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Blend is a DeFi protocol primitive on Stellar that enables permissionless creation of isolated lending pools with customizable parameters, backstop modules for risk mitigation, and BLND token governance. The article explains Blend's core components and highlights its integration with Meru wallet to provide financial inclusion for Latin American freelancers and SMEs.

In 2025, Real World Assets (RWAs) tokenization has surpassed $50 billion, driven by major players like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton on blockchains including Stellar. The article explores reasons for its growth, liquidity benefits, regulatory challenges, and potential for governance and social impact. Projections indicate tokenized assets could reach $30–50 trillion by 2030.

Dropzey is a tool built on the Stellar blockchain using Soroban smart contracts to simplify and automate airdrops, making them transparent and trustworthy. It verifies participant actions like social media follows and distributes tokens automatically. Backed by the Stellar Community Fund, Dropzey is currently running a presale for its $DROPZ token.

The Stellar Development Foundation shared Q1 2025 ecosystem performance metrics and progress toward three ambitious 2025 goals: top 10 DeFi TVL ranking, top 10 monthly active wallets, and $3B in onchain RWAs. The network demonstrated real-world impact through institutional adoption, new wallet launches, and significant RWA issuance growth.

The Stellar Development Foundation has released a series of 2025 policy briefs addressing critical blockchain and crypto issues, covering payments with digital assets, tokenization for investments, and DeFi opportunities.

The Stellar Community Fund Kickstart #10, held in March 2025, accelerated 32 blockchain startups from 16 countries through a five-day design sprint. 28 teams received $290,000 in XLM awards, with standout projects like Abokyh, Dayfi, and DeFarm recognized for their Stellar integrations. Participants praised the mentorship on Stellar tools, smart contracts, and GTM strategies.

An educational introduction to Stellar's DeFi ecosystem, covering its core strengths in interoperability, scalability, and low-cost transactions. The article explains key technologies like Soroban smart contracts and asset tokenization, while highlighting use cases in cross-border payments, remittances, and financial inclusion.

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. The Stellar Development Foundation is partnering with Paxos, Ondo, Etherfuse, SG Forge, alongside existing ties to Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree. This growth targets powering $110 billion in RWA volume on the superfast, low-fee network.

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.

Untangled introduces an Embedded Yield Layer to simplify access to fragmented DeFi and RWA yields across multiple blockchains. It features modular components like Untangled Vault, Credio, and Untangled Pool for automated capital allocation, risk management, and private credit tokenization. Products like USDyc are live on Stellar, Celo, and Polygon, enabling seamless yield for users and institutions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ficc.ai has received a grant from the Stellar Development Foundation to develop a blockchain-based pricing oracle for municipal bonds and U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities on the Stellar network. The initiative aims to enhance transparency and accessibility in fixed-income markets by distributing AI-driven pricing data onchain.

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 Development Foundation highlights how tokenization and blockchain technology are already improving financial access for vulnerable populations, from UN refugee aid payments to protection against hyperinflation in countries like Argentina.

DIA launches xReal, the first oracle suite designed specifically for Real-World Asset (RWA) applications on-chain, featuring over 100 price feeds for assets like stocks, commodities, and ETFs. It bridges TradFi and DeFi, supporting key partners including Stellar and Ripple for RWA tokenization. xReal enables innovative dApps such as RWA-backed stablecoins, tokenized stock trading, and on-chain index funds.

PaltaLabs won the Best Oracle-Based Smart Contract Award at the 2nd Reflector Dev Contest for Trustless Portfolio Manager, an automated DeFi portfolio rebalancing tool built on Soroban that combines Reflector price feeds, DeFindex vaults, and Soroswap AMM functionality.

Etherfuse has launched Stablebonds on Stellar, tokenized government treasury bonds offering yield-bearing opportunities with low entry barriers. These RWAs leverage Stellar's low fees and global infrastructure to democratize access to the $140T bond market.

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 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.