The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #36 round received 53 submissions and awarded $2,088,654 worth of XLM to 23 innovative projects. Funded initiatives span stablecoin payments, DeFi infrastructure, cross-border remittances, compliance tools, and Soroban smart contract enhancements. Highlights include Stables, Splyce Finance, and Uniblock, showcasing the ecosystem's growing sophistication.
SCF #36, an open-application awards program by the Stellar Community Fund, attracted 53 submissions, including 19 first-time applicants, and distributed $2,088,654 in XLM to 23 projects. Awards focused on Build grants up to $150,000 for teams with traction or experience addressing validated needs on Stellar. Key winners include Stables for global stablecoin remittances, Splyce Finance for real-world asset DeFi products, Uniblock for Web3 orchestration across blockchains including Stellar, Seevcash for low-cost USDC payments, and Sentinel Protocol for parametric insurance. Other notable projects cover liquidity management (Lobster), cross-chain bridges (LiquidsFi), compliance (Stellar Scorechain), and developer tools like wallets and Soroban security (Inferara). The round highlights Stellar's expanding role in payments, interoperability, and decentralized finance, with projects targeting real-world utility in regions like Africa, Asia, and Latin America.