What to Know Ripple Prime has launched perpetual swaps covering over 100 traditional financial markets, allowing institutional clients access to multiple asset classes. Institutional clients
Ripple Prime has launched perpetual swaps covering more than 100 traditional financial markets, allowing institutional clients, including Virtu, to trade equities, commodities, ETFs, and foreign exchange exposures around the clock.
According to Ripple, institutional investors can trade beyond regular market hours, including weekends, through Ripple Prime’s brokerage infrastructure, which references Trade.xyz perpetual futures contracts listed on Hyperliquid. Michael Higgins, International CEO of Ripple Prime, highlighted the connection between traditional finance and digital trading infrastructure.
“RWA swaps are where traditional and digital markets meet,” Higgins stated.
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Ripple Prime has introduced cross-margining capabilities, allowing institutional clients to manage RWA swaps alongside other supported asset classes. The arrangement consolidates margin requirements and risk management under one brokerage relationship.
Additionally, clients can use Ripple USD (RLUSD) as collateral for RWA swap transactions, supporting portfolio management across markets. Virtu has begun trading through the service, expanding its participation in emerging institutional liquidity markets.
“Virtu is ramping up across emerging liquidity pools, and Ripple Prime’s 24/7 cross-margining across asset classes helps us expand our presence more efficiently as markets move toward round-the-clock access,” stated Scotte Moegling, Virtu’s head of business development for digital assets.
Meanwhile, Ripple reported substantial growth in perpetual futures trading volumes linked to real-world assets during the year. The company did not disclose transaction volumes associated with its offering. Higgins also highlighted Ripple Prime’s experience managing trading risks and digital collateral across different venues.
“Ripple Prime was built to operate in both worlds, with deep experience clearing trades and managing digital collateral and risk across venues, 24/7.”
The service currently operates under Ripple Prime’s CIV BVI license, with additional regional expansion planned. The launch strengthens Ripple Prime’s institutional derivatives offering through continuous trading, consolidated margin management, and RLUSD collateral support.
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