Ripple Valued at $50 Billion, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder With OpenAI and SpaceX?
Ripple Valued at $50 Billion, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder With OpenAI and SpaceX?
Ripple has reportedly secured a $50 billion valuation, placing it among the world’s top 10 most valuable private companies and drawing significant attention from the industry. This is interpreted as a signal that the company is cementing its position not merely as a cryptocurrency issuer, but as a global payment infrastructure provider.
According to cryptocurrency news outlet Bitcoinist on February 10 (local time), Ripple ranked ninth globally with an estimated valuation of $50 billion on a recently shared unicorn company ranking circulating on X. The list features super-unicorns in the artificial intelligence (AI) and fintech sectors, including OpenAI at $500 billion, ByteDance at $480 billion, and SpaceX at $400 billion, highlighting the shift in Ripple’s standing.
This $50 billion valuation represents an increase of roughly 25% compared with the $40 billion valuation set during an equity financing round at the end of 2025. Ripple previously conducted share buybacks valued at $15 billion in 2022 and $11.3 billion in early 2024. The recent rise suggests that corporate value is being adjusted upward in a stepwise manner through periodic revaluations rather than continuous swings in public markets.
The market views Ripple’s inclusion in this ranking as a sign that the company is moving beyond a niche cryptocurrency firm and beginning to be recognized as an infrastructure-scale business. While valuations of private shares do not equate directly to liquid market prices, simply being listed alongside leading AI and large fintech companies could help reshape investor perceptions.
However, such a high valuation is somewhat disconnected from expectations of an initial public offering (IPO). Ripple has maintained that an IPO is not imminent, meaning future price discovery is likely to occur through additional private fundraising or secondary market transactions. If the $50 billion valuation proves accurate, it could serve as powerful leverage for future capital raising, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the formation of institutional partnerships.
Ultimately, this development appears less likely to act as a catalyst for an immediate token price surge and more as an opportunity to redefine Ripple’s corporate positioning. As of the time of reporting, XRP (Ripple) was trading at around $1.40.
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