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Inference v0.0.6 ships Stellar as a compilation target, enabling developers to use the formal verification language to write and prove Soroban smart contracts. The release also adds SpaceWasm target support for NASA JPL flight software and improves proof generation with Rocq.

HackerNoon's Company of the Week spotlight on SODAX: a cross-network execution and liquidity platform spanning 20+ blockchains including Stellar. The company manages 11,000+ trading routes and $2B in addressable liquidity, helping developers add swaps and lending without building cross-chain infrastructure themselves.

Boundless, a Stellar blockchain platform for bounties and hackathons, hosts multiple opportunities during Southeast Blockchain & Games Week (September 16-26): a Pollar payments SDK integration hackathon ($500 prize pool), Stellar Vietnam mid-autumn festival bounties ($1,000), and an AMA on Stellar Community Fund grants. Combined prize pool: $1,700 USDC.

Protocol 28 (Adapter) upgrades the Stellar network with three builder-focused improvements: faster consensus under load via CAP-83, atomic contract fleet upgrades through shared code references (CAP-85), and safer contract data migration with sparse host functions (CAP-86). Testnet upgrade August 27, mainnet vote September 16.

Blux provides dApp infrastructure for Stellar builders, bundling multi-wallet support, email/passkey/social authentication, Stellar transaction hooks, customizable UI components, and analytics. The goal is to let developers focus on building their product rather than rebuilding the infrastructure around it.

Turkish-language developer handbook organizing Stellar resources across learning pathways. Covers journey to mastery program, starter projects (payment splitter, balance checker, wallet connect), smart contracts with Soroban, DApp development, oracles, privacy/ZK, and funding via SCF and InstAwards.

Flashgate (formerly Flashback Platform) opens public access with free and paid tiers. The unified cloud and AI infrastructure gateway enables teams to connect resources, observe usage, apply guardrails, and access models from one platform. Pricing ranges from free tier to $999.99/month.

SDF published Stellar Skills, an AI-ready documentation hub designed to help AI agents understand Stellar-specific patterns, SDKs, and best practices. The site includes core skill areas for Soroban, wallets, assets, RPC, and community tools like Trustless Work escrow.

Yardstick (Protocol 26) upgrade guide for the Stellar network with key dates, preparation steps for SDK users and infrastructure operators, and links to all relevant releases.

x402, a protocol enabling autonomous AI agents to make micropayments without API keys or subscriptions, is now live on Stellar. The protocol uses HTTP 402 status codes to facilitate instant stablecoin payments, with Stellar chosen as the settlement layer due to its speed, low fees, and reliability.

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.

Inference, a formal verification framework, analyzes three WebAssembly-based blockchain platforms—Polkadot Substrate, Stellar Soroban, and Arbitrum Stylus—evaluating their architectural suitability for formal verification of smart contracts and core infrastructure.

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.

Trustless Work introduces an escrow-based capital allocation system for tokenized projects, where investor funds are held in smart contracts and released progressively based on verified milestones rather than upfront to issuers. The platform enables transparent, trustless fundraising for real-world assets, construction, and infrastructure projects by separating capital control from token issuance.

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.

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.

BP Ventures' StellarMesh Anchor project has won a Stellar Community Fund #40 Build Award, recognizing its role in connecting global exchange liquidity to Stellar's onchain rails. The infrastructure enables instant, compliant funding for Stellar wallets via SEP-24/31 standards. This milestone validates the project's contribution to interoperability and real-world asset movement on Stellar.

The Stellar Development Foundation is consolidating Go developer tools into a unified Go SDK, renaming the monorepo from stellar/go to stellar/go-stellar-sdk. This change aligns the Go ecosystem with other Stellar SDKs and improves discoverability by clearly separating reusable SDK components from service code.

Stellar has released Protocol 25 (X-Ray) with a comprehensive upgrade guide for developers and infrastructure operators. The guide covers key dates, preparation steps, SDK updates, and breaking changes, with the mainnet upgrade scheduled for January 22, 2026.

Beans integrated DeFindex to launch stablecoin yield features in 3 weeks, attracting $610K in deposits within 90 days. The partnership eliminated 11+ months of development work by using DeFindex's pre-built yield infrastructure instead of building in-house.

The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #39 round awarded $1,115,655 in XLM to 12 innovative projects building on the Stellar network. Highlights include QuillTip for microtipping, Stallion for decentralized bounties, and RendBit for cross-border banking in Africa. The round featured record voter participation and governance updates to Neural Quorum Governance for fairer voting.