SCF #42 awarded $2.46M in XLM to 27 projects across three tracks: Open Track (novel use cases), Integration Track (ecosystem tools), and RFP Track (developer tooling). The round achieved 100% alignment between community voting and delegate panel decisions, with 106 voters participating in Neural Quorum Governance.

The Stellar Community Fund completed SCF #42, distributing $2,461,916 in XLM across 27 awarded projects. Under SCF 7.0 structure, 83 submissions were reviewed across three tracks: Open Track (7 awards for novel on-chain use cases), Integration Track (19 awards for ecosystem tool builders), and RFP Track (1 award for developer tooling). Notable winners include AXIS (limit orderbook), Tezoro (DeFi aggregation), Arcane (enterprise privacy), Lumexo (unified DeFi interface), and Tender (crypto payments). The round saw record participation with 106 voters in Neural Quorum Governance, achieving perfect alignment between community voting and delegate panel decisions for the second consecutive round. The SCF Referral Program sourced 13 of 27 awarded projects, with referrer network growing from 52 to 591 members.