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Freighter wallet now supports adding SEP-50 collectibles on Mainnet, Testnet, and Futurenet via manual input of contract address and token ID. Enhanced memo requirement checks in the Send flow ensure payments to exchanges reach their destination. Additional bugfixes and stability improvements are included.

Freighter Wallet is a non-custodial browser extension for Stellar that enables secure transaction signing and dApp interaction while keeping private keys on the user's device. It serves as the primary gateway for Web3 participation on Stellar, with full Soroban smart contract compatibility.

Lantern Finance is presented as a superior alternative to Arch Lending for crypto-backed loans, supporting more currencies including Stellar (XLM), offering better security with BitGo custody and insurance, lower interest rates on select assets, zero liquidation fees, and a 72-hour grace period. The comparison table and FAQ highlight Lantern's advantages in collateral options, risk management, customer service, and overall borrower protections. Arch Lending supports fewer currencies and has higher fees in several areas.

The Stellar Community Fund Growth Hack is running active promotional campaigns across payments, DeFi, and infrastructure projects. Users can earn rewards through ROZO, Myaza, Seevcash, Soroswap Earn, and Allbridge by participating in user acquisition activities like deposits, transfers, bridging, and referrals.

An essay arguing that blockchain protocols and traditional payment systems will coexist and complement each other rather than compete. The author, from the Stellar Development Foundation, advocates for building bridges between code-based coordination (open protocols) and committee-based coordination (legacy financial rails) to serve different use cases and global financial needs.

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.

At Davos 2026, Arf, LuLu Financial Holdings, and the Stellar Development Foundation presented PayFi as a production payments layer. Moving beyond pilots, the framework integrates programmable liquidity, embedded compliance, and autonomous settlement directly into transaction execution. The panel demonstrated how this enables live cross-border payment flows without prefunding or manual orchestration on Stellar infrastructure.

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.

Litemint has launched a wallet-first redesign of its NFT Marketplace on the Stellar blockchain, eliminating registrations and logins for seamless wallet-based interactions. It features one-click minting for various media types, full SEP-1 compliance, and trading across 50+ Stellar markets including StellarExpert Top50. The platform leverages Stellar's first-class asset model for NFTs, ensuring universal interoperability without smart contracts.

Hana Earn allows users to passively earn yield on USDC while maintaining full liquidity and control within the Hana crypto app. It eliminates DeFi complexities like monitoring, locking funds, or switching apps by leveraging an onchain stack including Stellar for fast, low-cost settlements. Users can spend or swap USDC anytime without interrupting earnings.

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.

This article explores how zero-knowledge privacy technology will shape the future of blockchain finance, enabling users to maintain privacy while transacting on public ledgers. Stellar is positioned at the forefront of this transformation, building privacy and compliance tools to serve both individual users and regulated financial institutions.

The article critiques the false dichotomy between privacy and compliance in crypto, arguing that neither extreme—full anonymity nor total transparency—will enable mainstream onchain payments. It highlights Stellar Development Foundation's stance that privacy must be compliance-ready from the start, and promotes Fairblock's selective disclosure model as a balanced solution. This approach offers confidential transactions with onchain, condition-based disclosure for regulators and auditors.

Hana launches Hana Earn, a seamless feature allowing users to earn yield on USDC directly within the Hana app without lockups or added complexity. Funds remain spendable and under user control, powered by infrastructure including Stellar for fast, low-cost settlements. This makes crypto function more like traditional money by integrating earning into everyday holding and spending.

HOT Wallet by HOT Labs is presented as the premier wallet for Stellar (XLM) users, offering intuitive swaps, bridging, staking, and free account activation on the Stellar network. It supports XLM, USDC, EURC, and other assets across mobile, browser, and Telegram platforms. The article details setup, swapping via Aquarius and Soroswap, bridging, and unique features like MPC security and 24/7 support.

Trustless Work introduces an escrow-based solution for grants, bounties, and hackathons on Stellar, making funding flows transparent and auditable. The platform locks sponsor funds upfront, maps winners on-chain, and releases payments only after multi-party approval, eliminating payment delays and opacity.

SCF #40 concluded 2025 with 24 awarded projects receiving $2.18M in XLM funding. The round received 85 submissions and introduced governance insights on voter participation, quorum adjustments, and upcoming SCF v7.0 improvements.

Range recaps its 2025 achievements in building stablecoin payments infrastructure, highlighted by the launch of Faraday for real-time routing, screening, and compliance, and the Stablecoin Explorer for cross-chain observability. The company expanded support across ecosystems like Solana, Stellar, and others, while publishing in-depth research on stablecoin usage, including USDC on Stellar. Amid major hacks and regulatory shifts like MiCAR, Range positioned itself as a leader in proactive security and enforcement for maturing stablecoin rails.

Trustless Work reviews its 2025 achievements, including completion of the Draper University/Stellar Embark program, extensive hackathon participation across chains like Stellar and Solana, and shipping production-ready escrow infrastructure. The project highlights builder adoption, enterprise pilots in real estate tokenization and private credit, and Stellar's ecosystem growth with milestones like PYUSD launch. Looking to 2026, they aim to accelerate integrations, volume, and tokenized assets while preparing to raise capital.