I just can't believe that after just a little over a week of writing Flare articles on Substack, I'm already #12 in crypto. 🤯
The power of the $FLR community is REAL!! 🙏
#𝗡𝗜𝗢 𝗘��𝟵 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗨𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦: 𝟳𝟬% 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗕𝗨𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗-𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦!
𝗔 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮��
In a seismic shift that's shaking the very foundations of the luxury auto world, $NIO has just dropped a bombshell: a staggering 70% of the first 10,000 ES9 flagship SUV buyers are fresh blood, defecting from elite petrol dynasties like BMW and Mercedes!
This isn't just a sales milestone; it's a full-blown conquest campaign that's rewriting the rules of the premium segment.
The ES9, a magnificent beast measuring a colossal 5,365 millimeters, is officially China's largest battery-electric SUV, and it's proving to be an irresistible force.
Launched on May 27 with a starting price of 498,000 yuan ($73,500), this titanium-clad titan has achieved 10,000 deliveries in just 30 days – and the world is taking notice!
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
"We've rarely seen demand at this level," declared founder William Li, and the numbers back up his electrifying claim.
Over 50,000 pre-orders flooded in before the launch, and the top-tier Executive Signature and Horizon Special Edition trims have shattered expectations, causing wait times to balloon to an astonishing 16 to 17 weeks for the most exclusive models.
This isn't just a car; it's a statement, with former NBA legend Yao Ming serving as the model's Chief Experience Officer!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹
The ES9 isn't just winning new customers; it's actively energizing the entire brand. Incredibly, test drives of the ES9 have boosted order intake for its sibling, the ES8, by a whopping 30% week-over-week!
This halo effect is propelling NIO's entire lineup, with the ES8 already dominating China's large electric SUV segment and setting records for models priced above 400,000 yuan.
𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲
Under the hood, or rather, under the floor, the ES9 is a technological tour de force. It boasts a 520-kilowatt powertrain, a 102-kWh CATL battery delivering up to 635 kilometers of range, and a blistering 0-100 km/h time of just 4.3 seconds.
Its SkyRide active suspension and twin in-house Shenji NX9031 driving chips, paired with 31 sensors including LiDAR, make it a fortress of safety and intelligence.
𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
The financial world is roaring its approval. Deutsche Bank has already hiked its 2026 delivery forecast for NIO by 5%, anticipating monthly ES9 sales to hit a breathtaking 5,000 units.
With NIO targeting 456,000 to 489,000 deliveries in 2026, supported by a sprawling network of over 8,900 charging and battery-swap stations, the message is crystal clear: The electric revolution has a new emperor, and its name is NIO.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱
The era of the internal combustion engine's dominance is over. The ES9 is here, and it's conquering the luxury world, one new customer at a time!
XRPFi keeps growing on Flare. This week we're sharing more on that growth.
FXRP in DeFi. Vault deposits. Protocol activity.
See what's driving it on @Dune ☀️ https://t.co/v5dEUJdrOT
Rome. FAO Headquarters. July 2.
$DMTR CEO Jon Trask takes the stage at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Global Conference on Smart Farming - speaking on business models to scale smart farming for sustainable agrifood systems.
The FAO is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. This is not a startup event or a Web3 conference. This is the United Nations gathering policymakers, researchers, governments and private sector leaders from across the world to shape the future of global agriculture.
And @dimitratech has a seat at that table.
Barcelona. Jakarta. Monterrey. Lima. Now Rome.
I keep tracking this pattern because it tells you something that a price chart never can.
This team is not knocking on doors anymore. The doors are opening for them.
Let that sink in, I told you before Green Team has the heart and connection to souls which a lot of people or rather majority dont have in this space. Thats the gfit Dimitra has.
🏆 Stellar $XLM Strengthens Its Institutional RWA Leadership
Stellar continues to build real-world financial infrastructure at an impressive pace. 🌍 Matrixdock has officially expanded its tokenized gold asset XAUm to the Stellar network, while the Stellar Development Foundation is backing the initiative with a direct treasury investment—showing confidence in tokenized gold as a long-term institutional asset.
🥇 Each XAUm token is backed 1:1 by LBMA-accredited physical gold, independently audited and secured by leading global custodians. On Stellar, XAUm will integrate with the native DEX, liquidity pools, lending markets, and dedicated institutional vaults, bringing real utility to tokenized commodities.
