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Fuul adds Stellar DeFi support: developers can now run incentive programs rewarding token holders, Blend lenders, and Aquarius liquidity providers. September update also ships Uniswap V4 rewards, multi-product dashboard, affiliate code sharing, and faster settlement.

Mastercard's stablecoin platform BVNK integrated Stellar, enabling enterprise customers to use the network for international transfers and treasury management. The integration adds Stellar to BVNK's multi-chain offering alongside Ethereum and Solana, expanding Stellar's institutional payment infrastructure and bringing it closer to traditional finance.

State Street Investment Management launches SWEEP, a tokenized cash management fund, on Stellar. Investors access stablecoins 24/7 without banking hours or settlement delays. The deployment uses Stellar smart contracts for issuer controls and represents institutional adoption of Stellar infrastructure.

Buidlers Bolivia launches a nationwide university tour and seven-day hackathon to introduce students and developers to Stellar. The initiative connects Bolivia's rapid stablecoin adoption, which grew 630% in regulated channels in 2025, to a developer pipeline with mentorship from ecosystem projects including Trustless Work and Vaquita.

BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure platform processing $39B in annualized volume, integrated Stellar. The move connects BVNK's customers to Stellar's payment rails—5-second settlement, 99.99% uptime, sub-cent transaction costs—through a single API without additional engineering work.

LumosCore introduced a Curated Assets program to help Stellar users identify authentic tokens. The $250 listing fee (refunded if declined) covers manual review of asset verification, metadata completeness, trading liquidity, and project presence. Approved tokens receive a verification mark and prominent placement.

Mercuryo and Tangem waive platform fees on USDC and XLM purchases on Stellar for four weeks, removing acquisition costs for payment infrastructure and leaving only minimal network fees.

LI.FI, the universal liquidity layer used by over 1,000 enterprises, is now live on the Stellar network. The integration enables Stellar builders to access liquidity across 60+ blockchains through a single integration, with Jumper offering the first live Stellar interface.

SODA token from the cross-chain SODAX system is now trading on Aquarius DEX through a community-launched SODA:XLD liquidity pool paired with the XLM Domains token.

U.S. Bank completed the first live pilot of its USBDC stablecoin on Stellar, processing a cross-border payment between North America and Europe. Full compliance controls (minting, redemption, freezing, clawback) are integrated directly into the protocol and connected to the bank's core finance, risk, and operations systems.

Tellus Cooperative opened a Blockchain Hub in Santiago with Stellar Development Foundation support. The hub serves as physical infrastructure for the Chilean Web3 community to collaborate and build on Stellar, underpinned by Tellus's cooperative model of horizontal decision-making and value distribution—a contrast to venture-driven startup culture.

SODA token is now tradeable on XLM Domains, a decentralized identity and DeFi platform on Stellar. The integration enables SODA holders to trade, manage positions, and access SODAX execution across 20+ networks from Stellar's native payment address system.

STBL advances three major workstreams: RXUSD moves into final stages with 18,500+ pre-registrations and finalized smart contracts ahead of mainnet launch, iBENJI collateral integration deploys next week to expand USST utility with Franklin Templeton tokenized assets, and Solana integration enters security audit.

Stellar was built for regulated financial activity from the start, with compliance controls at the network layer rather than retrofitted afterward. DTCC, Circle, and WisdomTree each independently chose the network for different reasons: post-trade infrastructure, stablecoin issuance, and tokenized funds, respectively. Their convergence signals institutional confidence in Stellar's architectural fitness for regulated finance at scale.

Stellar's RWA market surpasses $4 billion, driven by euro-denominated assets from Spiko, Franklin Templeton, and Ondo. Stablecoin payment volumes hit record $7.4 billion in August. New integrations include Tether USDT0 and Zebec enterprise payroll. Stellar also previewed Private Payments and released the Adapter upgrade.