Key Highlights
- Ripple’s share repurchase program targets up to $750 million through April from investors and employees
- The company’s new valuation reaches $50 billion, marking a 25% increase from the $40 billion valuation recorded in November 2025
- XRP has experienced a decline exceeding 53% over six months, with current trading around $1.39
- Transaction volume across Ripple’s network has exceeded $100 billion, while RLUSD stablecoin market capitalization has crossed $1 billion
- Strategic acquisitions including Hidden Road and GTreasury demonstrate the company’s aggressive expansion strategy
The blockchain payments company Ripple, known for its connection to the XRP Ledger, has initiated a share repurchase initiative that establishes the company’s worth at approximately $50 billion. The program allows for the buyback of up to $750 million in equity from both investors and employees via a tender offer continuing through April.
Bloomberg first published the information on Wednesday, with verification coming from an anonymous source with direct knowledge of the situation.
The updated valuation represents a 25% climb from the $40 billion assessment made during Ripple’s previous funding round in November 2025. During that round, the company secured $500 million from prominent investors such as Fortress Investment Group, Citadel Securities, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace.
The elevated valuation emerges during a period of cryptocurrency market contraction. [[LINK_START_0]]XRP[[LINK_END_0]] has shed more than 53% of its value during the past six months, with prices hovering around $1.39 at the time of writing.
Bitcoin experienced similar downward pressure, declining between 30% and 40% during the same timeframe, reflecting widespread challenges throughout the cryptocurrency sector.
Forge Global, a platform for private share transactions, indicated that Ripple’s private share price had declined by more than 9% as of Wednesday, introducing additional nuance to the valuation established by the buyback program.
Strategic Growth via Major Acquisitions
[[LINK_START_1]]Ripple[[LINK_END_1]] has pursued an aggressive expansion strategy through significant corporate acquisitions. The firm invested $1.25 billion to purchase prime brokerage operation Hidden Road and allocated $1 billion toward acquiring treasury management platform GTreasury.
Earlier in the week, the company announced plans to obtain a financial services license in Australia by acquiring a domestic payments company.
Ripple secured conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in December for a national trust bank charter, with company officials clarifying that this charter would serve purposes beyond stablecoin issuance.
RLUSD Stablecoin Crosses $1 Billion Milestone
Ripple announced on Monday that RLUSD, its dollar-pegged stablecoin, has achieved a market capitalization exceeding $1 billion following its December 2024 launch.
The company simultaneously disclosed that transaction volume across its payments infrastructure has surpassed $100 billion.
Monica Long, president of Ripple, previously indicated that the company maintains no immediate intentions to pursue a public listing.
The share buyback initiative will continue operating through April, with the tender offer accessible to both investors and employees who hold private equity in the company.
