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NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
#Flare has a connection to #Kraken’s DeFi Earn that deserves attention. 👀🔥
Sentora enrolled its Protected Strategies USDC vault in coverage from Firelight, built on Flare.
Real infrastructure reaching real financial products.
Bullish on the utility taking shape around $FLR.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
We welcome @FlareNetworks to the recommended XRP Ledger validator list published by the XRPL Foundation.
Flare aligns with the core values of the @XRP Ledger, is actively participating in governance, and contributes to the broader ecosystem.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Proof of reserves usually reaches the market as a periodic attestation from an accounting firm, a document no smart contract can read or act on.
Confidential Compute on @FlareNetworks turns that check into something contracts can verify, and the trust comes from four layers around the hardware:
→ Flare's data providers must approve each request before the secure hardware runs it
→ Only approved code can run, and each version's fingerprint is recorded onchain
→ The hardware proves it's running that approved code
→ Contracts verify the signed result before any app can use it
The providers approving requests also run Flare's price feeds and cross-chain proofs, backed by roughly 47B FLR staked or delegated, about half of circulating supply. That shared setup lets Flare's tools work together: a lending market could price collateral and check a borrower's private financials on Flare, or a fund could publish a verifiable NAV without revealing its holdings.
Our report is clear on the limits: Confidential Compute proves the check ran correctly, but the data still comes from the institution providing it, and for now the hardware runs on Google Cloud, operated by the Flare Foundation.
What comes next? Opening it to outside builders, with its fees already designed into Flare's protocol revenue pool.
defillama.com/research/repor…
Blockspace is abundant. Reliable data isn't.
@FlareNetworks built its L1 around the data smart contracts need.
That layer already powers FXRP, with nearly 90% deployed in DeFi, and is extending to private data through Confidential Compute.
Full report: defillama.com/research/repor…
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Ripple officially receives full US regulatory approval to operate as a national trust bank.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Indeed the FCC white paper is impressive. There is so much more that Flare can do than what exists within the community narrative. It’s not just programmability for non smart contract coins. In fact this may be the smallest thing that Flare can do (don’t worry we are still launching FBTC).
I’ll be launching a campaign together with partnerships that will totally reposition your thinking about where Flare fits in the blockchain landscape.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
🔥 GOOGLE CLOUD + FLARE: THE CONNECTION GOES DEEPER.
Google Cloud isn’t just a name on Flare’s partner list.
It became a network validator and FTSO contributor.
Now Flare Confidential Compute uses Google’s confidential computing infrastructure to process sensitive data and return verifiable onchain results.
That’s a real infrastructure connection.
The next question: Can Flare turn this technology into measurable institutional usage and sustainable economic demand?
Infrastructure first. Adoption next. Revenue is the proof.
#FLR #FlareNetwork #GoogleCloud #XRP
🤖 Made with AI
The papers behind the stack, all public: dev.flare.network/support/wh…
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
We backed Firelight because they are a highly serious team.
They have launched with some of the biggest partners in the industry from day 1.
There is space in the Firelight vault for additional deposits and Firelight is now available via Flare Smart Accounts.
flare.network/products/flare…
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Huge! Congratulations @Firelightfi @jrdothoughts
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
I have been silently working on something exciting. How to deploy Flare Confidential Compute on Google Cloud. It is in the final testing phase, and I'm very excited. Stay tuned.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Sentora, Veda, Upshift vaults
backed by FXRP @FlareNetworks
Onchain cover from @Firelightfi is live, and every vault it covers is backed by one pool of capital on Flare.
@SentoraHQ first, then operators building on @veda_labs and @upshift_fi.
That pool is staked FXRP: $XRP, made programmable through FAssets.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
1/ Today @FinCENnews withdrew two crypto proposals: unhosted-wallet reporting and a Section 311 mixer measure. This is legal change—not another speech about “clarity.” fincen.gov/news/news-release…
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
One of the clearest examples yet of where FCC can take onchain finance.
Private reserve data from an institution is now influencing a live onchain oracle feed, while the underlying data stays private.
Extend that model to collateral, credit, risk limits or settlement conditions and a lot of institutional workflows become programmable thanks to Flare's infrastructure.
A private piece of institutional data is now directly affecting a live onchain data feed without that private data being revealed.
The USDX/USD Custom Feed on Songbird uses Flare Confidential Compute to combine Hex Trust’s restricted cash reserve data with public bond reserves and the total USDX supply across Flare, Ethereum and Songbird.
The calculation runs inside a hardware-attested secure machine and publishes only the resulting USDX/USD value derived from reserves and supply.
The restricted reserve data stays private, while smart contracts can use the result onchain.
Live feed:
songbird-systems-explorer.fl…
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
FlareForward is winding down our private coaching, consulting and DeFi University.
Every course we built is going public. Free, for everyone.
We want @FlareNetworks to have the best free education on how DeFi actually works, so the whole ecosystem grows stronger and more knowledgeable over the long term.
The page shows, live, how many people have visited and how many hours of learning the community has put in. We have not seen anything like this given away, and we want to watch that number grow with you.
Start learning: defi.flareforward.com
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Token value accrual has become a major topic on CT, with buybacks showing up across more protocols.
Flare is heading in that direction too.
FIP.16 connects protocol revenue from FAssets, FDC, Smart Accounts, MEV and other activity to FLR through FIRE.