📈 This is another major milestone for Stellar's rapidly growing RWA ecosystem, which now exceeds $3.3B in tokenized assets and stablecoins. Combined with recent developments like DTCC's planned integration and increasing enterprise adoption, Stellar continues to position itself as one of the leading blockchain networks for compliant, institutional-grade finance.
The momentum behind $XLM is no longer just about payments - it's about becoming the infrastructure layer for tokenized assets, stablecoins, and the future of global finance. 🌐
🔠 Watch Video: https://t.co/xocDLTSuvz
#Stellar #XLM #Crypto #Blockchain #DeFi
🎷 On 7 July, we will be at TEK, the crypto event of @MontreuxJazz, built on a floating terrace right on Lake Leman!
We'd love to see you there, so we're giving away:
10 x Montreux Jazz tickets for the 7th
10 x Pass for the TEK private area (drinks included)
10 x Pass for the Montreux Jazz Belvedere after party
50 x Fast lane access to the TEK public area
👉 To participate:
1️⃣ Follow us
2️⃣ Like & RT this post
3️⃣ Tag a +1 you'd bring with you, you'll both get a prize!
We'll draw winners on Friday 3, good luck!
🔹 Normalmente hablo mucho de XDC, pero el nuevo sistema financiero no será de una sola red.
Será multicadena.
Y por eso también merece la pena mirar a Stellar XLM. 👀
Stellar lleva años enfocada en:
🔸 pagos globales
🔸 remesas
🔸 inclusión financiera
🔸 activos tokenizados
🔸 bajo coste y rapidez
🔸 conexiones con casos de uso reales
✅ Mientras XDC apunta fuerte a comercio internacional, RWA y financiación comercial, XLM tiene una narrativa muy clara en pagos, acceso financiero y movimiento de valor global.
No se trata de elegir solo una.
Se trata de entender qué papel puede jugar cada red dentro de una infraestructura financiera más digital, interoperable y regulada.
#XLM #Stellar #ISO20022 #Crypto #Tokenization #RWA #Blockchain #DigitalAssets
NIO Signs Agreement with the Kunming Biodiversity Fund
On May 22, 2026, NIO signed an agreement with the Kunming Biodiversity Fund, becoming the first company to make a financial contribution to the Fund. NIO will launch a dedicated initiative and contribute funding and resources to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Chinese Co-Chair of the Fund, the Acting Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China, and Qin Lihong, Co-Founder and President of NIO. The agreement was jointly signed by a representative of the Fund and Shen Feng, Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Quality Management Committee of NIO.
In 2021, China announced the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to support biodiversity conservation in developing countries. On May 28, 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office formally signed a cooperation agreement, marking the official launch of the Fund.
The Kunming Biodiversity Fund is the world’s first biodiversity fund initiated by developing countries, dedicated to supporting other developing countries. It upholds the principles of international operations and multilateralism, and provides grant-based assistance to support developing countries in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The Fund focuses on key areas including ecosystem conservation and restoration, sustainable use of biodiversity, prevention and control of invasive alien species, and benefit-sharing of digital sequence information on genetic resources. As of December 2025, the first batch of nine projects has been implemented, and a second batch of 22 fully-funded projects has been approved, benefiting 34 developing countries.
NIO’s signing of the agreement with the Fund marks another significant step in its engagement in global biodiversity governance, following its launch of the Clean Parks initiative in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the UNDP. Meanwhile, Clean Parks has been included as a successful “Business and Biodiversity” case study in China’s Seventh National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
NIO will continue to uphold its mission, leveraging its strengths in green technology and clean energy. Together with users and global partners, NIO will take tangible action to support global biodiversity conservation and contribute to building a community of life on Earth, helping shape a sustainable and brighter future.
$XDC Network est présenté comme une infrastructure blockchain visant à moderniser le financement du commerce international, un marché estimé à 15 000 milliards $.
Le projet met en avant l’intégration d’acteurs institutionnels (Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered), l’acquisition de Contour Network, et la présence de 80M$ en USDC sur le réseau.
