diff --git a/docs/FEATURED_LISTINGS_UI.md b/docs/FEATURED_LISTINGS_UI.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Featured Listings Carousel
+
+The marketplace featured carousel reads from `GET /api/marketplace/featured` and presents the returned curated listings before the full marketplace results area.
+
+## Data source
+
+The endpoint returns the standard API wrapper with `data.listings` and `data.total`. Each listing uses the backend `MarketplacePublicListing` shape:
+
+- `listingId`
+- `commitmentId`
+- `type`
+- `amount`
+- `remainingDays`
+- `maxLoss`
+- `currentYield`
+- `complianceScore`
+- `price`
+
+The carousel also accepts an unwrapped `{ listings, total }` payload in case local mocks bypass the API wrapper.
+
+## UI behavior
+
+- Loading: renders a compact status panel while the request is in flight.
+- Empty: returns `null`, so the marketplace page keeps the existing grid flow.
+- Error: renders an inline alert with a retry button.
+- Success: maps each listing into the existing `MarketplaceCard` and adds a small trust/risk strip using `TrustBadge` plus max-loss copy.
+
+## Accessibility notes
+
+The carousel is exposed as a labelled region with a focusable horizontal list. Prev/next buttons call the same scrolling path as the keyboard controls. When the list has focus, ArrowLeft and ArrowRight move by approximately one card width without trapping focus.
+
+## Review checklist
+
+- Mock `/api/marketplace/featured` with one, many, empty, and failed responses.
+- Confirm the section disappears for empty results.
+- Confirm the focus ring is visible on the list and controls.
+- Confirm cards keep their existing details/trade behavior because rendering is delegated to `MarketplaceCard`.
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diff --git a/src/app/marketplace/page.tsx b/src/app/marketplace/page.tsx
index 3a5e4080..84b79546 100644
--- a/src/app/marketplace/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/marketplace/page.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { MarketplaceGrid } from '@/components/MarketplaceGrid'
 import { MarketplaceResultsLayout } from '@/components/MarketplaceResultsLayout'
 import MarketplaceFilters from '@/components/MarketplaceFilter/MarketplaceFilters'
 import { MarketplaceGridSkeleton } from '@/components/MarketplaceGridSkeleton'
+import { FeaturedListingsCarousel } from '@/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel'
 
 // Interfaces matching the components
 interface Filters {
@@ -433,6 +434,8 @@ export default function Marketplace() {
           onSearchChange={setSearchQuery}
         />
 
+        <FeaturedListingsCarousel />
+
         {/* Mobile Filter Toggle */}
         <div className="md:hidden mb-6">
           <button
diff --git a/src/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel.tsx b/src/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel.tsx
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+'use client'
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type KeyboardEvent } from 'react'
+import { MarketplaceCard, type CommitmentType, type MarketplaceCardProps } from './MarketplaceCard'
+import { TrustBadge, type TrustLevel } from './TrustBadge'
+
+type FeaturedListing = {
+  listingId: string
+  commitmentId: string
+  type: CommitmentType
+  amount: number
+  remainingDays: number
+  maxLoss: number
+  currentYield: number
+  complianceScore: number
+  price: number
+}
+
+type FeaturedListingsResponse = {
+  listings?: FeaturedListing[]
+  total?: number
+  data?: {
+    listings?: FeaturedListing[]
+    total?: number
+  }
+}
+
+function formatCurrency(value: number) {
+  return new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', {
+    style: 'currency',
+    currency: 'USD',
+    maximumFractionDigits: 0,
+  }).format(value)
+}
+
+function formatPercent(value: number) {
+  return `${value.toFixed(1).replace(/\.0$/, '')}%`
+}
+
+function trustLevelFor(score: number): TrustLevel {
+  if (score >= 92) return 'verified'
+  if (score >= 85) return 'reputable'
+  return 'unverified'
+}
+
+function cardFromListing(listing: FeaturedListing): MarketplaceCardProps {
+  const id = listing.commitmentId.replace(/^CMT-/, '') || listing.listingId
+
+  return {
+    id,
+    type: listing.type,
