{"id":54808,"date":"2025-10-25T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54808"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:33:43","slug":"here-are-ripples-5-big-moves-since-2023-and-what-they-mean-for-xrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54808","title":{"rendered":"Here Are Ripple\u2019s 5 Big Moves Since 2023 and What They Mean for XRP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ripple has had a big year ever since 2024\u2019s US presidential elections, when Donald Trump won his second victory to return to office in early 2025. Given his election campaign and the countless pro-crypto promises he made, including firing then-SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who led the war against the industry and Ripple in particular, it was evident that the winds would shift substantially, especially for US-based companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Brad Garlinghouse-led entity has been at the forefront of beneficieries, mostly since the tides at the SEC changed and the four-year-long battle between the two sides finally concluded in a positive way for Ripple. But even before the end of the lawsuit, the company had started to make some bold acquisition moves, and Garlinghouse acknowledged them on Friday in a post on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With today\u2019s close of Hidden Road (now Ripple Prime), Ripple has announced 5 major acquisitions in ~2 years (GTreasury last week, Rail in August, Standard Custody in 2024, Metaco in 2023). As we continue to build solutions towards enabling an Internet of Value \u2013 I\u2019m reminding you\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O5Uub7ulw9\">https:\/\/t.co\/O5Uub7ulw9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgarlinghouse\/status\/1981786395967685105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>5 Big Purchases<\/h2>\n<p>It all started in May 2023 with a $250 million deal to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripple-xrp-enters-a-250-million-deal-to-acquire-metaco\/\">acquire<\/a> Metaco, a Swiss-based crypto custody provider. It allowed Ripple to enhance its enterprise offerings, providing customers with the technology to custody, issue, and settle any tokenized assets.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year later, another purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripple-with-major-announcement-acquires-standard-custody-trust-company\/\">made the headlines<\/a> when Ripple\u2019s President, Monica Long, outlined the acquisition of Standard Custody &amp; Trust Company, an enterprise-grade regulated platform for cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Then came 2025, when the number of deals skyrocketed to three (so far). Rail, a platform built to help businesses move money with speed, transparency, and trust using stablecoins and fiat together, was <a href=\"https:\/\/rail.io\/blog\/rail-and-ripple-unlocking-the-future-of-global-payments\">bought<\/a> for $200 million.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from highlighting plans to create its own billion-dollar treasury company, Ripple also <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripple-labs-reportedly-leading-1b-fundraise-for-xrp-treasury\/\">acquired<\/a> the treasury software provider GTreasury for $1 billion to strengthen corporate finance relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The most expensive was the purchase of the prime broker Hidden Road. Although it was initially announced in April, the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-is-ripples-price-up-today-if-whales-are-selling-xrp-en-masse\/\">became official<\/a> earlier this week, and the platform is now known as Ripple Prime.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to share that our acquisition of Hidden Road is officially complete, making Ripple the first crypto company to own and operate a global, multi-asset prime broker \u2013 bringing the promise of digital assets to institutional customers at scale,\u201d reads the firm\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>XRP Impact?<\/h2>\n<p>The XRP Army rejoiced with each purchase and the SEC lawsuit conclusion, but some questioned the positive effects on the underlying asset, which peaked in July but has dropped by roughly 30% since then. CryptoSensei directly asked Garlinghouse about XRP\u2019s role in the overall Ripple infrastructure, especially since the introduction of the project\u2019s stablecoin (RLUSD) at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brad, many in the XRP community are trying to understand how the clearing and settlement process will work now that Ripple has integrated Hidden Road under Ripple Prime.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve heard RLUSD mentioned as the core settlement asset \u2014 but is that RLUSD operating on the XRP Ledger or\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoSensei (@Crypt0Senseii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Crypt0Senseii\/status\/1981806722827399311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another user tried to explain that XRP is used for liquidity, and its true purpose is to serve as a liquidity pool.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">A higher USD valuation would make it easier to complete transactions in seconds, having to use less XRP. RLUSD is backed in a one-to-one ratio with the greenback, but it doesn\u2019t solve the liquidity problem, the user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Crypt0Senseii\/status\/1981806722827399311\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/here-are-ripples-5-big-moves-since-2023-and-what-they-mean-for-xrp\/\">Here Are Ripple\u2019s 5 Big Moves Since 2023 and What They Mean for XRP<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple has had a big year ever since 2024\u2019s US presidential elections, when Donald Trump won his second victory to return to office in early 2025. Given his election campaign and the countless pro-crypto promises he made, including firing then-SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who led the war against the industry and Ripple in particular, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-54808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}