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Two Stellar ecosystem projects, ArcusX and SoZu Pay, were awarded the InstaWords Award for a four-week sprint. ArcusX is building a freelance marketplace on Stellar to reduce fees and payment delays in Latin America, while SoZu Pay is developing NGO disbursement infrastructure using stablecoins and the Stellar Disbursement Platform.

Meru CEO Amilcar Kaderazo and Stellar Development Foundation's Ada Bogan discuss how neobanks powered by stablecoins are transforming financial access in Latin America, with Meru offering cross-border payments, savings, and DeFi integration for freelancers and emerging markets.

Stellar Developers meeting covering Q1 2026 ecosystem metrics showing 2B RWA market cap and 170M DeFi TVL, MoneyGram partnership expansion to El Salvador, Aquarius hitting 50M TVL, and 260 hackathon projects including AI agents, mobile wallets, and security tools.

Stellar House CDMX brought together builders, regulators, and institutions across Latin America to discuss stablecoins, financial infrastructure, and blockchain adoption. Key themes included cross-border payments, regulatory clarity, privacy as institutional adoption driver, and local stablecoin opportunities.

Meru and DeFindex discuss how to generate yield on stablecoins through DeFi protocols. Meru integrates DeFindex infrastructure to offer users self-custodied returns ranging from 8-23%, with no intermediaries, no withdrawal limits, and instant interest compounding.

Stellar Development Foundation and Blockchain Acceleration Foundation showcase Impacta Bootcamp, Código Alebrije hackathon, and acceleration program results in LATAM, featuring 16 projects building on Stellar with mentorship and grants.

Documentary exploring how stablecoins facilitate cross-border trade in Nigeria's informal electronics market, where merchants bypass traditional banking to access dollars for imports from China.

Stanford researcher Lisa Nestor analyzed 41 million USDC transactions on Airtm to measure stablecoin performance in cross-border payments. The data shows 96% settlement within one hour, competitive fees for micropayments, and strong evidence that open networks deliver better outcomes than closed systems.

A discussion on how blockchain technology and tokenization can preserve and verify the provenance of cultural artifacts and artworks, using examples from Colombian museums and art collections.

Elliott Voris from the Stellar Development Foundation presents the regional starter pack, a toolkit for developers building on Stellar in Mexico. The pack includes resources for discovering anchors like Etherfuse, working demo code, and a TypeScript library that abstracts anchor APIs to simplify on and off-ramp integration.

Elliott Voris from the Stellar Development Foundation presents the regional starter pack, a toolkit for developers building on Stellar in Mexico. The pack includes anchor integration resources, a working demo, and TypeScript libraries that simplify on/off-ramp functionality with partners like Etherfuse, BlindPay, and AlphaPay.

A documentary-style introduction to Medellín's emerging web3 and blockchain innovation ecosystem, exploring how the city is becoming a hub for builders experimenting with decentralized finance and digital asset ownership.