Meridian 2025, held in Rio de Janeiro, showcased the Stellar ecosystem's collaborative blueprint for building open financial infrastructure. The conference featured major announcements from PayPal, Ondo, Mercado Bitcoin, Centrifuge, and others, alongside HackMeridian where 400+ builders created 110+ projects across innovation and composability tracks.
Meridian 2025 brought together over 1,200 attendees at Rio's Copacabana Palace to celebrate Stellar's theme of 'The Blueprint'—representing ecosystem collaboration from validators to developers. HackMeridian hackathon featured 400+ builders competing across two tracks: Open Innovation (56 projects) and Composability (35 projects building on protocols like Blend and Soroswap). Day one announcements included Meridian Pay smart wallet, Mercado Bitcoin's $200M tokenized assets launch, Centrifuge's deRWA platform debut, Ondo Finance's USDY stablecoin, and MoneyGram's new Stellar-native app. Day two highlighted Pantera Capital and Onigiri Capital investment commitments, RedSwan's $200M tokenized real estate, Circle's CCTP V2 integration, and PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin launch. The conference emphasized interoperability, privacy roadmap development, and ecosystem collaboration through Lightning Talks and Stellar House sessions.
