July marked Stellar's 12-year anniversary amid significant ecosystem growth. Three major financial institutions—MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range—joined as Tier One validators, expanding the network's core consensus from 7 to 10 independent operators. $1B in tokenized private credit is flowing to Stellar through institutional partners.
Stellar celebrated its 12th anniversary in July 2026 while marking inflection points in institutional adoption and infrastructure maturity. MoneyGram (with 5 years of Stellar integration), Figure Markets (issuer of YLDS stablecoin), and Range (security firm monitoring 200+ networks) became Tier One validators, growing the consensus layer from 7 to 10 independent organizations. This expansion signals network resilience and institutional credibility, with planned full quorum integration by mid-August. Concurrently, tokenization platform Tradable committed $1B of private credit to Stellar with $500M expected at launch. The SDF team toured Stellar Summit in São Paulo, with CEO Tomer conducting an AMA highlighting infrastructure evolution and consensus layer re-engineering.
