Stellar's Q3 2025 showed strong ecosystem growth with 1B+ operations processed, $562M RWA market cap, and 71% DeFi TVL growth. Major institutional partnerships including Visa, PayPal, and MoneyGram expanded adoption, while developer activity surged 37% YoY and smart contract invocations hit 1M daily.
Stellar's Q3 2025 quarter demonstrated measurable growth across multiple ecosystem dimensions. The network processed over 1 billion operations (+70% QoQ) with 99.99% uptime and near-zero transaction fees ($0.00055), ranking #4 globally for actual network usage. Developer engagement accelerated significantly with full-time developers growing 37% YoY and overall developer base growing nearly 8x the industry average, while smart contract activity reached 1M invocations daily (+700% QoQ). RWA market cap hit $562M with cross-border payments reaching $5.4B, supported by major issuers like Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, and Ondo. DeFi TVL grew 71% to $144M with projects like Blend and Beans expanding access. Institutional milestones included Visa adding Stellar to its stablecoin settlement network, MoneyGram launching in Colombia, and PayPal's PYUSD launching on Stellar. The Whisk protocol upgrade introduced parallel execution and faster block times, with Protocol 25 adding zk-ready cryptography.
