Ripple Expands into Treasury Markets with $1B GTreasury Acquisition

Highlights:

• Ripple acquires GTreasury for $1B, expanding into global treasury markets.
• The acquisition enables real-time payments and capital optimization.
• GTreasury brings 40+ years of treasury management expertise to Ripple.

Ripple, a leader in the digital asset infrastructure, has announced the acquisition of GTreasury for $1 billion. This move opens the global treasury market to Ripple by introducing a reliable treasury ecosystem into its financial network. GTreasury has more than 40 years of experience in treasury and risk management. The company serves many Fortune 500 corporations and leading organizations. Ripple will now cater to treasury professionals who seek digital-native financial tools.

According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse:

“Ripple and GTreasury can make corporate payments faster and open up new growth opportunities.”

We’re proud to announce @Ripple is acquiring treasury management leader GTreasury: https://t.co/9EF3tWLKaF

The fusion of Ripple’s enterprise crypto solutions with GTreasury’s 40+ years of expertise immediately opens the multi-trillion-dollar corporate treasury market.

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— Ripple (@Ripple) October 16, 2025

Strengthening Real-Time Financial Infrastructure

Ripple keeps establishing itself as a digital-first financial services provider. The GTreasury acquisition is part of its 2025 expansion plan. Ripple purchased Hidden Road and Rail earlier this year, enhancing its liquidity and stablecoin infrastructure.

Ripple now provides treasury teams with a set of tools, such as real-time payments, risk management, and compliance assistance. The treasurers and CFOs are now able to handle stablecoins and tokenized assets more effectively. The collaboration with prime broker Hidden Road further enables treasury clients to gain returns from the global repo market. It also allows them to tap the locked-up capital, increasing operational efficiencies.

In addition, the Ripple platform also embraces 24/7/365 instant settlement of worldwide payments. Capital movements and management among treasurers are now made possible without the traditional banking delays.

GTreasury to Boost RLUSD and XRP Adoption

GTreasury’s platform introduces trusted compliance and audit functionality to Ripple’s digital finance stack. Its risk management and FX handling tools are well-known worldwide. Ripple president Monica Long commented on X, stating that, “This is Ripple at scale, faster movement of funds, more efficiency, and the real impact of corporations.”

I'm excited for Ripple and GTreasury to help corporates move money around the world faster, cheaper, 24/7/365, 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… https://t.co/eIDycyBRPj

— Monica Long (@MonicaLongSF) October 16, 2025

Ripple is also actively advancing RLUSD, its stablecoin, which has more than $840 million already in circulation. The stablecoin exists on Ethereum and the XRP Ledger. With the GTreasury acquisition, RLUSD will likely be more widely adopted at the corporate level.

Recently, Ripple partnered with Bahrain’s FinTech Bay to expand RLUSD adoption in the Middle East. In August, Ripple will also start issuing RLUSD in Japan in partnership with SBI Holdings in 2026. These moves indicate how Ripple is keen on turning RLUSD into a treasury-grade asset for global institutions. GTreasury’s platform will facilitate this by providing profound integration of stablecoin management.

Expanding Ripple’s Global Banking Reach

The GTreasury acquisition also places Ripple in a position to compete with the traditional financial networks. It is still seeking U.S. banking licenses to turn it into a compliant crypto bank.

The earlier acquisition of Metaco by Ripple assisted in the introduction of an institutional level of custody. It currently serves clients across Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Ripple also collaborated with the Absa Bank of South Africa this week to launch crypto custody solutions. It is the first time that Ripple has ventured into institutional custody on the African continent.

Renaat Ver Eecke, the CEO of GTreasury, said:

“We are now bypassing our vision of capital management to activation by joining Ripple.”

The acquisition makes Ripple even more valuable to the CFOs and treasury departments globally. Furthermore, it provides companies with the ability to handle liquidity, payments, and risk using a single blockchain-based platform.

Through the established presence of GTreasury and the technology offered by Ripple, the combined entity will provide the next-wave treasury solutions. The deal is pending regulatory clearance and is likely to be finalized in the coming months.