Ripple President Monica Long has expressed strong optimism about the company’s newest venture, Ripple Prime, following Ripple’s official completion of its acquisition of Hidden Road. The rebranded entity positions Ripple as the first crypto company to own and operate a global, multi-asset prime broker, marking a major step toward expanding institutional access to digital assets.
Ripple Prime Marks a New Institutional Era
Ripple confirmed on October 25, 2025, that it had finalized the acquisition of Hidden Road, now renamed Ripple Prime. The platform offers a full suite of services for clearing, financing, and brokerage across asset classes, including digital assets, derivatives, foreign exchange, and fixed income.
The opportunities now available to Ripple Prime (fka Hidden Road) are expansive. With $RLUSD already being used as collateral for a number of prime brokerage products, and Ripple Prime looking at a variety of ways to utilize XRP, the future ahead is mighty bright. https://t.co/YFSUQlyeOO
— Monica Long (@MonicaLongSF) October 24, 2025
Since the initial announcement earlier this year, Ripple Prime’s business has reportedly tripled in size, underscoring growing institutional demand for regulated crypto market access. The integration of Ripple’s blockchain infrastructure and prime brokerage services could set a new benchmark for how traditional finance interacts with digital assets.
Monica Long: “The Future Ahead Is Mighty Bright”
In a tweet posted earlier today, Monica Long described the opportunities ahead as “expansive,” emphasizing that both XRP and Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD will play pivotal roles in Ripple Prime’s ecosystem.
She highlighted that RLUSD is already being used as collateral for prime brokerage products, while XRP’s integration within the platform will expand its use cases across institutional finance. “The future ahead is mighty bright,” Long wrote, signaling Ripple’s growing ambition to dominate the institutional crypto space.
Expanding XRP and RLUSD Utility
Ripple Prime’s launch effectively merges Ripple’s payments network, stablecoin infrastructure, and XRP utility under one institutional umbrella. By offering on-chain liquidity, collateral services, and regulated crypto custody, Ripple aims to position both XRP and RLUSD at the heart of a new financial architecture designed for banks, funds, and corporate treasuries.
As Ripple deepens its reach into prime brokerage and stablecoin services, many analysts see this as a defining moment, one that could cement XRP’s role as a core asset in institutional crypto adoption and further legitimize Ripple’s presence at the intersection of finance and blockchain.