DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
Alula publishes a technical guide to RWA-backed borrowing costs on Stellar, breaking down the full cost structure: kinked interest rates, reactive modifiers tied to pool utilization, one-time operation fees, and network transaction costs. Borrowing capacity is enforced atomically, and settlement is near-instant.
Fajrin, a self-taught developer from South Kalimantan, led the first Stellar Ambassador gathering in his region and is now building Cyphras, a private payment…
Arrel achieved ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification, received a Circle grant to integrate CCTP for native USDC settlement, and partnered with Sodot to ad…
OtterSec researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in React Native WebView and similar mobile wallet libraries. Missing origin isolation allows malicious dApps to access camera, GPS, and other permissions without user consent, affecting over 20 production wallets across the ecosystem.
OctoPos RMS, a real-time DeFi risk monitoring system built by crediolabs, went live on Stellar to monitor Blend's lending pools. The tool detects oracle anomalies and health risks, addressing an operational gap as institutional capital moves on-chain.
Vietnam is rapidly shifting from an emerging opportunity into a builder-driven market attracting global foundations. At DAVAS 2026, regulatory openness around…
Archax, a UK/EU regulated digital asset platform, launched $GOVY, a tokenized perpetual US Treasury Bill token for institutional investors on Stellar. The pro…
Protocol 25 and 26 introduced zero-knowledge primitives (BN254, Poseidon) that make private payment systems practical on Stellar. Arcane is building production infrastructure for compliance-ready privacy, enabling builders to protect sensitive financial flows on public rails while maintaining clear disclosure and reporting paths.
SODAX SDK now supports xStocks, the tokenized equities infrastructure from Payward. This enables developers to offer users direct access to tokenized stocks (…
Stellar Passport created nearly 200 new wallets at Istanbul's post-hackathon event, demonstrating how experiential marketing drives real ecosystem onboarding.…
Eight major blockchains (Algorand, Ethereum, Solana, XRP Ledger, Aptos, Cardano, Hedera, and Stellar) are racing to adopt post-quantum cryptography signatures…
The EU remittance market is consolidating around regulated stablecoin infrastructure. Companies using stablecoins settle at 1-2% vs 6%+ with traditional rails…
Founder Josh built Peridot after realizing DeFi's core problem: fragmented liquidity and painful capital movement across chains. The bootstrapped team has shipped a Hub & Spoke cross-chain lending protocol live on Stellar and other networks with competitive yields. Next: margin trading, dual investment products, and an AI agent for portfolio guidance.
Zebec launches enterprise payroll on Stellar with a new HR dashboard for managing global teams. The platform enables instant stablecoin salary and contractor …
WisdomTree Prime has updated its stablecoin funding flow to help users earn regulated yield on idle assets across blockchains including Stellar. The platform …
DFNS launches AcceptInboundAsset API, a unified operation that abstracts asset opt-in across five blockchains: Stellar, XRPL, Algorand, Hedera, and Canton. In…
Anchorage Digital, an OCC-chartered bank, now provides institutional custody for Etherfuse's tokenized Mexican government debt (CETES) on Stellar. The partner…
Anchorage Digital announced institutional custody support for CETES, tokenized Mexican government debt issued by Etherfuse on Stellar. The custody layer compl…
Rivool integrated Blend's DeFi lending protocol to bring onchain yield into managed, risk-profiled strategies for financial advisors and their clients. Instead of requiring investors to understand wallets and protocols, advisors can now offer yield-bearing strategies that match their clients' risk profiles. The integration solves a key gap: distribution. Onchain yield exists, but reaching end investors requires abstraction and trust.
MoneyGram launches MGUSD on Stellar: a stablecoin that gives its 60 million customers self-custodial digital dollar balances connected to MoneyGram's global cash-access network. The product prioritizes real-world utility for underbanked populations over trading liquidity, paired with treasury modernization across stablecoin prefunding and settlement.
Istanbul Blockchain Week brought the Stellar community together through the Build on Stellar Hackathon and Sunset Party, drawing 80 builders to engage with th…
Bitso adds Stellar as a network option for USDC transfers. The exchange highlights Stellar's 3-5 second settlement times, negligible fees (~$0.0001), and nati…
The xBull Swap Kit is a new JavaScript library for finding the best swap rates across Stellar smart contract pools. Developers can query multiple protocols simultaneously and generate optimized transaction paths, with support for both standard and smart wallet accounts.
Merkl expanded beyond EVM chains in May, launching Stellar support as its first non-EVM integration. The platform also shipped Trezor Suite integration, givin…
Crossmint and Paga Group partner to bring stablecoin infrastructure to Africa. The integration combines Paga's local fiat on and offramps with Crossmint's sma…
The Stellar Development Foundation announced a three-stage roadmap to migrate the network to post-quantum cryptography by 2027+. Quantum computers will eventually break the elliptic curve cryptography securing blockchains. Stellar's separation of account identity from signing keys avoids disruptive address migration unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Stellar Security Portal redesigned for June 2026 with threaded comments on vulnerability reports, community ratings for protocols and auditors, and major performance improvements. Contributor access expanded beyond the Pilot tier, allowing SCF members and navigators to add and edit audits. The portal now tracks nearly 700 vulnerabilities ecosystem-wide.