Flare will push a major expansion of XRPFi, its XRP-based decentralised finance ecosystem, over the next six months, aiming to make XRP usable as a DeFi asset rather than only for payments. CEO Hugo Philion said Flare will become a fully programmable layer for the XRP Ledger and roll out upgrades starting in about two weeks. FXRP issuance has exceeded 150 million, and he projected up to 5 billion XRP could flow into Flare, though analysts see security checks and stablecoin liquidity as key hurdles.

Meta is introducing a private AI chat feature for WhatsApp and the Meta AI app that is designed so even the company cannot read the conversations. The new mode, called Incognito Chat with Meta AI, does not save chats by default and messages disappear. Meta said it runs on WhatsApp’s Private Processing technology, with computing done in a secure environment inaccessible to Meta. The rollout will be phased over the coming months.