+    score: listing.complianceScore,
+    amount: formatCurrency(listing.amount),
+    duration: `${listing.remainingDays} days`,
+    yield: formatPercent(listing.currentYield),
+    maxLoss: formatPercent(listing.maxLoss),
+    owner: listing.listingId,
+    price: formatCurrency(listing.price),
+    forSale: listing.price > 0,
+    trustLevel: trustLevelFor(listing.complianceScore),
+  }
+}
+
+function getListings(payload: FeaturedListingsResponse): FeaturedListing[] {
+  return payload.data?.listings ?? payload.listings ?? []
+}
+
+export function FeaturedListingsCarousel() {
+  const [items, setItems] = useState<FeaturedListing[]>([])
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const trackRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+
+  const loadFeatured = useCallback(async (signal?: AbortSignal) => {
+    setIsLoading(true)
+    setError(null)
+
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch('/api/marketplace/featured', { signal })
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`Featured listings request failed with ${response.status}`)
+      }
+
+      const payload = (await response.json()) as FeaturedListingsResponse
+      setItems(getListings(payload))
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof DOMException && err.name === 'AbortError') return
+      setError('Featured listings are temporarily unavailable.')
+      setItems([])
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    void loadFeatured(controller.signal)
+    return () => controller.abort()
+  }, [loadFeatured])
+
+  const scrollByCard = useCallback((direction: -1 | 1) => {
+    const track = trackRef.current
+    if (!track) return
+
+    const cardWidth = track.querySelector('article')?.clientWidth ?? 320
+    track.scrollBy({ left: direction * (cardWidth + 24), behavior: 'smooth' })
+  }, [])
+
+  const handleKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      scrollByCard(-1)
+    }
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      scrollByCard(1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!isLoading && !error && items.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <section
+      aria-labelledby="featured-listings-title"
+      className="mb-8 rounded-3xl border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.03] p-4 sm:p-6 shadow-[0_20px_60px_rgba(0,0,0,0.28)]"
+    >
+      <div className="mb-5 flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-end sm:justify-between">
+        <div>
+          <div className="mb-2 inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-[#0FF0FC33] bg-[#0FF0FC0D] px-3 py-1 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-[#0FF0FC]">
+            Curated entry point
+          </div>
+          <h2 id="featured-listings-title" className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight text-white">
+            Featured listings
+          </h2>
+          <p className="mt-2 max-w-2xl text-sm leading-6 text-white/55">
+            High-compliance commitments selected for quick review, with trust and loss cues visible before opening the full marketplace grid.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+
+        {!isLoading && !error && items.length > 1 && (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2" aria-label="Featured listing controls">
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => scrollByCard(-1)}
+              className="focus-ring rounded-full border border-white/15 bg-white/5 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white/80 transition hover:bg-white/10"
+              aria-label="Show previous featured listing"
+            >
+              Prev
+            </button>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => scrollByCard(1)}
+              className="focus-ring rounded-full border border-white/15 bg-white/5 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white/80 transition hover:bg-white/10"
+              aria-label="Show next featured listing"
+            >
+              Next
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {isLoading && (
+        <div role="status" className="rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-black/30 p-6 text-sm text-white/60">
+          Loading featured listings...
