Ripple is an enterprise blockchain and crypto payments company that builds with XRP, XRP Ledger, and RLUSD, co-founded by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb. Ripple's Twitter Score is 315 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,053 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Ripple, formally Ripple Labs, Inc., operates as an enterprise payments network using XRP Ledger as its core settlement infrastructure. XRP is the native token of XRP Ledger, and 80 billion XRP were gifted to Ripple in September 2012 to fund development of use cases. Ripple also issues Ripple USD (RLUSD), a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin natively issued on both XRP Ledger and Ethereum. Brad Garlinghouse serves as Chief Executive Officer and Monica Long serves as President.
Ripple has pursued significant acquisitions to expand its infrastructure footprint. In 2023, it acquired Swiss crypto custody firm Metaco for $250 million. In 2025, it agreed to acquire multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion. Also in 2025, Ripple raised $500 million from investors at a reported $40 billion valuation.
Ripple has faced regulatory scrutiny at multiple points. In 2015, FinCEN assessed a $700,000 civil money penalty against Ripple Labs, Inc. for Bank Secrecy Act violations. In 2020, the SEC filed an action alleging Ripple raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered securities offering involving XRP. That action was resolved in 2025 by joint dismissal of appeals, with a final judgment imposing a civil penalty of approximately $125 million against Ripple remaining in place.
Ripple is backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, Fortress Investment Group, Marshall Wace, Citadel Securities affiliates, FF Angel, Vast Ventures, and Bitcoin Opportunity Fund. Ripple maintains an affiliation with SBI Ripple Asia Co., Ltd. Ripple's portfolio includes Vega Protocol, Robinhood Crypto, Dharma, Sentora, Securitize, Vey Numi, PDAX and Hex Trust. Ripple's account has accumulated 3,183,337 followers as of July 2026 and 9,434 posts. Ripple has been mentioned by 2,648 accounts, with 32,608 total mentions.
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