🚨 RIPPLE BREAKS INTO WALL STREET — WSJ

Ripple is moving deeper into traditional finance, with Ripple Prime entering the lucrative market for financing leveraged ETFs — a sector historically dominated by major banks.

Key Points:
• Ripple acquired Hidden Road for $1.25B in 2025
• Hidden Road now operates as Ripple Prime
• Ripple Prime provides clearing, financing and prime brokerage services
• WSJ reports Ripple is financing leveraged ETFs through swap agreements
• 593 U.S. leveraged ETFs manage more than $256B in assets
• Ripple Prime is also expanding its institutional business, including a deal with hedge fund Brevan Howard

📊 Market Insight:

This is bigger than another XRP headline.

Ripple is positioning itself as a non-bank financial infrastructure player, competing for business traditionally handled by Wall Street banks.

The key question for XRP investors is whether Ripple’s expanding institutional footprint eventually translates into stronger real-world XRP and XRPL usage.

Asset to Watch: XRP

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