Overview
- The board authorized a phased XRP acquisition totaling roughly $17 million to run from September 2025 through February 2026.
- Executives describe XRP as an entry point to international remittance and liquidity networks, citing strategic fit with top shareholder SBI Holdings.
- The company now treats Bitcoin as a store-of-value and staking income asset after an earlier ¥1 billion purchase deployed via Babylon.
- Digital asset holdings will be marked to market each quarter, with valuation gains or losses recognized in the income statement.
- Management positions the move within a wider shift of public companies adopting XRP, noting recent Ripple–SBI plans to roll out RLUSD in Japan.