Key Takeaways
The Flare mainnet upgrade is officially activating today, but instead of rallying, the FLR price is hovering dangerously close to a breakdown.
While the upgrade enhances scalability, performance, and smart contract efficiency, the charts tell a very different story.
Traders now want to know: Can the Flare upgrade spark a recovery, or is the FLR price about to hit new lows?
Here’s what the data shows.
Flare is deploying two major hard forks bringing essential Cancun/Dencun features to its ecosystem, including:
Faster memory operations with the MCOPY opcode
Cheaper temporary storage via TSTORE and TLOAD
Improved dApp scalability and performance
Dynamic staking fees on the P-chain based on gas usage
The P-chain is also adding dynamic staking fees based on gas usage, with updated tooling like flarejs already released.
Songbird activated on November 25, 2025, followed by Flare on December 2, and all node operators must upgrade to go-flare v1.12.0 ahead of the fork.
Upcoming network upgrades: What’s coming & why It matters @FlareNetworks is preparing for two upcoming hard forks that will introduce major improvements to performance, efficiency, and scalability across the ecosystem. These upgrades activate key components of the Cancun/Dencun… pic.twitter.com/S3d11l199e
— Flare ☀️ (@FlareNetworks) November 21, 2025
Despite the fundamental improvements, price action remains bearish, and the charts suggest the upgrade may not be enough to reverse the trend.
The charts show that FLR has created lower highs under a diagonal resistance (dashed) since the start of 2024.
The most recent rejection (red icon) in October triggered a downward movement that is still ongoing.
Today, the FLR price is barely holding above the $0.012 horizontal support area.
This support area is crucial, as it has been in existence for over a year.

Bulls are still in control while the area exists, but the price action suggests a breakdown is inevitable.
Once a breakdown occurs, the FLR price could plummet below its 2024 low.
Momentum indicators suggest a breakdown is incoming.
Combined with the FLR price action, the bearish readings suggest a breakdown is incoming.

So, all eyes are on the $0.0120 horizontal area. If that fails, the Flare price could plummet by another 35% to new lows.
Unless FLR bounces decisively from the $0.012 support, a deeper correction looks increasingly likely.
If buyers fail to step in, FLR may be headed for fresh lows despite the mainnet upgrade.