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Tori Samples, director of product at SDF, explores why trustlessness is a false narrative and how cultivating explicit trust models is essential for building Web3 ecosystems. She examines trust through personal, institutional, and technological lenses, then demonstrates how Stellar's proof-of-agreement consensus and real-world partnerships create trustworthy financial infrastructure for billions globally.

Enzo and Fifro from Aha Labs discuss Moonlight, a non-custodial privacy protocol for Stellar, alongside David from LumenShade, which uses zero-knowledge proofs for privacy pools. Both projects aim to enable private payments on Stellar while maintaining compliance with regulations.

Stellar Development Foundation reports strong Q2 2025 progress toward 10x growth goals: TVL reached $153M (rank 37 on DeFi Llama), PayPal's PYUSD launching on Stellar, RWAs at $496M yield-bearing assets, and Protocol 23 upgrade shipping in September with major scalability improvements.

Freely built a payout system on Stellar that lets businesses split payments across multiple recipients in different countries. Using smart wallets, policy signers, and anchors, the team created a secure, low-cost solution for remittances and bulk disbursements, launching mainnet in approximately two months.

BP Ventures demonstrates its white-label self-custodial retail wallet built on Stellar, featuring email/social login via SEP-30, fiat onramps through anchors like MoneyGram, asset swaps via Stellar DEX, and prepaid card integration across 170 countries.

Donnell Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar's ambitious $3 billion RWA goal for the year and the network's early leadership in tokenization since 2019 with Franklin Templeton. He covers the evolution from tokenized fiat and gold to native on-chain securities, stablecoins like PYUSD launching on Stellar, and benefits like reduced OPEX, 24/7 yields, and collateral mobility. Regulatory clarity is accelerating adoption, validating Stellar's long-term vision.

Tomer Weller, CPO at Stellar, discusses real-world stablecoin adoption including RTM wallet processing $1.2B annually, aid distribution in Ukraine, and the MoneyGram partnership enabling USDC off-ramping across 400,000 agents globally.

Danielle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses why stablecoin adoption is accelerating now after years of infrastructure building. She attributes the shift to improved regulation, better UX design, and growing institutional interest in using blockchain for payments and treasury management.

Société Générale Forge and Upheaval discuss issuing bank-backed stablecoins on Stellar, covering regulatory compliance, ecosystem partnerships, and DeFi integration challenges for institutional asset issuers.

Candace Kelly, Chief Legal and Policy Officer at Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how blockchain technology enables faster, cheaper cross-border payments for humanitarian aid and frontline workers. The Stellar Disbursement Platform has helped UNHCR distribute $5 million to 2,500 Ukrainian families and supports GIZ in paying conflict zone workers, while addressing regulatory challenges and scalability barriers.

At PMLS 2025 Day 3, four payments industry leaders debate stablecoins as the next global payment rail. Panelists from Stellar, PayPal, Bridge, and Google discuss regulatory clarity, infrastructure abstraction, and pathways to mainstream adoption.

Freelee pivoted from a Telegram chatbot remittance app to a B2B payout management system after user research in the Philippines revealed that businesses, not individuals, had the real pain point. The team now uses Stellar's fast, low-cost transactions to help companies automate payouts to freelancers and gig workers.

Panel discussion on stablecoin adoption drivers featuring leaders from Stellar Development Foundation, Squads, and Greenfield Capital. Panelists project stablecoin market growth to 500 billion to 1 trillion USD within 18 months, driven by institutional adoption, regulatory clarity, and real-world use cases like B2B payments and treasury management.

Stellar Development Foundation announced PYUSD, PayPal's stablecoin, will launch on Stellar this summer. Danelle Dixon discussed how this partnership enables low-fee cross-border payments and financial services for underbanked populations globally.

Toma Weller, CPO at Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how Stellar powers real-world finance through native cash-to-DeFi experiences, institutional partnerships like MoneyGram, and the launch of Soroban smart contracts platform with focus on security, developer experience, and privacy solutions.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how blockchain technology enables financial inclusion and cross-border payments. She highlights real-world use cases including aid distribution in Ukraine, remittances for migrant workers, and economic empowerment in rural communities.

Stellar Development Foundation Q1 2025 webinar covering three growth goals: top 10 DeFi by TVL, top 10 monthly active addresses, and 10x increase in yield-bearing RWAs. RWA supply reached $757M with $472M in yield-bearing assets; $3.4B in RWA payments processed. Protocol 23 upgrades targeting 5,000 TPS and 2.5-second block times launching soon.

Maya discusses how her fintech app integrated with MoneyGram's API to rapidly expand to 40+ countries, enabling users to buy crypto with cash at retail locations. She highlights adoption in emerging markets like Japan, Cambodia, Philippines, and Senegal, and recommends building on Stellar for similar integrations.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how Stellar enables real-world asset tokenization and financial inclusion. Key initiatives include partnerships with Franklin Templeton and the UN for aid delivery, with over $5 million distributed and $12 million in operational savings.

Stellar Community Fund mainnet demo day featuring seven SCF-funded projects: Sky Hits (music investment platform), Aurel (institutional crypto middleware), Koka (stablecoin banking), Abroad (cross-border payments), GearUp (African creator marketplace), Comet (Soroban security tool), and Decaf (non-custodial neobank). SCF has distributed over $32M to 540+ projects since inception.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Wall Street's adoption of blockchain for tokenization, stablecoin regulation, and Stellar's work delivering aid globally. Franklin Templeton's money market fund on Stellar reduced entry barriers from $2,500 to $25, while the UN uses Stellar's disbursement tool to deliver refugee aid in minutes.

Tori Samples from the Stellar Development Foundation discusses the Stellar Disbursement Platform, a bulk payments tool enabling organizations to send up to 10,000 transactions in a single batch to recipients worldwide using stablecoins, with a live demo showing how recipients claim funds through integrated wallets.

BP Ventures demonstrates their white-label self-custodial wallet built on Stellar, featuring email/social login via SEP-30, multi-language support, fiat onramps through anchors like Crossbridge and MoneyGram, and asset swapping via ICE.

Anna Whitson-Diaz from the Stellar Development Foundation discusses Stellar's focus on financial inclusion and humanitarian aid delivery. The SDF has partnered with UNHCR to deliver direct cash assistance using blockchain technology, distributing over $5 million to Ukrainian refugees.