Ripple’s rapid development in the global financial space, with continuous growth XRP Ledger (XRPL)caught the attention of the wider market. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently highlighted the company’s five most vital strategic acquisitions, highlighting how these deals shape the future of the cryptocurrency payments company and reinforce XRP’s central role in the emerging ecosystem.

Ripple and XRP Ledger strengthen global position through acquisitions

On social media X post on Friday, Garlinghouse confirmed that with the full acquisition of the Hidden Road company, now renamed Ripple PrimeThe cryptocurrency payments company has completed five key acquisitions in about two years. These include GTReasury, Railway, Standard careMetaco and now Ripple Prime. Each acquisition strengthens the company’s position in the global financial ecosystem and is consistent with its vision of creating what Garlinghouse calls an “internet of value” that is as effortless to navigate as information is on the Internet.

Garlinghouse emphasized in his post that XRP is “at the heart of everything Ripple does,” highlighting its key role in the company’s growing range of financial products. Every acquisition, whether it is liquidity management, custody or settlement, is intended to boost the institution’s leverage Ripple payment technology and ultimately XRP Ledger for global value transfer with greater efficiency and security.

Following Garlinghouse’s post, cryptocurrency market expert Crypto Sensei lifted up an vital question is how the up-to-date integration of the company will handle settlements. He also asked if the company’s stablecoin, RLUSDwhich already exists on Ethereum would also work on XRP Ledger. While Ripple’s CEO didn’t confirm the details, the community chimed in: suggestion planned by the payment company introduce RLUSD on XRPL soon. This would enable recently acquired brokerage platform Ripple Prime to support both liquidity and settlement natively on the general ledger.

If this happens, the company will soon be able to control everything from trade execution to settlement, with XRP playing a role basic bridge resource. This is a move that could lend a hand the company achieve its clear goals of integrating established financial infrastructure with blockchain-based liquidity.

Company uses XRP in breakthrough capital transaction

In another major development, cryptocurrency enthusiast Diana announced that Ripple confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it paid for the acquisition of the company using XRP as a payment currency. Application submitted by Armada Acquisition Corp II revealed that Ripple contributed 126,791,458 XRP, or approximately $305 million, in exchange for equity units that were to be converted into PubCo Class A shares upon closing.

This transaction represents one of the first cases in which XRP was used directly as a financial instrument in a regulated capital transaction. This move marks a milestone for Ripple, especially since it was officially confirmed ended a 7-year lawsuit with the SEC earlier this year who claimed that XRP was a security.

According to Diana, the purchase will effectively convert XRP from utility token in the form of institutional capital. The payment company’s operate of XRP as a payment also follows its completion Seizing the GT treasure and its inclusion on the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force Steering Committee, which will further strengthen XRP in mainstream financial operations.

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