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Crypto is volatile Reserve Rights’ price can move sharply in both directions sometimes within a single trading session. It’s an asset class to approach with capital you’re prepared to see fluctuate in value. General information only not a prediction or recommendation.
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Where it’s held matters Crypto bought on an exchange typically sits on the exchange’s balance sheet. Institutional custody holds your RSR separately a structural difference worth understanding before you buy.
How custody worksBroker vs exchange Buying Reserve Rights through a broker works differently from a self-serve exchange order book. Understanding how the two differ helps you choose the path that fits how you want to buy.
See the differenceLarger trades are different Buying a significant amount of Reserve Rights in one go can move an exchange’s order book against you. OTC execution is built for size filling large orders without that market impact.
About OTC tradingReserve RightsA plain-English look at what it is, how it works, and what it's used for, so you can understand the asset before you buy.
Reserve Rights (RSR) is an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token at the centre of the Reserve Protocol a decentralised platform that allows anyone to create fully collateralised stablecoins, known as RTokens, and on-chain fund-like products called Decentralized Token Folios (DTFs). RSR launched in May 2019 following an initial exchange offering on Huobi Prime, and was founded by Nevin Freeman (CEO) and Matt Elder (CTO, previously of Google and Quixey).
RSR serves two interconnected roles within the Reserve Protocol. The first is governance: RSR holders can stake their tokens and use them to propose and vote on configuration changes for RTokens, including which collateral assets back a given RToken, how revenue generated by that collateral is distributed, and other risk parameters. This governance process runs through Governor Anastasius, a variant of the widely used OpenZeppelin Governor framework, which enforces structured voting periods and execution delays. The second role is as a first-loss insurance mechanism. RSR holders can stake their tokens against specific RTokens or DTFs. In exchange, stakers earn a share of the revenue generated by that product’s underlying collateral. However, if the collateral backing an RToken were to default or lose value, staked RSR would be used first to make RToken holders whole meaning RSR stakers bear the initial risk in exchange for the yield they receive. This staking model includes unstaking delays of between 7 and 30 days, designed to prevent stakers from withdrawing their backstop capital the moment risk appears, which would defeat its purpose as insurance.
RSR is used to stake against RTokens and DTFs as first-loss insurance capital, earning a share of the revenue those products generate in return for taking on collateral risk. This is the primary mechanism by which RSR holders can earn yield from the token. RSR is also the governance token for the Reserve Protocol staked RSR is used to vote on proposals affecting RToken configurations, risk parameters, and revenue distribution models through the Governor Anastasius framework. Because RSR is an ERC-20 token, it is compatible with major Ethereum wallets including MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and hardware wallets such as Trezor, and can be used across DeFi platforms that support ERC-20 staking.
• First-loss insurance. RSR can be staked against specific RTokens or DTFs to provide backstop capital. Stakers earn revenue share but bear initial losses if the underlying collateral defaults.
• Governance via Governor Anastasius. RSR holders propose and vote on RToken configuration changes through a structured governance framework based on OpenZeppelin Governor.
• Fixed maximum supply. RSR has a hard cap of 100 billion tokens, with approximately 62.5 billion in circulation as of mid-2026 and the remainder released on a gradual emission schedule.
• Revenue-based yield, not inflation. Stakers earn yield from actual protocol revenue generated by RToken collateral, rather than from new token issuance with unstaking delays of 7 to 30 days.
• Powers RTokens and DTFs. The Reserve Protocol allows anyone to launch fully collateralised stablecoins (RTokens) or on-chain fund-like products (Decentralized Token Folios), with RSR underpinning their governance and insurance.
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