DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
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.
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.
Coala Pay, an SCF-funded project by anthropologist Melyn McKay, is a public aid funding marketplace and weather oracle built on Stellar to accelerate humanitarian aid delivery in regions like Somalia. The platform enables organizations to manage programs and payments through private marketplaces while a weather oracle allows preemptive crisis response funding in under 24 hours.
Metafyed, a multi-chain RWA tokenization platform, has received funding from the Stellar Community Fund to expand to the Stellar blockchain. In partnership with regulated exchange NASDEX, they're launching their first project, leveraging Stellar's speed, low fees, and interoperability. This collaboration aims to enhance liquidity, compliance, and global financial inclusivity for tokenized real-world assets.
The Stellar Community Fund returns for its sixth iteration with a focus on Soroban smart contracts, introducing new focal points including the Kickstart bootcamp, SCF Build Awards (up to $150,000 in XLM grants), and delegate panels for expert mentorship.
The BuildOnStellar event in Chile was a resounding success, showcasing innovative proposals for a more inclusive financial future on the Stellar blockchain. Highlights include projects in blockchain education, local community solutions, and presentations from Hoops Finance on key features like user authentication and AI integration. The community is invited to stay connected for future events and opportunities.
Tansu has successfully validated the first tranche of its Stellar Community Fund build Award, completing three key milestones for a decentralized organization (DAO) on Stellar. This includes a Soroban smart contract backend with DAO functionality, a matching frontend, and extensive maintenance work. Additional efforts focus on IPFS integration, design improvements, anonymous voting, and reducing external dependencies for true decentralization.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) Round 31 awarded $2,068,710 in XLM to 22 projects, including payment solutions, DeFi platforms, developer tools, and RWA tokenization engines. The round received 123 submissions, with 71 being first-time applicants, demonstrating strong ecosystem growth.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #32 awarded $1,377,495 worth of XLM to 17 projects, including wallets, DeFi platforms, payment solutions, and developer tools. The round received 78 submissions, with 40 being first-time applicants, demonstrating continued ecosystem growth and innovation.
DappLooker reviews its remarkable 2024 growth, highlighting 3x revenue increase, expansion to 25+ chains, and over 1000 protocols onboarded. Key launches include AI-powered Loky analyst and innovative tools like DataBots and AI Studio. Partnerships span Arbitrum, Stellar Community Fund, Manta, HAQQ, and others, with active participation in Web3 events.
The Stellar Development Foundation published a comprehensive 2024 year-in-review highlighting major ecosystem achievements including the mainnet launch of Soroban smart contracts, expansion of DeFi protocols like Blend, integration of payment solutions with MoneyGram and Stripe, real-world asset adoption through Franklin Templeton and Paxos, and humanitarian aid initiatives through UNHCR partnerships.
Ghanaian fintech Seevcash integrated DeFindex's white-label DeFi yield infrastructure on Stellar in just one week, slashing development time from 12+ months and reducing code by 50%. Post-marketing, TVL spiked 433% to $13K with 24 active users earning yields on stablecoins. The SDK enabled gasless transactions via Stellar sponsorship, building trust in unbanked markets.
Tansu has received a Stellar Community Fund build Award. The official announcement is available on Medium, and details of their submission are in a linked blog post. They are on track for the MVP phase with added features like IPFS support for proposals.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #30 round awarded $2.17 million in XLM to 22 projects in the first round of SCF 6.0, including initiatives for DeFi, payments, humanitarian aid, NFTs, developer tools, and financial inclusion across the Stellar ecosystem.
DIA has deployed its price oracle infrastructure on Stellar's Soroban testnet, enabling developers to build DeFi applications with real-time market data feeds. The deployment was supported by a Stellar Community Fund award and provides access to price feeds for over 2,500 cryptocurrency tokens.
