TLDR
- Ripple is buying back up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees through April
- The buyback values Ripple at $50 billion, up 25% from its $40 billion valuation in November 2025
- XRP has dropped more than 53% in the past six months, now trading around $1.39
- Ripple has processed over $100 billion in transactions, and its stablecoin RLUSD has surpassed $1 billion in market cap
- The company has been expanding through major acquisitions, including Hidden Road and GTreasury
Ripple, the blockchain payments company tied to the XRP Ledger, has launched a share buyback program that values the firm at around $50 billion. The plan involves repurchasing up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees through a tender offer running through April.
Ripple is buying back $750Million in private shares setting the valuation at $50Billion.
This is "cementing it as one of the most valuable digital-asset firms at a moment of uncertainty for the cryptocurrency sector." – Bloomberg https://t.co/olqEn64ypw pic.twitter.com/21SbcNNUeT
— Chad Steingraber (@ChadSteingraber) March 11, 2026
The news was first reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday and confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously.
This new valuation is 25% higher than the $40 billion figure set during Ripple’s last funding round in November 2025. That round raised $500 million from investors including Fortress Investment Group, Citadel Securities, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace.
The higher valuation comes even as crypto markets have declined. XRP has fallen more than 53% over the past six months and was trading at about $1.39 at time of publication.
Bitcoin also dropped 30% to 40% over the same stretch, pointing to broad weakness across the crypto market.
Data from private shares platform Forge Global showed Ripple’s private share price had actually dropped more than 9% as of Wednesday, adding some complexity to the buyback valuation picture.
Ripple’s Expansion Through Acquisitions
Ripple has been growing its business through a string of large acquisitions. The company spent $1.25 billion to acquire prime brokerage firm Hidden Road and $1 billion to buy treasury management provider GTreasury.
Earlier this week, the company said it would pursue a financial services license in Australia through the acquisition of a local payments firm.
Ripple also received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in December for a national trust bank charter, though the company noted that charter would not be used as a stablecoin issuer.
RLUSD Tops $1 Billion Market Cap
On Monday, Ripple reported that its US dollar stablecoin RLUSD has surpassed $1 billion in market capitalization since launching in December 2024.
The company also said it has processed more than $100 billion in transactions across its payments ecosystem.
Ripple president Monica Long stated earlier that the company has no current plans to go public.
The share buyback program is expected to run through April, with the tender offer open to investors and employees holding private shares.
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