On Thursday, Ripple, the company behind the XRP cryptocurrency, announced a significant step forward in its growth strategy with the $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, a leading player in treasury management systems. Ripple’s GTreasury Deal The acquisition of GTreasury marks a pivotal expansion for Ripple, granting it immediate access to the multi-trillion dollar corporate treasury market and a valuable portfolio of some of the most successful corporations globally. With over four decades of expertise in supporting treasury operations for renowned brands including Accenture, Cognizant, Boston Scientific, and Bank Australia, GTreasury is expected to enhance Ripple’s capabilities in the financial sector. Brad Garlinghouse , Ripple’s chief executive officer, emphasized the challenges faced by traditional payment systems, stating: For too long, money has been stuck in slow, outdated payment systems and infrastructure, causing unnecessary delays, high costs, and roadblocks to entering new markets—problems that blockchain technologies are ideally suited to solve. By combining the strengths of Ripple and GTreasury, Garlinghouse believes that treasury and finance teams can finally unlock trapped capital, facilitate instant payments, and explore new growth opportunities. Third Major Acquisition In 2025 While the financial landscape increasingly shifts towards digital assets with crypto-focused treasuries investing in assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and also XRP, there is a pressing need for Fortune 500 CFOs and treasurers to effectively manage stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and other digital assets at scale. According to the announcement, the integration of GTreasury’s digital asset infrastructure with Ripple’s solutions will empower customers to move, manage, and optimize liquidity in real-time, expected to effectively address these challenges. Ripple and GTreasury aim to provide solutions that allow corporations to unlock idle capital, tapping into the multi-trillion-dollar global repo market through partnerships like that with prime broker Hidden Road, enabling organizations to earn more on short-term assets. This acquisition is Ripple’s third major deal in 2025, following the procurement of prime broker Hidden Road and stablecoin platform Rail. Monica Long, President of Ripple, expressed her enthusiasm for this latest acquisition, stating: I’m excited for Ripple and GTreasury to help corporates move money around the world faster, cheaper, 24/7, and actively manage and grow their money through safe, more efficient solutions. It’s the Ripple platform put to work at the global corporate scale. The opportunity to unlock trillions of dollars in trapped capital for corporates is huge and ambitious—and did I say exciting? Here we go. Despite this new development, the XRP price still reels with major losses of up to 20% over the past fourteen days, leading to a current trading price of $2.37, 34% below all-time high levels. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
