As part of a two-pronged effort, VivoPower International PLC announced plans on August 11 to buy $100 million worth of Ripple shares and incorporate XRP into its corporate treasury. VivoPower will gain exposure to roughly 211 million XRP tokens through the acquisition, which are now worth about $696 million.
The business will be the first publicly traded American corporation to give stockholders direct access to both XRP tokens and Ripple shares. VivoPower claims that the agreement allows it to purchase Ripple shares at a lower price than the going rate in the market. Crucially, the business will acquire complete legal ownership of the shares, and Ripple’s shareholder registry will explicitly list its name.
VivoPower has teamed up with significant custodians of digital assets, such as BitGo and Nasdaq Private Market LLC, to make the transaction easier. To ensure transparency and compliance, the company’s Ripple shareholdings would be reviewed by independent audits every three months. In order to minimize extra costs and complications, VivoPower has also stated that it will not buy Ripple shares owned through special-purpose vehicles (SPVs).
Regulatory context and strategic implications
XRP daily price showing key market events: SEC waiver granted to Ripple on Aug. 7, and VivoPower’s $100M Ripple shares + XRP treasury announcement on Aug. 11.
According to CEO Kevin Chin, the action is a component of VivoPower’s long-term strategy to develop a diversified treasury model with significant shareholder upside potential. The goal of integrating XRP with Ripple stock is to fortify the company’s balance sheet and put it at the forefront of corporate treasury management’s embrace of blockchain technology.
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The statement comes after one of Ripple’s significant regulatory developments. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had waived the “bad actor” label associated with Ripple’s 2020 lawsuit over unregistered securities sales less than a week earlier. Even though the matter was resolved in May 2025, the injunction remained in effect until the SEC waived it, citing current events as grounds, allowing Ripple to pursue fresh investments without facing any legal obstacles.