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Onafreek (formerly MFS Africa) operates a pan-African payments network connecting 500 million mobile wallets and 200 million bank accounts across 40 markets, enabling real-time cross-border payments and financial inclusion through omni-channel infrastructure.

Stellar founder reflects on the network's 10-year journey, discussing early innovations like its consensus mechanism and distributed exchange, the importance of communication and continuous innovation, and how Soroban smart contracts now enable ecosystem builders to drive growth beyond the SDF.

Danelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses Stellar's mission to create equitable access to global financial services, emphasizing payments and asset issuance for underbanked populations. At Meridian conference in London, major announcements include Paxos launching USDL (yield-bearing stablecoin), MoneyGram's non-custodial wallet launch, and new partnerships with traditional financial institutions.

Yeli Badamozi (Nest Coin) and Guerra Kuwana (OnAfrique) discuss how blockchain and stablecoins are addressing Nigeria's currency crisis and enabling financial inclusion across Africa, LATAM, and Southeast Asia through on-chain neobanking and payment infrastructure.

Stripe is integrating Stellar into its payouts product and expanding crypto payments globally with USDC support in 150+ countries. Head of crypto John Egan discussed the company's return to crypto after six years, focusing on stablecoins as the practical use case for global commerce and financial inclusion.

Danelle Dixon, SDF Executive Director, discusses Stellar Meridian Conference highlights including USDL launch, wallet ecosystem growth across MoneyGram, Tala, and Decaf, and Soroban's path to billion-dollar TVL through real-world asset tokenization and traditional finance partnerships.

Elizabeth Carpenter, COO of Circle, discusses how USDC and blockchain technology enable real-world financial inclusion, from farmers in Brazil to cross-border payments, emphasizing the importance of trust, user experience, and the 'caring edge' over hype-driven innovation.

Danelle Dixon interviews Rick Martin, co-founder of Decaf, a non-custodial wallet enabling fiat-to-crypto onboarding in 200 countries. They discuss building real-world impact through accessible financial tools, trust-building, and amplifying stories of users in underserved markets.

Australian entrepreneur Zach Barrowdale uses Decaf, a Stellar-powered payment app, to pay workers in San Francisco, Colombia without risking his life carrying cash. After being shot during a payroll run, he switched to crypto payments via USDC on Stellar, enabling financial inclusion for 50+ women in a remote farming town.

Chris Anitalio from the Stellar Development Foundation explains blockchain value to Web2 developers, covering data aggregation, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, and why Stellar Network excels for real-world use cases like remittances and financial inclusion.

SDF Q2 2024 review highlights 8.4M network addresses, $1.8B real-world asset payment volume, $5M SCF awards to 107 projects, and progress on state archival to address blockchain scalability.

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.

A speaker examines digital wallet fragmentation across payment platforms and cryptocurrencies, exploring how lack of interoperability creates consumer confusion and security risks while discussing potential solutions for unifying disparate wallet ecosystems.

Stellar Development Foundation Q1 2024 review covering smart contracts launch on mainnet, $533M in real world assets, 8M network accounts, and three strategic North Stars for ecosystem growth and financial inclusion.

Educational video introducing payments on the Stellar network, covering basic payment operations, claimable balances, and practical TypeScript SDK examples for implementing cross-border transactions with asset conversion.

Educational video introducing blockchain technology fundamentals, covering distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake, smart contracts, and use cases beyond cryptocurrency including remittances, supply chain, and voting systems.

Educational video introducing blockchain technology fundamentals, covering distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake, smart contracts, and key advantages and limitations of blockchain systems.

Stellar Development Foundation Q4 2023 quarterly review covering 92 million payments processed, $1.3B in asset transaction volume, Soroban protocol 20 upgrade timeline (now targeting February 20), 100% project type representation in Soroban MVE, and 2024 roadmap focused on everyday financial services.

Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager at SDF, discusses the Stellar Disbursement Platform, an open-source bulk payments tool enabling organizations to send money to multiple individuals simultaneously on Stellar. The platform supports humanitarian aid, payroll, government programs, and other use cases while bringing financial inclusion to underbanked populations.

BPV presents Anchor in a Box, a solution for launching Stellar anchors that enable fiat-to-crypto conversions. The presentation covers SEP standards (6, 10, 24, 31), wallet integration, KYC processes, fee management, and operational workflows for money transfer operators and exchanges.

The Stellar Development Foundation introduced the Anchor Platform, a middleware service that simplifies on and off-ramping for businesses. Flutterwave and BankSAR demonstrated production integrations enabling cross-border payments and fiat conversions across Africa and globally.

Zodiac Custody, Stellar, International Rescue Committee, and MoneyGram announced a partnership to enable charities to distribute aid globally using blockchain technology and stablecoins, solving critical gaps in humanitarian payment infrastructure.

Panel discussion on bulk payments in the Stellar ecosystem, featuring Circle, SDF's Disbursement Platform, UNICEF, and Ping. Speakers explored how blockchain enables faster, cheaper disbursements for aid, payroll, and creator payments while addressing regulatory challenges and last-mile delivery.

Ran Goldie, SVP Head of Payments at Fireblocks, discusses the company's journey from 3 founders in 2018 to 650 employees and 1,900 clients by 2023, detailing how they achieved product-market fit by solving specific use cases for OTC desks and market makers before expanding into payments, tokenization, and CBDCs.