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Figure launches YLDS, a regulated yield-bearing stablecoin on Stellar, offering fintechs and neobanks in LATAM a compliant dollar savings product that earns yield similar to money market funds.

MoneyGram and Stellar extend their partnership to expand stablecoin-backed remittance services from Colombia to El Salvador, enabling families to receive and hold USDC instantly at MoneyGram locations across Latin America.

Metafyed, backed by the Stellar Development Foundation, argues that most stablecoin holders miss yield opportunities by keeping capital idle. The platform tokenizes private credit in Asia, enabling USDC holders to earn 8-15% returns on regulated, asset-backed instruments without institutional minimums.

Tether launches self-custodial wallet supporting USDT, USAT, and XAUT across multiple blockchains. MoneyGram expands stablecoin balance service to El Salvador via Stellar partnership. Rain and Lydian debut Lydian Card enabling 300+ digital assets at 150M merchants.

Glo Dollar's foundation is winding down, with Brale—the regulated infrastructure provider behind the stablecoin—taking over program operations. The transition simplifies Glo's operating structure while maintaining the brand, holder experience, reserves, and mission-driven approach to supporting public goods through everyday financial activity.

AllUnity, a joint venture between DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy, has launched EURAU, a regulated euro-backed stablecoin, on the Stellar network. The integration enables banks, corporates, and fintechs to access compliant, fast, and low-cost euro settlements at scale.

Allium Research released a comprehensive report on Stellar's institutional infrastructure, analyzing settlement efficiency, tokenized assets worth $1.1B+, and protocol-native compliance features used by Franklin Templeton, PayPal, WisdomTree, and MoneyGram.

Stellar's DeFi ecosystem is maturing rapidly with established protocols like Blend ($80M TVL) and Aquarius ($40M TVL) leading growth, while new launches including Sushi's concentrated liquidity DEX, Templar's borrowing mechanism, and Centrifuge's real-world assets are expanding capabilities across lending, trading, and institutional infrastructure.

Wirex and Ultra Stellar launched native Stellar payment infrastructure built on Soroban, enabling stablecoin bank accounts, global card issuance, payouts, and yield directly on-chain for millions of users.

A Stanford study of 41 million USDC transactions on Airtm, a Stellar-based digital wallet, demonstrates that stablecoins are already outperforming the G20's 2030 cross-border payment targets, with 96% of transactions settling in under an hour and proving digital payments work at scale for everyday users.

Bitget Wallet integrated Stellar to expand its payment infrastructure. The 90-million-user wallet now supports USDC, XLM, and other stablecoins via crypto card, QR payments, bank transfers, and on-ramps. The rollout begins in phases with regional availability dependent on local payment integrations.

x402, a protocol enabling autonomous AI agents to make micropayments without API keys or subscriptions, is now live on Stellar. The protocol uses HTTP 402 status codes to facilitate instant stablecoin payments, with Stellar chosen as the settlement layer due to its speed, low fees, and reliability.

This article explores the privacy paradox on public blockchains, examining how transparent networks can enable confidential transactions while maintaining compliance. It identifies 'self-doxxing' as the core privacy problem and discusses potential solutions involving issuers and privacy providers.

Stellar research report examines the network's evolution into institutional financial infrastructure. Reports $246M in stablecoins spanning 9+ currencies, $1.4B in tokenized RWAs from regulated issuers like Franklin Templeton and Spiko, and 52.8M smart contract invocations in February alone, demonstrating operational scale for settlement and asset issuance.

This article explains why vaults are critical DeFi infrastructure for Stellar's evolution toward institutional adoption. It covers vault mechanics, the rise of curation as a financial discipline, and how Untangled is building vault infrastructure on Stellar to enable yield generation and asset management.

Hoops Finance released a major authentication update enabling passkey-controlled smart accounts on Soroban, allowing users to authorize DeFi operations via biometric authentication without seed phrases or browser extensions. The founder detailed months of foundational work building the custom authentication layer, demonstrating a complete DeFi lifecycle from account creation through multi-protocol atomic deposits and withdrawals.

This article compares Proof-of-Stake consensus models with Stellar's Consensus Protocol (SCP), arguing that PoS networks create structural incentives for MEV extraction and validator misconduct, while Stellar's explicit trust model and revocable authority provide better protection for regulated asset issuers.

Stellar processed 3.6 billion transactions in 2025 with 99.99% uptime, reaching 10.3 million unique addresses and $785 million in onchain real-world assets. Major institutions including Franklin Templeton, U.S. Bank, PayPal, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands deployed production systems on Stellar, while payment volume hit $55.6 billion, up 52% year-over-year.

The Stellar Development Foundation and TopNod announced at Consensus Hong Kong that TopNod's non-custodial Web3 wallet is integrating with the Stellar network, expanding access to Stellar's infrastructure across Asia, Africa, and Latin America with a focus on real-world assets and stablecoins.

KindFi announces its attendance at Stellar Meridian 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, themed 'The Blueprint,' alongside Costa Rica's Trustless Work ecosystem projects. They highlight Trustless Work's Stellar-based escrow infrastructure, GrantFox for grants, and Pacto for P2P trading. The event focuses on real-world finance, stablecoins, DeFi, and partnerships for transparent crowdfunding in LATAM.