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Ripple does not have a given deadline for going public and has planned to be private as it aims to scale business and amalgamate the latest acquisitions. In November last year, Ripple generated $500 million in a funding round, valuing the firm at around $40 billion. The President stated that the company was very pleased with the result, and the fund gives the firm flexibility without the pressures of public markets. The capital witnessed a sharp step up for previous marks, implying an $11.3 billion valuation associated with a share buyback back in 2025. The round added prominent investors over traditional finance and crypto, including Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities. Instead of making itself ready for a listing, management aims more at execution, including absorbing the latest acquisitions and widening Ripple's stablecoin and payments businesses. The largest acquisition In the last year, Ripple made a lot of prominent acquisitions to set up its institutional infrastructure. The largest transaction includes the $1.25 billion acquisition of prime broker Hidden Road, announced in April and closed in October. This acquisition resulted in Ripple becoming the first crypto-native firm to have a global multi-asset prime broker that offers trading, financing and clearing services for digital assets as well as foreign exchange worlds. Other big deals were the $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury in October, widening Ripple into corporate treasury management, and the $200 million buying of payments rail in August 2025. In the same year, Ripple also acquired custody company Palisade.
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