L’objectif est de combler un déficit de financement du commerce d’environ 2 500 milliards $, en améliorant l’efficacité des infrastructures financières globales.
Just created my Circles profile! Looking to get trusted by someone who’s already in the network. @aboutcircles
https://t.co/ClRAQEyRAs
https://t.co/FEZcnkBOHr
Introducing Circles — an ambitious experiment on money.
For the first time ever, you can create your own money without needing a bank or a government. 🧵
Franklin Templeton déploie sa plateforme BENJI sur le #XRPLedger en Asie, permettant la tokenisation de fonds monétaires (sgBENJI) et des échanges avec $RLUSD.
Objectif : créer une liquidité 24/7 sur des actifs tokenisés régulés, avec une infrastructure conforme (DigiFT / MAS) et un rôle clé du #XRPLedger comme rail de règlement pour les flux institutionnels.
Today, we released NIO's 2025 ESG Report, sharing our progress toward a more sustainable future. I'm deeply grateful to our users, employees, partners, and peers for the trust and support along the way.
Committed to our mission of "Blue Sky Coming, Shaping a Sustainable and Brighter Future Together," we'll keep pushing forward to ensure technological advancement truly creates lasting social value.
Let's Power Up! Let's Jiadian!⚡
#NIO #BlueSkyComing #ESG
On May 20, NIO Inc. released its 2025 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, outlining its management approach and progress in sustainable development from six dimensions: innovation & circularity, quality & co-creation, users & community, environment & nature, inclusive and shared prosperity, and compliance & governance. NIO reaffirmed its commitment to its founding mission, working to build a sustainable and brighter future through high-performance smart electric vehicles and ultimate user experiences. https://t.co/uEhdLUdGJl
#NIO #ESG #BlueSkyComing
I asked Grok whats the upside and here's the summary response:
- Massive growth runway / asymmetric upside
Gas fees in tx:native
Staking demand (to secure higher-value on-chain RWAs)
Governance/utility participation
This creates exponential, network-effect-driven demand for tx:native. If native were already dominant (say 50%+), the growth multiple would be far smaller.
- Stronger value accrual to tx:native vs. hybrid/wrapped models
Native: Full lifecycle on tx L1 → all activity (issuance, secondary trading, settlement, compliance checks) happens on-chain and burns/uses tx:native directly. Cleaner ownership rights, better composability with DeFi, and tighter price discovery/liquidity on tx itself.
Wrapped/Hybrid: Often custodial or partially off-chain → value leaks to other chains, custodians, or bridges. Less direct fee capture or staking demand for tx:native. Wrapped tokens can also fragment liquidity and create arbitrage risks that don’t benefit the base chain’s token.
Small current native share = tx:native captures the highest-margin, highest-utility slice as the market matures.
- Narrative + capital inflow premium for price action
Native positioning gives tx a clear “moat” narrative in the RWA supercycle: “the real on-chain infrastructure play” (vs. the sea of wrapper projects). This drives:Institutional/TV L inflows specifically to tx (not scattered across wrapped versions).
Higher velocity of tx:native in staking/governance as real yield-bearing RWAs (stocks, treasuries, credit) go fully native.
Reduced sell pressure long-term because utility demand grows with TVL (not just speculative hype).
- Risk/reward asymmetry in price behavior
In a hybrid/wrapped-heavy world, tx:native would compete in a crowded, lower-margin category with weaker tokenomics. The current small native allocation means tx:native can see outsized volatility to the upside on positive RWA adoption news (e.g., new issuers choosing native on tx), while downside is capped by the utility floor as activity ramps.
Bottom Line
The 2.7% native figure isn’t a bug — it’s the setup for a classic “early infrastructure winner” flywheel. being native-first positions to benefit disproportionately as the market inevitably moves up the Tokenization Progress Index. Most current tokenization is still “wrapped” because it’s easier/short-term, but native is where the real scale, compliance, and efficiency live — and that’s exactly where accrues value. (Not financial advice — always DYOR on tokenomics, adoption metrics, etc.)
$NIO #NIO Power stats show installations of 3851 batteryswap stations, 5023 charging stations w/ 28,863 charging piles &access to 1.61m 3rd party chargers. #NIO has provided 86% of its power distribution going to nonNIOs & 110m batteryswaps in total
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