DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
Robinhood added Stellar Lumens (XLM) and Avalanche (AVAX) to its platform, bringing total supported cryptocurrencies to 15. XLM gained 6% in 24 hours following the announcement.
The Stellar Development Foundation announced a Matching Fund specifically for female founders, addressing the stark gender gap in crypto entrepreneurship where women receive only 2.2% of venture funding.
A comprehensive overview of Africa's rapidly growing Web3 economy, highlighting major blockchain protocols (including Stellar), venture capital investments, NGO partnerships, and government initiatives shaping the continent's crypto and blockchain landscape.
The Stellar Development Foundation launched a $30 million matching fund for early-stage companies building on Stellar, with initial investments in cross-border payments and fintech platforms serving emerging markets.
The Stellar Development Foundation launched a $30 million Matching Fund to co-invest with lead investors in early-stage companies building on Stellar, with in…
The Stellar Development Foundation launched a $30 million matching fund for developers building on Stellar, with initial investments in Trace Finance, Bitwage…
SDF launched a $30 million Matching Fund to co-invest in early-stage companies building on Stellar, with first investments supporting payroll, remittances, NF…
The Script3 team announces that YieldBlox Protocol will delay its mainnet launch on Stellar Turrets and instead wait for Stellar's on-chain smart contracts due to superior security, community focus, and feasibility concerns. They detail the decision process following SDF's roadmap announcement and unsuccessful grant proposal. The project remains committed to launching securely with the YBX token once smart contracts are ready.
BravePay introduces liquidity rewards for the BRAVE-XLM pool on Stellar's AMM to boost adoption and returns beyond the standard 0.3% fee. The program adds 10% of the pool size in BRAVE rewards, distributed daily based on individual shares. It emphasizes fraud prevention, long-term commitments, and ecosystem growth.
Brave, a top-performing Stellar token, announces a redesigned staking rewards system to eliminate fraud from previous universal and trading rewards. The new Brave Staking offers tiered APYs up to 26% for 12-month periods, with flexible withdrawals and no minimums. Monthly burns of 24 million Braves and discontinuation of old rewards aim to stabilize price and foster long-term growth.
This article details the main wallets of the Aquarius project on the Stellar blockchain, including their purposes, original AQUA token holdings, and Stellar Expert explorer links. It covers wallets for liquidity rewards, airdrops, community DAO, voting/staking rewards, emergency fund, investors, advisors/partners, and founders/team. The transparency leverages blockchain's verifiable data for AQUA holders to monitor easily.
YieldBlox, from the Script3 team, aims to address Stellar ecosystem challenges like poor capital efficiency and weak incentives by introducing money markets for lending and borrowing. It enables passive users to earn interest on deposits while active users leverage assets, boosting liquidity and productivity. Additionally, it provides fintech platforms with revenue models through yield delegation and staking incentives.
Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust began trading on OTCQX under ticker GXLM, alongside new Grayscale trusts for Horizen and Zcash. This marks the first time XLM is available as a publicly-quoted security on a U.S. market.
The Stellar Development Foundation announced a new Matching Fund track within its Enterprise Fund to co-invest up to $500K alongside lead investors in early-stage companies building on Stellar. The fund targets pre-Series B startups globally, particularly in emerging markets, with expedited processing and a one-year integration timeline.
tZERO Crypto app now supports XLM alongside Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Compound, and Uniswap, expanding its cryptocurrency offering to 15 coins on iOS and Android.
This article provides a deep dive into the tokenomics of YBX, the platform token for YieldBlox, a decentralized money market protocol on the Stellar blockchain. It outlines five growth-positive utilities including staking, governance, lending/borrowing incentives, and future AMM integration, designed to bootstrap growth for both YieldBlox and the Stellar ecosystem. The model emphasizes cooperative strategies for maximum value accrual through fee redistribution and reduced sell pressure.
This article explains how to use the Stellar network for everyday payments and remittances, emphasizing its speed, low cost, and ecological benefits over traditional banking. It covers wallet options like Keybase, Lobstr, Freighter, and hardware wallets, security best practices, and methods to spend XLM via exchanges or crypto debit cards. The author shares personal experiences sending XLM to family members.
The article contrasts traditional payment apps like Venmo with Stellar's blockchain for low-cost, borderless remittances. It highlights Stellar's negligible transaction fees, decentralized exchange for fair rates, and adoption by Franklin Templeton. The author, a self-described no-coiner, expresses optimism about cryptocurrency's potential to empower the unbanked.
Supriya shares her personal journey leaving a demanding tech job while giving birth, cashing out cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin to start a new life. She reflects on how blockchain technologies can challenge exploitative labor systems. This is her first post on the Public Node blog, tied to the Stellar ecosystem.
The Stellar Development Foundation invested $3 million in Settle Network, a Latin American cross-border payment platform, to support its stablecoin exchange StableX. This marks SDF's fourth Enterprise Fund investment this fiscal year.
Stellar Development Foundation released its Q2 2020 quarterly report highlighting team growth with 10 new hires, Protocol 13 network upgrade with fee bumps and multiplexed accounts, Enterprise Fund investments in Abra and SatoshiPay, and Samsung Galaxy smartphone integration.
SatoshiPay raised $550,000 in XLM via convertible loan from Stellar Development Foundation to launch a B2B instant money transfer service on Stellar, processing transactions in 5 seconds with minimal fees.
The Stellar Development Foundation converted its $550,000 Series A pledge to SatoshiPay into a loan after the coronavirus pandemic derailed the funding round, providing the micropayments firm with 12 months of runway while it develops new B2B solutions.
The Stellar Development Foundation invested $5 million in crypto wallet provider Abra to expand its products and services on the Stellar network. Abra plans to build next-generation banking infrastructure on Stellar, with product details coming in the coming months.
Stellar Development Foundation invested $715,000 in DSTOQ, a security token platform built on Stellar that tokenizes global assets like stocks for emerging market investors. This marks SDF's first enterprise fund investment.
Stellar Development Foundation announces its first investment through a new Enterprise Fund, committing $715K in lumens to DSTOQ, a Liechtenstein-based fintech enabling investment access in emerging markets via security tokens on Stellar.
Crypto.com added XLM to its Crypto Earn product, offering users up to 8% annual returns on Stellar deposits with weekly payouts and flexible terms.
Stellar Development Foundation burned 55 billion XLM (worth $4.4 billion), reducing total supply to 50 billion. SDF will redirect remaining funds toward blockchain development, ecosystem partnerships, and a new $4.4 billion Enterprise Fund for strategic investments.