Ripple completed its largest-ever acquisition by purchasing Hidden Road for $1.25 billion during Q1 2025, enabling the use of Ripple USD as collateral across Hidden Road’s investment products.
Hidden Road will integrate the XRP Ledger into its post-trade operations to reduce costs and improve efficiency, bringing new financial service possibilities to the XRP Ledger platform.
Ripple marked significant milestones in Q1 2025 with major business achievements, regulatory progress, and strong market performance, notably acquiring Hidden Road and resolving the SEC case.
Institutions displayed growing interest in XRP-related investment products, with XRP-linked ETP products attracting significant inflows and XRP market expanding globally, supported by partnerships with asset management companies.