The Stellar Development Foundation shared Q1 2025 ecosystem performance metrics and progress toward three ambitious 2025 goals: top 10 DeFi TVL ranking, top 10 monthly active wallets, and $3B in onchain RWAs. The network demonstrated real-world impact through institutional adoption, new wallet launches, and significant RWA issuance growth.
The Stellar Development Foundation published a comprehensive Q1 2025 ecosystem update highlighting progress on three core growth goals grounded in adoption and utility. The network ranked 23rd in monthly active addresses with 942K active addresses (227K new users), launched new DeFi-compatible RWAs through Etherfuse, and saw HOT Wallet reach 200K users. RWA supply on Stellar reached $757 million with $3.4B in RWA-related payments processed, including payroll for healthcare and humanitarian finance. The foundation outlined an ambitious 2025 technical roadmap targeting 5,000 transactions per second with 2.5s block times, Contract Copilot for smart contract development, and enterprise payment flows via the Stellar Disbursement Platform. The update emphasized real-world impact over vanity metrics, with examples including GIZ's onchain payroll in Syria saving $453K monthly and BiGGER disbursing over $1M in salaries across South America.
