Ripple Enters Global Top 10 Private Firms List With $50 Billion Valuation

• Ripple is estimated at a $50 billion valuation, up from a $40 billion post-money valuation reported in Q4 2025.
• The firm raised $500 million in November 2025 at a $40 billion valuation, with Fortress and Citadel affiliates leading the fundraising.

Ripple is ranked among the world’s largest private companies after recent private-market estimates placed its valuation at about $50 billion. Several assessments cited by market watchers point to an increase from the $40 billion post-money valuation reported in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Reports place Ripple in ninth position on global lists that track highly valued private firms. The same reports compare Ripple’s estimate with other large private companies across aerospace, artificial intelligence, fintech, and e-commerce. 

Ripple’s latest estimate follows a capital raise disclosed in late 2025. As we previously covered, the company raised $500 million in November 2025 at a $40 billion valuation. The round was led by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities, with participation from Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace. 

Ripple’s Valuation Milestones and IPO Stance

The current estimate also comes after a series of share repurchases and earlier valuation benchmarks. Ripple repurchased shares in 2022 at an implied valuation near $15 billion. Another repurchase in early 2024 was cited at about $11.3 billion. The November 2025 financing reset the post-money figure to $40 billion, and subsequent private-market readings have placed the company closer to $50 billion.

Moreover, reported totals put Ripple’s historical funding above $800 million, while some aggregated estimates place the figure closer to $893 million. These numbers combine multiple funding events over several years and are based on third-party tracking.

Global heavyweights like SpaceX and OpenAI are among the companies valued above Ripple, alongside other private giants such as TikTok owner ByteDance, AI leader Anthropic, Databricks, Stripe, Revolut, Shein, and Canva. In those rankings, Ripple is the only blockchain-based payments infrastructure firm in the global top ten.

Ripple executives have continued to address questions about a public listing. Statements attributed to President Monica Long in November 2025 and January 2026 revealed that the company has no immediate plan for an IPO. The comments cited access to capital and a strong balance sheet as reasons to remain private, while positioning a public listing as a low priority under the current strategy.

Additionally, CNF reported that Ripple received full Electronic Money Institution (EMI) approval from Luxembourg’s CSSF. The authorization allows Ripple to passport services across all 27 EU member states under EU rules.

At press time, XRP price was down 4% over the past 24 hours at $1.39, but trading volume rose 5.95% to $3.42 billion.