That revenue can be used to buy and burn FLR and fund rewards that would otherwise require new issuance.
Still early, and ultimately this only becomes meaningful at scale. But I think the underlying design is clear: as more economic activity happens on Flare, FLR has a mechanism to capture some of it.
Three years ago I started writing about @FlareNetworks because the tokenomics made sense to me before most people were paying attention.
FIP.16 is the proposal that proved that instinct right.
First, the headline number: inflation dropped from 5% to 3% immediately on passage. Not a promise, not a phased plan. Immediate.
Second, and this is the part that actually matters long term: Flare created FIRE, the Flare Income Reinvestment Entity. It collects real fees, from FDC requests, FAssets, Flare Smart Accounts, MEV, and uses them to buy back and burn FLR, plus fund rewards that used to come purely from inflation. That's the shift from "FLR has value because we said so" to "FLR has value because the ecosystem is generating revenue and some of it flows back to the token."
Third, staking got a real weight bump. P-chain stake now counts 5x more than C-chain delegation for governance and rewards. If you've been sitting on delegated WFLR instead of actually staking, this FIP is your nudge to reconsider.
Lastly, the boring but necessary part: FDC fees went up (1 FLR to 20 FLR for most request types), and every provider now has a 20% minimum fee floor. Both changes exist for the same reason, stop a race to the bottom that was quietly undermining network security.
Here's the thing that ties this back to everything else in this series. FIP.16 isn't really about inflation, or FIRE, or staking weights individually. It's Flare admitting that after FIP.01 through FIP.15, the network had enough real usage (FAssets, XRPFi, FDC requests) to stop relying on printing new tokens to fund itself and start relying on what it actually built.
That's not hype. That's just what happens when 16 proposals compound.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
A lot of capital is constrained by three things: where the asset lives, where the data lives, and where the computation can happen.
Flare is building around all three.
PMWs let assets stay on their native chains.
FCC lets sensitive computation stay private.
FTSO and FDC bring external data and state into contracts.
Put together, that gives builders a way to coordinate assets, data and compute across different environments without forcing them into the same place.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Integrating Firelight coverage gives protocols on-chain protection that users can verify.
Some of the benefits for protocols:
→ Unlock deposits from risk-conscious users
→ Turn complex on-chain risk into clear, transparent terms
Learn more. 🔥
Firelight makes coverage a native part of a product stack:
• Built directly into vaults
• On-chain and programmatic
• Transparent capacity, premiums and risk parameters
• Fast, stablecoin-denominated payouts
• Composable across a multitude of DeFi primitives
• Rewards aligned with protocol activity
Learn more. docs.firelight.finance/
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
Someone asked Sentora's CEO today if Kraken's DeFi Earn vaults will use Firelight cover.
"all signs point to yes"
Those vaults just passed $902M from 100K+ depositors. Sentora builds them with Kraken and Veda — and Firelight signed with Veda two days ago.
If it lands, the size isn't the interesting part. A Kraken user tapping "Earn" would be protected by staked XRP sitting on Flare, without ever needing to know Flare exists.
NotYourAverageJoe retweeted
A year into FXRP, we’re getting a sneak peek at what @FlareNetworks could become, does Flare’s infrastructure truly turn $XRP into a future-proof asset?
But we’re going beyond the basics to delve further.
In crypto, you’re usually forced to spin up wallets, hop across bridges, and scrounge up gas tokens just to get moving.
Flare has spent the past year cutting that obstacle course down to size, and it begins with two built-in tools:
- FTSO supplies prices, while FDC verifies outside events, including XRP payments. Flare’s validators also secure these data protocols, giving its products a shared foundation.
- FAssets turns XRP into FXRP for use in DeFi. Minting requires proof of the XRP payment. Redemption agents operate under collateral, challenge and liquidation rules.
The Core Vault holds pooled XRP under a Flare-governed multisig, with escrow time locks and withdrawal controls. Agents cannot simply walk away with it.
Flare Smart Accounts make access incredibly simple.
Sign an XRPL transaction from your current wallet. FDC verifies it, and your linked smart account executes on Flare. The vault flow now needs one signature, no separate EVM key or gas token.
By July, Flare reported nearly 24,000 smart accounts and FXRP in DeFi growing from 82 million in February to 144 million.
So, what's next? It is Flare Confidential Compute (FCC)
FCC is a verifiable computation that keeps sensitive data private, plus protocol-managed wallets that can act on other chains. Songbird first, with broader deployment still ahead.
Finally, how all these changes benefits $FLR.
FIP.16 cuts annual inflation from 5% to 3%. Transaction fees burn, while FIRE collects specified protocol fees, with supply reduction as its first mandate alongside other governed uses.
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What keeps me upbeat about Flare is how coherently the pieces fit together.
FXRP expands what XRP can do, Smart Accounts remove friction for users, and confidential compute opens the door to privacy sensitive apps, while the value flow ultimately routes back to FLR.
None of this is starting from zero. Each layer builds on real progress already in place, which makes the Flare faces almost competition and more scalable.
That said, activity still has to mature into real, durable revenue over time.
Still, after a year of FXRP, there is a functioning baseline, something concrete to iterate on, and a clearer runway toward wider adoption.
You are still not bullish enough.
