Ripple acquisitions to slow in 2026, CEO says

Ripple has been on a buying spree, spending more than $2.4 billion billion to purchase at least four companies in 2025. Don’t expect the same next year, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday at the company’s annual Swell conference in New York. “We’ll probably slow down the acquisition binge in 2026 which makes our corporate developer team very happy,” Brad Garlinghouse quipped during an onstage Q&A. On Monday, Ripple announced the acquisition of Palisade, a crypto custody company. Ripple did not disclose ...