Roberto Durski, Senior Director of Partnerships and RWA at Stellar, discusses the network's evolution over two years, covering smart contracts via Soroban, DeFi growth, stablecoins, real-world assets, and the regulatory landscape for CBDCs and tokenized finance.
In this interview, Roberto Durski from Stellar Foundation outlines the network's strategic focus on smart contracts through Soroban and DeFi expansion, highlighting competitive advantages in cost and performance. He explains Stellar's approach to stablecoins as foundational payment infrastructure and discusses the emerging RWA market, including money market funds, securities, and tokenized deposits. Durski addresses the tension between permissioned and permissionless blockchains for regulated finance, arguing that risk-based regulation of use cases rather than technology is more productive. He also covers Stellar's metrics: 10 million+ users, 1 billion in RWA AUM, 5 nines uptime, and emphasizes the importance of cross-ecosystem collaboration over competitive positioning.
