DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
XOXNO founder reflects on going all-in with their DeFi lending protocol at Meridian 2026. The team hosted 400+ attendees at a DeFi x RWA event with Aha Labs and Runtime Verification, pitched to investors, and is entering final security audits before a November launch on Stellar.
Stellar Meridian 2026 wrapped major ecosystem announcements: Janus Henderson launched a blockchain-native Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar via Centrifuge, Archax br…
Rise In shares reflections from Meridian 2026, highlighting that Stellar is the only major blockchain to grow full-time developers in 2026 (6% growth vs. 20-5…
A comprehensive guide to November 2026 opportunities for builders in Latin America, featuring hackathons with over US$250,000 in prizes, free Spanish-language…
Curve Finance launches StableSwap AMM on Stellar mainnet, its first native deployment outside EVM chains. The Soroban smart contract application, built with Stellar Development Foundation support, brings efficient stablecoin trading infrastructure to Stellar's institutional ecosystem.
SDF invests in Marketnode to expand institutional RWA adoption across Asia-Pacific. The investment strengthens connectivity between asset managers, issuers, a…
CoinDesk opinion column reframes how to measure real-world asset success on Stellar. Instead of tracking total value held, a new framework measures five dimen…
Curve Finance, one of the leading DeFi protocols for stablecoin trading, launches on Stellar mainnet, marking its first native deployment outside the EVM ecos…
Curve Finance launches StableSwap on Stellar mainnet, marking its first native deployment outside EVM blockchains. The AMM enables users to trade stablecoins …
MetaMask now makes Stellar a default network, becoming the first major self-custodial platform to do so. Every MetaMask account automatically includes a Stell…
Airtm and BVNK partner to enable wallet-native payments in emerging markets through Airtm Connect. The integration connects Airtm's last-mile financial networ…
WalletConnect expands Stellar network support and launches WalletConnect Pay in Bermuda through partnership with Penrose Partners, enabling merchants to accep…
Spiko's SAFO tokenized fund becomes the world's largest, reaching $2.38 billion on October 23, surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL and Circle's USYC. The milestone c…
Taurus brings smart contract support to its institutional custody and tokenization platforms on Stellar. Through PROTECT and CAPITAL, banks and financial inst…
Freighter is now Varial, a rebrand emphasizing ecosystem discovery. The wallet adds a Discover directory of Stellar apps, integrated swaps with competitive ro…
Airtm and BVNK integrate wallet-native payments on Stellar for emerging markets. The partnership connects Airtm's last-mile network for the Global South with …
Soroban SDK 25.0.0-25.2.x contained a field arithmetic bug where equal cryptographic values compared as different. This affected zero-knowledge proof comparis…
Arcane Finance and Predicate announced the Enterprise Privacy Stack on Stellar, combining confidential payments, transaction screening, and controlled access to data for investigations. The infrastructure helps banks, fintech companies, and asset issuers build compliant financial products while keeping balances and counterparties confidential.
Movantis integrates Stellar as a digital settlement rail for cross-border payments, starting with USDC flows from the US to El Salvador. The infrastructure pr…
During HackMeridian in Lisbon, the Global Mixer brought together Stellar builders from multiple countries for an evening of informal networking. Organized by …
Tellus Cooperative and Pollar hosted Global Mixer, a social side event at HackMeridian 26 in Lisbon on October 26. Builders from across the Stellar ecosystem …
Bell (Protocol 30) brings new smart contract capabilities to Stellar: muxed contract addresses starting with W, post-quantum cryptography in smart contracts, …
Stellar Development Foundation released Project Thruput, a separate network execution model with no per-transaction fees that achieves 7.02 million payments p…
Securitize, the NYSE-listed platform with $5 billion in tokenized assets, announced plans to integrate with Stellar to support institutional asset managers br…
Archax launches €GOVY on Stellar: perpetual euro government bills with auto-roll structure that reinvests maturing proceeds automatically, eliminating manual …
Pontoro and Archax launched the first Automated Liquidity Pool on Stellar at Meridian 2026, a structured vehicle pairing liquid money market assets with priva…
Archax launches €GOVY on Stellar: a perpetual tokenized euro government bill product with auto-rolling yield, providing 24/7 institutional access to short-dat…
Project Thruput, Stellar Foundation's new execution model, removes transaction ordering bottlenecks by enabling parallel execution even when transactions touc…
Step-by-step tutorial on etching Cyberbrawl cards directly via Stellar's Beam smart contract using the Stellar CLI. Covers trustlines, quote retrieval, zero-k…
Over 100 builders from across the Stellar ecosystem gathered in Lisbon for HackMeridian, a 27-hour hackathon in a converted train station. The event brought together developers from Chile, France, Pakistan, and beyond, blending competition with cross-border collaboration.