Balanced, a cross-chain DeFi app, has launched on the Stellar blockchain, enabling users to swap XLM for assets on other chains, use it as collateral to borrow bnUSD stablecoin, and transfer to ICON for liquidity provision. The integration includes a Stellar Community Fund grant, audited smart contracts, and fast, low-cost transactions. It leverages ICON's GMP for seamless interoperability.
A detailed recap of Meridian 2024's Dev Underground stage in London, where 80+ Stellar Community Fund winners pitched their projects over two days in a casual, collaborative environment. The article highlights standout projects, community collaborations, and the vibrant energy of builders across the Stellar ecosystem.
The Stellar Development Foundation released its Q3 2024 report highlighting major ecosystem milestones including 9 million network addresses, $5M+ in Enterprise and Matching Fund investments, and the launch of Stellar Community Fund 6.0. Key achievements include Franklin Templeton's Benji platform reaching $450M in supply, Protocol 22 development nearing completion, and expanded ecosystem integrations with Dune and DefiLlama.
zkCross Network announces Super Accounts on Stellar, powered by their Chain Abstraction Layer, enabling seamless 1-click cross-chain DeFi transactions without bridging or gas management. This integrates zkCrossDEX with Stellar's Soroban blockchain, supported by a Stellar Community Fund grant. The phased roadmap includes AMM DEX, staking, launchpad, and perpetuals trading.
Soroswap, the first DEX on Stellar blockchain, evolved into an AMM aggregator to combat fragmented liquidity. They partnered with PaltaLabs for development and Runtime Verification for auditing via the Stellar Audit Bank program. The audit enhanced security and provided key insights like using deployer contracts.
Tansu, a Stellar dApp, introduces an on-chain 'Support' button for funding open source projects directly via Soroban Domains. This creates transparent, costless, and borderless funding using Stellar addresses and smart contracts. Future developments include DAO-based fund management through the SCF Build program.
Tansu project announces submission for SCF Build award, outlining plans for a decentralized platform with DAOs for project management and reputation badges for contributors. The proposal includes on-chain release processes, fund allocation via wallets and potential Quadratic Funding, and a detailed roadmap across MVP, Testnet, and Mainnet phases. Emphasis is placed on community governance, transparency, and open-source sustainability within the Stellar ecosystem.
Runtime Verification introduces Komet, a formal verification and fuzzing tool for Soroban smart contracts on the Stellar blockchain, funded by the Stellar Community Fund. The tool aims to enhance smart contract security through mathematical guarantees against vulnerabilities. The team seeks continued community support to expand its capabilities.
Tansu, a Soroban-based versioning dApp, launches v1 on Stellar testnet, allowing project registration and on-chain Git history tracking. It completes SCF28 activation award deliverables, including smart contracts with Soroban Domains support and open-source tooling. The team thanks the Stellar community and eyes a Build award next.
Huma Finance closed a $38 million investment round ($10M equity, $28M in tokenized RWAs) led by Distributed Global with participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures. The funding will support expansion to Solana and Stellar's Soroban network.
The Build Better on Stellar Smart Contract Challenge concluded with winners across tutorial and dApp categories, featuring projects like Entry•X (decentralized ticketing), DVILLA (sustainable e-commerce), and Soroban by Example. Winners received up to $13,000 USD and invitations to Meridian 2024, with next steps including SCF Kickstart and the Stellar Community Fund.
The Stellar Community Fund launches version 6.0 with enhanced support for ecosystem projects, integrating a new Kickstart bootcamp program, streamlined Build Awards up to $150K, post-launch growth initiatives including DraperU's Embark Accelerator, and category-specific delegate panels for improved governance.
The Stellar Development Foundation and DEV announced the winners of the Build Better on Stellar: Smart Contract Challenge, with over $50,000 in prizes distributed across tutorial and dApp categories. Winners included projects like Soroban by Example, Entry X (decentralized ticketing), and DVILLA (sustainable e-commerce), with overall winners receiving $13,000 and all-expenses-paid trips to Meridian conference.