<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Shield Finance Blog</title><description>Updates and explainers from Shield Finance: liquid XRP staking, FAssets, $SHIELD tokenomics, and protocol development.</description><link>https://blog.shyield.finance/</link><item><title>A new home for the Shield Finance blog</title><link>https://blog.shyield.finance/posts/new-home-for-the-shield-blog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.shyield.finance/posts/new-home-for-the-shield-blog/</guid><description>The blog now runs on Cloudflare Workers at the edge, completing the migration of the Shield Finance web fleet to dedicated infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The $SHIELD deflationary flywheel, explained</title><link>https://blog.shyield.finance/posts/shield-tokenomics-deflationary-flywheel/</link><guid 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