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Ripple has closed its acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded it as Ripple Prime, marking one of the company’s most significant deals to date and substantially expanding its operations beyond the digital assets sector.Ripple said it is now the first crypto company to own and run a multi-asset prime broker, covering everything from clearing, financing, and brokerage across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign exchange, and fixed-income products for institutional clients.Ripple Prime’s business activity has already grown threefold since the $1.25 billion acquisition was announced in early April, Ripple said on Friday, adding that more growth from new…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most entrepreneurs still treat AI like a copy machine — crank out posts, pray for clicks. But OpenAI’s Agent just flipped the script for solo founders. This isn’t “another tool.” It’s a virtual worker that researches, plans and executes — predicting trends, breaking down competitors, and surfacing forgotten cash in your inbox and DMs. Here’s what you’ll take away: • Trend early-warning system: Use the Agent to spot breakout topics before they peak — publish first, ride the wave.• Competitor teardown playbook: Find the gaps, the angles and the keywords you can…

In a season when generosity feels in short supply, Art Basel has quietly rolled out something resembling altruism. According to several first- and second-time exhibitors at Art Basel Paris, the fair has been offering booth-fee discounts to new participants—20 percent for “freshmen,” 10 percent for “sophomores.” The galleries were notified in an email sent shortly after Labor Day. Multiple dealers confirmed receipt of the email, and while it’s unclear when exactly the policy began, one New York gallerist said the practice has been in place since Art Basel Miami Beach in 2021. Vincenzo de Bellis, the fair’s chief artistic officer…

Publicly listed companies are increasingly rebranding as Bitcoin (BTC) treasuries, with holdings now nearing 1.05 million BTC.Private companies have also piled in by adding another 279,185 BTC across at least 68 companies, bringing the total to 1.33 million, or about 6.3% of Bitcoin’s supply. The question now is whether these reserves will sit idle or be put to work.Willem Schroé, founder and CEO of Bitcoin yield network Botanix Labs, believes many won’t. “There are a lot of people and a lot of private companies that hold Bitcoin looking into Bitcoin lending and yield opportunities,” he told Cointelegraph.At least 273 public and…

Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase is reportedly planning to let clients use Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans, signaling Wall Street’s continued move toward embracing digital assets.The initiative would allow JPMorgan’s global clients to borrow against their Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) holdings, according to a Bloomberg report published Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The offering would store clients’ Bitcoin and Ether holdings through a third-party custodian, according to people who spoke to the news outlet.If confirmed, the development could make the two leading cryptocurrencies more attractive for institutional investors, akin to the historic approval of the…

Ripple has completed its purchase of global prime broker Hidden Road and rebranded the business as Ripple Prime, a bundled trading, financing and clearing desk for institutions, the company announced Friday.Ripple said the newly branded unit’s business has tripled since the initial announcement and that Ripple Prime now serves more than 300 institutional customers with over $3 trillion cleared across markets. The company positions Ripple Prime as an all-in-one service spanning digital assets, foreign exchange, exchange-traded derivatives, over-the-counter swaps, fixed income clearing and repo, plus precious metals, and cites SOC 2 Type II compliance, real-time risk management and cross-margining.What prime…

The multibillion-dollar market for cosmetic items in the popular esports first-person shooter game Counter-Strike 2 crashed following an update to its mechanics.According to an Oct. 8 report by Esports News, the Counter-Strike 2 skin market at the time reached a new high of nearly $5.78 billion. A separate Thursday report by Eurogamer said that almost $2 billion of this market was liquidated following a recent game update.The game’s producer, Valve, has changed the trade-up system so that players can now convert five low-rarity (covert level) skins into a knife or a pair of gloves, which were previously exceedingly rare. That…

The crypto market continues to watch the Ethereum price closely as the year moves toward its final months. Analyst Bobby A shared his personal view about how he sees Ethereum performing through the last quarter. He said his forecast is only a loose guide, not a strict timeline, and that people should take it lightly. Still, his post gives a fascinating look into how the market could shift from uncertainty to strength before the year closes. Bobby A Shares His Outlook For The Ethereum Price Final Quarter Performance In his recent post on X, Bobby A shared his latest Ethereum…

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Early Warning Services, the parent company of payments platform Zelle, said on Friday that stablecoins will be integrated into Zelle to facilitate cross-border transactions for money flowing to and from the United States.Zelle launched in 2017 and already features near-instant payments between users that are integrated into the online banking services of many US banks. Early Warning Services said in Friday’s announcement:”We’re investing where consumer need, bank capability and global opportunity intersect.”The Zelle platform is collectively owned by the member banks that use the service, including, but not limited to, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Capital One and PNC.The announcement came…