Ripple said it has deepened its relationship with brokerage firm TJM Investments and purchased a minority stake that will further tap into the behind-the-scenes infrastructure used by institutional investors to trade and settle assets.
As part of the agreement, Ripple will support the trading and clearing operations of TJM, a US-regulated broker-dealer. The companies did not disclose financial terms.
The relationship is built on Ripple Prime, Ripple's institutional platform that provides trading, lending, and collateral tools to hedge funds, asset managers, and family offices. TJM plans to use this connection to offer digital asset trading to its customers in the coming months.
Rather than operating an exchange or pushing new tokens, Ripple is positioning itself as a service provider for companies that already operate within traditional financial rules.
This approach is gaining traction as volatility, regulation, and past exchange failures have made financial institutions more cautious about where and how they trade cryptocurrencies.
For large investors, the appeal lies not in the pursuit of returns but in access to familiar market structures, regulated intermediaries and predictable payments.
Such trades reflect that shift, with crypto exposure increasingly flowing through brokers and prime-style platforms rather than offshore venues.
Ripple Prime has been under construction over the past year with the aim of translating traditional prime brokerage services into a digital asset-friendly offering. The investment in TJM strengthens that strategy and suggests Ripple is betting on long-term institutional positioning rather than short-term trading hype.
