Decaf and Meru demonstrate Stellar's real-world impact on payment infrastructure. Decaf moved $1.3M USDC emergency aid to Venezuela in 4 days with 2-minute settlements and 86% delivery efficiency. Meru crossed 1M users and $1.5B in transaction volume serving Latin American freelancers and businesses. Both companies explain how connecting stablecoins to local financial systems solves the last-mile problem.
Rick from Decaf shares how Stellar stablecoins enabled $1.3M in emergency cash to reach 3,765 Venezuelan families within 4 days, each receiving funds in their local bank accounts within 2 minutes. Beyond humanitarian aid, he details how the same infrastructure now powers Decaf Business for cross-border commerce, supporting importers, contractors, and NGOs. Carlos from Meru highlights that Meru's 1M registered users and $1.5B in transaction volume reveal three critical lessons: users don't want stablecoins but what they enable; connecting to local infrastructure is harder than blockchain settlement; and trust matters most. Both talks illustrate Stellar reaching real scale when the last-mile problem is solved.
