The Stellar Newsletter highlights the 2023 roadmap emphasizing utility through tools like Stellar Aid Assist and Soroban smart contracts. It introduces the Stellar Asset Sandbox for easy testnet asset issuance, reviews Q4 2022 achievements, and announces Sorobanathon: Equinox. Additional updates cover TASCOMBANK's blockchain pilot in Ukraine, SDF's CFTC involvement, network growth milestones, and developer resources.
Stellar Development Foundation's newsletter welcomes the ecosystem to 2023, sharing excitement from Davos discussions and the live 2023 roadmap focused on utility as the growth driver, featuring Stellar Aid Assist for humanitarian aid disbursements and Soroban smart contracts. New tools like the Stellar Asset Sandbox by Cheesecake Labs enable simple testnet asset issuance, minting, and management. The Q4 2022 review details progress in scalability, participation, and inclusion, while Sorobanathon: Equinox launches with bigger prizes for developers. TASCOMBANK's report recommends blockchain for Ukraine's payments via Stellar, and SDF joins the CFTC's Global Market Advisory Committee as the sole blockchain representative. The newsletter recaps 2022's milestones like nearly 1 billion quarterly operations and 7 million accounts, plus developer insights on Proof-of-Agreement, Soroban's interpreter choice, BucketListDB, and community spotlights.