Catenaa, Monday, February 09, 2026-Ripple has added Hyperliquid to its Ripple Prime platform, marking the first time the prime brokerage directly supports a decentralized finance venue.
The integration allows clients to access Hyperliquid’s onchain derivatives markets while managing positions alongside exposures across other asset classes.
Ripple Prime continues to act as the sole counterparty for clients, even when interacting with Hyperliquid, enabling unified risk and margin management across centralized and decentralized venues.
The move reflects growing institutional interest in DeFi and the demand for structures resembling traditional prime brokerage services.
Michael Higgins, international CEO at Ripple Prime, said the integration strengthens liquidity access and efficiency for institutional clients, combining trading, yield generation, and digital asset management under one platform.
Ripple Prime was formed after Ripple acquired multi-asset non-bank prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in 2025. The platform serves over 300 institutional clients and clears more than $3 trillion annually across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign exchange, and fixed income markets.
Since the acquisition, Ripple Prime has expanded its business threefold, with further growth expected. XRP and Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin continue to play a key role across its offerings, including clearing, financing, and prime brokerage services.
The Hyperliquid integration positions Ripple Prime as a bridge between traditional institutional frameworks and emerging decentralized finance markets, supporting both centralized and DeFi liquidity venues as adoption rises.
