DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
Blockaid and Stellar validators contained a $10M oracle-manipulation attack on Blend lending protocol. An attacker inflated USTRY's price 100x via low-liquidity Reflector oracle feeds, borrowed $61M XLM using fraudulent collateral, and began bridging funds. Validators coordinated in real-time to quarantine ~48M XLM onchain before further damage.
Circle's CCTP launched on Stellar, enabling USDC transfers across 23 blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, and Base. Native 1:1 burning and minting eliminates wrapped assets and custodial bridges. Developers can embed crosschain transfers directly into applications.
CertiK explores two critical vulnerabilities in Soroban contract state storage: storing long-term data in Temporary storage risks irreversible loss when entries expire; relying on TTL expiry alone for nonce validation enables signature replay attacks. The article walks through vulnerable code patterns and secure alternatives using Persistent and Instance storage.
Kraken now supports USDC deposits and withdrawals on Stellar. USDC on Stellar is natively issued by Circle, offering a fully reserved digital dollar on a network built for fast, low-cost payments.
OctoPos deploys an on-chain NAV oracle on Stellar testnet alongside its API to solve the fragmentation problem in DeFi position tracking. The paired architect…
Bermuda announced it will move key payment and financial-services activity onchain using the Stellar network, becoming the world's first fully onchain nationa…
Normal Finance launched a non-custodial savings app on Stellar that lets users earn variable APY on USDC through DeFindex vaults and Blend Capital lending, with no lockups or custody risk.
Stellar Development Foundation announces new Market Development leadership across six regions: Latin America, Brazil, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and APAC. The team will focus on converting Stellar's existing footprint into institutional adoption through region-specific knowledge and on-the-ground presence.
x402 embeds HTTP payment directly into the web, enabling AI agents to pay for API calls with USDC on Stellar. Developers can monetize endpoints with 30 lines of code, turning the web into a marketplace of programmable services.
Drips launched Wave, a grants program for open source developers on Stellar, completing three cycles with thousands of contributors. The team also partnered w…
Mesh integrates with Stellar network as core settlement layer for stablecoin payments. The partnership formalizes Stellar's role in Mesh's ecosystem, combinin…
Stellar's Q1 2026 report shows major milestones: RWAs crossed $2B (2.5x growth), payment volume hit $5.5B all-time high, and the developer ecosystem grew 86% …
21X, the EU's first regulated DLT trading and settlement system, is now live on Stellar, hosting $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets. The multi-chain venue enables institutional trading and settlement of digital securities across blockchain networks.
Figure launches YLDS, a regulated yield-bearing stablecoin on Stellar, offering fintechs and neobanks in LATAM a compliant dollar savings product that earns yield similar to money market funds.
Figure Technology Solutions launched YLDS, an SEC-registered, USD-pegged stablecoin with yield on Stellar. The product combines stablecoin liquidity with mone…
State Street and Galaxy Asset Management launched SWEEP, a tokenized cash-management fund for institutional investors on Solana, with expansion planned to Eth…
x402 is an HTTP status code that enables AI agents to autonomously pay for API resources using Stellar blockchain payments. The protocol allows servers to req…
Stellar Development Foundation explores three critical dimensions of blockchain decentralization beyond node counts: geo-political resilience, security, and m…
Certora released updates to its Prover tools across multiple blockchains: EVM now displays storage paths for unresolved calls, Solana Prover added rule splitt…
Stellar's Soroban smart contract runtime features a composable authorization model that decouples authorization from fee payment, enabling sponsored transacti…
The SEC now distinguishes between wrapped and native tokenization. Native tokenization keeps assets directly onchain as the single source of truth, enabling r…
Stellar Protocol 26, called Yardstick, went live on mainnet May 6, 2026. The upgrade introduces Quorum Freeze for governed incident response, checked arithmet…
Franklin Templeton's tokenized money market fund (FOBXX) hit $2 billion in assets and 5-year anniversary. CEO Denelle Dixon and head of innovation Sandy Kaul …
Stellar's governance model should evolve to make validator decisions more explicit and transparent, especially during network emergencies. The ecosystem needs…
Stellar introduces CAP-77 Quorum Freeze, the first protocol-native onchain account freeze mechanism on a major L1 blockchain. Validators can reach consensus t…
Certora outlines a practical threat modeling approach for Soroban smart contracts using the 4 A's framework (Assets, Actors, Assumptions, Attack Vectors) and …
Stellar's leader reflects on seven years building for institutional adoption rather than disruption, highlighting how early architectural choices around compl…
Ascend and the Stellar Development Foundation announced a strategic partnership with $1 million in investment to build compliance-first credit infrastructure for regulated real-world assets on Stellar, combining Ascend's ERC-3643 standard with Stellar's institutional settlement capabilities.