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Stellar Development Foundation core team lead discusses Soroban's mainnet activation, protocol upgrades including SecP256R1 for passkeys and BLS12381 for zero-knowledge contracts, and upcoming improvements like parallel execution and state archival to scale responsibly while maintaining decentralization.

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.

Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou discusses how the Philippines-based crypto exchange is using Stellar and stablecoins to enable remittances and financial empowerment for overseas Filipino workers, reducing remittance costs from 4-5% to 1-2% while expanding to other emerging markets.

Multiple Stellar ecosystem projects pitched at Meridian conference, showcasing cross-border payments, DeFi infrastructure, supply chain financing, and wallet solutions built on Stellar.

Panel discussion on institutional adoption of DeFi featuring leaders from Block Daemon, Zodiac Custody, Braille, and Stellar Development Foundation. Panelists discuss security standards, regulatory frameworks, staking infrastructure, and the coexistence of public and permissioned blockchains in institutional finance.

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.

Cheesecake Labs shares insights on building non-custodial wallets on Stellar, covering key storage using native mobile encryption, SEP-30 key recovery with multi-signature accounts, and challenges integrating with anchors via SEP-6 and SEP-24 standards.

The Stellar Development Foundation's Enterprise Fund hosted a panel featuring four portfolio companies: Tala, Shift Markets, Punto Red, and Cash Abroad. Each discussed their business models, how they leverage Stellar for financial inclusion in emerging markets, and their fundraising experiences with the SDF.

Cheesecake Labs presented their Hyperledger Cacti Stellar connector, enabling asset transfers between private blockchains like Bezu and the public Stellar network. The open-source contribution demonstrates cross-chain interoperability for institutions seeking to connect permissioned and public blockchain ecosystems.

Paltalabs presented Create Soroswap, a React boilerplate for Soroban smart contract development, while Soneso showcased Flutter Wallet SDK for standardized anchor communication, and Argonavis introduced PHP Anchor SDK with free integration support for two projects at Meridian 2024.

Onafreek (formerly MFS Africa) operates a pan-African payments network connecting 500 million mobile wallets and 200 million bank accounts across 40 markets, enabling real-time cross-border payments and financial inclusion through omni-channel infrastructure.

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.

Idris Elba and Stellar Development Foundation announce Akuna Wallet, a blockchain-based solution designed to help African creators monetize their work by removing banking barriers in West Africa. The wallet enables creators to receive payments in USDC and convert to local currency through partnerships with Chipper Cash and Bridge.

DeFi panel discussion on Stellar's Soroban featuring Axelar, Aquarius, and a yield-bearing stablecoin protocol. Speakers discuss strategies for attracting and retaining liquidity on Soroban through bridges, AMMs, lending protocols, and real-world asset tokenization.

Panel discussion on Pluralist Grants frameworks for ecosystem funding. Speakers from Stellar Development Foundation, Gitcoin, and Aura explore how decentralized, multi-program grant structures can better serve diverse ecosystem needs compared to single monolithic programs, with examples from Arbitrum and Stellar.

Tyler Vanderhoeven demonstrates Zafeguard, a stateful policy signer service for Stellar smart wallets that enables sub-accounts to spend from a parent account under customizable spending limits, showcasing composable authentication and account abstraction on Soroban.

Scout, a static code analysis tool for Soroban smart contracts, has detected 28 issues and reached 5,000 downloads. The team plans to integrate LLMs to improve detection capabilities over the next six months.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar's mission to create equitable access to global financial services, emphasizing payments and asset issuance for underbanked populations. At Meridian conference in London, major announcements include Paxos launching USDL (yield-bearing stablecoin), MoneyGram's non-custodial wallet launch, and new partnerships with traditional financial institutions.

Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou discusses MasterCard's crypto credential network and Stellar-powered remittance solutions reducing Philippines remittance fees from 5-6% to under 1%, enabling instant cross-border payments through licensed exchange partnerships.

Yeli Badamozi (Nest Coin) and Guerra Kuwana (OnAfrique) discuss how blockchain and stablecoins are addressing Nigeria's currency crisis and enabling financial inclusion across Africa, LATAM, and Southeast Asia through on-chain neobanking and payment infrastructure.

Circle's USDC secured the first EU stablecoin license under MiCA, staying listed while competitors delist. Dante Desparte and Candice Kelly discuss global regulatory frameworks, USDC adoption on Stellar for financial inclusion, and emerging harmonization across jurisdictions.

Paxos announced it will launch its family of stablecoins, including dollar and gold stablecoins, on the Stellar network. CEO Charles Cascarella discussed how stablecoins democratize access to dollars and yield for unbanked populations globally.

Stripe is integrating Stellar into its payouts product and expanding crypto payments globally with USDC support in 150+ countries. Head of crypto John Egan discussed the company's return to crypto after six years, focusing on stablecoins as the practical use case for global commerce and financial inclusion.

MoneyGram CEO discusses the company's integration with Stellar blockchain for cross-border remittances, explaining how stablecoins like USDC enable faster, cheaper transfers while maintaining fiat interoperability. The company is launching a non-custodial MoneyGram wallet and expanding crypto rails across markets.