TLDR
- Ripple Prime now lets institutional clients trade Coinbase crypto futures, including bitcoin, ether, Solana, and XRP contracts
- The futures are cleared through Nodal Clear, a CFTC-regulated U.S. clearing house, available 24/7
- Ripple Prime cleared over $3 trillion in trading volume in 2025
- The service runs through Hidden Road, a prime broker Ripple bought for $1.25 billion last year
- Ripple has been on a buying spree, also acquiring Rail, GTreasury, and Palisade in recent months
Ripple’s institutional platform, Ripple Prime, has added the full suite of Coinbase Derivatives futures contracts to its clearing services. The move gives institutional clients access to regulated crypto futures through a single platform.
🚨 JUST IN: RIPPLE INTEGRATES COINBASE CRYPTO FUTURES INTO RIPPLE PRIME
Institutional clients on Ripple Prime can now trade crypto futures listed on Coinbase Derivatives, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, as Ripple expands its institutional brokerage. pic.twitter.com/YJy3zxDins
— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) March 6, 2026
The contracts available include nano bitcoin and nano ether futures, which are smaller-sized contracts that require less capital to trade. Coinbase also lists futures for Solana and XRP in both standard and smaller sizes.
All contracts are available to trade around the clock, seven days a week. They are cleared through Nodal Clear, a derivatives clearing organization regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Ripple Prime cleared more than $3 trillion in trading volume across all asset classes in 2025. The platform offers brokerage, clearing, and financing services to institutional clients.
How Hidden Road Powers the New Offering
The new futures access is built on Hidden Road Partners, a futures commission merchant and prime broker that Ripple acquired last year for $1.25 billion. The firm was rebranded as Ripple Prime after the deal closed.
Noel Kimmel, President of Ripple Prime, said the partnership with Nodal Clear and Coinbase expands the platform’s exchange coverage. He said it brings new futures trading opportunities to clients and supports the firm’s goal of giving institutions wider market access.
Boris Ilyevsky, Head of U.S. Futures Exchange at Coinbase, said the collaboration supports growing demand for regulated crypto futures. He said the deal helps deliver liquidity and 24/7 trading to more market participants inside a CFTC-regulated structure.
Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of Nodal Clear, said Ripple clients can now efficiently access the full suite of Coinbase Derivatives contracts through the clearing arrangement.
Crypto futures have grown quickly as a part of the broader digital asset market. Large trading firms often prefer futures because they allow exposure to price movements or hedging without holding the actual tokens.
Ripple’s Recent Acquisitions
Ripple has made several large acquisitions over the past year as it builds out its institutional services.
Along with the Hidden Road deal, Ripple bought stablecoin payments company Rail for $200 million. It also picked up treasury technology provider GTreasury and crypto wallet infrastructure startup Palisade.
Coinbase Derivatives is a Designated Contract Market under the Commodity Exchange Act. It was formerly known as FairX before Coinbase took it over.
Nodal Clear acts as the central counterparty in all cleared trades, becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer. This structure reduces credit risk for market participants.
The expanded futures offering is now live for Ripple Prime institutional clients.
