Flare Joins LayerZero as a DVN, Bringing Network-Level Security to Cross-Chain Value
Flare has joined LayerZero as a DVN, bringing network-level security to the OFT Standard: the cross-chain token standard behind more than 85% of cross-chain USD volume and over $300B in lifetime transfers, used by issuers including Tether, PayPal, Paxos, and Ondo. The Flare DVN goes live on mainnet in early December, and any OFT issuer can then add it to their security stack, backed by Flare’s Network of Data.
Flare’s data already powers XRPFi, verifying the millions of FXRP minted so far, now on seven networks. With LayerZero, Flare’s data infrastructure extends beyond its own ecosystem.
What makes Flare’s DVN different
While a DVN can be run by a single operator, Flare’s is backed by 100 independent data providers, drawn from the validators that secure Flare. When a message is sent on LayerZero, each provider checks the source chain independently, and the message is only confirmed once a stake-weighted majority agrees. That result is relayed to the destination chain, where the DVN’s verifier contract checks it before the DVN votes on LayerZero.
Why it matters now
For issuers, reaching the users, apps and liquidity means moving assets between these networks. Stablecoin supply alone is approximately $300 billion, spread across dozens of networks. That makes cross-chain transfers, and the verification behind them, increasingly important.
On LayerZero, issuers choose which DVNs verify their transactions and how many must agree. Requiring several independent verifiers avoids relying on any single one.
The Flare DVN isn’t tied to a single data provider, and anyone can deliver the proof. That gives issuers a further, different basis of trust alongside the DVNs they already use.
Why it matters for FLR
Once the DVN is live, any OFT, a token that moves natively across chains on LayerZero, can have its transfers verified by Flare’s network on supported chains. Apps pay the DVN in their own chain’s token. Each verification then runs as an FDC request, paid in FLR, and 90% of every FDC fee flows to FIRE, the Flare Income Reinvestment Entity. The signing weight behind every verification comes from FLR staked and delegated to Flare’s data providers. As more issuers add the Flare DVN, more cross-chain value runs through the network FLR secures.
Live on Flare and Ethereum first
The Flare DVN goes live on mainnet in early December, starting with Flare and Ethereum. New EVM chains need no code change once FDC supports them, so coverage can grow quickly. Apps and issuers on LayerZero can add Flare to their DVN set once it’s live. To add Flare to your security stack, talk to Flare’s developer team (flare.network/resources/technical-support) or LayerZero.
About Flare
Flare is the blockchain for data. Its native protocols, FTSO for prices and FDC for verifying events on other chains, form one data stack. That stack first made XRP productive: FAssets turned XRP into FXRP, the largest non-custodial XRP bridge, now on seven networks, and Smart Accounts let holders use it from their XRPL wallets. What began with XRPFi now reaches beyond Flare: the same data verifies cross-chain messages as a LayerZero DVN, backed by 100 independent validators, and Flare Confidential Compute is extending it to private applications. One data stack, making more markets possible.
About LayerZero
LayerZero connects the world's most important assets to the world's most utilized blockchains. Issuers use the OFT Standard to distribute assets to 110+ chains. Chains use LayerZero Endpoints to connect to those assets and users. Wallets and exchanges use the Value Transfer API to move them. Trusted by Tether, PayPal, Paxos, Ondo and Anchorage Digital, LayerZero is the standard for cross-chain interoperability.