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ApiCharge launches public beta for stablecoin-native payments on Stellar, letting users transact in USDC and EURC without managing native tokens or gas fees. Available on mainnet across 180 countries with settlement in seconds.

The Stellar Development Foundation introduced Meridian Pay, a production-ready smart wallet built on Stellar Mainnet that launched at Meridian 2025 in Rio de Janeiro. The wallet uses passkey-based authentication, eliminating seed phrases and passwords while enabling seamless onchain transactions with zero user-facing fees.

A comprehensive guide to building decentralized applications on Stellar's Soroban smart contract platform, covering essential developer tools, a step-by-step roadmap from setup through deployment, and community resources for support.

This article explains the multi-layer architecture of modern Web3 blockchains, from Layer 0 foundations to Layer 3 specialized applications. It covers key examples like Cosmos, Ethereum, Optimism, and briefly mentions Stellar among supported L1 networks in the HOT Wallet. The piece promotes a multi-chain wallet for seamless interaction across these layers.

The article analyzes whether the recent crypto market downturn has stabilized, focusing on Bitcoin's critical $70k support level amid strong fundamentals like a weakening dollar and expected rate cuts. It warns of potential systemic risks if breached, while noting high leverage as a key factor. Ads highlight Stellar integrations like OpenZeppelin Smart Accounts.

Rubic announces multiple integrations including Sui going live, MegaETH Day 1 support, and an expanded Stellar integration funded by the Stellar Community Fund. The Stellar update enables cross-chain swaps via providers like SimpleSwap and Changelly, with support for LOBSTR and Freighter wallets. Additional enhancements include expanded Relay support and a upcoming Rubic × Stellar marketing campaign.

Denelle Dixon interviews Ben Milne, founder and CEO of Brale, about building regulated stablecoin infrastructure. Brale enables companies to issue and operate fiat-backed stablecoins without building their own banking, compliance, or blockchain stack, dramatically lowering barriers to entry from ~$100M to near-zero.

Stellar Protocol 25 X-Ray, voting tomorrow, introduces native zero-knowledge proof verification capabilities to Stellar smart contracts, including support for BN254 elliptic curves, Poseidon hashing, and Noir circuit verification.

This article provides a comprehensive Spanish-language guide to Stellar Community Fund (SCF) 7.0, explaining its funding process, key changes, and application steps for builders in the Stellar ecosystem. It covers the Interest Form entry point, three Build tracks (Open, Integration, RFP), tranche-based funding up to $150K-$300K in XLM, and practical tips for maximizing success. SCF emphasizes real products, execution, and community governance over mere ideas.

A speculative roadmap for crypto trends in 2026, highlighting non-technical founders enabled by AI, prediction markets, tokenized stocks, privacy tech, stablecoins, GameFi, and derivatives. The article predicts explosive growth in these areas driven by speculation and opportunity. It briefly mentions Stellar in a linked article about OpenZeppelin Smart Accounts.

The Stellar Development Foundation has launched SCF v7.0, a major upgrade to the Stellar Community Fund grant program featuring three new build award tracks (Integrate, Open, RFP), improved submission pathways with referral incentives, milestone-based funding tied to execution, ambassador-led Instawards for early-stage projects, and post-launch growth pathways for successful teams.

An article discussing the importance of financial privacy in blockchain systems and how Stellar's upcoming Protocol X-Ray upgrade will enable zero-knowledge proof verification in Soroban smart contracts, allowing developers to build privacy-preserving applications while maintaining blockchain transparency.

Inference, a formal verification framework, analyzes three WebAssembly-based blockchains for verifiability. Stellar Soroban emerges as the most feasible target due to its minimalist architecture and strict separation of business logic from infrastructure, unlike Polkadot's monolithic design.

Stellar's financial ecosystem expanded significantly in 2025, with stablecoin market cap growing 53% to $243.6M driven by PayPal's PYUSD launch, while RWA market cap surged 196% to $890.2M. U.S. Bank is testing custom stablecoin issuance on Stellar, and the Marshall Islands completed the world's first onchain universal basic income disbursement by a national government.

This article recommends top podcasts for DeFi enthusiasts in 2026, highlighting Stellar Development Foundation's 'block by block' hosted by Denelle Dixon and 'Tech Talks with Tomer' hosted by Tomer Weller. It emphasizes their value for insights into Stellar's blockchain applications and technical innovations. Broader DeFi podcasts like Bankless, The Defiant, and Unchained are also suggested, with a plug for Hoops Finance's Stellar analytics tools.

Drips closed Q4 2025 strong with regional expansion across Asia, launched end-to-end RetroPGF with Filecoin, and introduced new protocol features including ORCID and website funding support. The team also announced Drips Wave, recurring bounty cycles launching with the Stellar Development Foundation in January 2026.

Trustless Work introduces escrow-native trade flows for B2B platforms and marketplaces, enabling secure cross-border transactions using stablecoins on Stellar. The platform replaces traditional letters of credit and prepayment risks with smart contract-enforced escrow that holds buyer funds until delivery verification.