Evernorth's SPAC merger closes today, and from Oct 8 the company trades on Nasdaq as XRPN. On the books: about 473M
$XRP , roughly $714M at current prices, making it the largest public pure-play XRP treasury.
The stock already did its run. Armada's shares jumped about 273% in a week, closing at $39.42, before a single XRPN share traded.
Here's why that move deserves more scrutiny than celebration:
- About 80% of Armada's $241.2M trust was redeemed. SPAC holders took their cash and left, leaving roughly $48M in trust and a thin float. Thin float plus a hot narrative is how you get a 273% week.
- The cash side is mostly private: about $225M from related private placements and $30M in convertible notes. A big part of the "over $1B raised" came as XRP contributed in kind.
- The backers include Ripple itself, alongside SBI ($200M), Pantera, Kraken, GSR and Arrington. The CEO, Asheesh Birla, spent more than a decade at Ripple.
So the largest public XRP treasury is backed by the company behind XRP. Nothing illegal there. It is circular.
The fair counterpoint: a Nasdaq-listed vehicle gives funds that can't hold tokens a clean route into XRP, and long-term holders can tighten liquid supply.
Would you rather hold XRP directly, or pay for a stock wrapper after a 273% squeeze?
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