Ripple continues to acquire more palisade into the ecosystem, upgrading custody and wallet

New plan

Ripple has announced the acquisition of Palisade, a company specializing in digital asset custody and wallet technology, marking another major step in the company's 2025 expansion strategy.

The deal, with an undisclosed value but estimated at $150-200 million based on Palisade's $500 million in assets under management, brings Ripple's total investment in 2025 to around $4 billion, following high-profile acquisitions like Hidden Road ( $1.25 billion for derivatives trading ), Rail Road ( $200 million for cross-border rail ), and GTreasury ( $1 billion for treasury management tools ).

Custody and Wallet for the Enterprise Era

The acquisition, which will close in Q1 2026, pending regulatory approval, will integrate Palisade’s technology platform – multi-chain wallet, institutional custody, and compliance modules – into Ripple’s ecosystem, enhancing On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) for enterprise-grade storage and payments.

Palisade, founded in 2021 in San Francisco, manages $500 million in assets for more than 50 clients, including family offices and digital banks, and boasts deep integrations with XRP for remittances, Solana for high-speed DeFi, and Ethereum for staking (4% APY yield).

In an interview with Bloomberg, Long highlighted the reason: “ As corporations target crypto treasuries, we need secure, scalable custody—Palisade delivers that, along with cross-chain bridges for real-world utility. ” The acquisition fits with Ripple’s momentum following its SEC truce—it paid a $125 million fine, doesn’t accept securities—focusing on utility, tokenized treasuries, global payments, and corporate cash management, where Palisade’s MPC wallet reduces the risk of breach by 90% compared to hot storage.

Here are Ripple's key milestones for 2025: Hidden Road bolsters derivatives ($1.25 billion), Rail Road accelerates ODL ($200 million), and GTreasury streamlines fiat-to-crypto conversions ($1 billion), with a total transaction value of $4 billion—rivaling SoftBank's Vision Fund in crypto scale.

Spend money on the ecosystem

Ripple’s buyback wave reflects a broader renaissance in corporate treasuries: Post-FTX, companies like Metaplanet ( $616 million SOL ) and Bit Digital ( $1.55 billion ETH ) hoard crypto with 4-6% yields, far surpassing T-Bills’ 4.2% yield amid a 2.8% CPI.

Custody of 40% of XRP's $115B market cap, processing $10B quarterly ODL payments and treasury via GTreasury for automated staking.

Palisade's XRP-Solana-ETH bridge reduces cross-chain costs by 50%, allowing enterprise wallets to be "layerless" - for example, banks hold XRP for remittances, SOL for DeFi yields, and ETH for RWA. In the context of the Fed's 4.25% interest rate and BRICS de-dollarization, this would cut foreign exchange fees by 70% across the $5 trillion TAM.

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