US and EU users who prioritise a spotless security record — no major hack since 2011 — and want a serious pro-grade trading terminal.
Convert between FLR and US dollars at the live rate.
$0.150073
−95.69% from current
$0.006333
+2.15% from current
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US and EU users who prioritise a spotless security record — no major hack since 2011 — and want a serious pro-grade trading terminal.
Institutions and funds requiring an SEC-registered venue with segregated qualified custody and audited on-chain reserves.
Active spot traders chasing the deepest global liquidity and the widest listing catalogue outside the US perimeter.
Traders who mix spot and on-chain — the Web3 wallet, DEX aggregator and Ethereum L2 X Layer sit inside the same account as CEX pairs.
Long-horizon EU holders who want the oldest continuously-operating exchange (2011) with conservative listings and full MiCA licensing.
Derivatives-first traders who want tighter perp funding and a maker-friendly fee schedule; accept offshore regulatory footprint.
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Flare (FLR) is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 with two oracle protocols built directly into the base chain. Hugo Philion, Sean Rowan, and Dr. Naïri Usher founded the project; the network launched in January 2021, and the main token distribution events ran through 2023 and beyond. The original pitch was simple: bring smart contracts to chains that never had them, starting with XRP, Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin.
The thing that makes Flare different from a generic L1 is what sits underneath the EVM. Most chains rely on third-party oracle services for price data and cross-chain messaging. Flare bakes those services into the chain itself: the FTSO (Flare Time Series Oracle) for prices, the FDC (Flare Data Connector) for arbitrary off-chain data, and FAssets for trust-minimized representations of non-smart-contract coins. FLR is the gas token, the staking and delegation token, and the asset paid out in monthly FlareDrops.
FLR trades on Binance, Coinbase (in supported regions), Kraken, OKX, KuCoin, and Bitfinex, with the deepest liquidity in FLR/USDT and FLR/USD. Live data on this page comes from a multi-venue feed and refreshes every 60 seconds. The all-time high near $0.15 was set in November 2021 during the early token go-live cycle; price has spent most of the time since well below that level.
What actually moves the FLR price:
The numbers in the price card above are live. For multi-year scenarios, see our Flare price forecast.
The Flare Time Series Oracle is Flare’s answer to Chainlink Price Feeds, and it sits at the protocol layer rather than in a separate set of contracts. Independent data providers submit price quotes for tracked feeds (FLR/USD, BTC/USD, XRP/USD, ETH/USD, and dozens of others). The protocol filters outliers, weights the rest by delegated voting power, and writes a single reference price on-chain every few seconds.
For a builder, the FTSO is free at the read layer: any contract on Flare can pull a verified price without paying per-call oracle fees. That changes the economics of building lending markets, perpetuals, and stablecoin systems on the chain.
FAssets is the system that gives Flare its core thesis. XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin do not run smart contracts on their own networks. FAssets locks the underlying coin with a network of agents who post FLR (and stablecoin) collateral, then mints a trust-minimized representation on Flare: FXRP, FBTC, FDOGE. Those tokens behave like any ERC-20: they can be lent, swapped, used as collateral, or routed through DeFi.
How the system fits together:
FAssets is also the reason XRP holders care about Flare in the first place. The original December 2020 snapshot promised a 1:1 distribution to XRP holders, and the long-running FlareDrop replaces the simpler one-shot drop that was originally pitched. FAssets is the utility layer that should give those tokens a reason to stay on Flare instead of cycling back to XRP.
Songbird (SGB) launched in September 2021 and works as a permanent staging environment for Flare. New protocol features ship to Songbird first, run with real economic value at risk, and only graduate to Flare mainnet once they survive the canary phase. The FTSO went live on Songbird before Flare; the FDC went live there before mainnet; FAssets v1 ran on Songbird before v1.1 went to Flare.
The original cap was set at roughly 100 billion FLR, with allocations across the team, the Flare Foundation, ecosystem incentives, and the community airdrop. The community share is what drives most of the supply schedule today.
The supply story is the most honest part of the Flare valuation case. New supply hits the market every month, and the FlareDrop is the largest source of sell pressure outside macro moves. That keeps the price tied to whether FAssets and FTSO usage can absorb the unlocks rather than just to crypto beta.
FLR is listed on most regulated venues and trades against USDT and USD with reasonable depth. The decision worth thinking about is what you do after the buy: leaving FLR on an exchange means missing the FlareDrop and FTSO rewards, both of which require WFLR in self-custody.
Send a small test transfer the first time you withdraw to a new wallet. The Flare network has its own chain ID and confirmation rules, and the cost of a test transaction is much lower than the cost of a misrouted balance.
Two things shape the FLR risk profile more than day-to-day volatility: a long-running supply schedule that adds new tokens every month, and a competitive oracle market where Chainlink and Pyth already own most of the brand recognition.
This page is information, not financial advice. Talk to a licensed advisor before allocating real capital.
Analysis last updated:
Flare (FLR) trades at $0.006469 with a 24-hour volume of $2.89M and a market capitalization of $562.07M. The asset is currently ranked #94 among all tracked cryptocurrencies.
In the last 24 hours, the FLR price has fallen +2.30%. On a seven-day window, Flare has retraced +2.77%, under sustained selling pressure on both windows. Short-term moves are often amplified by liquidity, news flow, and derivatives positioning, so confirm signals across multiple indicators before acting.
Flare's all-time high of $0.150073 was set on January 9, 2023. The current price sits +95.69% below that peak. Distance from the all-time high is a common reference point when evaluating long recoveries and macro support or resistance.
Buying Flare (FLR) is a five-step routine once you have picked the right venue and pair. The steps below mirror what most investors do today.
You can also use the Flare converter above to estimate how much FLR you would get for a given dollar amount before placing the order.
Whether Flare is a good investment depends on your goals, time horizon, and tolerance for volatility. Like all cryptocurrencies, FLR carries real market risk: prices can rise or fall sharply in a day, and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.
This page provides data and analysis for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice. Always do your own research, diversify, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.


