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Firelight has surpassed 50 million XRP staked, marking a major milestone for its XRP-based DeFi protection and staking model. The growth comes as DeFi exploit losses in the first quarter have already topped $137 million, pushing risk infrastructure back into focus. Firelight is hitting a notable milestone at a moment when DeFi security is back under the microscope. The protocol has now crossed 50 million XRP staked, a level that says as much about market appetite for protection as it does about XRP’s growing role inside the Flare ecosystem. Firelight is pitching XRP as collateral for DeFi cover Built on Flare and incubated by Sentora, Firelight is trying to do something more specific than just offer another staking venue. The protocol uses staked XRP, brought onchain through Flare’s FAssets system as FXRP, to back a cover layer for DeFi protocols. The pitch is fairly direct. Protocols should be able to buy protection against smart contract exploits, oracle failures, bridge risk, and broader economic attacks, while XRP stakers earn yield from that demand. That gives the model a different angle from standard liquid staking. Users deposit XRP, mint FXRP and stake it into Firelight’s vault, receiving stXRP in return. That token can still move around the Flare DeFi stack while rewards continue to accrue. The speed of adoption is also part of the story. According to the company, the first deposit cap filled quickly, and the expanded cap saw heavy uptake as well, including whale-sized deposits above 1 million XRP. That kind of flow suggests this is not just retail experimentation. Bigger capital is at least starting to circle. DeFi exploits are making protection feel less optional The backdrop matters. DeFi exploits have already caused more than $137 million in losses this quarter, and recent stablecoin failures have once again exposed how thin the sector’s risk layer can look when something breaks. That is the gap Firelight is trying to monetize. Sentora describes the protocol less like an insurance wrapper and more like risk middleware for onchain markets, backed by exogenous capital and informed by active monitoring. Firelight has already launched Phase 1, focused on liquid staking without slashing risk. Phase 2, expected in Q2, is where the actual cover mechanism goes live. That is when the real test begins. The question is no longer just whether users will stake XRP. It is whether DeFi protocols are ready to pay for credible onchain claims-paying capacity at scale.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 28 that on March 25, the German federal government officially approved the “2026 Climate Protection Plan.” Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider announced a total of 67 measures in Berlin aimed at significantly reducing carbon emissions and accelerating the adoption of renewable energy. The German government intends to allocate 8 billion euros (approximately 63.644 billion RMB) for this plan, hoping to achieve an additional carbon emission reduction target of 27.1 million tons before 2030. On the energy consumption side, the plan expects to reduce the use of about 7 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 4 billion liters of gasoline; on the supply side, it focuses on onshore wind power, planning to add around 2,000 new wind turbines, contributing an incremental installed capacity of 12 GW, equivalent to roughly 15-20 current gas-fired power plants in terms of electricity generation. In the “2026 Climate Protection Plan,” the German government has decided to allocate 3 billion euros through the “Climate and Transformation Fund” (KTF), specifically to relaunch car purchase subsidy policies for low and middle-income households. Notably, Schneider made it clear that imported vehicles will not be excluded from the subsidy, which includes brands from China.

Golden Ten Data reported on March 28 that, due to rising costs of orange imports, Japanese food and beverage manufacturer Kagome has launched an orange-flavored juice called “Beyond” that, in fact, does not actually use oranges. The juice is priced at approximately 140 yen (195 milliliters). The manufacturer stated that after about two years of research and development, the company used its unique technology to replicate the taste of oranges and combined ingredients such as yellow carrots grown in New Zealand and apples. In recent years, orange prices in Japan have risen sharply due to poor harvests in major producing countries like Brazil, as well as the depreciation of the yen, and Japan relies heavily on imports. According to trade data, the import price of orange juice is about 980 yen (6.1 US dollars) per liter for 2025, nearly four times higher than in 2020.