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SCF Demo Day | May 2025

SCF Demo Day showcased six mainnet-live projects on May 2026, marking a milestone: 50 SCF-funded projects have launched on Stellar mainnet in 2026. Across three rounds, SCF has awarded $7.7M to approximately 75 projects.

SCFDeFiFinancial Inclusion
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The May 2026 SCF Mainnet Demo Day highlighted 50 Stellar Community Fund-backed projects now live on mainnet in 2026 alone. Across SCF 41, 42, and 43, the program has awarded approximately $7.7 million to nearly 75 projects, distributed based on milestone completion. Six projects presented: ContentDAO (reputation-based content creator protocol), Normal (non-custodial investing with yield on USDC), Rates (peer-to-peer currency exchange for remittances), Peridot Finance (cross-chain lending and borrowing), SocketFi (smart wallet for Web3 onboarding), and Alula (lending protocol with looping). All are live on mainnet with integrations including Coinbase, MoneyGram, Stripe, and DeFi Index. This milestone reflects the ecosystem's shift toward production: more projects shipping faster, with community-driven funding ensuring capital flows to builders solving real problems across DeFi, payments, and financial inclusion.

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AlulaFinancial Protocols
SCF
DeFiLending & Borrowing

Alula is a lending protocol with looping functionality on Stellar. It relies on the network's low-cost transactions and efficien…

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Content DAOEducation & Community
SCF
SocialPaymentsAPI

Web3 influencer KOLs protocol brings transparency, escrow USDC payments, and on-chain history for all socials.

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Normal FinanceFinancial Protocols
SCFAudited
SyntheticsDeFi

Normal Finance is a multi-chain synthetic asset protocol that enables investors to gain exposure to various assets, asset indexe…

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Peridot FinanceFinancial Protocols
SCF
DeFiLending & BorrowingCross-Chain

Cross-chain lending and borrowing protocol on Stellar, enabling users to supply and borrow assets across multiple blockchains.

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SocketFiEnd-User Application
SCF
MobileWebSDK

SocketFi is a smart wallet dApp built on Soroban and the Stellar ecosystem, designed to seamlessly connect millions of users to …

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