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Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Business
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VivoPower International, Flare Partner to Generate Yield on $100M in XRP
VivoPower International (NASDAQ:VVPR) is one of the best-performing NASDAQ stocks according to analysts. On June 11, VivoPower announced a definitive partnership with Flare. The collaboration aims to generate yield on VivoPower's digital assets, beginning with an initial deployment of $100 million in XRP. The move serves as a validation of the XRP ecosystem's utility for institutional treasury management. The XRP ecosystem is a digital payment network built around the XRP Ledger/XRPL. VivoPower will generate yield through protocols on the Flare Network, such as Firelight, and will reinvest this income directly back into XRP holdings. A technician inspecting a modern battery cell. The partnership also delivers the first institutional-scale validation of Flare's FAssets system, which establishes it as a programmable utility layer for the XRP ecosystem. FAssets is a non-custodial protocol that allows XRP to be used in smart contract applications while preserving its native security model. VivoPower International (NASDAQ:VVPR) provides energy solutions for customized & ruggedized fleet applications, battery & microgrids, and solar and critical power technology & services. Flare is a next-gen Layer 1 blockchain designed to connect decentralized systems with real-world utility through secure and data-rich interoperability. While we acknowledge the potential of VVPR as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the . READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
XRP Investors Have a New Strategy, and It's Straight From the Playbook of Bitcoin Legend Michael Saylor
The Bitcoin treasury company model, popularized by Michael Saylor, is now gaining traction with XRP investors. At least five different companies have unveiled plans to add significant amounts of XRP to their balance sheets. If this strategy catches on more widely, it could lead to a higher price for XRP by the end of 2025. 10 stocks we like better than XRP › After the 2024 presidential election, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) skyrocketed by nearly 600%, hitting a 52-week high of $3.39 in January. Although it has cooled off considerably since then, that brief run was enough to galvanize investors from around the world to find creative new ways to get exposure to XRP. What's happening now is unprecedented in the history of XRP. Companies in industries not even tangentially related to crypto or blockchain are suddenly deciding to add XRP to their balance sheets. What do a Chinese transportation solution provider, a London-based renewable energy company, and a Florida-based pharmaceutical company have in common? They're all raising tens of millions of dollars and using that money to buy as much XRP as they can. There are now at least five companies worldwide that have embraced this strategy in just the past 60 days. The formula is very easy to follow: Find deep-pocketed outside investors, promise a high rate of return in exchange for investing in the business, and then start buying XRP. If this strategy sounds familiar, that's because it is. This is a version of the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) treasury company model pioneered by MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), which is now doing business as Strategy. During the past five years, Strategy has accumulated 582,000 Bitcoins, worth about $64 billion at today's prices. Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Strategy, discovered he could outperform Bitcoin by going all-in on this strategy. During the past five years, Bitcoin is up an impressive 1,000%, but Strategy stock is up a remarkable 3,200%. That's not just better than Bitcoin -- it's also better than any single company in the S&P 500. It's easy to understand the allure of the Bitcoin treasury company business model. Buying as much Bitcoin as possible leads to turbo-charged returns for investors. As long as the price of Bitcoin goes up, the valuation of any company that embraces this model should also go up. That explains why Strategy copycats are popping up everywhere. One drawback of the BTC model, though, is that it's prohibitively expensive. To achieve any scale, you need very deep pockets. A single Bitcoin costs more than $100,000, so table stakes for getting started with a BTC business model is already about $500 million. Compare that to XRP, which trades for about $2.30. The scale could not be more different. That's what makes the size of the recent XRP investment deals so staggering. For example, VivoPower International (NASDAQ: VVPR) recently raised more than $100 million from investors to power its XRP strategy. That $100 million will go a long way when you're buying a $2 digital asset and not a $100,000 digital asset. This isn't an endorsement to invest in any of these XRP treasury companies. Far from it. After all, they could collapse in value entirely if the price of XRP declines for an extended period. On top of that, there's the additional risk of investing in, say, a healthcare company or an energy company. These companies might make a windfall profit on their XRP investments but might be hemorrhaging money elsewhere. For that reason, Strategy has dropped any pretense of being a software company. It now refers to itself as a Bitcoin treasury company and has told investors it wants to be valued solely on the basis of the Bitcoin it owns. Based on initial estimates, it looks like $500 million has been funneled into this new XRP treasury strategy in just the past two months. Considering that the total market cap of XRP is $134 billion, it's probably still not enough to move the needle. But here's the thing: There are no spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) right now. As a result, investors could be hunting for XRP proxy stocks to get their XRP exposure. They might decide that investing in an XRP treasury company is the best way to get that exposure. The same phenomenon occurred with Bitcoin before the launch of the spot Bitcoin ETFs. Strategy was the Bitcoin proxy stock you had to own, even though it was an enterprise software company. Don't underestimate the potential for this XRP treasury strategy to really take off. Earlier this year, Wall Street predicted that as much as $8 billion might flow into new spot XRP ETFs, once they're approved. So there might be plenty of additional cash flowing into XRP soon via these XRP treasury companies. That said, I'm remaining on the sidelines. These XRP treasury companies are far too new and speculative. For exposure to XRP, I still prefer to invest directly. If all goes according to plan, all of this new money pouring into XRP will push its price even higher. Before you buy stock in XRP, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and XRP wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $653,702!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $870,207!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 988% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 172% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of June 9, 2025 Dominic Basulto has positions in Bitcoin and XRP. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin and XRP. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 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Yahoo
