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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cleared Evernorth's S-4 registration Aug. 27, leaving a Sept. 30 shareholder vote before the XRP treasury company lists on Nasdaq as XRPN.
"Today marks an important milestone toward completing our proposed business combination," Asheesh Birla, founder and chief executive of Evernorth, said. "We set out to build an actively managed XRP treasury with the transparency and governance public markets demand."
Evernorth is merging with Armada Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Arrington XRP Capital Fund. Armada shareholders of record as of Aug. 20 vote Sept. 30; if approved, the combined company would trade as XRPN, with the deal expected to close in late Q3 or early Q4 2026. Investors include Ripple, Arrington Capital, SBI Group, Pantera Capital, Kraken and GSR. Birla ran Ripple's payments business for over a decade before leaving.
Evernorth's route to market runs through a SPAC rather than a traditional initial public offering, a structure that lets a private company go public without a conventional listing process. Armada II, founded Oct. 3, 2024, raised money from investors to buy a private business and take it public.
Unlike first-generation treasury companies that buy and hold a single token — the model Strategy established with bitcoin — Evernorth plans to deploy capital into XRP infrastructure and manage holdings to grow XRP per share over time. The company intends to supply capital across the XRP economy, including tokenized assets, on-chain credit markets and payments infrastructure, through yield strategies, ecosystem participation and capital-markets activity.
The structure carries risk. Several bitcoin treasury companies have traded below the value of their reserves, which removes the ability to raise money by issuing shares. XRP traded near $1.41 on Thursday, up over 27% on the week.
A Nasdaq listing gives institutional investors a regulated, transparent equity vehicle for XRP exposure and could set a precedent for other crypto treasury companies seeking public listings. The SEC's clearance also signals growing acceptance of crypto-linked corporate structures in traditional markets. The Sept. 30 vote is the last major milestone before Evernorth's debut; the company expects to close the transaction shortly after, subject to customary conditions.
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