VivoPower Shares Jump 32% on $100M Ripple Equity Buy to Boost XRP Strategy

Nasdaq-listed solar energy firm VivoPower Worldwide PLC noticed its shares bounce 32.12% to $5.10 on Friday after the corporate introduced plans to buy $100 million value of privately held Ripple Labs shares, increasing its XRP-focused digital asset treasury technique.

The transfer, which follows two months of due diligence, will see VivoPower purchase Ripple shares immediately from present shareholders, pending approval from Ripple’s govt administration, the corporate stated in a Friday press launch.

“Our portfolio building technique is to purchase a mixture of Ripple shares and XRP tokens. It will permit us to optimize for yield maximization whereas additionally minimizing the weighted common price of XRP acquired,” Kevin Chin, govt chairman and CEO of VivoPower, stated.

VivoPower can even proceed buying XRP (XRP) tokens immediately, changing into the primary publicly listed US agency to supply buyers publicity to each Ripple fairness and XRP.

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VivoPower faucets BitGo, Nasdaq for Ripple share custody

To handle the technique, VivoPower will work with BitGo for custody and Nasdaq Non-public Market, Ripple’s most well-liked associate for personal share transactions. An unbiased auditor will assessment its Ripple holdings quarterly.

Ripple, which created 100 billion XRP at inception, has burned round 14 million tokens up to now and holds 41 billion, largely in escrow. Past XRP, the corporate operates the RLUSD stablecoin, digital asset prime dealer Hidden Highway, custodians MetaCo and Normal Custody & Belief and the stablecoin fee platform Rail.

VivoPower’s administration argues the mixed technique will decrease the common acquisition price per XRP to an implied $0.47, an 86% low cost to present market costs, primarily based solely on Ripple’s XRP holdings and excluding the worth of its different enterprise strains.

In accordance with the corporate, each $10 million in Ripple shares bought might add an estimated $5.15 per share in worth for VivoPower shareholders, although this relies on market volatility.

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BDACS launches institutional XRP custody in South Korea

On Tuesday, South Korean crypto custodian BDACS launched regulated custody providers for XRP, following its February partnership with Ripple. The transfer leverages Ripple Custody, an enterprise-grade answer, to provide establishments safe storage and administration capabilities for XRP.