On October 27, 2026, Ripple and Robinhood broadened their relationship to introduce the RLUSD stablecoin across Robinhood's retail and institutional divisions. This expanded collaboration incorporates new features spanning trading, lending, and treasury management services.
Alongside the Robinhood deal, Ripple extended its work with BNY regarding digital asset custody and linked with C2FO to conduct trade finance settlements on the XRP Ledger. During this rollout, crypto asset prices included XRP at $1.32, Bitcoin at $80,729.77, and Ethereum at $2,345.76.
The update was written by Nate Kostar and edited by Sam Bourgi. Additional spot market figures recorded during the report included ZEC at $1,299.06, BNB at $742.64, and SOL at $101.18.
For traders currently holding perpetual futures positions on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC, or OKX, this news changes nothing directly regarding funding fees or contract pricing. While the integration broadens RLUSD deployment across institutional and retail avenues, it presents no immediate impact on perpetual swap liquidity or holding expenses.
Source: cointelegraph — Ripple, Robinhood expand partnership to bring RLUSD to retail and institutional markets