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Documentary exploring how stablecoins facilitate cross-border trade in Nigeria's informal electronics market, where merchants bypass traditional banking to access dollars for imports from China.

Stanford researcher Lisa Nestor analyzed 41 million USDC transactions on Airtm to measure stablecoin performance in cross-border payments. The data shows 96% settlement within one hour, competitive fees for micropayments, and strong evidence that open networks deliver better outcomes than closed systems.

Arnald from Quantos Payments discusses their regulated e-money and stablecoin platform built on public blockchains. The Dutch-regulated fintech focuses on solving cross-border B2B settlement costs and liquidity challenges for corporates, platforms, and AI agents, recently becoming a Visa principal member.

MoneyGram CEO Anthony Suhu discusses modernizing the 80-year-old remittance company by integrating blockchain rails, stablecoins, and APIs to create instant, borderless payments. He emphasizes omni-channel strategy, customer choice, and open interoperable systems while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Findex protocol powers crypto neobanks with savings accounts, demonstrated across Xportal, HANA Wallet, Zipcash, BeansApp, and others. Users deposit stablecoins through Findex vaults to earn APY, with wallet providers controlling UX while using Findex backend infrastructure.

Sven Walfels, co-founder of Monerium, discusses the first fully regulated e-money stablecoins issued on blockchain in Europe. Monerium offers on-chain euros and sterling backed by high-quality liquid assets, integrated with SEPA for seamless bank-to-wallet transfers and partnerships with MetaMask and Gnosis Pay for debit card spending.

David Taylor of Etherfuse explains why non-USD stablecoins need sovereign debt infrastructure. Four years ago, his team chose to build in Mexico rather than the US, leveraging the fintech law sandbox to issue yield-bearing assets. Today, Etherfuse operates in seven countries with plans to expand to over 100 by end of 2026.

Stellar processed 21.5 billion operations in 2025 with 10.3 million unique users, maintaining 99.99% uptime. Major institutions including Franklin Templeton, PayPal, and the Marshall Islands deployed real-world assets and payments on the network, with RWAs surpassing 1 billion and payment volume reaching 55.6 billion.

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.

A podcast interview with AirTM CEO Ruben Galindo discusses the company's 11-year journey solving cross-border payment challenges using stablecoins on Stellar, from Venezuela's hyperinflation to enterprise payroll for 250,000 workers in 150 countries. AirTM excels in the 'last mile' by enabling fast, low-cost cashouts to 488 local payment methods. The conversation highlights Stellar's role, stablecoin advantages, and the need for patience in building generational fintech infrastructure.

Podcast on interoperability in blockchain featuring Meru and Etherfuse discussing stablecoin and stablebond adoption across Latin America, regulatory progress, and building financial infrastructure for emerging markets.

Panel discussion on redefining payments through stablecoins and blockchain rails. MoneyGram, AirTM, and Crossmint discuss cross-border remittances, settlement speed, and building accessible payment experiences on Stellar.

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.

Four infrastructure leaders discuss how payment cards bridge mainstream crypto adoption. Panelists from Polygon, Stellar, Visa, and Pi Squared share distinct strategies: Polygon focuses LATAM peer-to-peer volume; Stellar leverages batteries-included payments infrastructure; Visa integrates stablecoins into its merchant network; Pi Squared explores alternative non-blockchain payment infrastructure.

A documentary explores Argentina's economic crisis, hyperinflation, and heavy reliance on informal dollar markets and stablecoins like USDT and USDC. Despite economic improvements under President Milei, distrust in the formal banking system and high taxes drive continued adoption of stablecoins as a dollar proxy. The content reveals stablecoins bridging fiat and crypto in emerging markets facing currency instability.

In this Block by Block podcast episode, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Danelle Dixon interviews Etherfuse CEO Dave Taylor about tokenizing local currency sovereign bonds as 'stable bonds' on the Stellar blockchain. They discuss how this enables cheap FX, yield-bearing local currency assets, and reduces dollarization in emerging markets like Mexico and Brazil. Etherfuse aims to bring over 100 sovereign currencies on-chain to empower local economies and interoperability.

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.

Legal experts from the U.S. and Brazil discuss crypto regulation at Meridian 2025, covering the Genius Act for stablecoins, the Clarity Act, Brazil's Central Bank oversight framework, and how clear regulation can foster innovation while protecting investors.

Panel discussion at Meridian conference on simplifying crypto UX through wallet infrastructure, stablecoins, and remittances. Speakers from Stellar, Privy, and Beans discuss hiding blockchain complexity to enable mainstream adoption.

PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin is now live on Stellar. The USD 1.3 billion market cap stablecoin has grown 160% year-to-date and will enable checkout at millions of PayPal merchants through Stellar wallets with sub-1% fees.

Meridian conference panel featuring Arculus tap-to-pay hardware wallets, PwC guidance on enterprise blockchain adoption, Alfred's stablecoin payment infrastructure across Latin America, and Mercado Bitcoin's 1.5B reais in tokenized credit on Stellar.

A keynote on how stablecoins and programmable money can transform everyday payments through automation, spending guardrails, and yield generation, moving beyond faster settlement to smarter financial behavior.

Circle's Daniel Pérez discusses CCTP v2 coming to Stellar in Q1 2026, enabling deeper liquidity and lower-cost remittances across Latin America. The integration addresses regulatory clarity and builder needs in the region.