Ripple has confirmed that it no longer plans to acquire financial technology firm and crypto custodian Fortress Trust less than a month after claiming it would do so.

“We’ve since made the decision not to move forward with an outright acquisition, though Ripple will remain an investor in Fortress,” said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse over X (Twitter) on Thursday.

Garlinghouse maintained that Fortress has a strong team behind it, building helpful products. “While this outcome is different from what was originally planned, we’ll continue to support them and hope to work together in the future,” he added.

In early July, Fortress CEO Scott Purcell was bullish on the deal, saying Ripple was “by far the best partner for us and our customers.” However, an internal disagreement over business priorities for Ripple caused it to hold off on acquiring Purcell’s firm.

“They are really just focused on pure B2B and institutional global business, Purcell told Decrypt on Thursday. “We were a way for them to diversify into B2B2C.”

“Many on their team were super excited about our tech and customer base but others pushed back to stay the curren

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