Ripple Leads $1 Billion SPAC to Expand XRP Treasury: Report

• Ripple plans to raise at least $1 billion to form a digital asset treasury for XRP.
• The initiative comes despite ongoing market instability and investor skepticism.
• XRP trades at $2.34, with technical indicators pointing to another possible wave down before a major reversal.

Ripple Labs is reportedly leading a $1 billion fundraising initiative to build a new digital asset treasury designed to accumulate XRP. The funds will be raised through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to Bloomberg. 

Ripple is also expected to contribute some of its own XRP to the treasury, signaling a renewed commitment to expanding the ecosystem despite recent turbulence in the crypto market.

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Ripple’s Strategic Move Amid Fragile Market

The upcoming digital asset treasury (DAT) was announced just a week after a major global market selloff that caused record liquidations and pushed cryptocurrencies into another period of uncertainty.

The drop was driven by growing tensions in the U.S.–China trade war, which hurt investor confidence and raised doubts about the strength of altcoin investments. 

Even Bitcoin, seen as the most stable crypto asset, fell by more than 3% during the same time, showing that the entire market felt the pressure.

Still, Ripple’s new fundraising plan stands out as one of the most ambitious treasury projects ever focused on XRP, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency, with a market value of about $138 billion.

The transaction comes on the heels of Ripple’s latest $1 billion GTreasury acquisition, a provider of treasury management software. That transaction bolsters the corporate finance market presence of Ripple through access to tokenized deposits and stablecoin infrastructure.

Whereas investors have become wary of DAT structures, with the biggest crypto hoarders such as Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. and Japan’s Metaplanet Inc. losing big, Ripple seems unfazed.

Its treasury project seeks to rebuild faith in XRP-based investment vehicles and bring fresh liquidity into the asset’s ecosystem.

XRP Price Outlook: Wave 5 or New Trend Formation

In contrast to declining, XRP rose 13% in 2025 to date compared to 16% in Bitcoin. Currently, it exchanges at $2.34. From a specialized point of view, technical signals imply that XRP could experience a short-term correction beforehand, continuing a bigger uptrend.

Analyst CasiTrades commented that the price of XRP is congealed in a pattern of Wave 4, and resistance lies around $2.82. A possible decline to $1.46 or $1.35 could finish the correction and give rise to a surge to around $6.50–$10.00.

This possible surge could be a turning point in the long-term plan of Ripple with regard to its deepening of XRP reserves via the imminent treasury project.

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