In the latest XRP news, the President of Ripple has confirmed that the firm is not going to be listed on the stock exchange anytime soon. This clarification has happened due to expectations, mainly after the firm raised $500 million through a recent funding round.
Ripple Rejects Talk of an IPO as Focus Shifts to Execution
In a Bloomberg interview, Monica Long confirmed that they still aren’t considering an initial public offering. This is due to excellent balance sheet strength and easy access to funds from private sources.
According to Long, listing is usually pursued by firms for the purpose of liquidity creation or broadening their shareholders’ base, something that is not required presently.
“Often, the strategy driving an IPO is to get access to the investors and the liquidity of the public markets. We’re in a really healthy position to continue to fund and invest in our company’s growth without going public,” she said.
She added that the private status helps the company move faster and make better allocation of capital to innovate around XRP.
Long reiterated that it is funding its growth as a company. This is coming at a time when the company’s management is giving it flexibility to focus more on product development as opposed to quarter results.
The rumor arose as a result of Ripple having concluded a $500 million private funding round in November 2025. The deal valued the company at about $40 billion. Long praised the move for enabling the company to build out the world’s best blockchain solution for cross-border payments without external constraints.
The valuation is a major leap compared to previous benchmarks. This includes the valuation that was pegged to a share buyback program of around $11.3 billion earlier this year. The fundraise saw investors from various fields, including traditional finance and crypto,
She also added during the interview that the arrangement of the deal will ensure that the capital partners have protection on the downside but will maintain control.
Instead of preparing for an initial listing, it seems that Ripple’s leadership is focused on more acquisitions as well as enhancing their enterprise-grade payment solution offerings. “The whole strategy of our company is to create products,” Long shared.
2025 Acquisitions Show Growth Ambitions
The execution of that strategy has included acquisitions. Its most recent acquisition was the $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, a world-recognized provider of treasury management systems.
The agreement puts the firm on track to service global giant corporations. It would also provide access to the multi-trillion-dollar corporate treasury market.
In another XRP deal news, Ripple signed an agreement for the purchase of Rail, a Toronto-based stablecoin-powered payments platform. Rail already handles over 10 percent of stablecoin transaction volume globally for B2B cases.
CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at the Swell 2025 conference that they hope to make more deals in 2026. He pointed to new partnerships with firms like Mastercard and Gemini, which he says have helped to expand its institutional products, including prime brokerage.
