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Articlemedium.comGemma Dobbs10mo ago

SCF #36 Round Recap

The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #36 round received 53 submissions and awarded $2,088,654 worth of XLM to 23 innovative projects. Funded initiatives span stablecoin payments, DeFi infrastructure, cross-border remittances, compliance tools, and Soroban smart contract enhancements. Highlights include Stables, Splyce Finance, and Uniblock, showcasing the ecosystem's growing sophistication.

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SCF #36, an open-application awards program by the Stellar Community Fund, attracted 53 submissions, including 19 first-time applicants, and distributed $2,088,654 in XLM to 23 projects. Awards focused on Build grants up to $150,000 for teams with traction or experience addressing validated needs on Stellar. Key winners include Stables for global stablecoin remittances, Splyce Finance for real-world asset DeFi products, Uniblock for Web3 orchestration across blockchains including Stellar, Seevcash for low-cost USDC payments, and Sentinel Protocol for parametric insurance. Other notable projects cover liquidity management (Lobster), cross-chain bridges (LiquidsFi), compliance (Stellar Scorechain), and developer tools like wallets and Soroban security (Inferara). The round highlights Stellar's expanding role in payments, interoperability, and decentralized finance, with projects targeting real-world utility in regions like Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Mentioned projects
16 projects linked
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AI Transparency TokenInfrastructure & Services
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AIIdentityNFT

Open-source platform on Soroban that certifies AI system compliance (AI Act, GDPR) using blockchain-based immutable audit record…

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CentiivApplications
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PaymentsPayment GatewayAfrica

Centiiv empowers African businesses with tools to enable them scale operations by cutting losses, closing sales faster, and boos…

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GlobachainApplications
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On-Off RampMerchantCross-Border Payments

On and off ramps for individuals and businesses; Merchant services and cross border payments for businesses; All on Stellar.

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InterlinkedDeveloper Tooling
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InfrastructureWeb

Decentralized link-shortening service built on Soroban.

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LobsterFinancial Protocols
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DeFiLiquidityAutomation

Liquidity pool optimization platform on Stellar, providing automated strategies for maximizing AMM returns and managing imperman…

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PayZollEnd-User Application
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PayrollStablecoinsB2B

Crypto-native payroll infrastructure on Stellar, enabling businesses to process salary payments in stablecoins with automated ta…

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RemittEaseFinancial Protocols
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RemittancesAfricaCross-Border Payments

RemittEase – Send money instantly and securely across African borders. Powered by Stellar, we offer faster, cheaper, and more tr…

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ScorechainApplications
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SecurityKYCAnalytics

Scorechain for Stellar Compliance will integrate the Stellar blockchain into Scorechain’s enterprise-grade crypto compliance pla…

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SeevcashEnd-User Application
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PaymentsAfricaMobile

Mobile financial platform on Stellar for underserved communities, providing stablecoin wallets, remittances, and merchant paymen…

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SentinelApplications
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DeFiAutomation

Sentinel Protocol is a parametric insurance framework built on the Soroban blockchain, enabling trustless, automated coverage th…

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Splyce FinanceFinancial Protocols
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DeFiRWATokenization

Splyce converts RWA and crypto-native yield strategies into composable, permissionless tokens. Through our sRWA standard and on-…

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Swift Wallet SDKDeveloper Tooling
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SDK

With the Swift Wallet SDK, building an iOS Stellar-enabled wallet or application is faster and easier than ever.

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TrustswapFinancial Protocols
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SecurityLaunchpadMulti-Chain

Entering Web3 is complex, expensive, and time-consuming, with significant security risks. That is why we developed Team Finance,…

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UniblockInfrastructure & Services
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APIMulti-ChainDevX

Developer platform providing unified APIs, webhooks, and indexing tools across multiple blockchains including Stellar, simplifyi…

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VenalabsApplications
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e-learningDevX

Web3 education platform with hands-on Stellar and Soroban courses, teaching smart contract development through project-based lea…

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VenerezFinancial Protocols
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PaymentsAutomationB2B

Programmable spend platform on Stellar enabling businesses to issue branded payment cards with built-in spending rules, rewards,…

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