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Palta Labs demonstrated the Trustless Portfolio Manager, a smart contract that automatically rebalances crypto portfolios using Reflector Oracles and DeFindex vaults. The system enables users to maintain balanced positions like 50% XLM and 50% XRP without manual intervention or centralized management.

Raph and Jerome discuss their trip to Prague for Stellar's marketing event and the Emergence conference, covering event experiences, Blend V2 updates with flash loans and wallet integrations, the Balance cross-chain protocol launch, and ecosystem opportunities including the Reflector dev competition.

Developer walkthrough of Reflector price oracle for Stellar DeFi, covering boilerplate setup, testing with ledger snapshots, and building a predictive market contract using oracle data.

Script3 launched Blend Capital, a lending protocol primitive on Stellar's Soroban that enables customizable lending pools with algorithmic interest rates and mandatory insurance. The protocol has 5.5M TVL and is attracting integrations from wallets and real-world asset projects.

Tomas from Cyclo Labs discusses Mercury, a Soroban-focused data indexing service, and Cyclones flash loan protocol at Stellar Meridian 2024. He explains how Mercury indexes on-chain data for DeFi applications and addresses liquidity challenges on Soroban while highlighting Stellar's technical advantages.

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.

Tutorial on three ways to grow XLM holdings on Stellar without staking: depositing in Blend Capital for emissions, earning rewards through Aquarius AMM and SDX pools, and participating in Phinex DeFi Hub liquidity pools. Bonus strategy involves using FxDAO vaults to mint stablecoins and leverage cross-protocol integrations.

Marcus from Script3 presented Blend Capital's five-month performance on Soroban, highlighting 237 unique wallets, $8.58M total deposits, and innovative auction-based liquidations. The team outlined future priorities: expanding wallet integrations, launching professionally risk-managed pools, and building an OTC lending framework for real-world use cases like remittance financing.

Stellar Foundation leaders discuss the future of the DEX, validator decentralization, Soroban adoption, and ecosystem security at Meridian 2024. Key topics include replacing the classic order book with AMMs and liquidity aggregators, growing tier-one validator participation, and expanding DeFi protocols on Soroban.

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.

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

Guillaume Feliciano, Chief Revenue Officer at Société Générale Forge, discusses the bank's tokenization strategy, MiCA-compliant stablecoin launch, and expansion to multiple public blockchains including Stellar. He emphasizes DeFi as the convergence point between traditional finance and crypto.

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.

Tutorial on Blend Protocol, an over-collateralized lending platform on Stellar. Covers how the protocol works, testnet UI walkthrough, and how developers can build on top of it using Soroban smart contracts.

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.

ZK Cross Network launches Super Accounts on Stellar, enabling one-click bridging of liquidity from 100+ fiat currencies and blockchains to Stellar. The feature abstracts DeFi complexities like gas swapping and bridging through chain abstraction infrastructure.

Women in DeFi Bootcamp inaugural session covering Web3 fundamentals, blockchain technology, DeFi concepts, and the Stellar ecosystem. Participants learned about wallets, stablecoins, DEX platforms, lending, staking, and tokenization with hands-on demonstrations.

Comprehensive guide to earning money in the Stellar ecosystem through yield farming, liquidity provision, and governance participation across platforms like Aquarius, Blend, Ultra Stellar, and others, with yields ranging from 4% to 6000%.

Script3 demos Blend, a lending pool primitive on Stellar that lets projects launch their own lending pools with dynamic interest rates and automatic insurance. Orbit Lens presents Reflector, a decentralized oracle network moving toward DAO governance with a new utility token.

Comprehensive analysis of Stellar Lumens (XLM) covering token fundamentals, consensus mechanism, staking options via Soroban protocols, key use cases, competitive landscape, wallet options, and price scenarios. Discusses XLM's role in cross-border payments, asset issuance, and DeFi with current TVL of 8 million dollars.

SCF 29 pitch session featuring 30+ Stellar ecosystem projects presenting innovations across payments, DeFi, developer tools, gaming, education, and financial inclusion. Projects range from stablecoin infrastructure to smart contract platforms to real-world asset tokenization.

Meru is a neobank for freelancers and remote workers that combines fiat banking with crypto functionality on Stellar. Users get US bank accounts, can deposit USDC on Stellar, earn yield through DeFi protocols, and withdraw via Visa/Mastercard or MoneyGram.

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.

Aquarius introduces the Soroban Yield Bridge, enabling Stellar users to earn yields from Ethereum-based assets like stETH and Aave tokens directly on Stellar. The non-custodial bridge launches with five assets and uses Reflector oracles for real-time synchronization.