Denelle Dixon discusses why Stellar has become the institutional blockchain of choice. DTCC selected Stellar as the first public blockchain for tokenizing securities and ETFs; MoneyGram launched MGUSD stablecoin. Institutional features built at the protocol layer (clawback, freezing, KYC controls) make Stellar uniquely trusted for regulated assets.
Dave Taylor, CEO of Etherfuse, argues that stablecoins alone are insufficient for efficient DeFi in non-Western economies. His solution: yield-bearing stablecoins backed by sovereign debt (Mexican CETES, Brazilian SELIC), providing competitive stores of value and enabling balanced AMM liquidity across local and foreign assets.
MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo explains the strategic reasoning behind MGUSD, the company's native dollar-backed stablecoin on Stellar. Rather than treating stablecoins as trading assets, MoneyGram designed MGUSD as a platform for smart contract-based payments.
Piggy Wallet brings family finance to Stellar to solve inflation in high-growth markets. Parents set up USDC savings accounts where kids complete chores to earn money. Founders Sofia Vasquez (CEO) and Matias (CPO) discuss gamifying financial literacy, why family finance is more than fintech, and how B2B2C partnerships with schools could drive mainstream adoption.
In a Block by Block interview, Sandy Kaul of Franklin Templeton reflects on five years of Benji on Stellar. The money market fund demonstrates how blockchain removes operational friction: moving 50,000 transactions from $75,000 to $1.13 in costs. Kaul explores the smart contract realization that triggered the bet and Franklin Templeton's path to being the first institutional player on-chain.
Stellar's real-world asset tokenization jumped from $500M to $3B in one year. MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin, DTCC selects Stellar for asset settlement starting H1 2027. Fireside chat explores what institutions actually need to scale on-chain: clear governance, privacy within compliance frameworks, and security protocols like CAP77.
Stellar's president Jose Fernandez da Ponte outlines why stablecoins have matured from speculative assets to payment infrastructure. Drawing on his PayPal blockchain experience, he identifies regulatory clarity, institutional interest, and real payment volume as drivers, plus composability as the technical foundation for RWA and enterprise adoption.
Ken Sang (Crossmint) and Bojan Barakov (OpenSettling) discuss how AI agents and stablecoins are reshaping fintech infrastructure. From smart wallets to agent-to-agent transactions, blockchain is enabling machine-to-machine commerce at scale.
Stellar showed up at Stable Summit 2026 in New York: SDF's Tomer Weller joined CoinDesk for a fireside on scaling institutional adoption, pointing to this year's RWA growth on Stellar and MoneyGram's newly launched MGUSD stablecoin as proof that institutional issuers are arriving.
A panel of fintech and financial leaders discusses how regulatory clarity, stablecoins, and tokenized securities are accelerating institutional adoption. While the Clarity Act and SEC rulemaking may take 12-18 months, institutions are shipping products now under existing law.
Panel at Istanbul Blockchain Week examines institutional adoption of blockchain for cross-border payments. Key barrier: integrating new infrastructure with legacy systems at scale. Market makers discuss capital fragmentation, payment companies reveal treasury challenges, and infrastructure providers show how stablecoins solve operational pain.
Aid organizations in sanctioned regions use stablecoins to bypass broken financial infrastructure. OSUM pays Syrian hospital staff via Digibank's digital wallet and Stellar's bulk payment tool, cutting costs to 2% and delivery from months to minutes.
