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MoneyGram and Stellar announced a multi-year partnership extension expanding stablecoin infrastructure and wallet services across Latin America, including El Salvador. The partnership has reached a $1 billion annual run rate in stablecoin trading.

A Twitter Space hosted by the Stellar community promotes a Giveth quadratic funding round for educational and community projects aimed at growing Stellar adoption. Projects from Turkey, Nigeria, and Cyprus pitch initiatives like workshops, hackathons, and gamified onboarding events focused on Soroban, dApps, and real-world Stellar use cases such as remittances with USDC. The round ends September 2nd with a $50,000 USDC matching pool exclusively for Stellar network donations using XLM.

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.