FTSOBest Journal
Updates, guides, and insights from the FTSOBest team on Flare, Songbird, and FTSO delegation.
Firelight Is Live, Backed by Staked FXRP on Flare
Firelight Protocol is now live. Its first cover applies to Sentora's USD Protected Vault and Protected RWA Vaults. Sentora incubated Firelight, Sentinel Labs develops and maintains it, and it runs on the Flare Network.
Flare Confidential Compute Makes Private Institutional Data Usable Onchain, Starting with Hex Trust's USDX
One year of FXRP on Flare
FAssets v1.3 is live: direct FXRP minting fits the rails XRP already uses
XRPFi's next phase
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Monarq, Flare and Upshift Launch MXRPY: A Multi-Strategy XRP Yield Vault on Flare
Monarq XRP Yield Vault (MXRPY) is a new managed, multi-strategy yield vault for XRP on Flare. Built with Monarq Asset Management on Upshift's vault infrastructure, it puts FXRP to work across three return engines at once: options trading, basis and funding rate arbitrage, and onchain XRPFi deployment. Starting today, XRP holders can access the Monarq XRP Yield Vault through Upshift.
Flare Confidential Compute votes to launch on Songbird
FCC started as research in 2024. Technical mapping and architectural development followed, and it is now ready for its first deployment. Pending governance approval, Flare Confidential Compute (FCC) will go live on Songbird, Flare's canary network.
How FAssets evolves in v1.3
FAssets brings assets like XRP into DeFi through a collateralized, rule-based architecture. Version 1.3 updates that architecture with a more direct minting path, simpler routing into FXRP, clearer controls around mint execution and flow, and a design that moves FAssets closer to its longer-term direction. Recent bridge incidents have made these design questions more visible across the market. That makes this a good time to explain how FAssets works today, what changes in v1.3, and where those changes sit within the broader system.
FXRP Collateral Expands Sentora's RLUSD Vault on Morpho
Sentora has added FXRP as a collateral asset in its RLUSD Main vault on Morpho. A new isolated FXRP/RLUSD market is live on Morpho Blue, and XRP holders can borrow RLUSD against FXRP without selling their XRP.
Trade XRP options and perps with FXRP as collateral on Derive
Flare's XRPFi stack continues to deepen with FXRP now supported as collateral on Derive, the largest onchain options exchange in DeFi. FXRP can post it as collateral on Derive and trade XRP options and perpetuals and spot against it — self-custodially, while the underlying XRP is retained on the XRP Ledger.
One Signature XRPFi for All
Billions of XRP sit in wallets doing nothing. Not because holders don't want yield. Because getting there meant new wallets, new chains, bridging steps, gas tokens, and enough friction to make most people stop before they start. That changes today. Flare Smart Accounts v1.3 collapses the entire path from XRP to yield into a single XRPL signature. One sign. Non-custodial. No new chain to learn.
Flare and D'CENT bring one-flow institutional yield to XRP holders worldwide
Flare and D'CENT Wallet are introducing a new yield access point for XRP holders worldwide — one that begins directly within a hardware wallet trusted by 330,000+ hardware users and 720,000+ app users across the USA, Korea, UK, Canada, and Japan, with billions of XRP held across its user base.
Building the XRP standard on Hyperliquid: FXRP/USDH spot market now live
Flare continues its mission to bring XRP liquidity and utility deeper into new ecosystems with the launch of the FXRP/USDH spot market on Hyperliquid.
Flare Expands Institutional Access to FXRP Minting and FLR Staking With Hex Trust
Flare has expanded its partnership with Hex Trust through a new strategic collaboration to deliver institutional access to native FLR staking and FXRP minting.
One-Click DeFi Vault with Xaman, powered by Flare Smart Accounts & FAssets
Through Flare Smart Accounts, Xaman users can deposit XRP into a curated DeFi vault on Flare through a single, streamlined flow.
From activity to value accrual: Flare's plan for FLR
FIP.16 aligns growing activity with FLR. It reduces inflation to 3%, introduces MEV capture and routes a broader set of network revenues through FIRE.
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