Stellar Development Foundation hosted a panel at UC Berkeley featuring four live projects building on Stellar: CoinQuest (crypto payment APIs), Realty Bits (real estate tokenization), Uhuru (WhatsApp-based cross-border payments), and Vibrant (USDC savings app for Argentina). Panelists discussed asset issuance, interoperability via Stellar Ecosystem Proposals, and how developers can build on Stellar without permission.
Justin Rice from the Stellar Development Foundation led a panel discussion at Blockchain at Berkeley showcasing four production-ready applications built on Stellar. CoinQuest enables merchants to accept payments in multiple cryptocurrencies and settle in their preferred currency using atomic swaps. Realty Bits tokenizes real estate and private equity assets, allowing fractional ownership and processing nearly $1 billion in pipeline deals. Uhuru provides WhatsApp-based cross-border payments for unbanked populations in Southern Africa, processing 250,000 transactions with 24,000 subscribers and 30% monthly growth. Vibrant helps Argentines protect savings from inflation by converting local currency to USDC through Stellar's decentralized exchange. All panelists emphasized Stellar's ease of use, strong developer support, interoperability through Stellar Ecosystem Proposals (SEPs), and the importance of solving real problems for underserved users.
