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Institutions & ETFs · 1 min read

Ripple Prime Launches Delta One Desk for US Equities and Crypto Derivatives

The institutional prime broker is offering Total Return Swaps across US equities, indices, and digital assets with round-the-clock cross-margining.

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At a glance Announced

What happened
Ripple Prime introduced a Delta One desk offering institutional Total Return Swaps across US-listed equities, indices, and crypto.
Why it matters
Institutional clients can cross-margin equity derivatives, foreign exchange, fixed income, and digital assets around the clock through one counterparty.
Who is affected
Institutional clients, including hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions trading multi-asset derivatives.
Takes effect
August 27, 2026
What's next
No next step announced.
Primary source
ripple.com: Ripple Prime Launches Delta One Business, Expanding Equity Derivatives Capabilities for Institutional Clients

Key points

  • Ripple Prime launched an institutional Delta One desk offering Total Return Swaps across US-listed equities, indices, and digital assets.
  • The platform operates with more than $1 billion in regulatory net capital and closed an upsized $275 million notes placement in August 2026.
  • The offering provides 24/7 cross-margining across asset classes under an execution model separated from proprietary trading.

Ripple Prime has launched a Delta One business to execute Total Return Swaps (TRS) across US-listed equities, indices, and digital assets, the firm announced on August 27, 2026 1. The offering is targeted at institutional clients including hedge funds, asset managers, and other financial institutions 1.

The new desk complements Ripple Prime's existing prime brokerage, clearing, and financing operations spanning foreign exchange, derivatives, fixed income, and digital assets 1. Under the structure, institutional clients can cross-margin exposures across these asset classes on a 24/7 basis through a single counterparty relationship 1. Noel Kimmel, President of Ripple Prime, stated that the division is designed to meet institutional demand for cross-asset, around-the-clock prime brokerage services 1. Kimmel added that the unit maintains a conflict-free execution model by focusing exclusively on clearing and financing flows, operating without an affiliated proprietary trading or market-making arm 1.

Capital Backing and Growth

The expansion arrives as the firm scales its balance sheet to support institutional equity derivatives clearing 1. Ripple Prime holds more than $1 billion in regulatory net capital 1. In August 2026, the unit closed an upsized $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes 1. That financing followed a $200 million debt facility secured earlier in 2026 from funds managed by Neuberger Specialty Finance 1.

The move marks a continued operational push by Ripple to integrate traditional financial market infrastructure with digital assets, building on institutional efforts such as its earlier partnership to mirror financial assets on the XRP Ledger with Brazilian infrastructure provider CSD BR. At the time of writing, the broader crypto market was consolidating, with $BTC trading around $82,708 and $ETH at $2,563.

Sources

  1. [1] Ripple Prime Launches Delta One Business, Expanding Equity Derivatives Capabilities for Institutional Clients — ripple.com, October 8, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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