Japan-based cellular gaming firm Gumi introduced that it’ll buy 25 billion yen (roughly $17 million) value of XRP as a part of its development technique within the blockchain and Web3 area.
The corporate’s board of administrators introduced the choice in the present day. The acquisitions are deliberate to happen between September 2025 and February 2026.
Gumi argued that the XRP buy wasn’t supposed solely to capitalize on worth appreciation, however relatively as a step towards gaining a strategic place in worldwide cost and liquidity networks. The corporate states that this transfer will improve income alternatives in blockchain-focused monetary actions.
The assertion famous that SBI Holdings, Gumi’s largest shareholder, has positioned XRP on the heart of its world cash switch and liquidity community technique, making it a “excessive strategic match” for Gumi.
Gumi additionally introduced that it bought 10 billion yen (roughly $6 million) value of Bitcoin (BTC) within the first half of 2025 and invested these property in staking protocols like Babylon. The corporate plans to pursue a dual-pronged digital asset technique, positioning BTC as a “world common asset” and XRP as a “monetary demand-driven community asset.”
Drawing consideration to the rising utilization areas of XRP, Gumi mentioned that the expansion of actual demand, particularly in monetary infrastructures similar to worldwide cash switch and liquidity provision, makes XRP a powerful funding instrument within the medium and long run.
The corporate introduced that it’ll conduct a quarterly valuation of its cryptocurrencies and can disclose this to the general public if there’s a important monetary influence.
As an fascinating element, it’s recognized that Gumi and Ripple collectively invested within the biometric authentication startup Keyless in 2019.
*This isn’t funding recommendation.
