Hosts recap December highlights in the Stellar ecosystem, including Stellar House Miami event, Protocol 25 (X-Ray) testnet launch for ZK privacy, and tools like Smoothie Capital. Lightning round covers Marshall Islands UBI on Stellar, RWA milestones over $1B, Blend integrations, and upcoming events. Emphasis on DeFi growth, developer tools, and community initiatives.
The monthly Stellar recap covers Stellar House Miami during Art Basel, featuring ecosystem projects like CrossMint, Red Swan, and Boys Club, with high online engagement. Protocol 25 (X-Ray) launched on testnet, introducing BN-254 and Poseidon for ZK privacy applications while maintaining transparency, with mainnet vote on Jan 22. Smoothie Capital provides portfolio analytics for Stellar wallets and Blend yields. Lightning round highlights Marshall Islands' blockchain UBI via stablecoin, State Street's tokenized fund expanding to Stellar, OpenZeppelin Relayer support, Space and Time ZK indexing, $1B RWA milestone, Etherfuse Blend pool, DeFi Index growth, Olos zero-loss gaming, and dev tools like Stellar Lab updates. Upcoming events include bootcamps, buildathons in India, and residencies.
