How much have Ripple and its executives spent on lobbying and political donations?

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What spending figures are available?

No figure for Ripple’s lobbying or political donations is available here. As of September 30, 2026, Ripple’s lobbying spending by year is not established, because no Senate lobbying disclosure reports for Ripple have been checked. Federal Election Commission records are where contributions by Ripple or its executives would appear. Those primary records are the right source for this question. This page will be updated once they are obtained and checked.

The one policy-related spending figure comes from Ripple. On September 15, 2026, Ripple said it spent “more than $150 million” over several years fighting for legal clarity in court [1]. That money went to the court fight covered in what the SEC vs Ripple lawsuit was about. It is not a lobbying or donation figure, and it should not be added to one.

What has Ripple said about its own policy work?

Ripple says it has advocated for a federal crypto market structure framework since 2019 [1]. In the same September 15, 2026 statement, Ripple said it would continue advocating for market structure legislation and engaging with policymakers [1]. That is Ripple’s own description of what it does. It gives no amount and no list of recipients.

Lobbying is one possible explanation for XRP’s place in US policy, raised on the page about why Trump named XRP. Without those figures, that explanation can’t be tested with numbers.

Did Ripple’s advocacy get the result it wanted?

On the evidence held, not in Congress. Ripple reported that the CLARITY Act, the market structure bill it backed, failed to advance in the Senate after a critical vote on September 15, 2026 [1]. Ripple blamed the banking industry, which it said “worked relentlessly to protect the status quo”. It also said politics “was elevated over good policy” [1]. Those are Ripple’s characterisations and have not been independently confirmed. What happened to the bill is covered on the CLARITY Act and XRP.

Ripple credits XRP’s current US position to other routes. It points to the court case and to a joint SEC and CFTC interpretation in March 2026 naming XRP a digital commodity [1]. Yahoo Finance reported on March 20, 2026 that the two agencies jointly classified XRP as a digital commodity on March 17 [2]. This is the strongest evidence against a simple “Ripple bought its policy position” reading. By Ripple’s own account, the legislation it lobbied for failed. The position it relies on came from a court and from regulators. The case that the US has not singled XRP out for any role is set out on whether the US government has chosen XRP.

Why does no Ripple report show political spending?

Ripple is a private company. crypto.news reported on July 25, 2026 that Ripple President Monica Long confirmed no IPO is planned [3]. The same article argued that Ripple’s private status allows “selective disclosure of only the numbers that flatter” [3]. That is crypto.news’s critique.

Because Ripple is private, no company filing is expected to disclose its political spending. Public disclosure records are the way to measure it.

What would the records show, and what would they not?

This page will quote those records with their dates once they are checked.

Even then, a total measures access sought, not influence achieved. A donation or a lobbying bill does not show that any official acted because of it. Whether US policy and Ripple are coordinating around XRP is weighed on US policy and XRP convergence.

What is still unknown?

As of September 30, 2026, three sets of figures are missing:

• Ripple’s federal lobbying spending by year.
• Ripple’s contributions to super PACs and candidates.
• Personal contributions by Ripple executives.

Each would come from public records. None of the figures on this page should be read as a lobbying or donation total.