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Ripple-backed $XRP treasury company Evernorth has named OpenAI Foundation CFO Robert Kaiden and Antalpha COO Derar Islim as independent directors in its second SEC S-4 amendment, bringing AI and institutional finance expertise onto the board of the company aiming to list on Nasdaq under ticker XRPN.
Evernorth $XRP treasury company filed its second amendment to its Form S-4 registration statement with the SEC, naming OpenAI Foundation CFO Robert Kaiden and Nasdaq-listed Antalpha COO Derar Islim as independent directors under Nasdaq rules. CoinGape reported that the appointments bring deep expertise in audits, financial oversight, and institutional digital asset leadership to a company that will hold $XRP as its core balance sheet asset, similar in structure to how Strategy holds Bitcoin.
As crypto.news reported, Evernorth filed its initial Form S-4 on March 18, 2026, formally disclosing its business plan, leadership team, and strategy for the first time. The company is merging with Armada Acquisition Corp II, a SPAC sponsored by Arrington Capital, to achieve its public listing under XRPN. Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty is also named as a board member, maintaining Ripple’s direct governance presence in the company after Ripple Labs committed 126.79 million $XRP to anchor the deal. CEO Asheesh Birla, a longtime Ripple executive, leads the combined entity. As crypto.news documented, the $1 billion raise included $200 million from SBI Holdings, making it one of the largest pre-listing $XRP-focused raises in history. As crypto.news tracked, the broader $XRP institutional momentum — including Goldman Sachs’ $153.8 million $XRP ETF position and the NYSE Arca commodity trust filing — provides the regulatory and institutional backdrop that makes Evernorth’s public market timing strategically significant.
The bridge between AI and $XRP ecosystems in Kaiden’s appointment is not incidental. Kaiden’s role at the OpenAI Foundation gives Evernorth a board member with direct visibility into how AI infrastructure is being governed and financed at the highest level, a signal that the company intends to position $XRP settlement infrastructure as a relevant layer for AI-driven financial applications.