Ripple Prime to plug into Bullish Bitcoin options as OKX backs RLUSD
Ripple Prime will route clients into Bullish‘s regulated BTC options while Ripple and OKX push RLUSD into compliant markets, extending Ripple’s $1.25b prime‑broker bet.Ripple is expanding its partnership with Bullish to give Ripple Prime clients direct access to Bullishs regulated Bitcoin options market.Bullish says its Bitcoin options venue is the worlds second-largest crypto‑settled BTC options market by open interest.Ripple and OKX are also partnering to bring RLUSD to compliant markets, as Ripple Prime scales institutional brokerage after a $1.25 billion prime‑broker acquisition. Ripple has expanded its institutional derivatives push, announcing that Ripple Prime will connect directly to Bullishs Bitcoin (BTC) options market, opening regulated BTC options access to its institutional client base. According to the announcement from both parties, this integration will allow Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullishs regulated BTC options market, which Bullish describes as “the second largest cryptocurrency‑settlement Bitcoin options market in the world by open interest” and one that already supports spot, perpetual contracts and dated futures. The move deepens a long‑running partnership between the two firms and comes as Bullish, listed on the NYSE under the ticker BLSH, continues to position itself as an institution‑first venue focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum liquidity after reporting $80.5 billion in