This $20 Billion Ripple–Circle Deal Rumor Is Too Wild to Believe. Here’s the Tea 🍵

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If you told me that crypto companies spent their days plotting billion-dollar mergers rather than, say, losing passwords and accidentally sending millions to the wrong wallet, I’d have laughed in your face. But here we are, with Ripple and Circle—two names as synonymous with “sexy fintech drama” as my aunt’s cats are with her failed marriages—making headlines once again. Apparently, their $5 billion handshake wasn’t enough and someone got it in their head the sequel should be FOUR times larger. Talk about compensating for something. 😉

Everyone, it seems, is itching to know if Ripple is going to buy Circle for $20 billion, or roughly the price of a Starbucks latte in Manhattan. The latest whispers have our protagonist, Ripple, lumbering toward Circle’s door with a comically oversized check, eager to snatch a chunk of the stablecoin market. CEO Brad Garlinghouse is, naturally, keeping his lips sealed—no doubt too busy calculating what kind of jet $20 billion could buy. 🛩️ Meanwhile, Scott Melker, who apparently moonlights as “The Wolf of All Streets” (a moniker more hilarious than intimidating), thinks Ripple may try to sweeten the pot, because what’s another few billion between crypto bros?

XRP News: Will Ripple Buy Circle for $20B?

Let’s address the enormous, cryptocurrency-shaped elephant in the room: does anyone believe a $20 billion deal is on the table? Enter Dom Kwok, who, armed with a calculator and healthy skepticism, says the real number is more likely $6–6.5 billion—assuming Ripple decides not to buy a small country by accident. That amount includes the classic “acquisition premium,” which is just a fancy term for “desperation tip.” If you’re thinking 20%–30% on top of $5 billion is still an alarming chunk of change, just remember: this is crypto. There are no adults in the room. 🤷

Meanwhile, John Deaton—the lawyer every XRPer wishes came with their hardware wallet—has dropped the thrilling possibility of a “bidding war.” Picture Ripple and Coinbase, rolling up their sleeves and grappling for control of Circle, while everyone else tries to remember their two-factor authentication.

If Ripple actually manages to buy Circle, it could shake things up for the XRP ecosystem…or it could just be another dramatic chapter in a space where rumors are traded more often than stablecoins. Because really, in crypto, what else is new?

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2025-05-03 10:58