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Comprehensive overview of Stellar and XLM covering the project's history, founders Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim, core mission of financial inclusion, consensus protocol, tokenomics with 50 billion fixed supply, and key use cases including cross-border payments, remittances, and asset tokenization.

Speaker proposes tokenizing real estate on Stellar to solve industry problems like fraud, illiquidity, and lack of transparency. Real estate tokenization could enable fractional ownership, reduce fees, and unlock a $16 trillion market by 2030.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Danell Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, opened Meridian 2024 discussing blockchain transformation focused on everyday financial services. She highlighted existing wallet innovations, real-world impact across remittances and humanitarian aid, and called for builders to solve unmet financial needs in underserved communities.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lauren Thorbjørnsen, VP and Chief of Staff at the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar Meridian 2024 in London, highlighting the conference's 10-year anniversary theme of transformation, 800 expected attendees from 65 countries, and key sessions on financial inclusion, Soroban smart contracts, and emerging markets.

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.

ClickPesa launches a DeFi debt fund on Stellar's Soroban to bridge the $421 billion financing gap for SMEs and women entrepreneurs in Africa, partnering with microfinance institutions to automate lending and expand capital access.

Elizabeth Carpenter, COO of Circle, discusses how USDC and blockchain technology enable real-world financial inclusion, from farmers in Brazil to cross-border payments, emphasizing the importance of trust, user experience, and the 'caring edge' over hype-driven innovation.

Donnell Dixon of the Stellar Development Foundation interviews Mary Ellen Iskandarian, President and CEO of Women's World Banking, exploring how financial inclusion for low-income women drives economic empowerment, family outcomes, and GDP growth across developing economies.

Danelle Dixon interviews Rick Martin, co-founder of Decaf, a non-custodial wallet enabling fiat-to-crypto onboarding in 200 countries. They discuss building real-world impact through accessible financial tools, trust-building, and amplifying stories of users in underserved markets.

Australian entrepreneur Zach Barrowdale uses Decaf, a Stellar-powered payment app, to pay workers in San Francisco, Colombia without risking his life carrying cash. After being shot during a payroll run, he switched to crypto payments via USDC on Stellar, enabling financial inclusion for 50+ women in a remote farming town.

Stellar Startup Camp demo day featuring multiple projects: a carbon credit tokenization platform for environmental restoration, ClipStack for creator financing via ad revenue sharing, Horizon for accessible credit access with DeFi benefits, and EcoTrade for carbon credit trading on Stellar.

Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager at SDF, discusses the Stellar Disbursement Platform, an open-source bulk payments tool enabling organizations to send money to multiple individuals simultaneously on Stellar. The platform supports humanitarian aid, payroll, government programs, and other use cases while bringing financial inclusion to underbanked populations.

Panel discussion on bulk payments in the Stellar ecosystem, featuring Circle, SDF's Disbursement Platform, UNICEF, and Ping. Speakers explored how blockchain enables faster, cheaper disbursements for aid, payroll, and creator payments while addressing regulatory challenges and last-mile delivery.

Three Stellar ecosystem wallets (Beans, Decaf, Boss Money) demonstrated integration with the Stellar Disbursement Platform, showcasing how organizations can send bulk payments globally to recipients who onboard seamlessly into crypto wallets for the first time.

Elroy, a fintech platform built on Stellar, launches Elroy Global for free money transfers to Mexico with plans to expand to 30+ countries. The service offers high interest rates, virtual cards, and seamless international payments using Stellar's standardized protocols.