{"id":66747,"date":"2026-01-07T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66747"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:31:35","slug":"ripple-turns-down-ipo-after-500m-raise-heres-what-theyre-planning-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66747","title":{"rendered":"Ripple Turns Down IPO After $500M Raise\u2014Here&#8217;s What They&#8217;re Planning Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Ripple<\/strong> President <strong>Monica Long<\/strong> said the company has no plans to pursue an IPO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/11\/48662546\/ripple-secures-500-million-strategic-investment-cements-xrps-incredible-2025-growth-story\">after raising $500 million<\/a> in November at a $40 billion valuation, choosing private growth over public market scrutiny.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ripple Chooses Private Growth Over Public Markets<\/h3>\n<p>Long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2026-01-06\/ripple-touts-november-fundraise-no-plans-for-ipo-video?srnd=phx-technology\">told<\/a> Bloomberg the company plans to remain private, citing its robust financial position and preference for expanding through acquisitions and product development without accessing public markets.<\/p>\n<p>The November funding round drew investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49259013\/how-ripple-secured-wall-street-backing-for-its-massive-500-million-raise\">including<\/a> <strong>Fortress Investment Group<\/strong>, <strong>Citadel Securities<\/strong>, and other crypto-focused funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Long described the deal structure as \u201cvery positive, very favorable for Ripple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the company didn\u2019t need to raise money but saw strong demand from major institutional players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strategy driving most IPOs is to access investors and liquidity in public markets, but Ripple is in a healthy position to fund growth without going public.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$4 Billion Acquisition Spree Building &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49764055\/ripple-turns-down-ipo-after-500m-raise-heres-what-theyre-planning-instead?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Ripple\" turns down ipo after raise what they planning instead>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple President Monica Long said the company has no plans to pursue an IPO after raising $500 million in November at a $40 billion valuation, choosing private growth over public market scrutiny. Ripple Chooses Private Growth Over Public Markets Long told Bloomberg the company plans to remain private, citing its robust financial position and preference [&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-66747","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\/66747","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=66747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}