Ripple said it has deepened its relationship with brokerage firm TJM Investments, purchasing a minority stake that takes it deeper into the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that institutions use to trade and settle assets.
Ripple will support the trading and clearing operations of TJM, a regulated broker in the United States, as part of the agreement. The companies did not disclose financial terms.
The relationship leverages Ripple’s institutional platform, Ripple Prime, which provides trading, financing and collateral tools to hedge funds, asset managers and family offices. TJM plans to use this connection to offer digital asset trading to its clients in the coming months.
Rather than running an exchange or offering new tokens, Ripple has positioned itself as a service provider for businesses that already operate within traditional financial rules.
This approach is gaining traction as volatility, regulation, and past exchange failures have made institutions more cautious about where and how they trade crypto.
For large investors, the appeal lies less in the search for returns than in access to familiar market structures, regulated intermediaries and predictable settlements.
Transactions like this reflect this shift, with crypto exposure increasingly flowing through prime brokers and platforms rather than offshore locations.
Ripple Prime has grown over the past year, aiming to mirror traditional prime brokerage services with a service tailored to digital assets. The TJM investment reinforces this strategy, suggesting that Ripple is betting on long-term institutional positioning rather than short-term commercial hype.
