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Stellar Development Foundation Q1 2025 webinar covering three growth goals: top 10 DeFi by TVL, top 10 monthly active addresses, and 10x increase in yield-bearing RWAs. RWA supply reached $757M with $472M in yield-bearing assets; $3.4B in RWA payments processed. Protocol 23 upgrades targeting 5,000 TPS and 2.5-second block times launching soon.

Garand from the Stellar Development Foundation explains how a $25M MEV attack on Ethereum exploited proof-of-stake's fundamental security flaws, and contrasts this with Stellar's proof-of-agreement consensus model that requires validators to be trusted by existing network members.

Esteban from Palta Labs discusses SorosWap's DeFi Index product, wallet integrations, and crypto adoption across South America, highlighting Brazil's advanced fintech infrastructure and the potential for blockchain-based financial services.

Stellar protocol developers discuss CAP 70, which introduces configurable consensus timing parameters to enable gradual block time reduction from 5 seconds toward 2.5 seconds, plus review of other protocol 23 CAPs including unified asset events and new host functions.

Fred walks through Cyberball Alpha's new quest system, which went live alongside the Cyber Vault. The game shifts credits to a deflationary model with a daily pool system, hourly rewards, and multipliers based on Kale holdings, avoiding the inflation problems seen in traditional MMOs.

Axel, an AI-powered automation platform, discusses its journey from hackathon project to A16Z-backed startup, its expansion onto Stellar through the Kickstarter program, and plans to bring verifiable agent-powered automations for yield and portfolio management to underserved users.

Maya discusses how her fintech app integrated with MoneyGram's API to rapidly expand to 40+ countries, enabling users to buy crypto with cash at retail locations. She highlights adoption in emerging markets like Japan, Cambodia, Philippines, and Senegal, and recommends building on Stellar for similar integrations.

Karsten Jacobsen from Stellar Development Foundation walks through the Guestbook demo DAP, a complete example built on Stellar using smart contracts, TypeScript bindings, and passkey authentication for wallet-less user signup and login.

Penfield (Tupuy) discusses Tansu, a decentralized platform built on Soroban that brings transparency and community governance to open source projects by storing commit hashes on-chain, enabling DAOs per project, and implementing anonymous voting.

Educational overview of Stellar anchors, their four main types, and the Stellar Anchor Platform. Covers how anchors bridge traditional finance and digital assets, with practical deployment via Docker and MoneyGram as a real-world use case.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how Stellar enables real-world asset tokenization and financial inclusion. Key initiatives include partnerships with Franklin Templeton and the UN for aid delivery, with over $5 million distributed and $12 million in operational savings.

Stellar Community Fund mainnet demo day featuring seven SCF-funded projects: Sky Hits (music investment platform), Aurel (institutional crypto middleware), Koka (stablecoin banking), Abroad (cross-border payments), GearUp (African creator marketplace), Comet (Soroban security tool), and Decaf (non-custodial neobank). SCF has distributed over $32M to 540+ projects since inception.

Cyber Vault feature launched to Alpha with wallet integration via Stellar Wallet Kit. Users can link wallets, unlock tier-based perks, and instantly deposit/withdraw in-game balances to Stellar wallets.

Etherfuse, a tokenized bond platform, discussed their stable bonds product and why they chose to build on Stellar. The team highlighted how their yield-bearing RWA tokens provide accessible global access to government bonds from Mexico, Brazil, US, EU, and UK with transparent attestations and plans to implement Stellar's anchor protocol.

Coding with Kale Pill episode featuring Elliot Friend discussing NFT development on Soroban using OpenZeppelin contracts. The session covers NFT contract architecture, metadata handling with IPFS, and practical implementation of generative NFTs on Stellar's smart contract platform.

Jose Toscano and Joseph Anthony built Freely, a non-custodial Stellar wallet integrated into Telegram using passkeys for authentication. Starting from a Dev.2 hackathon ticketing project, they pivoted to wallet accessibility and secured funding in early 2025.

Kyle and Pedro discuss Stellar adoption in Latin America, developer support programs, and community-driven projects. Kyle leads the Stellar Ambassador Program in Brazil and founded NearX, a blockchain developer training company. Pedro is building a gamified learning platform for Rust and Soroban development.

StellarQuest bootcamp walkthrough covering wallet setup with Albedo, account creation on Stellar testnet, and payment transactions using Stellar Lab. Participants earned NFTs by completing each mission step.

Carlos from Flipside discusses how on-chain analytics and data curation drive blockchain ecosystem growth, focusing on metrics like TVL, user engagement scores, and protocol differentiation to help communities understand and optimize their on-chain activity.

Developer builds AI-powered MCP (Model Context Protocol) server on Cloudflare that dynamically exposes Stellar smart contract interfaces to LLMs, enabling voice-controlled token deployment and contract interaction without manual signing or XLM management.

Stellar DevX team showcased new Stellar Lab features for smart contracts, including contract explorer, storage management, and an upcoming invoke contract UI. OpenZeppelin presented a new upgradeable smart contract standard (SAP) for Soroban.

Garen Tyson from SDF explains state archival, Stellar's solution to blockchain state bloat. The protocol uses rent-based storage fees and Merkle proofs to archive inactive entries, reducing validator costs while maintaining security and user experience through RPC abstraction.

Nick Neumann demonstrates building remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers on Cloudflare to enable AI models like Claude to interact with Stellar smart contracts dynamically, including deploying tokens and managing transactions through smart wallets without storing secret keys.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Wall Street's adoption of blockchain for tokenization, stablecoin regulation, and Stellar's work delivering aid globally. Franklin Templeton's money market fund on Stellar reduced entry barriers from $2,500 to $25, while the UN uses Stellar's disbursement tool to deliver refugee aid in minutes.