{"id":24634,"date":"2025-05-01T06:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=24634"},"modified":"2025-05-01T06:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:01:48","slug":"why-was-ripples-5-billion-takeover-offer-rejected-by-circle-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=24634","title":{"rendered":"Why Was Ripple\u2019s $5 Billion Takeover Offer Rejected by Circle? (Report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ripple seems determined to make a big move in the stablecoin space, but its offer to acquire the second-largest such issuer was reportedly turned down.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, its own stablecoin has stalled after the initial impressive launch, and its market cap remains under $320 million, according to CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<h2>Circle Refuses<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloombergtax.com\/financial-accounting\/ripple-is-said-to-have-offered-to-buy-stablecoin-rival-circle\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> claimed that the takeover attempt was halted in its tracks as Circle said the offer of somewhere between $4 billion and $5 billion was too low. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said Ripple has no plans to raise the bid to acquire the company behind the second-biggest stablecoin, USDC.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the US-based crypto giant completed the acquisition of Hidden Road, a prime brokerage company, for $1.2 billion earlier this year, in what was described as one of the largest deals in the industry. The move is expected to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-ripples-hidden-road-acquisition-is-a-game-changer-for-xrp\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">game-changer<\/a> for XRP as the asset and the network behind it, XRPLedger, will be used for post-trade settlement on some transactions, as CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Although the SEC is yet to publish an official confirmation and many believe it\u2019s necessary to conclude the case, Galirnghouse <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/breaking-ripple-news-sec-will-drop-appeal-xrp-price-reacts\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">announced<\/a> in mid-March that the legal battle between his company and the US securities watchdog had come to an end as both parties refused to continue with their appeals.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Ripple\u2019s concluding legal troubles in the US have opened the door for the company to make some big moves, albeit one of them was reportedly rejected.<\/p>\n<h2>RLUSD Struggles?<\/h2>\n<p>While it was stopped from taking over the second-biggest stablecoin issuer, Ripple has already entered that growing industry niche. Recall that the firm launched its own such product late last year, called <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/heres-how-much-ripple-usd-rlusd-has-been-minted-ahead-of-todays-launch\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">RLUSD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It started on the right foot after getting the regulatory green light in the US. Its market cap continued to increase in early April, jumping by 50% within days from $200 million to $300 million, as <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripple-xrp-news-april-4th\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>However, its progress has stalled since, and the asset\u2019s market capitalization has gained less than $20 million in the following several weeks. Nevertheless, the volumes on CEX have surged by 30% over the past day to over $50 million, according to CMC.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-was-ripples-5-billion-takeover-offer-rejected-by-circle-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Was Ripple\u2019s $5 Billion Takeover Offer Rejected by Circle? (Report)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple seems determined to make a big move in the stablecoin space, but its offer to acquire the second-largest such issuer was reportedly turned down. At the same time, its own stablecoin has stalled after the initial impressive launch, and its market cap remains under $320 million, according to CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko. 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