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A podcast interview with AirTM CEO Ruben Galindo discusses the company's 11-year journey solving cross-border payment challenges using stablecoins on Stellar, from Venezuela's hyperinflation to enterprise payroll for 250,000 workers in 150 countries. AirTM excels in the 'last mile' by enabling fast, low-cost cashouts to 488 local payment methods. The conversation highlights Stellar's role, stablecoin advantages, and the need for patience in building generational fintech infrastructure.

Podcast on interoperability in blockchain featuring Meru and Etherfuse discussing stablecoin and stablebond adoption across Latin America, regulatory progress, and building financial infrastructure for emerging markets.

Stellar Development Foundation hosts a discussion on Meru, a Stellar-based non-custodial wallet enabling stablecoin adoption in Bolivia amid dollar shortages. Carlos Neira explains Meru's organic growth, user behaviors like QR payments and high-yield savings via Blend, and why Stellar's developer tools and financial interoperability were key choices. The talk covers regulatory shifts, B2B expansions, and emerging market opportunities.

Four infrastructure leaders discuss how payment cards bridge mainstream crypto adoption. Panelists from Polygon, Stellar, Visa, and Pi Squared share distinct strategies: Polygon focuses LATAM peer-to-peer volume; Stellar leverages batteries-included payments infrastructure; Visa integrates stablecoins into its merchant network; Pi Squared explores alternative non-blockchain payment infrastructure.

U.S. Bank, Stellar Development Foundation, and PwC discuss a stablecoin pilot on Stellar designed for regulated financial institutions. The project highlights Stellar's bank-grade features: asset freezing and transaction reversal at the protocol layer, plus privacy controls for enterprise deployments.

A documentary explores Argentina's economic crisis, hyperinflation, and heavy reliance on informal dollar markets and stablecoins like USDT and USDC. Despite economic improvements under President Milei, distrust in the formal banking system and high taxes drive continued adoption of stablecoins as a dollar proxy. The content reveals stablecoins bridging fiat and crypto in emerging markets facing currency instability.

In this Block by Block podcast episode, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Danelle Dixon interviews Etherfuse CEO Dave Taylor about tokenizing local currency sovereign bonds as 'stable bonds' on the Stellar blockchain. They discuss how this enables cheap FX, yield-bearing local currency assets, and reduces dollarization in emerging markets like Mexico and Brazil. Etherfuse aims to bring over 100 sovereign currencies on-chain to empower local economies and interoperability.

Stellar's CPO Tomer Weller discusses MoneyGram's integration of USDC cash-to-crypto conversion at 400,000+ agents globally. The video covers real-world stablecoin use cases from Ukrainian refugee aid to health worker payroll in Syria and examines why legacy distribution networks matter for blockchain payments.

Legal experts from the U.S. and Brazil discuss crypto regulation at Meridian 2025, covering the Genius Act for stablecoins, the Clarity Act, Brazil's Central Bank oversight framework, and how clear regulation can foster innovation while protecting investors.

Panel discussion at Meridian conference on simplifying crypto UX through wallet infrastructure, stablecoins, and remittances. Speakers from Stellar, Privy, and Beans discuss hiding blockchain complexity to enable mainstream adoption.

Panel discussion on PayFi (payment finance) featuring leaders from Polyflow, Visa, ARF, and Masari exploring how stablecoin-based solutions can reduce cross-border payment costs from 4-6% to under 1% while addressing regulatory, infrastructure, and adoption challenges in global finance.

MoneyGram launches next-generation app in Colombia enabling instant USDC transfers on Stellar blockchain, positioning itself as the largest crypto cash on/off ramp bridging physical and digital payments for financial inclusion.

Panel discussion on stablecoin adoption in emerging markets featuring Vesio, Digibank, Plexus Institute, and filmmaker Justin Norman. Speakers shared ground-level insights on how stablecoins are solving real problems in Argentina, Brazil, Syria, and other regions through localized solutions and last-mile infrastructure.

A keynote on how stablecoins and programmable money can transform everyday payments through automation, spending guardrails, and yield generation, moving beyond faster settlement to smarter financial behavior.

PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin is now live on Stellar. The USD 1.3 billion market cap stablecoin has grown 160% year-to-date and will enable checkout at millions of PayPal merchants through Stellar wallets with sub-1% fees.

At the Meridian event, lightning talks feature Stellar ecosystem innovators. Ondo Finance announces USDY, their yield-bearing tokenized treasury, now live on Stellar. Etherfuse introduces Tesoro, a Brazilian stable bond offering high yield in local currency, and Credit discusses remittances and financial innovation in Africa.

Meridian conference panel featuring Arculus tap-to-pay hardware wallets, PwC guidance on enterprise blockchain adoption, Alfred's stablecoin payment infrastructure across Latin America, and Mercado Bitcoin's 1.5B reais in tokenized credit on Stellar.

Circle's Daniel Pérez discusses CCTP v2 coming to Stellar in Q1 2026, enabling deeper liquidity and lower-cost remittances across Latin America. The integration addresses regulatory clarity and builder needs in the region.

Institutional leaders from Fidelity, S&P Global, and the Stellar Development Foundation discuss barriers to institutional RWA adoption at the Brooklyn summit. Panelists identify regulated custody standards, on-chain compliance automation, distribution mechanisms via yield-bearing stablecoins, and policy clarity as critical requirements for bringing digital assets into traditional finance at scale.

A yield farming strategy tutorial demonstrating how to boost USDC yields from 16% to over 38% on Stellar by combining Blend lending, XLM borrowing, FxDAO collateralization, and looping cycles.

Tutorial on earning passive income with XLM using FXDAO stablecoin minting and Blend Capital lending pools. Demonstrates strategies combining collateralized stablecoin generation with yield farming to generate 19-75% returns on deposited XLM.

Donnell Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar's ambitious $3 billion RWA goal for the year and the network's early leadership in tokenization since 2019 with Franklin Templeton. He covers the evolution from tokenized fiat and gold to native on-chain securities, stablecoins like PYUSD launching on Stellar, and benefits like reduced OPEX, 24/7 yields, and collateral mobility. Regulatory clarity is accelerating adoption, validating Stellar's long-term vision.

Société Générale Forge and Upheaval discuss launching bank-backed stablecoins on Stellar, covering regulatory compliance, ecosystem partnerships, and the challenges of integrating with DeFi protocols while maintaining institutional oversight.

Danielle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses why stablecoin adoption is accelerating now after years of infrastructure building. She attributes the shift to improved regulation, better UX design, and growing institutional interest in using blockchain for payments and treasury management.