DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
Tala launched a crypto wallet pilot on Stellar's blockchain to deliver stablecoins for financial inclusion in emerging markets, particularly Latin America. The wallet emphasizes self-custody, low transaction costs, and interoperability, enabling affordable credit, remittances, and digital payments for the unbanked. Stablecoins provide stability, speed, and accessibility over traditional banking.
AEON, a crypto payment framework, partnered with Stellar to integrate XLM and Stellar-USDC support into its Web3 payment solution, enabling crypto transaction…
The Stellar blockchain aims to hold $3 billion in real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain by the end of 2025, a 10x increase from $290 million at the end of 2024. T…
AEON, a next-generation crypto payment framework, has announced a strategic partnership with Stellar to integrate support for $XLM and Stellar-native USDC. Th…
Nonco, an institutional crypto trading firm, completed an industry-first derivatives transaction using Franklin Templeton's BENJI token on the Stellar network as collateral. The transaction demonstrated how tokenized assets on Stellar enable faster, more efficient collateral management for OTC derivatives with real-time settlement and transparency.
Decaf rebuilt its wallet and payments platform from the ground up to scale stablecoin-powered financial services across 200+ countries. The rebuild adds faste…
This article introduces Stellar DeFi, highlighting its strengths in interoperability, scalability, and low-cost transactions. It covers key features like the …
Stellar introduces Soroban, its WebAssembly-based smart contract platform built in Rust, enabling developers to create DeFi applications, tokenized assets, DAOs, and other decentralized applications while maintaining low costs and high security on the Stellar network.
Researchers uncovered critical vulnerabilities in browser wallets including Stellar Freighter, enabling attackers to silently steal recovery phrases and drain funds just by visiting a malicious site, without user interaction. Detailed exploits in Stellar Freighter, Frontier, and Coin98 wallets were reported and fixed with bounties. These flaws highlight risks in wallet architecture and the need for robust security.
Untangled introduces an Embedded Yield Layer to simplify access to fragmented DeFi and RWA yields across multiple blockchains. It features modular components …
zkCross Network introduces Cross Power (xP), a participation rewards system that tracks and rewards user interactions across its ecosystem, including on Stell…
An educational article explaining the distinction between composability and interoperability in Web3, with emphasis on how Stellar's modular development approach enables developers to build applications like LEGO bricks using tools like Stellar CLI, Lab, and SDKs.
This article contrasts Proof-of-Stake (PoS) vulnerabilities in networks like Ethereum and Solana with Stellar's Proof-of-Agreement (PoA) consensus. It highlig…
An article advocating for Stellar's adoption by the U.S. government for efficient aid disbursement and public sector payments, highlighting the Stellar Disbur…
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #34 round awarded $1,717,287 worth of XLM to 17 innovative projects building on the Stellar blockchain. Projects span DeFi, payments, developer tools, gaming, and infrastructure, showcasing Stellar's growing ecosystem for serious builders. Highlights include Greep Pay for stablecoin POS, NebulaVRF for on-chain randomness, and DappRadar for Soroban tracking.
A step-by-step guide for asset issuers to list their assets on the Stellar Reflector Oracle, ensuring reliable price tracking across the Stellar network. The process involves establishing liquidity, maintaining trading activity, gathering community feedback, submitting a DAO proposal, and ongoing monitoring.
This article explains composability in DeFi and blockchain development using a hot rod analogy, detailing how different protocols and smart contracts can integrate seamlessly on Stellar to create more powerful financial systems. It covers DeFi building blocks, composability benefits, TVL growth, and practical considerations for building composable projects on Stellar.
This article explains how to monitor Soroswap, the first DEX on the Soroban Blockchain within the Stellar ecosystem, using Alterscope's risk infrastructure. Alterscope provides real-time metrics on security, liquidity, development activity, audits, TVL, volume, and social engagement for informed DeFi risk management. Soroswap, developed by Palta Labs, offers fast, low-cost token swaps with strong security features including audits by OtterSec and Runtime Verification.
Stellar's Disbursement Platform and Decaf Wallet offer NGOs and humanitarian organizations a faster, cheaper, and more transparent alternative to traditional …
This article highlights how Stellar’s Disbursement Platform (SDP) and Decaf Wallet solve challenges in humanitarian aid payments by enabling instant, transpar…
Pelago Labs announced its integration with Stellar to build a crypto-enabled supply chain financing platform that tokenizes account receivables and provides working capital to suppliers through USDC settlements on Stellar.
Reflector DAO voted to add price feeds for Glo Dollar, a charity-focused stablecoin, and Etherfuse's CETES and USTRY stablebonds. The decision enables these r…
xcapit shares hands-on experience building on Soroban, Stellar's Rust-based smart contract platform. Covers architecture, tooling, developer experience, and w…
COCA, a non-custodial stablecoin payments app with over 1 million users, secured strategic funding from the Stellar Development Foundation and FunFair Ventures to accelerate growth and deepen integration with Stellar's ecosystem, including MoneyGram remittances and Soroban smart contracts.
COCA, a stablecoin payments platform, has secured strategic investment from the Stellar Development Foundation and FunFair Ventures. The funding will accelerate COCA's expansion within the Stellar ecosystem, enabling seamless stablecoin payments through non-custodial debit cards and IBANs to over 80 million merchants worldwide.
Hana Wallet's mobile app now supports Stellar NFTs, allowing users to view, track, and manage their collections seamlessly. Developers can easily integrate Ha…
OpenZeppelin's Contract Wizard now supports Stellar's Soroban smart contracts platform, enabling developers to easily generate secure SEP-41 fungible tokens. …
Blend V2 is launching with audits wrapping up soon. The migration allows lenders, borrowers, and backstoppers to move to V2 at their own pace while V1 remains operational, with key improvements including flash loan support, expanded pool parameters, and better liquidation mechanics.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #33 round awarded $1,033,620 in XLM to 14 projects across Build Awards. Highlights include Stellarcarbon for carbon offsetting, CodeLnPay for cross-border payments, and Warmancer: Black Friday for blockchain gaming. The round introduced SCF 6.1 updates streamlining submissions for future rounds.