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| 1h | 24h | 7d | 30d | 60d | 90d |
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| 0.78% | 3.35% | 0.01% | 13.94% | 47.51% | 34.57% |
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| Address | Token | Quantity | Percentage | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0xa9bb...65b6 |   FIRO | 226,023.68 | 1.3% | $207.49K |
| MEXC 10 (89cb) | FIRO | 189,782.43 | 1.09% | $174.22K |
| Binance 57 (d4e3) | FIRO | 138,968.58 | 0.8% | $127.57K |
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About Firo
Firo is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency and ecosystem that enables private transactions on-chain. Its core business revolves around the Lelantus Spark protocol, which provides trustless privacy with a large anonymity set, along with Dandelion++ for network-layer privacy. The ecosystem also includes Elysium, a tokenization layer that allows users to create their own privacy-enabled tokens, and Spark Names, a human-readable address system that simplifies sending funds.
The core narrative is 'privacy you don't have to fight' — making private payments practical for everyday use. The main market pain point is that traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin expose transaction data publicly, while existing privacy coins often sacrifice usability or require complex setup. Firo addresses this by offering private-by-default transactions that are fast and final in seconds, with a mobile wallet called Campfire for easy access.
In the past six months, Firo released v0.14.16.0 in May 2026, which improved Spark Name renewal and transfer mechanics so users only pay for the time they actually add, plus various wallet and RPC fixes. In August 2026, v0.14.18.0 activated a mandatory hard fork that fully restored multi-input Spark spending after a vulnerability was discovered earlier that month — the temporary fix had restricted spends to a single input, which weakened privacy. The permanent fix introduced a new versioned spend format with additional hardening measures. In September 2026, FIRO was listed on Nonlogs.io, a no-KYC privacy-focused exchange, with trading pairs against USDT, BTC, and XMR.
One notable negative event within the last two years: the Spark vulnerability affecting multi-input spends was disclosed in August 2026, temporarily limiting privacy for affected transactions until the hard fork fix was deployed.
Bearish: In August 2026, a multi-input spend vulnerability in the Spark protocol was disclosed, posing a coin-forgery risk; the official temporarily disabled multi-input spends. Although no actual inflation was found, confidence was shaken in the short term ().
Bullish: v0.14.18.0 was released on August 27, and the hard fork activated on September 4, permanently fixing the vulnerability and restoring full multi-input Spark functionality (); on September 8, FIRO was listed on privacy exchange Nonlogs.io with new pairs including FIRO/XMR ().
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Poramin Insom (Founder): Founded Zcoin (now Firo) in 2016. M.S. in Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins University, where he wrote a paper on practical Zerocoin implementation. Created the first Zerocoin implementation and drove research into the MTP mining algorithm. Facilitated the Thai Democrat Party's primary election on Firo's blockchain in 2018, the first large-scale political election on a blockchain. Served in the Thai military in cyberwarfare.
Reuben Yap (Co-Founder): Joined shortly after inception, now Project Steward. Led overall strategy, development, and research. Founded one of Southeast Asia's earliest VPN services to combat censorship. Former law firm partner with 10+ years in legal and institutional advisory. Featured in BBC, Nasdaq Tradetalks, Forbes, Coindesk, Reuters, Cheddar News.
Aram Jivanyan (Chief Privacy Architect): Created Lelantus and Lelantus Spark protocols, influencing Monero's Triptych/Seraphis and Beam's Lelantus-MW. Designed privacy-preserving voting system Aura.