Ripple Prime Opens 24/7 RWA Perpetual Swaps: Institutional Capital Hits Tokenized Stocks and Commodities

The biggest Ripple news of the week has nothing to do with the XRP Ledger. Ripple Prime, the prime broker Ripple built from its $1.25 billion Hidden Road deal, now lets institutions trade exposure to stocks, metals, energy and currencies around the clock, weekends included. Ripple announced on October 15 that its new real-world asset (RWA) perpetual swaps cover more than 100 reference markets, and market maker Virtu is already trading them. So what does a Wall Street desk get out of this Ripple news that it couldn’t get on a Friday night before? And does any of it touch XRP? 2026 is the year of RWA perps, and today, @Ripple Prime is enabling institutional clients to trade and settle RWA swaps against over 100 reference markets, cross-margined against other asset classes 24/7. Single counterparty relationship, centralized risk management and… — Ripple (@Ripple) October 15, 2026 Sign Up With MergeX And Trade CryptoHow Do Ripple Prime’s RWA Swaps Work? Ripple Prime sits in the middle. It acts as principal on every swap, and each swap tracks a perpetual futures contract that Trade.xyz lists on Hyperliquid, the onchain derivatives exchange. That is what makes them RWA perpetual swaps: a...