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Stellar Development Foundation CEO recaps Meridian 2021 conference, highlighting 829M in transaction volume, Protocol 18 AMM launch, six new cross-border payment corridors, and 70M in Enterprise Fund investments across 11 companies. 2022 strategy focuses on utility, participation, ecosystem growth, inclusion, and policy impact.

Ada Vaughn from the Stellar Development Foundation explains how Stellar enables financial inclusion through tokenization, asset issuance, wallets, and cross-border payments. She covers use cases including NFTs, securities trading, stablecoins, CBDCs, and remittances, highlighting partnerships with companies like MoneyGram, D-Stock, and RealtyBits.

Jake from SDF discusses how Stellar Ecosystem protocols have evolved to support real-world use cases including custodial accounts, wallet identity verification, and off-chain liquidity through standards like CEP10, CEP24, CEP6, and SEP38.

Tomer Weller outlines Stellar's 2022 tech strategy, highlighting three priorities: layer one scalability targeting 5,000 TPS via SpeedEx, cryptocurrency bridges to other ecosystems, and trust-minimized innovation. The network achieved 99% ledger closure within 7 seconds and AMMs reached $14M in liquidity within two weeks of launch.

Billy Grunas from the Stellar Development Foundation presents an overview of blockchain technology, Bitcoin's proof-of-work mechanism, and Stellar's focus on fast, low-cost payments infrastructure with support for stablecoins, CBDCs, and financial inclusion.

Panel discussion on Stellar's growth trajectory featuring leaders from Settle Network, Liquid Group, SatoshiPay, and Securrency debating the network's focus on remittances versus broader use cases, DeFi adoption via Protocol 18 AMMs, and scalability challenges.

Jeff Ramsire presents SpeedX, a scalable batch-based DEX design that eliminates front-running, optimizes liquidity across asset pairs, and enables parallelizable transaction processing. The system could integrate into Stellar to support efficient cross-border payments at scale.

Enterprise leaders from Finclusive, AirTM, and Bitso discuss regulatory trends, liquidity gaps, and use cases for blockchain payments in Latin America and emerging markets at Meridian Conference.

Stellar Protocol 18 launched with AMM functionality built at the protocol level, enabling automated market makers that democratize liquidity provision. Two weeks post-launch, the network has 1,500+ liquidity pools, $13M+ in total value locked, and spreads on key pairs like ARS/USD have tightened to 1%, improving cross-border payment costs by 33%.

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.

MoneyGram and Stellar Development Foundation announced a live pilot enabling cash-in and cash-out of USDC through MoneyGram's 200+ country agent network, with plans to expand to multiple wallets in 2022.

Stellar Open Protocol discussion on CAP 21, which enables payment channels on Stellar for off-chain transactions and improved network throughput. The CAP is moving forward to the committee for approval after technical revisions and validation experiments.

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.

Panel discussion on reimagining finance with blockchain, featuring leaders from Stellar, Visa, Tribal Credit, Wire, and RTM discussing fintech opportunities in Latin America, stablecoins, cross-border payments, and the role of blockchain infrastructure in financial inclusion.

Stellar Development Foundation discusses CAP 21, a core advancement proposal that enables payment channels on Stellar. The team addresses outstanding technical questions about account extensions, transaction validation, and preconditions to move toward acceptance.

Stellar Open Protocol meeting discussing CAP 21 and CAP 40, which lay groundwork for payment channels. CAP 21 generalizes transaction preconditions to support relative time locks and other conditions; CAP 40 enables participants to exchange signatures for multiple transactions in one step.

SDF's Q2 2021 quarterly call covering $18M in enterprise fund investments, protocol upgrades 16 and 17, CAP 38 AMM proposal, and network growth metrics showing 159% increase in payments and 36,900% growth in relevant asset transactions.

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discusses financial inclusion, digital payments, and blockchain technology's role in addressing global inequities. She emphasizes the need for inclusive financial architecture, mobile money adoption, and inter-African payment systems to enable sustainable growth.

Simon Chantry from BIT discusses central bank digital currency (CBDC) deployment, the journey from research to live operations, and BIT's Digital Currency Management System that enables central banks and financial institutions to operationalize CBDCs and stablecoins across payment networks.

Dante Disparte from Circle discusses stablecoins and cross-border payments, highlighting how USDC has grown to $20 billion in circulation and addresses the 50-year-old financial infrastructure gap through blockchain-based solutions.

Stellar Development Foundation representative explains how Stellar's decentralized network enables interoperable digital assets and payments across traditional financial infrastructure, positioning it as a common infrastructure alternative to siloed correspondent banking systems.

Anke from SDF presents a workshop on Stellar fundamentals, covering blockchain basics, how Stellar works, asset issuance, the decentralized exchange, and real-world applications like Uhuru Wallet and Leaf Global Fintech. The session includes live demonstrations using Stellar Laboratory and highlights a $3,000 hackathon prize pool for projects solving real-world problems.

Stellar Development Foundation hosted a panel at UC Berkeley featuring four live projects building on Stellar: CoinQuest (crypto payment APIs), Realty Bits (real estate tokenization), Uhuru (WhatsApp-based cross-border payments), and Vibrant (USDC savings app for Argentina). Panelists discussed asset issuance, interoperability via Stellar Ecosystem Proposals, and how developers can build on Stellar without permission.