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XRP holders want to get paid, but who pays? Jeff and Chip follow the money through Firelight, the Flare-based protocol now offering onchain cover for a Kraken DeFi Earn strategy. Stakers earn rewards for backing that protection, and a confirmed covered loss can hit their stake. Firelight's Jesus Rodriguez explains why XRP, which never had a native yield, makes cheaper insurance capital for DeFi than ETH insuring ETH.
- Flare's Hugo Philion: Flare is the blockchain for data, and FXRP is what proved it.
- DriveWealth will use Ripple's RLUSD on the XRP Ledger to fund collateral accounts around the clock, starting in Europe, while Nexo cuts its rate to 2.5%.
- Swell 2026 in New York, Oct 27–29: the partner lineup, the parties and registration closing Tuesday.
- XRPL Africa turns one, and Laguna Protocol launches on the XRPL.
- Why the dollar wins the stablecoin race, how hackers pick DeFi targets, and why Main Street needs insured crypto rather than "not your keys".
- Also in the back half: Patrick Witt leaves the White House crypto council, Spencer Pratt on America, Greta Thunberg and France's riots, Macron, Warsaw vs Paris, and the Shah of Iran's 1975 warning.
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