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Stellar Development Foundation and MoneyGram launched MoneyGram Access, a global cash-to-crypto on-ramp enabling users to deposit physical cash at 350,000 MoneyGram locations worldwide and receive USDC on Stellar, with no transaction fees for the first year.

SDF Q2 2022 quarterly review covering network growth, MoneyGram cash-to-crypto launch, Protocol 19 upgrade enabling payment channels, Project Jump Cannon smart contracts progress, and ecosystem initiatives including Freighter 2.0, Vibrant 2.0, and $10M enterprise investment fund.

Jake Urban, tech lead for partner engineering at SDF, discusses the recently launched MoneyGram Access integration that enables users to convert fiat cash to crypto at MoneyGram agents worldwide. He also introduces the Stellar Anchor Platform, a generalized solution that helps financial institutions integrate with Stellar standards.

Steve Walker from Task.io and Blue Marble discusses entrepreneurship, building sustainable blockchain businesses, and using NFTs and Stellar for real-world impact like carbon removal and community asset ownership.

Louisa from Stellar Development Foundation's BD partnerships team discusses key ecosystem partnerships including Coinbase, Fireblocks, and OKCoin, and explains the strategy to expand Stellar's utility beyond payments into DeFi and tokenized assets.

Stellar Development Foundation's enterprise marketing lead Ben Grossman discusses SDF's first sponsorship of South by Southwest, a 6 billion Lumen marketing grant program for ecosystem companies, and how the foundation supports builders globally across remittances, payments, and other use cases.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LightNet and Interstellar announced a partnership leveraging Stellar to enable fast, low-cost remittances across Asia Pacific. Backed by major conglomerates including CP Group and Seven Bank, the network connects 40,000+ convenience stores and 5 million agents to serve unbanked populations and reduce remittance costs from 6% to under 1%.

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, discusses Solid, a decentralized protocol for data ownership and control. He draws parallels between early web principles and current blockchain/Stellar efforts, emphasizing the importance of open standards, user agency, and avoiding centralization.

Stellar Development Foundation announced USDC is now an official chain for the stablecoin, partnering with Circle. SDF also released protocol upgrades including claimable balances and sponsored reserves, relaunched the Stellar Community Fund 2.0, and expanded anchor networks in Africa and Latin America.

Stellar Development Foundation Q2 2020 quarterly call covering Samsung blockchain key store integration, Abra partnership announcement, Protocol 13 upgrade with Fee Bumps and asset authorization features, anchor expansion strategy, and policy engagement initiatives.

Stellar Development Foundation and Elliptic announced an integration bringing compliance tools to the Stellar network. The partnership enables businesses to screen Lumens transactions and wallets for risk, supporting AML, sanctions compliance, and regulatory obligations.

Donnell Dixon, SDF Executive Director, announced major organizational changes at Meridian including burning 50 billion lumens, right-sizing capital allocation, hiring a CMO, and refocusing the foundation's mission on creating equitable access to the global financial system through strategic pillars and ecosystem support.