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SDF publishes security standards for Stellar DeFi protocols, defining audit, disclosure, risk management, and governance requirements as the ecosystem scales from experimental to production. The standards include audits before user funds, bug bounties, capital buffers, and emergency pause controls, reflecting practices mature DeFi teams already use elsewhere, adapted for Stellar.

Freighter 5.43.0 ships token swaps with inline trustline creation, a customizable auto-lock timer, and encrypted mobile tab previews. The browser and mobile wallet also restores smart contract transaction signing, fixes transaction history for muxed addresses, brings federated addresses ([email protected]) back to mobile, and improves token pricing reliability.

Three major institutions—MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range—have joined as Tier 1 validators on the Stellar network, expanding decentralization and resilience of its core consensus infrastructure. All three operate real businesses on Stellar and maintain a direct stake in the network's long-term security and neutrality.

Tradable, a ParaFi-backed private credit tokenization startup, integrates with Stellar to tokenize up to $1 billion in institutional-grade private credit assets. The platform enables the full deal lifecycle management, compliance controls, and investor onboarding workflows required for institutional asset managers. Stellar's native asset controls, privacy features, and cost advantages make it an attractive foundation for regulated tokenization use cases.

M1X Global's Mark Lurie explains USDM1, a blockchain-native sovereign bond issued by the Marshall Islands on Stellar. Structured under New York law and backed 1:1 by U.S. Treasuries, USDM1 enables faster government fund distribution to citizens and serves as high-quality institutional collateral with 24/7 settlement.

Lusty Finance is evolving an options protocol on Stellar from a working testnet version to a fully trustless architecture on mainnet. With Stellar Community Fund backing, the team is migrating collateral, settlement, and premium distribution from backend servers to Soroban smart contracts, using Reflector oracles for price feeds. Already live on testnet with 211 connected wallets and $1,500 in real user premiums paid.

Tokenization of real-world assets is solved; distribution is not. The article breaks down two distinct distribution models: for retail, embedding yield inside existing apps users already use (Coinbase, Robinhood); for institutions, consolidating into one account with portfolio-level credit, multi-protocol hedging, and prime brokerage-style operations across Stellar, EVM, and Solana.

MoneyGram, one of the world's largest cash payment networks with 500,000+ locations across 200+ countries, is now integrated with Normal Finance, a non-custodial Stellar wallet. Users can deposit cash at any MoneyGram counter to receive cryptocurrency instantly, or reverse the flow to cash out. No bank wire, no middleman, no seed phrase required—just biometric sign-in and self-custody.

Normal Finance expanded its non-custodial wallet to support Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, keeping Stellar at the core. Users maintain full self-custody with biometric sign-in and no seed phrases. USDC deposits earn yield from Blend and DeFindex; cash on/off-ramps route through MoneyGram.

Normal Finance expanded its non-custodial wallet to support Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XLM in a single app. The update preserves self-custody, biometric sign-in, and MoneyGram cash on/off-ramps.