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Raph and Jerome discuss their trip to Prague for Stellar's marketing event and the Emergence conference, covering event experiences, Blend V2 updates with flash loans and wallet integrations, the Balance cross-chain protocol launch, and ecosystem opportunities including the Reflector dev competition.

Developer walkthrough of Reflector price oracle for Stellar DeFi, covering boilerplate setup, testing with ledger snapshots, and building a predictive market contract using oracle data.

Script3 launched Blend Capital, a lending protocol primitive on Stellar's Soroban that enables customizable lending pools with algorithmic interest rates and mandatory insurance. The protocol has 5.5M TVL and is attracting integrations from wallets and real-world asset projects.

Chris Anataglio from Stellar Development Foundation presents FutureStack, demonstrating how passkeys and smart contract wallets simplify Web3 onboarding. The passkeys kit SDK enables developers to implement passwordless authentication using biometrics, eliminating seed phrase friction for consumer adoption.

Fred from Litemint discusses Cyberbrawl, the sequel to Lightmeat.io, a casual trading card game on Stellar that now leverages Soroban smart contracts for asset management, multiple currencies, and seamless onboarding for non-crypto users via passkeys and social logins.

Fred from Litemint discusses Cyberbrawl, the smart contract-powered sequel to Lightmeat.io. The casual trading card game leverages Soroban for asset management, introduces new mechanics like overclock and crafting currencies, and launches a beta tournament next month with monthly seasons and full battle replays.

Tomas from Cyclo Labs discusses Mercury, a Soroban-focused data indexing service, and Cyclones flash loan protocol at Stellar Meridian 2024. He explains how Mercury indexes on-chain data for DeFi applications and addresses liquidity challenges on Soroban while highlighting Stellar's technical advantages.

Panel discussion at DuneCon exploring TVL as a metric for blockchain adoption. Speakers from Stellar, Dune, Mantle, and Safe debate whether TVL remains the best measure of ecosystem health or if alternatives like adoption metrics, transfer volumes, and daily active users better reflect real-world impact.

Tutorial on three ways to grow XLM holdings on Stellar without staking: depositing in Blend Capital for emissions, earning rewards through Aquarius AMM and SDX pools, and participating in Phinex DeFi Hub liquidity pools. Bonus strategy involves using FxDAO vaults to mint stablecoins and leverage cross-protocol integrations.

Educational tutorial on Stellar accounts covering account structure, creation using the JavaScript SDK, Stellar Lab tools, and completing Stellar Quest challenges.

Tutorial on authentication in Soroban smart contracts, covering require_auth and require_auth_for_args functions for verifying transaction authorization, plus testing methods using mock_auth and mock_all_auth utilities.

Developer walkthrough of Stellar smart wallet implementation using Soroban, covering passkey signers, policy-based access control, and stateful contract patterns for secure multi-sig account management.

SDF platform team showcased five hackathon projects built on the Composable Data Platform, demonstrating faster, cheaper alternatives to Horizon for trade aggregations, fraud detection, contract indexing, browser-based ingestion, and validator analytics.

The Give Hub, a Stellar blockchain-based crowdfunding app, is empowering unbanked communities in Latin America and Africa by funding schools, clean water systems, healthcare, and microloans. Blockchain transparency ensures donations reach their intended impact.

Developer demonstrates launching fireworks using Soroban smart contracts on Stellar, with a Node.js controller listening for blockchain events and triggering an Arduino-controlled arc igniter. Showcases Web3's potential to replace cloud services for IoT applications.

Stellar Development Foundation held its Q3 2024 quarterly webinar, highlighting 9 million network addresses, $606 million in real-world assets, $4.9 billion in total volume, and major partnerships with Stripe, MasterCard, and Paxos announced at Meridian conference.

Actor Idris Elba discusses financial inclusion and creative empowerment in Africa with Stellar leadership, exploring how blockchain tools can help African filmmakers and creators access financing, distribution, and ownership opportunities.

Multiple Stellar ecosystem projects pitched at an event, including security tools (Almanax, Scout), oracles (Reflektor, Orly Network), a perpetual exchange (Hermes), DAO governance (Soroban Governor), and various infrastructure solutions for developers and users.

David Mazieres, Stellar co-founder, discusses the origins of the Stellar Consensus Protocol, drawing parallels between decentralized systems design and his earlier work on peer-to-peer file systems. He explains how the protocol was inspired by internet architecture and designed to prevent forks through network effects rather than proof-of-work.

Stellar founder reflects on the network's 10-year journey, discussing early innovations like its consensus mechanism and distributed exchange, the importance of communication and continuous innovation, and how Soroban smart contracts now enable ecosystem builders to drive growth beyond the SDF.

Blockaid, an on-chain security platform, announced its launch on Stellar with initial partners Freighter and Lobster. The platform detects malicious transactions, wallet drainers, and scams, having stopped hundreds of millions of attacks and protected billions in assets across multiple ecosystems.

Anthony Scaramucci discusses his transition from Wall Street to crypto, advocating for blockchain adoption and regulatory clarity. He emphasizes crypto's potential to eliminate intermediaries in financial transactions and calls for bipartisan U.S. policy on stablecoins and digital assets.

Marcus from Script3 presented Blend Capital's five-month performance on Soroban, highlighting 237 unique wallets, $8.58M total deposits, and innovative auction-based liquidations. The team outlined future priorities: expanding wallet integrations, launching professionally risk-managed pools, and building an OTC lending framework for real-world use cases like remittance financing.

PayPal executive Jose discusses the firm's crypto strategy, stablecoin adoption, and the shift from trading-focused use cases to cross-border B2B payments and remittances. He emphasizes velocity over market cap and predicts stablecoin deconcentration with clearer regulation.