Ripple Labs has announced a strategic integration between its Ripple Prime platform and EDX Markets along with EDXM International. The partnership seeks to provide a more seamless and efficient pathway for large-scale investors to tap into digital asset liquidity. Ripple Prime, a comprehensive multi-asset prime brokerage service, now connects clients directly to EDX’s spot trading platform and EDXM International’s perpetual futures exchange.
This unified setup allows institutions to access spot and derivatives liquidity within a single, optimized framework that emphasizes capital efficiency.
By combining these venues, the collab reduces complexities often faced in fragmented crypto markets. EDX Markets and its international arm have positioned themselves as premier destinations for price discovery in digital assets.
Their platforms prioritize deep liquidity pools, competitive pricing, and a market structure inspired by established practices in conventional finance.
Unlike many retail-focused exchanges, these venues cater exclusively to institutional players, minimizing conflicts of interest and enhancing overall market integrity.
Clients of Ripple Prime can now benefit from improved capital utilization through features such as credit intermediation, net settlement processes, and advanced collateral management—directly tackling issues like counterparty exposure and operational inefficiencies.
Michael Higgins, International CEO of Ripple Prime, highlighted the importance of this alliance.
He noted that developing modern prime brokerage solutions demands collaboration with reliable partners capable of bridging conventional and digital financial ecosystems.
Higgins described EDX as meeting the highest institutional standards in terms of security, performance, and liquidity depth.
The integration promises to deliver these advantages through Ripple Prime’s efficient infrastructure, ultimately elevating the experience for professional traders.
Tony Acuña-Rohter, CEO of EDX Markets, echoed this sentiment, emphasizing growing institutional demand for infrastructure that merges the reliability of traditional finance with the agility of blockchain-based assets.
The partnership expands availability of transparent liquidity for both spot and futures trading while maintaining a scalable, capital-efficient model. Together, the companies aim to support the continued professionalization of the digital asset sector.
A key element of the collaboration involves preparations for incorporating Ripple’s USD-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, into EDX’s ecosystem.
Once integrated, RLUSD would serve as a settlement and collateral instrument, enabling institutions to manage margins more effectively using a regulated, dollar-pegged digital asset.
This development is expected to unlock superior cross-collateralization opportunities and greater margin efficiencies across spot and perpetual futures positions.
Ripple, established in 2012, has grown into a key player offering blockchain-powered solutions for payments, custody, liquidity, and treasury operations.
Its offerings, supported by assets like XRP and the RLUSD stablecoin, provide end-to-end capabilities for value movement and management in both traditional and digital finance environments.
EDX, backed by trading and venture capital entities, operates an institution-focused trading venue paired with central clearing services.
The platform emulates sophisticated traditional exchanges, delivering high liquidity, stable pricing, and cost efficiencies while prioritizing risk reduction and operational advantages for its members.
EDXM International extends these capabilities globally, serving crypto-native and traditional FIs. This partnership represents another potential step toward maturing digital asset markets by addressing institutional requirements for reliability, efficiency, and regulatory alignment.