Abroad participated in Stellar's Meridian 2025 conference in Rio de Janeiro, showcasing partnerships and real-world stablecoin payments in Latin America. Key highlights included the native issuance of PayPal's PYUSD on Stellar, HackMeridian innovations, and Abroad's launches with ZyptoApp and BeansApp. The event demonstrated Abroad's growth with 66 monthly active users and over 910 transactions on Stellar.
Meridian 2025, hosted by the Stellar Development Foundation at Copacabana Palace in Rio, gathered blockchain leaders, regulators, and developers to discuss financial inclusion, regulation, and Web3 infrastructure. Major announcements featured PayPal's PYUSD native issuance on Stellar, signaling institutional trust in digital assets, alongside participants like Airtm, Etherfuse, Franklin Templeton, and MoneyGram. HackMeridian engaged over 600 participants building Stellar-based projects for digital identity and cross-border payments. Abroad highlighted integrations with Lobstr, launched on ZyptoApp, collaborated with BeansApp, and saw over 300 payments during the event. Metrics showed 66 monthly active users (54 new), 910 transactions, and over 200K USDC volume, positioning Abroad as a key player in Latin American stablecoin adoption. The conference underscored open finance's real-world momentum.