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {error && (
+        <div role="alert" className="rounded-2xl border border-[#FF890466] bg-[#2b1c10]/70 p-5 text-sm text-white/80">
+          <p>{error}</p>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => loadFeatured()}
+            className="focus-ring mt-3 rounded-full border border-white/15 bg-white/5 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-white/80 hover:bg-white/10"
+          >
+            Retry
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {!isLoading && !error && items.length > 0 && (
+        <div
+          ref={trackRef}
+          role="list"
+          tabIndex={0}
+          aria-label="Featured marketplace listings"
+          onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+          className="custom-scrollbar -mx-2 flex snap-x gap-5 overflow-x-auto px-2 pb-3 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[#0FF0FC]"
+        >
+          {items.map((item) => {
+            const card = cardFromListing(item)
+            return (
+              <div key={item.listingId} role="listitem" className="w-[300px] shrink-0 snap-start sm:w-[340px]">
+                <div className="mb-3 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-black/30 px-3 py-2">
+                  <TrustBadge level={card.trustLevel ?? 'unverified'} showTooltip={false} />
+                  <span className="text-xs font-semibold text-white/55">Max loss {card.maxLoss}</span>
+                </div>
+                <MarketplaceCard {...card} />
+              </div>
+            )
+          })}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  )
+}
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diff --git a/tests/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel.test.tsx b/tests/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel.test.tsx
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+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest'
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { FeaturedListingsCarousel } from '../../src/components/FeaturedListingsCarousel'
+
+vi.mock('../../src/components/MarketplaceCard', () => ({
+  MarketplaceCard: ({ id, price, trustLevel }: { id: string; price: string; trustLevel: string }) => (
+    <article aria-label={`Commitment ${id}`} data-price={price} data-trust={trustLevel} />
+  ),
+}))
+
+const featuredResponse = {
+  success: true,
+  data: {
+    listings: [
+      {
+        listingId: 'LST-001',
+        commitmentId: 'CMT-001',
+        type: 'Safe',
+        amount: 50000,
+        remainingDays: 25,
+        maxLoss: 2,
+        currentYield: 5.2,
+        complianceScore: 95,
+        price: 52000,
+      },
+      {
+        listingId: 'LST-002',
+        commitmentId: 'CMT-002',
+        type: 'Balanced',
+        amount: 100000,
+        remainingDays: 45,
+        maxLoss: 8,
+        currentYield: 12.5,
+        complianceScore: 88,
+        price: 105000,
+      },
+    ],
+    total: 2,
+  },
+}
+
+function mockFetch(response: unknown, ok = true) {
+  vi.stubGlobal(
+    'fetch',
+    vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      ok,
+      status: ok ? 200 : 500,
+      json: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(response),
+    }),
+  )
+}
+
+describe('FeaturedListingsCarousel', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('fetches featured listings and renders cards with trust cues', async () => {
+    mockFetch(featuredResponse)
+
+    render(<FeaturedListingsCarousel />)
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('status')).toHaveTextContent(/loading featured/i)
+    const region = await screen.findByRole('region', { name: /featured listings/i })
+    const list = within(region).getByRole('list', { name: /featured marketplace listings/i })
+
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/marketplace/featured', expect.objectContaining({ signal: expect.any(AbortSignal) }))
+    expect(within(list).getAllByRole('listitem')).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('article', { name: /commitment 001/i })).toHaveAttribute('data-price', '$52,000')
+    expect(screen.getByText(/max loss 2%/i)).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('supports next, previous, and keyboard scrolling controls', async () => {
+    mockFetch(featuredResponse)
+    const scrollBy = vi.fn()
+    Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollBy', { configurable: true, value: scrollBy })
+    Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientWidth', { configurable: true, value: 300 })
+
+    render(<FeaturedListingsCarousel />)
+
+    const list = await screen.findByRole('list', { name: /featured marketplace listings/i })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /show next/i }))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /show previous/i }))
+    fireEvent.keyDown(list, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(list, { key: 'ArrowLeft' })
+
+    expect(scrollBy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ left: 324, behavior: 'smooth' }))
+    expect(scrollBy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ left: -324, behavior: 'smooth' }))
+  })
+
+  it('hides when the endpoint returns no featured listings', async () => {
+    mockFetch({ success: true, data: { listings: [], total: 0 } })
+
+    render(<FeaturedListingsCarousel />)
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('region', { name: /featured listings/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+  })
+
+  it('shows an error state and retries the request', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, status: 500, json: vi.fn() })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, status: 200, json: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(featuredResponse) })
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock)
+
+    render(<FeaturedListingsCarousel />)
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent(/temporarily unavailable/i)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /retry/i }))
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('article', { name: /commitment 001/i })).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+})
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