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The swap market's appetite for synthetic equity exposure has found a new counterparty.
Ripple Prime opened a Delta One desk on August 27, giving hedge funds, asset managers, market makers, and ETF issuers total return swap access to U.S.-listed stocks, market indices, and digital assets, without taking direct ownership.
$XRP, trading around $1.40 when the desk went live, enters the picture as eligible collateral, not as something Ripple goes out to buy.
What the desk does Delta One products move dollar for dollar with whatever they track. A fund wanting S&P 500 exposure enters a total return swap with Ripple Prime, collects the index return, and pays a financing charge.
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