[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  $Smarty [@maddeningsmart](/creator/twitter/maddeningsmart) on x 1216 followers Created: 2025-07-23 22:45:03 UTC ⇨ Sentora Wednesday Space Recap Topic: Where does XRP fit? Host and Co-host: @SentoraHQ @jbawsa Speakers: @HugoPhilion @jrdothoughts Did you miss the space? Don’t worrry your girl caught it LIVE! Here’s a quick recap you don’t want to miss. 👇 ________________________________ It was a discussion space session. Here are the highlights:👇 ➥ Where do you think XRP is positioning, and where is it today? Where has there been growth around XRP? jrdothoughts pointed out that in the last few months to a year, the momentum in XRP has completely reversed. There have been a lot of new product releases, stablecoin, sidechain, etc. and there's a renewed energy around the company. XRP is one of the most resilient assets in the history of crypto. It has been through everything and is still sustaining a monumental market cap and never seen a yield. Hugo emphasized their vision behind XRP. ————— Flare has always been a blockchain focused on data. And what can you do with data? You can use it to build better bridging. They have a bridging product they're launching for non-smart contract tokens like XRP, Stellar, and Bitcoin. Their initial focus is XRP. XRP is the largest untapped asset out there in terms of DeFi usage. According to Hugo: ➥“Someone needs to build a premier financial layer for this extremely large source of value that is getting increasingly adopted. And we’re also interested in expanding that out to other assets as we go along.” ➥ Where have we seen a lot of DeFi growth, and how can we make these financial layers easier for non-native crypto users to access? The speakers pointed out that there's still a barrier to entry. UX and distribution are still quite complex. Most DeFi trades that generate real yield require a level of complexity that makes it hard for the average user. Firelight could unlock a new wave of capital in DeFi. Imagine if a percentage of all that XRP sitting on exchanges started participating in the DeFi economy. That would unlock a level of access that hasn't existed before. XRP’s role in cross-chain liquidity and interoperability: With Firelight, they're exploring a more unique use case using risk-taking as a primitive to bring XRP on-chain. ➥ jrdothoughts mentioned that one of their goals is to launch native UI use cases quickly after Firelight goes live. They’re not trying to play the “wait a year and farm points” game. The goal is to bring real yield fast and be public about where those yields are coming from. ➥ How do you balance generating real yield while maintaining security? Hugo explained that Flare set aside XX% of their token supply to bootstrap the ecosystem. They're not using anywhere near that and likely never will. But it’s useful for building liquidity and market size. Because in the end, things are valuable when they represent a serious market. He emphasized real yield over hype incentives and how that could look ➥ Where is the XRP DeFi ecosystem heading in the next few years? According to Hugo: “We’re giving yield to XRP. We’ll have Uniswap-variant DEXes for XRP, lending protocols, and of course, Firelight.” They’re taking XRP and eventually other assets like Stellar and Bitcoin and supercharging them. More places to trade, more ways to use them, and most importantly yield. They shared thoughts on the role that XRP can play in cross-chain liquidity and interoperability, and what they think unlocks the kind of potential we can see here with XRP. Emphasis was placed on the fact that there are billions of XRP that could flow into DeFi. There are some more obvious use cases like using it as collateral in lending protocols but that requires some work to get it up and approved. Flare is already working on this with FXRP. so getting those representations of XRP as collateral in lending protocols is a form of bridging that liquidity. Now with Firelight, they’re looking at a more unique use case. For more details listen to the space record..  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [$smarty](/topic/$smarty) [Post Link](https://x.com/maddeningsmart/status/1948152406354661853)
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Created: 2025-07-23 22:45:03 UTC
⇨ Sentora Wednesday Space Recap
Topic: Where does XRP fit?
Host and Co-host: @SentoraHQ @jbawsa Speakers: @HugoPhilion @jrdothoughts
Did you miss the space?
Don’t worrry your girl caught it LIVE! Here’s a quick recap you don’t want to miss. 👇
It was a discussion space session. Here are the highlights:👇
➥ Where do you think XRP is positioning, and where is it today? Where has there been growth around XRP?
jrdothoughts pointed out that in the last few months to a year, the momentum in XRP has completely reversed.
There have been a lot of new product releases, stablecoin, sidechain, etc. and there's a renewed energy around the company.
XRP is one of the most resilient assets in the history of crypto. It has been through everything and is still sustaining a monumental market cap and never seen a yield.
Hugo emphasized their vision behind XRP. ————— Flare has always been a blockchain focused on data. And what can you do with data? You can use it to build better bridging.
They have a bridging product they're launching for non-smart contract tokens like XRP, Stellar, and Bitcoin. Their initial focus is XRP.
XRP is the largest untapped asset out there in terms of DeFi usage.
According to Hugo: ➥“Someone needs to build a premier financial layer for this extremely large source of value that is getting increasingly adopted. And we’re also interested in expanding that out to other assets as we go along.”
➥ Where have we seen a lot of DeFi growth, and how can we make these financial layers easier for non-native crypto users to access?
The speakers pointed out that there's still a barrier to entry. UX and distribution are still quite complex.
Most DeFi trades that generate real yield require a level of complexity that makes it hard for the average user.
Firelight could unlock a new wave of capital in DeFi.
Imagine if a percentage of all that XRP sitting on exchanges started participating in the DeFi economy.
That would unlock a level of access that hasn't existed before.
XRP’s role in cross-chain liquidity and interoperability:
With Firelight, they're exploring a more unique use case using risk-taking as a primitive to bring XRP on-chain.
➥ jrdothoughts mentioned that one of their goals is to launch native UI use cases quickly after Firelight goes live.
They’re not trying to play the “wait a year and farm points” game.
The goal is to bring real yield fast and be public about where those yields are coming from.
➥ How do you balance generating real yield while maintaining security?
Hugo explained that Flare set aside XX% of their token supply to bootstrap the ecosystem.
They're not using anywhere near that and likely never will.
But it’s useful for building liquidity and market size.
Because in the end, things are valuable when they represent a serious market.
He emphasized real yield over hype incentives and how that could look
➥ Where is the XRP DeFi ecosystem heading in the next few years?
According to Hugo: “We’re giving yield to XRP. We’ll have Uniswap-variant DEXes for XRP, lending protocols, and of course, Firelight.”
They’re taking XRP and eventually other assets like Stellar and Bitcoin and supercharging them.
More places to trade, more ways to use them, and most importantly yield.
They shared thoughts on the role that XRP can play in cross-chain liquidity and interoperability, and what they think unlocks the kind of potential we can see here with XRP.
Emphasis was placed on the fact that there are billions of XRP that could flow into DeFi.
There are some more obvious use cases like using it as collateral in lending protocols but that requires some work to get it up and approved.
Flare is already working on this with FXRP.
so getting those representations of XRP as collateral in lending protocols is a form of bridging that liquidity.
Now with Firelight, they’re looking at a more unique use case.
For more details listen to the space record..
XXXXX engagements
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