Ripple has appointed Joseph Thompson, former senior VP and head of treasury at the London Metal Exchange, to its Trading and Markets team. Thompson will focus on expanding Ripple's strategy for tokenized real-world assets, integrating blockchain with traditional commodities markets. This move supports Ripple's broader institutional push, including its Delta One platform offering derivatives linked to equities and digital assets. The hire strengthens Ripple's goal to connect traditional financial markets with blockchain infrastructure, enhancing services for institutional investors.
Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon will be a featured speaker at Ripple's Swell event in New York City from October 27-29, 2026. He will appear alongside Ripple's CEO Brad Garlinghouse, President Monica Long, and CTO Emeritus David Schwartz. Damon's invo...
Two U.S. fund filings revealed three XRP-related ETFs: ProShares' unlevered and 2x leveraged XRP ETFs, and Morningstar's Cyber Hornet fund combining S&P 500 stocks with XRP. These filings show increasing regulated exposure to XRP, with spot XRP ETFs ...
Bitwise's Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management, driven by strong institutional demand amid a recent rally in Solana's price. The ETF has seen consistent inflows for seven days, with cumulative Solana product i...
ProShares has filed with the SEC to include a standard XRP ETF alongside its existing leveraged XRP fund, marking a broader integration of XRP products in the U.S. market. The leveraged ProShares Ultra XRP ETF, which targets twice the daily XRP perfo...
Mastercard has expanded its involvement in the XRP Ledger ecosystem by sponsoring an upcoming XRP Ledger Hackathon in New York, highlighting its growing interest in Ripple-linked infrastructure. This comes as XRP struggles to maintain gains from a sh...
