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Hana Wallet partners with MoneyGram, powered by Stellar and USDC, to enable instant cash withdrawals of stablecoins in Southeast Asia. Users can convert USDC to local cash at over 350,000 MoneyGram locations without banks or exchanges. This bridges digital finance with cash-based economies for freelancers, families, and businesses.

Nasdaq-listed Turbo Energy partnered with Taurus and Stellar to tokenize debt financing for solar-plus-battery systems in Spain, using Taurus' institutional tokenization platform on the Stellar blockchain.

Mercuryo, Stellar, and LOBSTR have launched a 5% USDC cashback campaign (up to $50) for users buying USDC via Mercuryo on the Stellar network through LOBSTR Wallet. The initiative aims to encourage everyday stablecoin transactions rather than just holding. It combines Stellar's fast blockchain, LOBSTR's user-friendly wallet, and Mercuryo's fiat on-ramp for seamless access.

Abroad announces a partnership with Lobstr, a leading Stellar network wallet, to enable seamless USDC stablecoin payments in everyday life across Latin America and Southeast Asia. Users can convert USDC to local currencies like Brazilian reais via QR code scans directly in the Lobstr app. This integration bridges blockchain with real-world spending, enhancing speed, security, and borderless transactions.

Bitbond launches TokenTool API, an enterprise-grade platform for creating and managing digital assets across multiple blockchains including Stellar, without requiring deep blockchain expertise. The API offers pre-audited smart contracts, multi-chain support, and comprehensive token lifecycle management for businesses and developers.

Beans integrated DeFindex to launch stablecoin yield features in 3 weeks, attracting $610K in deposits within 90 days. The partnership eliminated 11+ months of development work by using DeFindex's pre-built yield infrastructure instead of building in-house.

Templar, a lending protocol powered by NEAR's chain abstraction, launches on Stellar enabling users to deposit XLM and borrow stablecoins across multiple chains from a single wallet. The integration expands Stellar's RWA ecosystem and unlocks cross-chain liquidity.

Stellar has partnered with Chainlink to integrate CCIP, Data Feeds, and Data Streams into the Stellar ecosystem, enabling secure cross-chain asset transfers and institutional-grade tokenization while advancing financial inclusion for underbanked populations.

Abroad participated in Stellar's Meridian 2025 conference in Rio de Janeiro, showcasing partnerships and real-world stablecoin payments in Latin America. Key highlights included the native issuance of PayPal's PYUSD on Stellar, HackMeridian innovations, and Abroad's launches with ZyptoApp and BeansApp. The event demonstrated Abroad's growth with 66 monthly active users and over 910 transactions on Stellar.

The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #39 round awarded $1,115,655 in XLM to 12 innovative projects building on the Stellar network. Highlights include QuillTip for microtipping, Stallion for decentralized bounties, and RendBit for cross-border banking in Africa. The round featured record voter participation and governance updates to Neural Quorum Governance for fairer voting.

EquitX partners with Runtime Verification for a comprehensive security audit of its v1 core contracts ahead of its December mainnet launch on Stellar. The audit, supported by the Stellar Development Foundation's Soroban Audit Bank, ensures the protocol's synthetic equities are trustless, transparent, and robust. This step underscores EquitX's commitment to security as it introduces borderless access to equities.

Visa is expanding stablecoin support to four new stablecoins on four unique blockchains, enabling banks to mint and burn them via its tokenized asset platform. The company already supports USDC, EURC, PYUSD, and USDG on Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, and Avalanche. This move highlights Visa's growing focus on stablecoins for cross-border payments, with stablecoin-linked card spending up fourfold year-over-year.