Ripple Launches $750M Buyback, Eyes $50B Valuation

• Ripple plans a $750M share buyback from investors and employees through a tender offer open until April.

• Buyback implies a $50B valuation, up 25% from the $40B set in Ripple’s Nov 2025 funding round.

• Ripple expanded infrastructure with Hidden Road and GTreasury acquisitions while scaling XRP Ledger payments.

Ripple has launched a share buyback program that values the company near $50 billion, according to Bloomberg. The blockchain payments firm plans to repurchase up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees through a tender offer running until April. The move follows a $500 million fundraising round completed in November 2025.

Buyback Program Targets Private Shares

According to Bloomberg, Ripple intends to purchase shares from early investors and employees through a structured tender offer. The offer allows participants to sell private shares accumulated during earlier funding rounds.

The program seeks to repurchase up to $750 million in equity. However, the company will not issue new shares during the process. Instead, Ripple will buy existing shares directly from current holders.

As a result, the company can reduce the number of outside shareholders. Meanwhile, investors and employees gain an opportunity to access liquidity. The tender offer remains open through April.

Funding Round Set Baseline Valuation

The buyback follows a major fundraising round completed in November 2025. Ripple raised $500 million during that round. Investors included funds linked to Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities.

Additional participants included Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace. That fundraising valued Ripple at approximately $40 billion. The latest buyback implies a valuation increase of roughly 25%.

Notably, the increase occurred during a broader crypto market decline. During the same period, both Bitcoin and XRP dropped between 30% and 40%.

Acquisitions and Payments Network Expansion

Ripple has also expanded its digital asset infrastructure through acquisitions. Notably, the company purchased prime brokerage platform Hidden Road for $1.25 billion.

The firm also acquired treasury management platform GTreasury in a transaction valued near $1 billion. These acquisitions expanded services related to trading and corporate liquidity.

Ripple also issues the dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD through its custody division. The token currently holds a supply valued near $1.5 billion.

Meanwhile, Ripple continues building services around the XRP Ledger network. The blockchain platform focuses on cross-border payments between banks and financial institutions.

According to company figures, Ripple’s payments ecosystem has processed more than $100 billion in transactions. Transfers settle within seconds through the distributed ledger infrastructure.