Ripple Teams Up With $35B Fund Giant Brevan Howard

Ripple, the company behind the XRP cryptocurrency, is deepening its partnership with one of the world's biggest investment firms, Brevan Howard.

Under a new agreement announced Tuesday, a division called Ripple Prime will provide financial services to funds run by Brevan Howard, an "alternative investment manager" (a company that invests money for wealthy clients using strategies beyond simple stocks and bonds) that manages about $35 billion.

So what exactly is Ripple offering? Several key services:

• Prime brokerage — a bundle of services that big investors use to trade, borrow money, and manage their assets all in one place.
• Clearing — the behind-the-scenes process that makes sure a trade actually goes through and both sides get what they agreed on.
• Financing — lending money so investors can make bigger trades than they could with their own cash alone.

Importantly, these services will cover both traditional markets (like stocks and bonds) and digital assets (cryptocurrencies). This mix is becoming more popular as the two worlds blend together.

The two companies already have close ties. In 2025, Brevan Howard-linked funds joined a $500 million investment in Ripple, a deal that valued Ripple at a massive $40 billion.

Ripple is quickly building out this new business. Some key facts:

• In August 2025, Ripple Prime raised $275 million through a "senior note offering" (a way of borrowing money from investors that must be paid back first if the company runs into trouble).
• Ripple started its prime brokerage arm after buying a company called Hidden Road for about $1.25 billion in 2025.

Brevan Howard serves some very large clients, including sovereign wealth funds (government-owned investment pots), pension plans, and university endowments.

The bottom line: This deal shows big, traditional financial players are getting more comfortable with crypto — and Ripple is positioning itself as a bridge between the old financial world and the new digital one.

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