XRP Price Drop Called 'Lunacy' by Flare CEO

PRICE MOVEXRP Price Drop Called'Lunacy' by Flare CEO12IMPORTANCECLOSED2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 1, 2026 06:20blockboard.net

CSD BR said it would bring assets onto the XRP Ledger, and XRP fell on the day of that announcement. Hugo Philion, Flare’s co-founder and CEO, called the market’s muted reaction to that Brazil move “lunacy.”

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Flare co-founder and CEO Hugo Philion called the muted reaction to the Brazil XRP Ledger announcement “lunacy.”
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The comment came from Hugo Philion, who is Flare’s co-founder and CEO.
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CSD BR, one of Brazil’s core securities depositories, said it would bring assets onto the XRP Ledger.
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What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

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The immediate effect is on XRP traders and watchers of Brazil’s securities plumbing, because CSD BR’s announcement and XRP’s drop landed on the same day. Anyone tracking the token or the market around it would have noticed that the price did not move up with the news, and Philion publicly highlighted that reaction.

What changes in practice is that CSD BR has said it would bring assets onto the XRP Ledger, which is a new step for that depository’s use of the network. What does not change from these pieces is that XRP still traded on the day of the announcement, and the market’s response remained negative rather than matching the news flow.

Market reaction

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Where this sits in the Flare series

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17 days ago FLR a 0.007615 $ high today it sits -13.1 % from there
1 days ago FLR a 0.006487 $ low today it sits +2.1 % from there

From what we have stored, starting 22 days ago.