Ripple has completed its acquisition of Hidden Road, a move that will expand its fintech services for institutional clients and boost the utility and reach of its RLUSD stablecoin. Ripple has closed its acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime, marking one of the company’s most significant deals to date and substantially expanding its operations beyond the digital assets sector. Ripple said it is now the first crypto company to own and run a multi-asset prime broker, covering everything from clearing, financing, and brokerage across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign exchange, and fixed-income products for institutional clients. Ripple Prime’s business activity has already grown threefold since the $1.25 billion acquisition was announced in early April, Ripple said on Friday, adding that more growth from new and existing customers is expected. Read more
Ripple has completed its acquisition of Hidden Road, a move that will expand its fintech services for institutional clients and boost the utility and reach of its RLUSD stablecoin. Ripple has closed its acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime, marking one of the company’s most significant deals to date and substantially expanding its operations beyond the digital assets sector. Ripple said it is now the first crypto company to own and run a multi-asset prime broker, covering everything from clearing, financing, and brokerage across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign exchange, and fixed-income products for institutional clients. Ripple Prime’s business activity has already grown threefold since the $1.25 billion acquisition was announced in early April, Ripple said on Friday, adding that more growth from new and existing customers is expected. Read more
Hidden Road’s clients in the US can now trade cash-settled OTC swaps across major crypto assets, marking one of the first product launches following its acquisition by Ripple. Ripple’s newly acquired prime broker, Hidden Road, has launched cryptocurrency swaps for institutional investors in the United States. The service allows US institutional clients to trade cash-settled over-the-counter (OTC) swaps across multiple major crypto assets, Hidden Road announced on May 28. The new OTC swap product is offered by Hidden Road Partners, the company’s entity regulated by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Read more