Ripio announces Latin America's second-largest crypto treasury, worth $100 million. Photo: Blockhead
Cryptocurrency exchange Ripio has just publicly disclosed a crypto asset trove worth over $100 million , registering as the second-largest crypto Treasury in Latin America, behind only OranjeBTC, which holds 3,713 BTC worth over $335 million.
The news was confirmed by CEO Sebastian Serrano at the ongoing DevConnect 2025 event in Buenos Aires, revealing the company's long-term strategy to strengthen its position in the South American market.
Since 2017, Ripio has been accumulating Bitcoin and Ethereum, managing these assets through trading and hedging strategies to optimize performance while minimizing volatility risk.
In addition to holding assets, Ripio also participates in seed investments in prominent blockchain projects such as Polygon and ZKSync , expanding its influence to the global ecosystem. Accordingly, the company not only operates as an exchange but also plays a Vai in shaping blockchain standards and trends in Latin America.
In addition to its crypto reserves, Ripio has just launched wARS, a stablecoin Peg to the Argentine peso, deployed on Ethereum, Base, and World Chain. This stablecoin is used for cross-border payments and remittances without traditional banks, and helps Ripio protect its assets against inflation risks in Argentina. wARS also opens up opportunities for financial institutions to participate in DeFi applications and Real World Assets (RWA).
In the Latin American context, Ripio is currently second in terms of the size of its digital asset treasury, after OranjeBTC. Other notable names include Méliuz - with about $54 million in BTC and Mercado Libre - $51 million in BTC. Meliuz is known to have raised Capital through the issuance of shares to buy more Bitcoin, making BTC a core part of the company's Capital structure.
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