05-06-2025
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3 Hidden Catalysts That Could Send XRP to $5 by 2027
Companies are increasingly holding XRP in their corporate treasuries. More regulation is starting to bring XRP into mainstream payments. A potential ETF approval could accelerate institutional inflows. 10 stocks we like better than XRP › XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) trades for about $2.15 today. Yet a trio of developments, including corporate treasury adoption, new regulated onramps and payment rails, and the potential approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could shift the token's supply-demand balance enough to put $5 within reach by 2027. Each of these catalysts are real, but they are not guaranteed to land on schedule in terms of their price impact. Still, the combined effect could be stronger than the sum of the parts. So investors who wrote XRP off after its courtroom troubles may want to revisit the math. The idea that companies are buying and holding XRP is gaining traction among corporate strategists, and that dynamic has the potential to boost XRP prices over time. VivoPower International (NASDAQ: VVPR) just earmarked $121 million for an XRP-centric digital-asset corporate treasury program, making it the first public company in the world to do so. That single move locks up a large amount of XRP, which is supply that will likely sit idle for years. In other words, every corporate balance sheet allocation forces new buyers to compete for a shrinking pool of coins. If even a handful of companies imitate VivoPower, and there probably will be, the float (XRP available for public trading) tightens. Treasury managers crave liquid, low-friction assets, and XRP's sub-penny transfer costs check that box. Watch for more adopters by the end of the year. Even if the business logic behind holding a volatile asset like XRP on the balance sheet is sketchy, it could still spark a larger trend that benefits holders. Regulated financial channels matter for XRP's adoption among institutional investors as well as its pricing. MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) is the E.U.'s comprehensive crypto regulation package that sets standards for stablecoins, tokenized assets, and service providers, offering a consistent legal framework for businesses that want to deploy XRP at scale. And when crypto products comply with those standards, they have a much higher chance of attracting institutional capital inflows. In that vein, on May 22 Schuman Financial launched the first MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. The token is fully backed by euros in E.U.-regulated accounts, giving institutional desks a plug-and-play payment settlement solution that did not exist last quarter. Therefore, euro-denominated funds can shift their capital on-chain without tripping any regulatory alarms. Ripple, the company that issues XRP, also just secured a Dubai Financial Services Authority license and immediately onboarded a bank plus a payments fintech called Mamo. The U.A.E. is a global financial hub that annually clears trillions in cross-border payment flows each year, so plugging XRP into that plumbing broadens real-world throughput while increasing demand for the coin. On-chain metrics respond quickly. XRPL daily transactions exceeded 900,000 in late May as new decentralized finance (DeFi) venues and payout corridors went live, and in the long view of things, the party's probably just getting started. Volume spikes can fade, yet they hint that liquidity on the chain is scaling alongside compliance tooling. And that could be another draw for bigger players that need the liquidity for their commensurately bigger transactions. An ETF offering investors exposure to XRP is very likely to be approved before the end of 2025. The prediction market Polymarket stakes it at roughly 90% for a positive decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission this year. An ETF would hand traditional brokers a turnkey wrapper, unlocking retirement-plan and wealth-manager capital that can't directly hold crypto. Furthermore, ETF issuers will have to buy crypto to back their initial offerings to investors. And as capital flows into the ETFs, issuers must scale up their purchases. Regulatory timing is the wild card. The SEC could delay, or green-light another asset first. If an asset that the market views as being smaller-time than XRP gets an ETF approval first, it would be seen as a bearish sign for the asset even though it won't change anything about the investment thesis for buying it. And if broader crypto sentiment sours, demand could freeze until conditions improve. The bullish script discussed above assumes: More than one corporate treasury allocation Sustained growth in markets outside the U.S. At least one U.S.-listed or E.U.-listed XRP ETF by late 2025 If any of these prospects don't pan out, the path to $5 will take longer at best. There could even be some sharp downside in store in the short or medium term. Some other caveats. Competing payment networks could siphon flows. Liquidity shocks across crypto could push XRP toward forced selling before catalysts mature. That means you should lock in for the long term if you decide to invest in XRP; be ready to hold for a few years or more. Still, the narrative around XRP has evolved from defensive lawsuits to offensive integrations. Each catalyst chips away at the old bear case and adds a fresh source of non-speculative demand. For cautious investors, the blend of improving fundamentals and asymmetric upside looks a lot harder to ignore than it did a year ago. Before you buy stock in XRP, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and XRP wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $656,825!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $865,550!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 994% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 172% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of June 2, 2025 Alex Carchidi has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends XRP. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 3 Hidden Catalysts That Could Send XRP to $5 by 2027 was originally published by The Motley Fool Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
