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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%.

Danelle Dixon, SDF CEO, showcased how Stellar-built companies are solving real-world financial inclusion problems across Africa, Latin America, and the US-Mexico border through remittances, cross-border payments, and access to global markets.

SDF COO Jason Chilpala moderates a panel discussion with IMF senior financial expert John Kiff and EmTech CEO Carmel Kadett on how central bank digital currencies and stablecoins can coexist, exploring CBDC design, programmable money use cases, and financial inclusion opportunities.

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 concludes 2020 virtual Meridian conference, highlighting 2 billion network operations, 25 live anchors, and 2021 priorities including DEX liquidity improvements, a private sidechain, and expanded anchor partnerships to drive financial inclusion.

Panel discussion on tokenization and financial democratization featuring executives from Securrency, eStock, and WisdomTree. Speakers explore how blockchain-based tokenized securities can expand global access to financial markets, reduce costs, and enable compliance at scale while addressing regulatory challenges.

Stellar Development Foundation board members discuss network effects as a growth model, exploring how blockchain and open networks can achieve critical mass for adoption, particularly in emerging markets and financial inclusion.

Stellar Development Foundation and Finclusive hosted a webinar on driving financial inclusion through compliance. Finclusive, a RegTech-FinTech hybrid, provides compliance-as-a-service and operates as a U.S. on-off ramp for the Stellar network, enabling secure cross-border payments while maintaining robust AML/KYC standards.

Stellar Development Foundation hosts webinar on anchor basics, covering what anchors are, their role in connecting traditional banking to Stellar, business opportunities, and the streamlined process for becoming an anchor with available developer tools.

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.