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The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #35 round received 77 submissions and awarded $1,840,348 worth of XLM to 21 innovative projects. Funded initiatives span payments, DeFi, cross-chain infrastructure, wallets, and developer tools on the Stellar network. Highlights include AirGap's secure cold wallet, Wirex Pay's Visa-supported payment solution, and Cobo's institutional custody integration.

Blend is a DeFi protocol primitive on Stellar that enables users to create customizable lending pools for depositing assets to earn interest or borrowing against collateral. The article explains Blend's core components including isolated pools, backstop modules, BLND tokens, and its integration with applications like the SCF-funded Meru wallet to expand financial inclusion.

The Huma Foundation has unveiled the tokenomics for $HUMA, the native utility and governance token of the Huma Protocol, ahead of its Season 1 airdrop. The token supports governance, LP rewards, ecosystem incentives, and value accrual, with a total supply capped at 10 billion. Allocations prioritize liquidity providers, community, and long-term growth via vesting schedules.

Tellus Coop explains why to learn blockchain with them, emphasizing a Latin American, collective approach with real projects. They highlight practical benefits like digital governance and decentralized projects. Stellar is chosen for its efficiency, financial focus, and active ecosystem, where Tellus contributes with open-source tools.

The Stellar Dev Diaries series follows the Freelii team's journey building a remittance chatbot on Stellar, from hackathon wins through securing Stellar Community Fund grants to mainnet launch. Episode 2 covers their pivot strategy, Telegram mini app development, and use of Stellar Anchors for on-ramping.

Hana Wallet now supports Sonic's native token S on both mobile and desktop versions. Users can send, receive, and view S token balances alongside other chains like Stellar. Token swaps for Sonic via Sodax integration are coming soon.

The article highlights the inefficiencies of traditional income verification processes, including delays, privacy invasions, and vulnerability to AI-generated fraud. It discusses how these issues lead to applicant drop-offs and business losses. Reclaim (or BlueCheck) offers an instant, document-free solution using trusted sources like IRS and payroll systems for secure verification.

This article explains composability in DeFi—the ability to combine different protocols and smart contracts to create innovative financial products. It highlights how Stellar's existing features like its DEX, multi-asset support, and path payments enable developers to build connected applications, contrasting DeFi's permissionless, transparent approach with traditional finance's siloed systems.

Dropzey is a tool built on the Stellar blockchain using Soroban smart contracts to simplify and automate airdrops, making them transparent and trustworthy. It verifies participant actions like social media follows and distributes tokens automatically. Backed by the Stellar Community Fund, Dropzey is currently running a presale for its $DROPZ token.

Stellar aims to become a top 10 DeFi chain by TVL, targeting $1.5 billion from current $48 million. The network has seen explosive growth since Soroban smart contracts launched in 2024, with daily contract interactions exceeding 400,000 and weekly fees hitting their highest level since 2021.

Balanced's Q1 2025 update details major cross-chain expansions including support for Stellar, Polygon, and others, with launches of cross-chain Savings Rate, liquidity pools, and rewards. The project announces a transition to SODAX as part of ICON's shift to a DeFi platform, with PARROT9 taking ownership. Financials show $50k in fees earned, alongside governance and enshrinement progress.

Stellar is a blockchain network focused on financial inclusion for unbanked populations through low-cost services like remittances and cross-border payments. It offers scalability via the Stellar Consensus Protocol, interoperability across systems, and support from the Stellar Development Foundation. Lumens (XLM) powers transactions and acts as a bridge currency, positioning Stellar as a leader in accessible DeFi.

A Stellar Development Foundation policy hub page featuring articles on payments and digital assets, including discussions on government spending with digital assets, stablecoin standards, and global consensus on stablecoins.

MoneyGram launched MoneyGram Ramps, an API powered by Stellar and Circle's USDC that lets developers embed compliant cash-to-crypto and crypto-to-cash functionality. The service covers 30+ countries for deposits and 170+ for withdrawals.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Stellar blockchain ecosystem, highlighting its key statistics, use cases like cross-border payments, microtransactions, CBDCs, and aid distribution, and unique features such as the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP). It emphasizes Stellar's focus on low-cost, fast transactions for financial inclusion and DeFi innovation. The ecosystem boasts $62.24M TVL, 200 TPS, and partnerships with entities like MoneyGram and IBM.

Soroban introduces smart contracts to the Stellar blockchain, leveraging WebAssembly and Rust for secure, efficient execution. Integrated natively into Stellar, it enables DeFi, tokenization, DAOs, and more without compromising speed or low costs. Launched on mainnet in 2023, it positions Stellar as a full-fledged dApp ecosystem.

CompoSecure's Arculus cold storage wallet integrated with MoneyGram to enable cash-to-USDC conversion on Stellar, allowing users to deposit cash at 440,000+ MoneyGram locations worldwide and withdraw local currency. CompoSecure also received an SDF grant to develop Soroban smart contracts for direct stablecoin payments at Visa/Mastercard merchants.