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George from SDF's Horizon team demonstrates how to use Stellar SDKs by building a game that decodes XDR transactions, claims claimable balances, and streams payments as incoming attacks. The talk covers the three-layer SDK abstraction pyramid: cryptography/XDR, transaction building, and Horizon API querying.

Stellar Development Foundation CEO recaps Meridian 2021 conference, highlighting 829M in transaction volume, Protocol 18 AMM launch, six new cross-border payment corridors, and 70M in Enterprise Fund investments across 11 companies. 2022 strategy focuses on utility, participation, ecosystem growth, inclusion, and policy impact.

A panel debate on stablecoins versus CBDCs featuring experts from Circle, Stablecorp, BIT, and the Atlantic Council, exploring financial inclusion, privacy, regulation, and whether both can coexist in the digital currency ecosystem.

Billy Grunas from the Stellar Development Foundation presents an overview of blockchain technology, Bitcoin's proof-of-work mechanism, and Stellar's focus on fast, low-cost payments infrastructure with support for stablecoins, CBDCs, and financial inclusion.

Lee McCulloch and Alex Sharbena from the Stellar Development Foundation presented Starlight, a layer-2 payment channel protocol enabling millions of transactions per second off-chain while maintaining security through CAP-21 and CAP-40 protocol upgrades.

Panel discussion on Stellar's growth trajectory featuring leaders from Settle Network, Liquid Group, SatoshiPay, and Securrency debating the network's focus on remittances versus broader use cases, DeFi adoption via Protocol 18 AMMs, and scalability challenges.

Enterprise leaders from Finclusive, AirTM, and Bitso discuss regulatory trends, liquidity gaps, and use cases for blockchain payments in Latin America and emerging markets at Meridian Conference.

Jeff Ramsire presents SpeedX, a scalable batch-based DEX design that eliminates front-running, optimizes liquidity across asset pairs, and enables parallelizable transaction processing. The system could integrate into Stellar to support efficient cross-border payments at scale.

Panel discussion featuring CEOs of Tribal Credit, Wire, and Tala discussing their strategic investments from Stellar Development Foundation and how they're building fintech-crypto solutions for emerging markets.

Stellar Protocol 18 launched with AMM functionality built at the protocol level, enabling automated market makers that democratize liquidity provision. Two weeks post-launch, the network has 1,500+ liquidity pools, $13M+ in total value locked, and spreads on key pairs like ARS/USD have tightened to 1%, improving cross-border payment costs by 33%.

Jed McCaleb and Danelle Dixon discuss Stellar's competitive strategy, recent achievements like USDC integration and MoneyGram partnership, regulatory engagement, and future use cases including gaming and cross-border payments at the Meridian conference.

Three Stellar Community Fund recipients discuss their projects: Light Mint (NFT marketplace for artists), Leaf Global FinTech (cross-border wallet for refugees), and Script3 (DeFi protocol with Yield Blocks). They share how SCF funding enabled growth and offer advice for future applicants.

Stellar Development Foundation leadership discusses 2021 ecosystem achievements at Meridian conference, highlighting USDC stablecoin launch, MoneyGram partnership, $65M in Enterprise Fund investments, and technical roadmap including Horizon 2.0, AMM functionality, and upcoming SpeedX DEX protocol.

MoneyGram and Stellar Development Foundation announced a live pilot enabling cash-in and cash-out of USDC through MoneyGram's 200+ country agent network, with plans to expand to multiple wallets in 2022.

Stellar Open Protocol discussion on CAP 21, which enables payment channels on Stellar for off-chain transactions and improved network throughput. The CAP is moving forward to the committee for approval after technical revisions and validation experiments.

SDF's Q3 2021 quarterly call covered major developments including a $40M investment in Tala, MoneyGram partnership for cash-in/cash-out via Stellar, Protocol 18 AMM upgrade, and 148% year-over-year growth in network payments.

Stellar Open Protocol meeting reviewing CAP 38 (Automated Market Makers) post-implementation changes. The team validated final XDR adjustments before protocol 18 network upgrade scheduled for November 3rd, confirming AMM functionality is ready for deployment.

Panel discussion on reimagining finance with blockchain, featuring leaders from Stellar, Visa, Tribal Credit, Wire, and RTM discussing fintech opportunities in Latin America, stablecoins, cross-border payments, and the role of blockchain infrastructure in financial inclusion.

Stellar Development Foundation discusses CAP 21, a core advancement proposal that enables payment channels on Stellar. The team addresses outstanding technical questions about account extensions, transaction validation, and preconditions to move toward acceptance.

Stellar Open Protocol meeting discussing CAP 21 and CAP 40, which lay groundwork for payment channels. CAP 21 generalizes transaction preconditions to support relative time locks and other conditions; CAP 40 enables participants to exchange signatures for multiple transactions in one step.

Stellar Development Foundation hosted an ecosystem panel on fintech in Africa featuring leaders from Chipper Cash, DFS Lab, ClickPesa, and Leaf Global. Panelists discussed building blockchain-based financial services, navigating fragmented regulatory landscapes, and the critical need for interoperability across African fintech platforms.

Stellar Development Foundation CEO Danelle Dixon leads a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in fintech and tech, featuring leaders from Dropbox, Avantis Consulting, and the National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain. Panelists discuss barriers to diversity, the business case for inclusion, and actionable steps for building more representative organizations.

SDF's Q2 2021 quarterly call covering $18M in enterprise fund investments, protocol upgrades 16 and 17, CAP 38 AMM proposal, and network growth metrics showing 159% increase in payments and 36,900% growth in relevant asset transactions.

Dr. Jim Kim, former World Bank president, discusses how blockchain and Stellar can address global challenges like financial inclusion, remittances, and poverty reduction. He shares insights on global governance, policy-making, and the importance of engaging multilateral institutions to advance blockchain adoption.