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RedStone rolls out SEP-40, Stellar's standard interface for oracle consumers, solving a structural fragmentation problem in the RWA ecosystem. Nine assets are now live under the standard, from stablecoins and sovereign debt to Bitcoin products. Lending markets and derivatives platforms can now consume unified pricing data without custom integration work per protocol.

SCF #43 concludes with 85 submissions and 29 projects awarded across three distinct tracks: Open Track for novel on-chain use cases, Integration Track for existing ecosystem tools, and RFP Track for developer tooling needs. Total awards: $3.14M XLM. The referral program sourced 22 of 29 winners.

Blockaid and Stellar validators contained a $10M oracle-manipulation attack on Blend lending protocol. An attacker inflated USTRY's price 100x via low-liquidity Reflector oracle feeds, borrowed $61M XLM using fraudulent collateral, and began bridging funds. Validators coordinated in real-time to quarantine ~48M XLM onchain before further damage.

OctoPos deploys an on-chain NAV oracle on Stellar testnet alongside its API to solve the fragmentation problem in DeFi position tracking. The paired architecture lets developers choose between fast off-chain queries and trustless on-chain verification, eliminating the need for each wallet and protocol to build custom indexers.

Normal Finance launched a non-custodial savings app on Stellar that lets users earn variable APY on USDC through DeFindex vaults and Blend Capital lending, with no lockups or custody risk.

LumosDAO distributed the latest round of $LUMOS incentives across Stellar and XRP Ledger networks, rewarding native liquidity providers, ecosystem LPs, and whale holders with over 8.6M LUMOS on Stellar and 15.6M on XRPL.

LumosCore launched a three-tier rewards framework distributing millions of $LUMOS tokens to liquidity providers, whale holders, and ecosystem LPs across Stellar and XRPL. Programs allocate 1M $LUMOS per cycle to core pairs, large holders, and 20 supported asset pools, with rewards distributed automatically every 15 days.

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.

LumosCore launches AMMs on Stellar and XRPL, enabling instant liquidity pool creation for any asset pair without listing requirements. The feature is now live alongside the previously shipped Launchpad and Cross-Chain Bridge.

Agnostic launches its Stellar Analytics platform, offering developers and analysts comprehensive on-chain data access through SQL queries, open datasets in Apache Iceberg format, and AI-powered visualization tools.

OctoPos is a unified API that enables wallets and applications to fetch real-time DeFi positions across Stellar protocols like Blend, Aquarius, SoroSwap, and Phoenix with a single call, handling protocol-specific data parsing and consistent USD pricing.

LUMOS incentives distributed across Stellar and XRP Ledger networks. Native liquidity providers, ecosystem LPs, and whale holders received rewards totaling millions of LUMOS tokens across both chains.

Bastian built Calypso, an AI-powered autonomous agent system that spawns trading bot swarms across Stellar DEXes using x402 micropayments. The hackathon project serves as the technical foundation for Hoops Finance's next phase, enabling realistic testnet market conditions and agent-native DeFi strategy execution.

LumosCore launches Ecosystem LP Rewards program with 240M $LUMOS allocated over 10 years to incentivize liquidity provision across Stellar and XRPL. Liquidity providers earn rewards every 15 days with no minimum deposit required.

LumosCore launches a 10-year LP rewards program allocating 240M $LUMOS tokens across 20 liquidity pools (10 on Stellar, 10 on XRPL). Participants earn rewards proportional to their liquidity share, with 2M $LUMOS distributed monthly starting April 15, 2026.

Splyce closes a strategic round backed by Sui, Stellar, and Solana foundations plus institutional allocators Lucid, Sarson, and Kin Capital. The company launches Single Asset Vaults, fixed-rate lending markets with zero oracles, plus splyceUSDC, a 7-8% yield token. The thesis: $300B+ tokenized RWAs need credit infrastructure, not DEX liquidity, to become productive capital.

RedStone shipped its integrated Stack for pricing, liquidation, and credit risk with Lotus Finance and Real Finance already live. The platform expanded to Stellar, Canton, and other networks with real-time oracle infrastructure now supporting institutional-grade DeFi and real-world asset applications.

LUMOS incentives for April 1st have been distributed across Stellar and XRP Ledger networks, with liquidity providers earning 9.6M+ LUMOS on Stellar and 11.5M+ on XRPL, plus 1M LUMOS allocated to whale holders on each network.

Normal Finance, a non-custodial on-chain investing protocol on Stellar, secured investment from DraperU Ventures led by the legendary Draper family. The protocol enables users to access cryptocurrencies, real assets, and index baskets with full key ownership and audited security.

SCF #41 awarded 34 projects across three tracks (Open, Integration, RFP) with a total of $3,941,744 worth of XLM, the highest awarded round to date. The round marked the first under SCF 7.0's restructured framework and achieved perfect alignment between community voting and delegate panel decisions.

Normal Finance promoted Justin Benjamin to CEO after 4+ years building the synthetic asset protocol on Stellar. Founding CEO Joshua Blew transitions to Senior Advisor and Majority Shareholder. Benjamin led operations, sales, and global growth; Blew continues as technical and operational guide. The company signaled major announcements coming in weeks ahead.

LumosCore launches Whale Holder Rewards, distributing 50M $LUMOS tokens over 25 months to holders of 5M+ tokens across Stellar and XRPL networks, with estimated APR of 20-25% and no staking required.

Guide to investing in USD from Latin America, covering stocks, bonds, investment funds, and DeFi stablecoins. Highlights Meru's DeFi platform on Stellar offering ~13% APY on USDC deposits with no minimum lock-up periods.

Tokenized real-world assets surpassed $12 billion by March 2026, more than doubling from $5 billion at the start of 2025. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries lead at $5.8 billion, while private credit tokenization grew 180% year-over-year. Ethereum hosts over 60% of all tokenized RWAs, with DeFi protocols like MakerDAO integrating billions in RWA collateral.