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Crypto's political power play: Fair Shake PAC spent $8M on recent primaries unseating crypto critics, while DTCC integrates with Stellar and the regulatory landscape shifts.

DTCC, the major financial market infrastructure handling $114 trillion in assets, partnered with Stellar Foundation to tokenize DTC-custodied assets including Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries, launching H1 2027. Hosts discuss how traditional finance is adopting public blockchains, regulatory hurdles with SEC guidance delays, and the multi-chain future.

Bermuda's premier and central bank CEO discuss how government and regulator collaboration enables industry innovation. The 'Triangle approach' brought Digital Bermuda dollar, Kraken/Franklin Templeton partnerships, and tokenized reinsurance to market. The regulatory philosophy: be clear on the rules, then let companies play.

Jason Karsh, Stellar's new CMO, discusses the blockchain's focus on tokenization and stablecoins as infrastructure for moving value globally. He emphasizes long-term brand building over quick gains, highlighting Stellar's 2 billion in real-world assets and partnerships with institutions like Franklin Templeton.

Stellar Developers meeting covering Q1 2026 ecosystem metrics showing 2B RWA market cap and 170M DeFi TVL, MoneyGram partnership expansion to El Salvador, Aquarius hitting 50M TVL, and 260 hackathon projects including AI agents, mobile wallets, and security tools.

Stellar Developers Meeting covering Q1 2026 ecosystem metrics, MoneyGram partnership extension, Aquarius reaching $50M TVL, and 260 hackathon projects including AI agents, security tools, and mobile-first applications.

The Stellar monthly news show discusses Lindsay's departure from the Stellar Development Foundation, addresses a recent price feed manipulation incident on Blend with full reimbursements, and covers highlights like ETH Denver events, a successful ZK gaming hackathon, and the 2026 foundation strategy targeting 1 billion in network growth. Lightning round updates include SushiSwap V3 launch, new SDKs, partnerships, and upcoming events like the Mexico hackathon. The episode ends with community reflections and farewells.

Stellar's 2025 year in review showcased major institutional adoption, with 55.6 billion in payment volume, 785 million in real world assets on-chain, and key deployments from Franklin Templeton, PayPal, US Bank, and the Marshall Islands. Protocol upgrades like Whisk and X-Ray enabled enterprise-grade scale and privacy.

Stellar's 2025 year in review highlights record adoption with 21.5 billion operations, 10.3 million users, and 1 billion in real-world assets. Major institutions like Franklin Templeton, PayPal, and the Marshall Islands deployed production systems on Stellar, while protocol upgrades WISC and X-Ray enabled enterprise-scale performance and privacy.

Telus Cooperative and Estelar Chile hosted an entrepreneurship fair in Temuco, Chile, promoting innovation and technology for local entrepreneurs building their dreams.

Steven Goldfeder and Tomer Weller discuss Arbitrum and Stellar's 2025 achievements on Coinage's 'Crypto Project of the Year' edition. Arbitrum's milestone was Robinhood's global expansion backed entirely by tokenized assets. Stellar's wins: RWAs doubled (Benji at $580M, Ondo, WisdomTree, RedSwan); MoneyGram expanded in Colombia; DeFi TVL more than doubled. Both leaders agree: DeFi and traditional finance are converging.

Circle, Chainlink, and Stellar debated when institutions adopt blockchain at Convergence 2025. Regulatory clarity arrived in 2025. Now the friction is developer experience and technical integration with legacy systems.

Podcast discussion on interoperability, data intelligence, and multi-chain product strategy featuring Arno from Dune, Jana from Myosin, and Esteban from Findex. Speakers explore how data-driven insights inform product decisions and marketing strategies in web3, emphasizing user experience abstraction over technical complexity.

Podcast discussion on interoperability, data intelligence, and web3 product development featuring Arno from Dune, Jana from Myosin, and Esteban from Findex. Speakers explore how data-driven insights and user-centric design are reshaping multi-chain strategies and marketing approaches in crypto.

Podcast discussion on interoperability, data intelligence, and web3 product development featuring Arno from Dune, Jana from Miocene, and Esteban from Findex. Speakers explore how data-driven insights and user-centric design are reshaping multi-chain strategies and marketing approaches in crypto.

Natasha from Boys Club discusses marketing strategies for crypto projects, emphasizing storytelling, media-first approaches, and building brand perception. She shares insights on leveraging events, managing personal vs. brand visibility, and the importance of authentic narrative in Web3 marketing.

A panel at Stellar House Miami discusses the power of storytelling in Web3 marketing, featuring marketers from Privy and Stellar. Panelists share their journeys into crypto marketing and emphasize aligning narratives with strong products, targeting the right audiences, and building long-term trust. They highlight education on stablecoins, wallets, and purposeful blockchains like Stellar for financial services.

Jason Karsh from SDF hosts a panel with Robinson from Wormhole and Shiv from Boundless discussing how privacy and openness coexist in a multi-chain world. They explore zero-knowledge cryptography, interoperability, and institutional adoption barriers.

U.S. Bank, Stellar Development Foundation, and PwC discuss a stablecoin pilot on Stellar designed for regulated financial institutions. The project highlights Stellar's bank-grade features: asset freezing and transaction reversal at the protocol layer, plus privacy controls for enterprise deployments.

Stellar's CPO Tomer Weller discusses MoneyGram's integration of USDC cash-to-crypto conversion at 400,000+ agents globally. The video covers real-world stablecoin use cases from Ukrainian refugee aid to health worker payroll in Syria and examines why legacy distribution networks matter for blockchain payments.

Civitas ID, a human-centered digital identity system for displaced persons and refugees, is being built on Stellar to solve the invisibility crisis affecting 123 million displaced people globally. The platform aims to bridge humanitarian aid dependency into formal economic participation through portable, verifiable credentials.

At the Meridian event, lightning talks feature Stellar ecosystem innovators. Ondo Finance announces USDY, their yield-bearing tokenized treasury, now live on Stellar. Etherfuse introduces Tesoro, a Brazilian stable bond offering high yield in local currency, and Credit discusses remittances and financial innovation in Africa.

DTCC executive Nadine discusses how DTCC Digital Assets, built on Securrency technology, is tokenizing U.S. markets and bridging traditional finance with blockchain infrastructure through open, interoperable platforms.

Lightning talks from Stellar Meridian featuring 21x's regulated DLT trading platform launching on Stellar, Cheesecake Labs demonstrating AI agent payments on Soroban, Solve Protocol deploying Bitcoin yield infrastructure, and Telegram Wallet integrating XLM as its first blue-chip L1 token.