual rather than revolutionary” upgrade, noting that its current market size remains modest compared to traditional finance, with initial activity likely concentrated among market makers, proprietary trading firms, and hedge funds executing basis trades.
Ripple Prime Enters Leveraged ETF Financing Market
According to CoinDesk, Ripple Prime, the prime brokerage division under Ripple, has begun providing financing services for leveraged equity ETFs, charging financing fees to funds through total return swaps. This market was previously dominated by large banks and securities firms. In October 2025, Ripple acquired multi-asset brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, entering the clearing, financing, and cross-asset trading businesses. In August 2026, Ripple launched its Delta One business, offering total return swap products linked to U.S. equities, market indices, and digital assets, while maintaining over $1 billion in regulatory net capital and completing a $275 million senior notes issuance.
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Ripple Prime Launches 24/7 Stock Swap Trading, HSBC Says Market Depth Remains Insufficient
According to CoinDesk, Ripple’s brokerage Ripple Prime (formerly Hidden Road) has enabled institutional clients to trade swap contracts linked to over 100 stocks, commodities, and money markets around the clock, with the option to use its US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD as collateral. These swap contracts track the perpetual contracts listed on the Trade.xyz platform on Hyperliquid, are currently provided under Ripple Prime’s British Virgin Islands license, with plans to expand into additional jurisdictions in the future, while trading firm Virtu has already joined as an early client. In a client report, Daragh Maher, Head of Digital Assets Research at HSBC, characterized the offering as a “gradual rather than revolutionary” upgrade, noting that its current market size remains modest compared to traditional finance, with initial activity likely concentrated among market makers, proprietary trading firms, and hedge funds executing basis trades.
Ripple Enters Leveraged Equity Financing, Begins Charging Financing Fees After Hidden Road Acquisition
Odaily News: Ripple's Ripple Prime has begun providing funds with leveraged exposure to equities and indices through total return swaps, charging financing fees. After Ripple acquired multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in 2025, it gained the business capabilities to clear trades, finance investment positions, and process transactions in equities, bonds, foreign exchange, and digital assets. The Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF pays Ripple a fee of the overnight bank funding rate plus 4 percentage points, translating to an annualized financing cost of approximately 8% at current rates.
Ripple Prime Enters Leveraged ETF Financing Market
According to CoinDesk, Ripple Prime, the prime brokerage division under Ripple, has begun providing financing services for leveraged equity ETFs, charging financing fees to funds through total return swaps. This market was previously dominated by large banks and securities firms. In October 2025, Ripple acquired multi-asset brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, entering the clearing, financing, and cross-asset trading businesses. In August 2026, Ripple launched its Delta One business, offering total return swap products linked to U.S. equities, market indices, and digital assets, while maintaining over $1 billion in regulatory net capital and completing a $275 million senior notes issuance.
Hedge fund Brevan Howard, managing approximately $35 billion in assets, will adopt Ripple Prime for multi-asset brokerage and clearing services.
According to The Block, Ripple announced an expansion of its partnership with global hedge fund Brevan Howard, which will adopt Ripple Prime’s multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services to further expand its utilization of Ripple’s institutional-grade financial infrastructure and digital asset products. Managing approximately $35 billion in assets, Brevan Howard’s Group Chief Operating Officer Alan McGroarty stated that as digital assets increasingly integrate with traditional financial markets, institutional demand for digital asset infrastructure continues to grow, and Ripple’s platform is expected to enhance operational efficiency and capital utilization for investment teams. This partnership builds on an existing investment relationship between the two parties. Brevan Howard had previously invested in Ripple and participated in its $500 million strategic funding round last year. Ripple Prime is an institutional-grade prime brokerage platform launched by Ripple following its $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road in 2025.